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Jason Robinson - The Two Faces of Janus

Cover art Over the last few decades, the main stream jazz has stagnated, become so codified that real creativity is virtually ruled out. It's hard to imagine Charles Mingus or Miles Davis fitting in with what...  » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 2013-08-22)

Rhùn - Fanfare du Chaos

Cover art This is the full length debut by French six-piece plus guests Rhùn, which appears to be a self-titled three song demo from 2008 (tracks 4-6) combined with an EP called  » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 2013-08-20)

Jean-Paul Prat - Light

Cover art Most readers will know Jean-Paul Prat from his 1982 monster epic Masal, an instrumental piece for large ensemble that occupied both sides of the LP. And then there was silence for many years....  » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 2013-08-20)

Paul Speer - Ax Inferno

Cover art Paul Speer is a guitarist and producer originally hailing from the Pacific Northwest, probably best known for the two hit instrumental albums he produced with keyboardist David Lanz in the mid-1980s,...  » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 2013-08-14)

Mark Wingfield / Kevin Kastning - I Walked into the Silver Darkness

Cover art Kevin Kastning releases a new CD of collaborative music roughly every other weekend, but this is the first I've heard with an electric instrument featured prominently. It's a duo with English-American...  » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 2013-08-14)

Marc Spooner - A Rite of Spring

Cover art Stravinsky was a major influence on twentieth century classical, experimental, and rock music. He was a pioneer in using dissonance, unusual tonalities, and odd time signatures in the early 1900s....  » Read more
(Posted by Henry Schneider 2013-08-09)

Sanguine Hum - The Weight of the World

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On their second full-length studio release, this British four-piece has crafted a remarkably original and compelling set of tunes that even surpasses their previous Diving Bell from two...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2013-07-29)

Autumn Electric - Make Me a Tree

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I had never heard of Autumn Electric before I saw them open for Johnny Unicorn at a dive bar in Seattle. Since that time I've been metaphorically kicking myself for not paying more attention to...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2013-07-26)

Travis Larson Band - Shift

Cover art Having followed this trio from their very beginnings around fifteen years ago (and it’s the same three players, no personnel changes), they continue to evolve and improve, growing more cohesive with...  » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 2013-07-25)

Low Wormwood - Lanzhou Lanzhou

Cover art Low Wormwood's full-length debut was the enjoyable (and amusingly titled) We Can't Help Kissing Each Other, and their sophomore album finds them sounding a bit more like a band and less like...  » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 2013-07-25)
 

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