Pianist Matthew Shipp has been a cornerstone of modern free jazz for decades. Drummer Bobby Kapp is less well known, but since a flurry of activity Album Reviews
Bobby Kapp and Matthew Shipp
Cactus
November 7th, 2016 | by Richard Sanford | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
Pianist Matthew Shipp has been a cornerstone of modern free jazz for decades. Drummer Bobby Kapp is less well known, but since a flurry of activity
Kool Keith
Feature Magnetic
October 24th, 2016 | by Jamie Pietras | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
I’d been thinking a lot about Kool Keith not long before this record arrived, having recently revisited The Fat of the Land, The Prodigy’s bombastic 1997 release
Ultimate Painting
Dusk
October 7th, 2016 | by Kevin J. Ellliott | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
Jack Cooper and James Hoare, the duo comprising Ultimate Painting, call a bustling neighborhood in North London home. It’s where they exist, where
Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society
Real Enemies
October 6th, 2016 | by Richard Sanford | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
With Real Enemies, composer/conductor Darcy James Argue uses his big band, Secret Society, to peel back the layers of modern
Pixies
Head Carrier
September 27th, 2016 | by Jamie Pietras | published in Album Reviews | 1 Comment »
It gets me every single time. I’m conscious of the pattern, and yet when I’m in its clutches, I convince myself that for some reason this time is different. When I
Jah Wobble and the Invaders of the Heart
Everything Is No Thing
September 21st, 2016 | by Dorian S. Ham | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
After working on Public Image Limited’s first two albums (1978’s First Issue and 1979’s Metal Box), Jah Wobble left the band and
Cymbals Eat Guitars
Pretty Years
September 15th, 2016 | by Matthew Lovett | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
Cymbals Eat Guitars have a way of being noncommittal. Over the course of four albums, the Staten Island indie rockers have edged their way into various
William S. Burroughs
Let Me Hang You
August 31st, 2016 | by Dorian S. Ham | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
If you pull at the loose threads of the ‘90s, one of the most striking things about the time period is how its pop culture got deeply weird. The decade
Pill
Convenience
August 23rd, 2016 | by Richard Sanford | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
Pill’s debut album, Convenience, is a grab-you-by-the-throat look at authenticity: what it means, why fighting for it is important, and how
Thalia Zedek Band
Eve
August 22nd, 2016 | by Dorian S. Ham | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
Sometimes reaching iconic stature is just a matter of never stopping. Sure, there are some who burn brightly and quickly, but more often than not it’s the ones that