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 […]
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 […]
