Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Numerology has never seemed that important to the Necks. But the title of the Australian instrumental combo’s latest album is

Have you tried to reach a doctor lately? Not so easy, is it? There are good reasons why this is

Maybe you first heard Jon Hassell on Talking Heads’ Remain In Light, Peter Gabriel’s Passion or the two records that

Mystery is inherent in Robbie Basho’s music. His vocal performances extolled the wonders of both the natural and supernatural worlds.

If the first quarter of 2020 has taught us anything, it’s that whatever seemed certain can change in a moment.

Sooner or later, the lure cannot be resisted. Allegiance And Conviction is Windy & Carl’s concept record. The Dearborn, Mich.,

Photo by Denis Laner A dozen years separate Not Fire from Dean Roberts’ previous album, Uneasy Flowers, which he released

When free jazz first manifested in the middle of the 20th century, it quickly became linked to the fight for

You could call Shane Parish a guitarist, or you could call him a cottage industry. Either way, you’d be right.

Whatever fails to kill a creative endeavor makes it stronger. You can argue that the music of Charlie Parker and

Any tool can be used for either good or ill, but in music, virtuosity is especially double-edged. The ability to

Photo by Dawid Laskowski AC/DC has performed “Back In Black” many times, but Joe McPhee, who was born before any

There are plenty of reasons why the Ex has been characterized as a punk band. There’s the group's roots in

Echo Mine constitutes a new partnership, a farewell and a reunion. It's the name for a dance choreographed and performed

One quality that Paal Nilssen-Love has sustained across decades of work in improvised music is transparency. No matter who he

Is any topic better suited to being rendered in a non-native language than love? You want to make yourself clear,

Oval maneuvers in elliptical fashion between experimental and pop music. At one extreme, there’s methodology: Markus Popp (since 1995, the

Matthew Shipp has often applied the word “cosmic” to his music. While there’s nothing at all spacey about his bold