John Garratt
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The Jazz Passengers
Jazz was working all the angles in 2010. Is there any other genre that has as much range -- from solo instruments to big bands, from instrumental to vocal, from European musicians to both North and South Americans, from truly pretty music to raucously avant-garde "noise"? → Read More
Guillermo Klein - Domador de Huellas, Music of "Cuchi" Leguizamon [Sunnyside]
Jazz was working all the angles in 2010. Is there any other genre that has as much range -- from solo instruments to big bands, from instrumental to vocal, from European musicians to both North and South Americans, from truly pretty music to raucously avant-garde "noise"? → Read More
Either/Orchestra - Mood Music for Time Travellers [Accurate]
Jazz was working all the angles in 2010. Is there any other genre that has as much range -- from solo instruments to big bands, from instrumental to vocal, from European musicians to both North and South Americans, from truly pretty music to raucously avant-garde "noise"? → Read More
Food - Quiet Inlet [ECM]
Jazz was working all the angles in 2010. Is there any other genre that has as much range -- from solo instruments to big bands, from instrumental to vocal, from European musicians to both North and South Americans, from truly pretty music to raucously avant-garde "noise"? → Read More
Bronsert and Szary Play DJ for Their Friends on the Latest Modeselektor Release
Modeselektor's latest beat museum Modeselektion 4 is good, not great. → Read More
Steve Tibbetts Takes the Road Less... Everything on 'Life Of'
If you thought guitarist extraordinaire Steve Tibbetts was a subtle dude, you ain't heard nothing yet. → Read More
Steve Tibbetts Takes the Road Less... Everything on 'Life Of'
If you thought guitarist extraordinaire Steve Tibbetts was a subtle dude, you ain't heard nothing yet. → Read More
The Sea and Cake Dial Back the Effort on 'Any Day' and It Shows
After 24 years of recording, indie rockers the Sea and Cake give us... another album. → Read More
The New Nels Cline 4 Sinks a Putt on 'Currents, Constellations'
Nels Cline used to go nuts on all of us. Now he's measuring things out more carefully. → Read More
Soul Jazz Brings Back an Essential Krautrock Anthology for Round Two
Deutsche Elektronische Musik: Experimental German Rock and Electronic Musik 1972-83 is back, remastered, and ready for retail. → Read More
Daniel Lanois and Venetian Snares Is a Beautifully Deadly Combination
Just by doing what they normally do on their own, Daniel Lanois and Venetian Snares combine forces to make something wholly new. → Read More
µ-Ziq Continues to Dazzle with a Newly Discovered Collection 'Challenge Me Foolish'
Mike Paradinas needs to be more careful. He might accidentally lose track of some of his most delightful work. → Read More
Here's Classical Noise in Your Eye, Courtesy of the Shah of Persia
Resurrected from the master tapes, Karlrecords gives us Iannis Xenakis' Persepolis in full. → Read More
All Things Seen and Unsaid in Scorsese's 'The Age of Innocence'
Scorsese's outlier drama of manners has aged well... mostly. → Read More
Monks of Doom Sound Like They Never Left Us on 'The Brontë Pin'
After a criminally long wait, Monks of Doom shower us with bold new material on The Brontë Pin. → Read More
Monks of Doom Sound Like They Never Left Us on 'The Brontë Pin'
After a criminally long wait, Monks of Doom shower us with bold new material on The Brontë Pin. → Read More
Guided by Voices, the Band That (Almost) Never Sleeps Gives Us One 2018 Album
Robert Polland and company don't give us perfection. With Space Gun, they give us a really good album. Again. → Read More
Guided by Voices, the Band That (Almost) Never Sleeps Gives Us One 2018 Album
Robert Polland and company don't give us perfection. With Space Gun, they give us a really good album. Again. → Read More
Beauty, Truth, and Finding Solace at the "Union Cafe" with Penguin Cafe Orchestra
Simon Jeffes' untimely death left a gaping hole in the high specialized world of joyful fringe music. His son Arthur picks up the pieces by re-releasing his father's final studio album on vinyl and pays tribute to it through live performances. → Read More
The Music of Earle Brown Unwrapped and Unraveled
When a composer admits that one of his more "famous" pieces has no identifiable content, you know you're in for an uphill climb whether you choose to study their works, perform them, or just listen to them. → Read More