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Tohpati - Tribal Dance

I really liked Tohpati's album with Ethnomission from 2010, and when the news came that he would be recording in the US with Jimmy Haslip and Chad Wackerman, I had mixed feeling. While Tohpaiti's... » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 2014-07-23)

Revolutionary Snake Ensemble - Live Snakes

Saxophonist Ken Field’s Revolutionary Snake Ensemble is basically a seven to fourteen-piece portable jazz party, a big band sound with a huge nod to dixieland and numerous other styles, as...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2014-07-22)

InterStatic - Arise

Right out of the gate, you're greeted by a gnarly guitar doing a twisted variation on a standard rock 'n' roll rhythm part, and soon there's a tasty lead line to go with it. A minute or so later you... » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 2014-07-21)

Montage - Montage

This is the opening salvo by this promising five-piece (g/k/b/d and dedicated vocalist) from Helsinki. Tasty guitar bits are often alternated with full-on hard rock and progressive elements...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2014-07-20)

Wei Zhongle - Raised High / Brought Low

In the history of rock, most bands have consisted of guitars, electric bass, and drums. A lot have added keyboards, and smaller numbers have added strings and woodwinds of various kinds. But Wei...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2014-07-19)

The Instigations - Tales of the Unexplained

This is what happens when an artist has way too many diverse influences and no producer around to say “do this, no you can’t do that” and keep said artist on a single path of some...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2014-07-18)

What's next from Johnny Unicorn

Seattle-based musician and composer Johnny Unicorn, while being a full-time member of Autumn Electric, somehow has found the time to record his next album. Angels in the Oort Cloud is available for streaming now, and will be released in physical form this fall. » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 2014-07-17)