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https://floatingpoints.bandcamp.com/album/promises Genre: Spiritual Jazz Rating: World Treasure (transcends numerical rating) My friend, who’s a successful writer, suggested I lengthen my reviews. While sometimes less is more and music simply needs to be listened to, on the other hand he’s right. Do I have anything to say? And if not, why the fuck am I writingContinue reading “Promises by Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra”

https://hiraeth-records.bandcamp.com/album/27th-floor Genre: Dream Wave Rating: 5/5 released on bandcamp January 30, 2020 If you’re looking for ambient type music that forces a little more engagement this is probably what your doctor would’ve ordered if Bernie were king. This continues through as a class struggle analogy, an apt one too, in that this music gives theContinue reading “27th Floor by Passive Refraction”

Moonchild – King Crimson Sleepwalk – Santo & Johnny Old Friends / Bookends – Simon and Garfunkel Lonely People – America Nothing Else Matters – Metallica My Proud Mountains- Townes Van Zandt I Started a Joke – The Bee Gees When I Was Young I Left Home – Bob Dylan

https://lambchop.bandcamp.com/album/showtunes Genre: Soft Rock Rating: 5/5 released on bandcamp May 21, 2021 The title to the record is no mistake. It’s an Americana ode to the ultimate Americana. I have mixed feelings about show tunes as a genre for the same reason I often find myself frustrated with opera. I dislike when the music bendsContinue reading “Showtunes by Lambchop”

Genre: Hard Bop Rating: Jazz Masterpiece / World Treasure Release Date: October, 1966 Recorded in ‘64 at the Van Gelder Studio this was Blakey’s last recording on Blue Note. Blakey’s run on Blue Note includes some of the most important music ever recorded and if you’re new to his music the album Moanin’ is aContinue reading “Indestructible by The Jazz Messengers”

https://dreamcatalogue.bandcamp.com/album/white Genre: Post Punk Rating: 5/5 released on bandcamp May 17, 2021 This is a fun, aggressive record in the tradition of no wave post punk noise. It never gets so involved in the noise to lose its musical sensibilities. This collection of very distinct short songs all have some kind of hook or melodicContinue reading “White by White Banshee”

https://dreamcatalogue.bandcamp.com/album/holograms-2 Genre: Experimental Rating: 5/5 released on bandcamp May 16, 2021 The Dream Catalogue label has released back to back to back home runs. This record has the typical vapor art but sonically is difficult to categorize. It runs a loop sample of someone who sounds like a black nationalist like Farrakhan supporter and withContinue reading “Holograms 2 by 骨架的 2”

https://subsoniceye.bandcamp.com/album/nature-of-things Genre: Jangle Pop Rating: 4/5 released on bandcamp January 15, 2021 Catchy cuteness from Singapore. This is the first I’ve heard of this band but apparently their other older stuff is fuzzier dream pop. I bet it’s also good.

https://eleganceofthedamned.bandcamp.com/album/breathless-in-your-radiant-light Genre: Electronic Dream Pop Rating: 5/5 released on bandcamp May 15, 2021 Very beautiful vocal music. Has a unique sound but should appeal to fans of Boards of Canada and Dead Can Dance. Lush electronic landscapes that could easily be stand alone ambient. Very engaging and enjoyable music.

https://thedustdiveflash.bandcamp.com/album/brooklyn-bridge-borealis Genre: Experimental Rating: 5/5 Released on bandcamp May 15, 2021 Ortman is one of my favorite musicians and it’s important to me to be Johnny on the Spot when it comes to listening and reviewing her stuff so I’m proud I caught this on the day it was released. It’s a covid video collaborationContinue reading “BROOKLYN BRIDGE BOREALIS by Laura Ortman”

https://dreamcatalogue.bandcamp.com/album/the-fat-american-freeway Genre: Spoken Word / Comedy Rating: 5/5 released on bandcamp May 13, 2021 This dude’s hatred for America and Americans is only rivaled by his love for all things Australian. He’s got us seppos pegged. Hilarious and essential listening.

https://therealdarkmatter.bandcamp.com/album/incongruous-inamorata Genre: Spoken Word / Horror Rating: 2/5 This had so much potential but the artist had to make it longer than King Kong’s Ding Dong. There’s about 45 minutes of five star material lost in this mess too. So sad 😭

https://globalpattern.bandcamp.com/album/natural-wonders Genre: Slushwave Rating: 5/5 released on bandcamp May 7, 2021 This album accomplishes a lot. Ambient-drone seems to be showing signs of having run its course. And similarly vapor in its common form seems to be spinning its wheels. But this album gives the listener the engaging mindfully aware peacefulness of great ambient musicContinue reading “Natural Wonders by MindSpring Memories”

https://doekraw.bandcamp.com/album/sunday-at-de-ruimte Genre: Free Jazz Rating: 5/5 Oh boy this is good! All four tracks tie together in a cohesive whole and there’s more cohesiveness throughout. There’s more than one way to skin a cat but a lot of free jazz philosophically strips away at the ego to pay deference to the whole. That’s what weContinue reading “Sunday at De Ruimte by Frank Rosaly, Marta Warelis, Aaron Lumley, John Dikeman”

https://fireoverheaven.bandcamp.com/album/laura-ortman-1-17-2019 Genre: Avant-garde Rating: 5/5 released on bandcamp May 5, 2021 Ortman is, in my opinion, the hottest violinist on the scene right now. She’s skilled, experimental, aggressive, and most importantly intensely engaging. This has dissonance that leans into Penderecki. It’s a single twenty minute live track, and a Fire Over Heaven release. I’d loveContinue reading “LAURA ORTMAN 1/17/2019 by LAURA ORTMAN”

https://fireoverheaven.bandcamp.com/album/mette-rasmussen-nate-wooley-5-16-2019 Genre: Free Jazz Rating: 5/5 released on bandcamp May 5, 2021 Wooley on trumpet and Rasmussen on alto sax. Rasmussen is heavily influenced by Ayler but the playing by both musicians feels more like it’s coming from the Don Cherry camp on this recording. There’s one thirty minutes track. At times it’s minimalistically quietContinue reading “METTE RASMUSSEN & NATE WOOLEY 5/16/2019 by METTE RASMUSSEN & NATE WOOLEY”

https://growing-music.bandcamp.com/album/diptych Genre: Drone Rating: 3/5 released on bandcamp April 30, 2021 Two old buddies from Brooklyn by way of Olympia that have been at it for a long time with a certain amount of success have made a solid recording here. Two guitars ran through the stuff to make the droning sounds and indeed asContinue reading “Diptych by GROWING”

https://eyevyberecordz.bandcamp.com/album/star-maps Genre: Space Guitar Rating: 5/5 released on bandcamp April 30, 2021 With absolute certainty I can say this will be on my 2021 AOTY list. Constructed with echo pedal electric guitar sounds to mind bending psychedelic effect soulful and hypnotic. This is my first run in with ML that I remember but I seeContinue reading “Star Maps by Matt LaJoie”

https://liquidlibrary.bandcamp.com/album/i-am-not-your-body Genre: Experimental Rating: 4/5 released on bandcamp April 29, 2021 An excellent compilation of music on the avant-garde of sound released by LL with the beautiful stated purpose of non-binary liberation.

https://entopticaudio.bandcamp.com/album/ea01-the-void-of-space Genre: Stoner Rating: 4/5 released on bandcamp April 28, 2021 One minutes and twenty-three seconds into this and I was falling in love. The grooves are hypnotic and empowering. It made me yell hell yeah because it hits the fucking spot yo.

https://unfathomless.bandcamp.com/album/raaswater Genre: Experimental Rating: 4/5 Watkins creates a field recoding style subtle and often quiet avant garde album. Raaswater is sonically engaging with lots of different sounds that almost become visual because they are so vivid and explicit.

https://parlourtapes.bandcamp.com/album/galloping-through-a-wormhole Genre: Psychedelic Rating: 5/5 released on bandcamp April 23, 2021 Unbelievably, I’m probably the first to be telling you that this is music you must hear. Unique, compelling, beautiful, hopeful, sincere, brilliant. A covid lockdown bedroom production by Chicago based Zach Moore this jams in a way that made me list as such inContinue reading “Galloping Through A Wormhole by ZM”

https://unfathomless.bandcamp.com/album/insects-are Genre: Field Recording Ambient Rating: 5/5 released on bandcamp April 23, 2021 Nature sounds looped and overlapped seamlessly to create a soothing engaging and surreal (in the most exact use of the word) music. This is a profoundly realized musical achievement built on electroacoustic concepts developed by the early pioneers in the mid toContinue reading “insects are by Masayuki Imanishi”

https://pupilslicer.bandcamp.com/album/mirrors Genre: Extreme Metal Rating: 5/5 released on bandcamp March 12, 2021 This has all the ingredients plus the special sauce. Wild time signatures and intense sonic brutality. There’s so much metal at this point it’s almost an intangible or something ineffable about what makes a metal record special. What hasn’t been done a millionContinue reading “Mirrors by PUPIL SLICER”

https://purpsounds.bandcamp.com/album/pierre-cardos-wild-adventure-chopped-and-screwed Genre: Screwston Rating: 4/5 released on bandcamp April 22, 2021 I’m not gonna lie. I’ve never heard the album being chopped and screwed here but I found a review on Stereogum and I learned it was a 2018 release. It’s got a cool trap sound that purpberry seems to have expertly manipulated. I saidContinue reading “Pierre & Cardo’s Wild Adventure (Chopped and Screwed) by dj purpberry”