By Deuce Running through Montresor’s Autopoiesis, an 8-cut LP that first made its rounds with a  spring release, is like listening to a story. Only thing is, there’s no words, or narration, or verbal communication. But, the producer and musician more than makes up for that fact with his instrumentation. This tendency of the artist is epitomized on “Farmland”, which

By Deuce With the cast of characters on display on Reaching Out, the latest and most elated album from the James McGowan Ensemble, there’s very few things the collective cannot do. Now mind you, we’re talking about a horn section that’s four players deep, spanning everything from the trombone to the trumpet, soprano, and tenor saxophones. They’re used to spectacular

By Deuce There are not a lot of Long Players out there today, or any other day, for that matter, that sound too much like Ontogensis, NTHNL’s most recent album. One might easily have inferred so from the title of this opus or from the name of the artist (who also goes by Jacob Rudin. In fact, the most accessible

By Deuce Before running through her latest album, take a good, hard look at the artwork for Indiana Rich’s most recent Long Player. Notice how it invokes both black and white photography and color? And, that it’s a close-up of the artist and some serendipitous insect? Next, check the title of this opus. That would be Gemini and, for those

By Deuce The name of the group you need to know is Driftwood Pines. The release? That would be Crimson, the Extended Player that touched down on the first of the month. The man of the hour, the day, or any moment in which you choose to throw these recordings on? None other than IJ Smith. Although Smith pairs with

By Deuce There’s something very akin to hypnosis going on on “Paperclips”, the most recently released single emanating from Paul Feder. Part of it is firmly lodged in the interminable refrain, the two word titular phrase that sounds like a single word because it’s repeated so much, sometimes for each bar, via what sounds like the snatch of a vocal

By Deuce The sense of space pervading about the track on “Tears of a Melody”, the latest single from microphone musician Ace Poetik, is palpable. It’s designed for drifting off, enveloping oneself in one’s thoughts, emotions, remembrances, close encounters, and the like. That’s predominantly what Ace does, taking his time through a string of 16s to flash back to some

By Deuce “There are three types of people in the world today. Those that don’t know what happened, those that wonder what happened, and people like us, from the streets, that make things happen.” –Bushwick Bill on “Stranded on Death Row”, Dr. Dre, The Chronic, 1992. Bill Greenberg—electric, acoustic, rhythm, and lead guitarist; singer, songwriter, and harmonica player—has been making

There just aren’t very many—if any—albums quite like Reaching In, a fascinating magnum opus by The James McGowan Ensemble

The breadth of work, styles, voices, and genres, even, displayed on SINES’ Long Player, Gravity is, at times, a wonder to behold. Throw in the collection of cuts on random. Whatever tune you happen to land on will seemingly give you a different type of album—especially if this is your maiden voyage running through it.

Seven men are depicted in the album materials for In The Rain Shadow, the latest collection of music from MVI. Each has an instrument.

Singer, songwriter, musician, and producer Caro Granner has returned with her first single since dropping her debut EP, Cicada, last April.

Pray to the Knife, Black Bouquet’s forthcoming album that drops two days after Valentine’s day, is an unusual study in opposition.

If you’ve ever heard, let alone developed a profound fondness for, The Vogues “Turn Around Look At Me”, then stop whatever you’re doing, and see just when and how you can get a hold of Phil Gammage’s latest LP, Redeemed.