4 long, wide tracks of psychedelic influenced rock make up this wonderful album by guitarist/singer Shutaro Noguchi. The singing is fantastic and properly high in the mix while the guitar is raw destructive rock power. From Japan and now residing in Kentucky, Noguchi sounds a lot like some of our favorite J-psych classics with much […]
The legendary psych-prog-garage-whatever behemoth Osees has bestowed upon us their most heady official live album since 20221s The Chapel, SF. These are long jams on rare material, with the only set staple being C- usually their jammiest song but in this strange company it’s a radio […]
The self-titled debut by Nairobi duo Duma is an incredible industrial electronic album, and perhaps the most essential trap metal record to be made outside of America. Producer Sam Karugu and vocalist Lord Spikehart have made this wonderful record that’s so many things. There’s a lot of pure noise that will satisfy even the most […]
The newest from blog favorite pianist and bandleader Greg Foat sees him team up with fellow library luminary and keyboardist Frank Maston. This is the essence of library music, IE cinematic and soulful jazz-funk with ambient and new age synth influences. Moving Images would be an […]
Heathen Axe is another new group/session from the legendary John Dwyer (of Osees fame) and another high point in his crowded catalog of improvisational side projects. With many many records under his belt he’s never quite made one like this and Dwyer die-hards and critics alike […]
Alturas (Heights) is an improvisation session of unusual players and rare quality. When French prog legend Richard Pinhas (of Heldon) and his longtime associates Acid Mothers Temple were in Peru for the festival Integraciones, Buh records label boss Luis Alvarado put together this session. The longtime […]
This is a wonderful and often ambient record with an occasionally chamber music vibe, contrasted against bold drum programming and commanding vocals. This Spanish trio consisted of (now well-known) ambient producer/guitarist Suso Saiz and percussionist Pedro Estevan, later joined by Estevans then partner María Villa performing […]
This is another great release by the improvisational trio of three of japans most accomplished players- Kawabata Makoto (Acid Mothers Temple) Asahito Nanjo (High Rise) and Yoshida Tatsuya (Ruins) joined by the even more experimental, even more legendary Keiji Haino on vocals. Record collectors, buoyed by […]
The eponymous debut by the wizard of Alagoas Hermeto Pascoal came more than ten years into his career and on the heels of several successful jazz/fusion group releases. Hermeto is his first album as a leader and his first to be recorded in the United States. […]
From the legendary cosmonaut synonymous with big, theatrical bands comes this underappreciated jazz trio session. Much like a good cover song, Sun Ra on piano in trio allows you to hear what makes him so distinct by existing in a context where there’s more to reference […]