Jazz
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Anybody Can Be Cool…But Awesome Takes Practice by Pig Pen New beat tape from Detroit producer Pig Pen. I’m currently three tracks into this thing, and I’ve got to say this dude is pretty diverse. The swirling, electronic keyboards are a fun and surprising switch from the
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Busy electronics and wonderfully performed pianos, woodwinds, and brass get combined on the new Floex album, Zorya. It’s a pleasant blend of electronic, classical, and jazz elements in one set of tracks. Not bad.
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The new Colin Stetson EP, Those Who Didn’t Run, is now available for streaming on Constellation Records’ SoundCloud page. There are two ten-minute tracks on this monster, which is an exercise in attention span that not even Stetson’s last album asked listeners to endure. Not to make this
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BADBADNOTGOOD is a Canadian jazz trio, and the outfit’s latest self-release is a series of instrumental reinventions of classic hip hop beats. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Over the past couple weeks, I’ve gotten some really passionate, enthusiastic requests to review this new album from the Boston, Massachusetts outfit That Handsome Devil. I’ve been sampling the band’s latest album, The Heart Goes to Heaven, The Head Goes to Hell, but I’m still not
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BBNG by BADBADNOTGOOD I’ve talked his young, Canadian jazz trio up before on the blog. Hopefully, you know the deal with them by now. They’ve got a new release of jazz and hip hop fusions on their Bandcamp. It’s titled BBNG, and features a little Joy Division
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Out now on Brainfeeder Records, stream the new Thundercat album, the Golden Age of Apocalypse, in full via the player above. If you’re a fan of the sounds jazz fusion grew into during the late 70s and early 80s, this is an absolute must. The energy of Jaco Pastorious,
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Colman Brothers by Colman Brothers The self-titled debut LP from the Colman Brothers via Wah Wah 45s is inspired by samba and sounds from the golden age of jazz music in the 60s and 70s. Fronting this hi-energy family ensemble are Andrew and Mat Colman, arranging and performing on trumpet
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Uploaded yesterday to YouTube, here’s a new track from Canadian jazz trio BADBADNOTGOOD. It’s a cover of J Dilla’s “Fall In Love.” Download the BBNG cover for free here, and enjoy.
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Matana Roberts’ latest project and album, Coin Coin Chapter One: Gens de couleur libres, is a dense and experimental dive into the worlds of jazz, spoken word, noise, and chance music. The album’s been kind of teasing me ever since I got a promo of it earlier this year.
