Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC
Essential New Music: Christian Lillinger’s “Open Form For Society II”
Open Form For Society II is the third instalment in German drummer Christian Lillinger’s proposal to reform social discourse. (Live
Essential New Music: The Thousand Yard Stairs’ “The Thousand Yard Stairs”
22 years ago, Nashville’s Sam Powers (briefly in Superdrag and who played bass with Guided By Voices on the band’s
Essential New Music: Michael Foster / Christian Weber / Michael Griener’s “Selections From The Gutter”
If you’re looking for some noir jazz fit to soundtrack a mid-20th-century crime flick, keep looking. Selections From The Gutter
Essential New Music: Ambrose Akinmusire & Mary Halvorson’s “Slo-Mo Neon Luminate Hoverings”
If you have to review Slo-Mo Neon Luminate Hoverings in five words or less, you can’t beat the title. Its
Essential New Music: Kohoutek’s “Akvoturo”
If you’re going to play space-oriented rock, Kohoutek might tell you, don’t mess around. The Philadelphia-based ensemble, whose membership orbits
Essential New Music: Liudas Mockūnas / Samuel Blaser / Marc Ducret’s “Twisted Summer”
With its images of yachts, socialites in sun hats and musicians performing at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival, the 1959
Essential New Music: أحمد [Ahmed]’s “Play Monk”
Pianist Pat Thomas, alto saxophonist Seymour Wright, double bassist Joel Grip and drummer Antonin Gerbal are أحمد [Ahmed]. Together, they’ve
Essential New Music: Jeff Parker ETA IVtet’s “Happy Today”
It says something about Jeff Parker’s estimation of the value of the ETA IVtet that Happy Today was made at
Essential New Music: Eye’s “Prophecy” And “Black Ships”
Across 40-odd years and a span of musical methodologies, Peter Stapleton made things happen. The musician, lyricist, festival organizer and
Essential New Music: Mekons’ “Horrorble (Mekons Vs Tony Maimone In Dub Conference)”
To say that history looms over Horror is just another way of saying that it’s a Mekons record. The globally
Essential New Music: Joseph Branciforte & Jozef Dumoulin’s “ITERAE”
On ITERAE, American musician/engineer Joseph Branciforte and Belgian Fender Rhodes player Jozef Dumoulin operate in the spaces in between. Each












