‘One Way Or Another’ Robin Holcomb Will Take One Back to See What’s Ahead
On One Way or Another, Vol. 1, Robin Holcomb follows American modernist classical keyboard tradition mixed with an alto voice using folk and jazz intonations.
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Edith Judith Perform a Beguiling Style of Indie-Folk on ‘Bones & Structure’
Chicago experimentalists Edith Judith combine unique arrangements and beautifully crafted songs on their debut album, Bones & Structure.
Greg Davis Dives Into Compositional Properties of Prime Numbers with ‘New Primes’
On New Primes, Vermont experimentalist Greg Davis explores process-based composition, with a little help from a record label that revels in the concept.
For CC Sorensen Home Is Where the Frog Jazz Is
CC Sorensen makes music you have never heard before on ‘Phantom Rooms’, where their “Frog Jazz” incorporates ambient, noise, avant-garde, and cyclical minimalism.
Pineross’ ‘Dragoon’ Is Southwestern Electropop Cinema (premiere)
Electropop’s Pineross delivers a cinematic exploration of Southwestern history on his unconventional new LP, Dragoon, and he discusses the LP with PopMatters.
Bill Orcutt’s ‘Music for Four Guitars’ Is a Masterpiece of Mantra-like Precision
Bill Orcutt’s Music for Four Guitars is at once unlike anything he has ever released and a logical distillation of whatever has come before.
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It’s Time We Hung Out at Joe’s Garage with Frank Zappa Again
As extremist minorities corrode social liberties, it’s time to take our rusting democratic values to Joe’s Garage where Frank Zappa waits with his sleeves rolled up.
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith Details Her Uncanny Sonic Alchemy
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith’s relationship with sound is in constant flux, and with her new album, her sonics disintegrate and rematerialize in fascinating new forms.
Okzharp’s Minimalism Creates a Dark World on ‘Outside the Ride’
Okzharp’s Outside the Ride is a mesmerizing collection of songs, electronic music with dense layers and complex rhythms that evoke a moody, futuristic world.
Battle Trance’s ‘Green of Winter’ Blends the Beautiful and Eerie With Saxophones
Battle Trance’s Green of Winter goes further down the rabbit hole of abstraction, minimalism, and impressionism while testing the limits of the saxophone.
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith Plays Seriously and Seriously Plays on ‘Let’s Turn It Into Sound’
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith has created a mirror of our tumultuous modern world in Let’s Turn It Into Sound where we can see our faults and boundless possibilities.
Nick Storring Creates an Ensemble Within a Piano on ‘Music from Wéi 成为’
Music from Wéi 成为 is an affirmation of Nick Storring’s status as one of the most creative and exciting experimental artists working today.