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Brötzmann – Bekkas – Drake Catching Ghosts RIP to the free jazz legend: Peter Brötzmann full review: https://birdboyblizzard.music.blog/2023/06/24/brotzmann-bekkas-drake-catching-ghosts/ —————————————————————————– CIRCUMSTELLAR by Álvaro Domene & Álvaro Pérez “Without a doubt one of the best releases so far this year. CIRCUMSTELLAR blends prog jazz and ambient and successfully pushes the boundaries of all of it.” full review:Continue reading “7 2023 Albums I Fucking Swear By”

https://anthene.bandcamp.com/album/shelter Ambient Unrated This artist has over 40 releases. This is fine ambient music if you need another cookie cutter ambient release.

I Play My Bass Loud by Gina Birch Remembered Present by Jacek Chmiel+Thomas Rohrer Live at Jazz Cava by Oriol Roca Trio & Lynn Cassiers Entropy by Colin Bragg  Are You L33K5Perienced by The L33K5P1N Experience Canon Chops by David Curington The Infinite by nat birchall  Éliane Radigue: Occam Delta XV by Quatuor Bozzini BeyondContinue reading “Editor’s Picks as of June 1st 2023”

https://cleanfeedrecords.bandcamp.com/album/long-old-road https://cleanfeed-records.com/product/long-old-road/ Jazz ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ released March 21, 2023 Clean Feed is reliably outstanding and this is another release that reinforces my tendency to turn to this label first when I’m looking for new jazz releases. Long Old Road, named for this Bessie Smith number: (that purple vinyl has me tripping) is a varied record thatContinue reading “Long Old Road by Roots Magic Sextet”

Number Eight I Play My Bass Loud by Gina Birch https://birdboyblizzard.music.blog/2023/02/24/i-play-my-bass-loud-by-gina-birch/ Number Seven Remembered Present by Jacek Chmiel+Thomas Rohrer https://birdboyblizzard.music.blog/2023/01/30/remembered-present-by-jacek-chmielthomas-rohrer/ Number six Live at Jazz Cava by Oriol Roca Trio & Lynn Cassiers https://birdboyblizzard.music.blog/2023/02/17/live-at-jazz-cava-by-oriol-roca-trio-lynn-cassiers/ Number Five Entropy by Colin Bragg https://birdboyblizzard.music.blog/2023/02/10/entropy-by-colin-bragg/ Number Four Are You L33K5Perienced by The L33K5P1N Experience https://birdboyblizzard.music.blog/2023/01/19/are-you-l33k5perienced-by-the-l33k5p1n-experience/ Number Three Canon ChopsContinue reading “Editor’s Picks Jan Feb 2023”

⭐️⭐️ 2/5 Stars Andrew Watt produces it and in a lot of ways he’s probably just as important as Iggy, himself. Iggy’s really old but so is (or were) Nick Cave, Johnny Cash, David Bowie, Scott Walker, Leonard Cohen, and several jazz musicians … there’s two paths to great late career records 1) Be aContinue reading “Iggy Pop Surrounds Himself with the Wrong People on Every Loser”

I read this about a year ago and my thoughts were mostly along the lines of everyone can see through this bullshit at this point. Almost 90 years have passed since Carnegie wrote this and it is wildly influential. One time, when I was in Japan, a really smart Japanese woman explained to me herContinue reading “The Sad and Creepy Reasons for the Longevity of Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People”

25 Two Centuries by Qasim Naqvi / Wadada Leo Smith / Andrew Cyrille original review: https://birdboyblizzard.music.blog/2022/12/07/two-centuries-by-qasim-naqvi-wadada-leo-smith-andrew-cyrille/ listen to it here: https://redhookrecords.bandcamp.com/album/two-centuries 24 No. 1 by 100-nka Gralak original review: https://birdboyblizzard.music.blog/2022/11/06/no-1-by-100-nka-gralak/ 23 涉水来世 / Wading in the Afterlife (Original Soundtrack) by 天火见 original review: https://birdboyblizzard.music.blog/2022/04/05/%e6%b6%89%e6%b0%b4%e6%9d%a5%e4%b8%96-wading-in-the-afterlife-original-soundtrack-by-%e5%a4%a9%e7%81%ab%e8%a7%81/ listen to it here: https://telepathtelepath.bandcamp.com/album/wading-in-the-afterlife-original-soundtrack 22 Feel safe by Alba LivContinue reading “Top 25 of 2022”

These are my faves from stuff I’ve reviewed from 2022 ANTIDAWN EP by Burial https://burial.bandcamp.com/album/antidawn-ep SICK! by Earl Sweatshirt creeksoft by GMRadioX https://fileunder-gmradiox.bandcamp.com/album/creeksoft W by Boris https://boris.bandcamp.com/album/w 零花 -Absolute Flower- by 剤電 https://disciplineproduction.bandcamp.com Cyberpunk 2022: Alive by Fentanyl Embrace https://dreamcatalogue.bandcamp.com/album/cyberpunk-2022-alive A BOY NAMED HEXD by 999 HEARTAKE SABILEYE https://999heartakesabileye.bandcamp.com/album/a-boy-named-hexd The Winter Concert by Chloe Jackson-Reynolds https://sr3323.bandcamp.com/album/the-winter-concert MassesContinue reading “Editor’s Pick Autumn 2022”

Times are hard. In fact, times are always fucking hard. People are fighting for their side hustles because the traditional work your way up is fucking miserable. Don’t even get at me with this liking your job bullshit. Your job, if you have one, sucks. It’s ruining your life but that’s the deal. Ruin yourContinue reading “Are Too Many Amateur and Semi-Pro Musicians Whiny Cunts?”

https://ellenarkbro.bandcamp.com/album/i-get-along-without-you-very-well Genre: Art Pop Rating:🌃🌃🌃🌃🌃 As far as I know this as close to pop music Arkbro has ventured. I think there’s a misconception among some that this could be an easier path but that certainly isn’t the case. This is her most vulnerable and most exposed effort and those qualities are very beautiful inContinue reading “I get along without you very well by Ellen Arkbro & Johan Graden”

These are my faves among those that I’ve reviewed so far this year.  ANTIDAWN EP by Burial https://burial.bandcamp.com/album/antidawn-ep SICK! by Earl Sweatshirt creeksoft by GMRadioX https://fileunder-gmradiox.bandcamp.com/album/creeksoft W by Boris https://boris.bandcamp.com/album/w 零花 -Absolute Flower- by 剤電 https://disciplineproduction.bandcamp.com Cyberpunk 2022: Alive by Fentanyl Embrace https://dreamcatalogue.bandcamp.com/album/cyberpunk-2022-alive A BOY NAMED HEXD by 999 HEARTAKE SABILEYE https://999heartakesabileye.bandcamp.com/album/a-boy-named-hexd The Winter Concert by ChloeContinue reading “Editor’s Picks Summer 22”

https://pitp.bandcamp.com/album/chamomile Genre: Ambient Rating: 5/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ released on Bandcamp July 22, 2022 I love marine eyes. Everything I wrote in this review applies here, too : https://birdboyblizzard.music.blog/2021/04/01/idyll-by-marine-eyes/ If you ever got into the beauty of Chubby Wolf (Danielle Baquet-Long) this reminds me of that. This is on Past Inside The Present and that is aContinue reading “chamomile by marine eyes”

These are my faves among those that I’ve reviewed so far this year.  ANTIDAWN EP by Burial https://burial.bandcamp.com/album/antidawn-ep SICK! by Earl Sweatshirt creeksoft by GMRadioX https://fileunder-gmradiox.bandcamp.com/album/creeksoft W by Boris https://boris.bandcamp.com/album/w 零花 -Absolute Flower- by 剤電 https://disciplineproduction.bandcamp.com Cyberpunk 2022: Alive by Fentanyl Embrace https://dreamcatalogue.bandcamp.com/album/cyberpunk-2022-alive A BOY NAMED HEXD by 999 HEARTAKE SABILEYE https://999heartakesabileye.bandcamp.com/album/a-boy-named-hexd The Winter Concert by ChloeContinue reading “Editor’s Picks Spring 2022”

https://rhodridavies.bandcamp.com/album/dwa-dni Genre: Minimalism Rating: 5/5 released on bandcamp February 18, 2022 This is one I shouldn’t have to sell. Any serious music fan will love this. Davies plays a brilliant collection of solo harp pieces that put him in a class by himself. I really wasn’t quite sure how to classify this but since theContinue reading “DWA DNI by Rhodri Davies”