It’s no secret that reunion/anniversary tours are super hot right now. If, like me, you were about 15 years old in 2005, your cup most likely runneth over these days – especially if you were, like me, unable to catch many of these artists when they […]
For our next entry in the colossal task of examining the work of Downtown composer John Zorn, we turn to a more recent record from the Chaos Magick quartet. Featuring the main Simulacrum trio (John Medeski on organ, Kenny Grohowski on drums, and Matt Hollenberg on […]
In the last five years or so, I’ve been way into instrumental beat collections. This is nothing particularly unique or new – the ubiquity of “lo-fi hip hop beats” is well-known to anyone even casually into the newer distillations of music in the internet age. That […]
These are the first three albums of the deeply underrated psych/jam band The Third Mind. The group is built around legendary lead guitarist Dave Alvin, better known for The Blasters, who was 65 years old at the time of the self titled debut. The Third Mind […]
Welcome to the first official entry in an ongoing series focused on the vast and uncompromising catalog of the Downtown mastermind himself, John Zorn. For our premier examination, we take a look at the very first Zorn record to ever grace my earballs – 2009’s O’o. […]
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, […]
This is an intricate and uplifting album of psych pop that sparkles and bubbles with electroacoustic detail- laid out on top of stellar songwriting. It’s the UK groups first record since 2016 and their fifth for the inimitable Drag City Records, so there’s the first good […]
Check out this performance by Nash the Slash, on an unknown (to me) Canadian TV program. The eccentric musicians signature brand of avant-prog meets new wave won him a good amount of acclaim in his day. Here he’s performing two tracks from his Steve Hillage produced […]