On one of his most guitar driven solo efforts yet, Lee Baggett once again proves he’s the Pacific Northwests most relaxed virtuoso (and boy is competition stiff.) I don’t know if Jorma Kaukonen can surf but this is what it would sound like if he did. […]
This is a trio of albums by Clan Caimán, an instrumental project from Argentina started in 2016 by composer and bandleader Emilio Haro. The records center around his home built electric Kalimba in session with guitar, bass, drums, and steel guitar. There are 2018s self titled, […]
Catching Fire is the third excellent live record from the Norwegian jazz fusion group (not counting their early BBC session.) This set from 2017 somewhat anticipates 2019s now classic Psychedelic Backfire 1 & 2. The tracklist is similar, and the psychedelic/prog rock vibes are beginning to […]
This dispatch from the U.F.O. finds Makoto and company in top form. The mixing and production is some of his finest and makes the most of the excellent and diverse instrumentation on this album- particularly the different rhythm sections and the intense washes of noise and synth. […]
This is a record of interesting and danceable electronic tracks from this Taiwanese producer and DJ. It’s thematically futuristic but very contemporary in the way it draws together sounds from flourishing genes like gqom, trance, breakbeat, garage, kuduro and more. I also enjoy that it has […]
This incredible collaboration was among my favorite albums of 2023 (digital release and international vinyl release September 28th 2024.) Mong Tong and Gong Gong Gong are two of my very favorite bands and I immediately got a copy of this LP shipped from the wonderful White […]
BASIC is a new trio from guitar luminary Chris Forsyth and longtime collaborator Nick Millevoli named after the amazing Robert Quine album of the same name (which Chris waxes poetic about in this 2019 interview on the blog RSTB.) Angular but deeply structured jams with a […]
A wonderful collaborative album between the legendary American psych collective Sunburned Hand of the Man and Finnish krautrock band Circle. Like the finest krautrock (and pretty much every album by any self styled collective,) they jammed live to tape for hours and hours before cutting it […]
The shape shifting Beijing producer/improviser/DJ returns with another album only he could make. Delicately sampled traditional Buddhist chants with Chinese and Tibetan music meet Lees signature synthesized folk instruments, destructive and deconstructed dub beats and bass. It’s a cohesive album of headphone candy and dancefloor heat […]
An immense and intensive debut by this thrilling Brazilian band. Avant-prog, metal, and heavy spacious psych intersect to weave a dark conceptual tale of man seeking spiritual salvation from our collective crimes against the earth. Certainly classic zeuhl and progressive metal influences are touched up on […]