Most Velvet Underground bootlegs are partial, unlistenable, lo-fi audience recordings. This record is only partially partial, totally listenable and acceptably lo-fi audience recording. I am not recommending this for purely historical purposes rather it’s a genuinely nice listen. This was the final set of several in a very, very small bar in Philadelphia in early […]
This is a duology of records by the unconventional and unpredictable jazz (pop, classical, devotional etc) musician and lo-fi recording legend Zach Phillips. At the time of this writing he’s best known as the co-leader of breakout jazz-pop-psych-improv group Fivel Is Glauque with singer Ma Clement. I first encountered his work as the boss of […]
In a busy year for American jazz, one of the only things I can say for certain is that this is the most underrated release I’ve heard so far. I love a jazz duo recording and these two players specifically- a trumpeter at perhaps the apex of his career and a jazz guitarist whose seriously […]
I’ve loved everything by this LA (via Florida via France ) group. They make breezy, jazzy post-stereolab pop and I don’t think there’s a bad song in their oeuvre. It’s too early for me to say if Monkey Mind is my favorite or their finest, but I instantly understand why even longtime fans are so […]