Jazz
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Here and there, I’ve been receiving requests and reminders to check out this album from the Caretaker, An Empty Bliss Beyond This World. The main man behind this pseudonym is James Leyland Kirby, and this is his latest in a long string of releases he’s been putting out
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Flamingoh (Pink Bird Dawn) by Debo Band The Debo Band is Boston collective with an undying love for the vintage sounds of Ethiopian funk. The group’s latest EP is a series of live cuts recording during a tour through East Africa with another band. The four recordings on this
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<a href=”http://mentalgroove.bandcamp.com/album/imperial-tiger-orchestra-mercato” _mce_href=”http://mentalgroove.bandcamp.com/album/imperial-tiger-orchestra-mercato”>IMPERIAL TIGER ORCHESTRA – Mercato by Mental Groove</a> Switzerland’s Imperial Tiger Orchestra has just dropped its debut full-length, Mercato, and the world couldn’t be in more need of
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I’ve seen saxophonist Colin Stetson live twice this year. I’ve bought his new album, I’ve reviewed it very positively, and I post about him an awful lot. Am I a fanboy yet? Seems the guy will be dropping a new EP on October fourth via Constellation Records.
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BADBADNOTGOOD by BADBADNOTGOOD Last month, I talked up some live videos from Canada’s Bad Bad Not Good, which is a young jazz trio of sorts. I’d call them “jazz fusion,” but that hardly addresses what they’re fusing together. Rather than welding jazz with some rock or funk,
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OK, I have the feeling that a lot of y’all are gonna love this. Now, you know I wasn’t a huge fan of Tyler, The Creator’s latest album, Goblin, right? I’m still a huge fan of this video, though. And if you liked Goblin, you’ll
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The Peter Evans Quintet, has just dropped its latest LP, Ghosts. If you don’t find the sounds of bop jazz dizzying enough, maybe the added effects and sonic confetti shimmering throughout “Stardust” will keep your ears attentive. This track soars through about every dynamic feat a song could, and
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The Chicago jazz quartet blink. is releasing its sophomore LP, The Architects, today via Whistler Records. A departure from the ’08 release Epidemic of Ideas, the band’s founder and bassist, Jeff Greene, pushes the envelope of jazz, rock, and electronica, fusing it with free improvisation. The highlight of this
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The Sleepwalking Society–released this month on Tru Thoughts–comes almost four years after Everything Under the Sun: Nostalgia 77’s previous album. This octet’s influences include free and spiritual jazz; plus, funk, soul, and Afrobeat. On “Simmerdown,” guest vocalist Josa Peit takes center stage in Nostalgia 77’s
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New York’s NYMPH is the very stuff adventurous music is made of. Their debut, self-titled album is unapologetic as it improvises through a mix of free jazz, noise, and various shades of Middle Eastern music. This album is out now on the Social Registry. Download a track from it
