Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

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

Joseph Allred is on a roll. In the last year, he has released a CD-R, two tapes and three LPs

In the Old Testament, Absalom is a guy so good looking, popular and sure of himself that he gets away

Enhet För Fri Musik ("Unit For Free Music") is a quintet whose music will defy you to accurately date its

Maybe someone told you about a band you really need to hear. They’re three lifer musicians, and they play instrumentals

And you thought the cops were selling all that confiscated greenery. Nope, they’ve been holed up behind locked doors, dampened