DAMEFRISØR release ‘The Grip’ DAMEFRISØR image via Holly Delooze February 15, 2023 DAMEFRISØR share their latest track from their forthcoming debut EP Island Of Light. The last time we heard a new DAMEFRISØR track (D.O.D.) […]
Rrose will release a new EP ahead of an album. Tulip Space, which is the first solo release from Rrose (a.k.a. Seth Horvitz) since 2019’s Hymn to Moisture album, “combines dancefloor and experimental elements with […]
The voice of 69-year-old Guadeloupean singer Moïse Polobi is a uniquely powerful presence. Deep, laden with heavy vibrato and rasping through yearning melody, his delivery has been honed through a lifetime spent with groups singing […]
Vintage Culture, who also dropped a new single, continues to highlight why he’s one of the foremost tastemakers in the latest melodic house boom cycle. The next evolution of Vintage Culture has arrived. The red-hot […]
Photo: Kay Ibrahim Alfa Mist will release Variables, his fifth album, on Anti-. On Variables, Alfa Mist dives into the argument of nature versus nurture. “I’ve been focused on who I am in my music, […]
It’s not a surprise that Warren Zevon has been nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but it is a little eyebrow-raising that it happened for the first time in 2023, 20 years […]
After a 20-year hiatus, LES CLAYPOOL’S FEARLESS FLYING FROG BRIGADE has announced its long-awaited return with the massive, 41-date “Summer Of Green” tour 2023, which will mark the band’s first appearances since summer 2003. Kicking […]
Les Claypool’s Fearless Flying Frog Brigade are reuniting for the extensive “Summer of Green” 2023 US tour, including select co-headlining dates with Talking Heads’ Jerry Harrison and Adrian Belew performing songs from Remain in Light. […]
U2 are gearing up to release Songs of Surrender, an album featuring reimagined recordings of 40 of the storied band’s songs. Ahead of the collection’s debut, the band has shared a new version of their 1987 […]
Long ago, I wrote in the Guardian that a 1980 London performance by the Art Ensemble of Chicago – Lester Bowie (trumpet), Joseph Jarman (saxes), Malachi Favors Maghostut (bass), Roscoe Mitchell (sax and composition) and […]
Last night, New Orleans powerhouse ensemble Galactic stopped by the legendary Blue Note Jazz Club for the first time in history. The appearance marked the first of five evenings, and 10 performances from the Tipitina’s […]
Photos by Dino Perrucci On Saturday night, Umphrey’s McGee concluded their two-night stand at The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, N.Y., where they concluded their silver jubilee celebrations. Highlights from the evening included a sit-in […]
Before the banjo, the instrument at the heart of so much folk, country and bluegrass music, was the ekonting: a self-built, three-string gourd instrument with a muted but characterful tone, played by the Jola people […]
Brazilian DJ and music producer Maz is on the rise. Over the years, Maz has performed at some of the biggest clubs and music festivals in Brazil, including Lollapalooza, Rock in Rio, Universo Paralello, Planeta Brasil […]
In Sunday Funday, L.A. people give us a play-by-play of their ideal Sunday around town. Find ideas and inspiration on where to go, what to eat and how to enjoy life on the weekends. Since […]
In a studio in Kigali, Rwanda, Michael Makembe sits down at his laptop and starts playing some traditional vocals he recorded in the street. The music producer adds a layer of Afrobeat and drums, and […]
The Norwegian saxophonist Mette Henriette seems to have become the quintessential ECM Records artist. Her second album features all the hallmarks of Manfred Eicher’s label: beautifully recorded low-volume acoustic music located somewhere equidistant from jazz, […]
The Antarctic – the idea of it, the harsh reality of it – has fascinated humans for centuries. Artists have tried to conjure it. Explorers have tried to conquer it. Scientists and environmentalists are trying […]
10. Liew Niyomkarn – I Think of Another Time When You Heard It Sound artist Liew Niyomkarn’s latest album wove poignant field recordings from her rural birthplace in northern Thailand with pulsing synths and plucked […]
10. Various artists – Luke Schneider presents Imaginational Anthem Vol XI: Chrome Universal This survey of the modern pedal steel guitar took the instrument beyond Nashville and Hawaii and into other worlds: ambient Americana, microtonal […]