On “Small Talk”, NYC’s S.C.A.B. tackles the unavoidable and inevitable sense of grief and loss we’ll all feel at some point in our lives with a climactic and patient build
The new SmallsLIVE Living Masters Series has issued Kirk Lightsey Live at Smalls Jazz Club, their second offering, following this past August’s release of vocalist Sheila Jordan’s Live at Mezzrow. As the series name implies, these recordings honor the best of iconic jazz musicians that are still with us.
Aside from being a great improvisational drummer, Paul Motian is perhaps best known for his composing. Motian was the ideal artist for the dream-like ethereal sounds often captured by the ECM label on which this tribute Once Around the Room appears. His melodies seem to drift like shrouds of mist above a foundation, sometimes shifting but more often sturdy. It’s the kind of music that places a premium on listening and group interplay rather than a series of solos.
My Morning Jacket have announced a deluxe edition of their GRAMMY® Award-nominated sixth studio album, CIRCUITAL, arriving via ATO Records as 3xLP and 2CD on Friday, December 9.
Future Islands have always had one foot in the synth-pop of the ’80s so why not take that glossy ambition into a holiday cover? Well here they go with “Last Christmas,” the classic festive song originally made famous by Wham!
On February 10th Matador Records will release This Stupid World, the sixteenth album by Yo La Tengo. In a press release for the new album, it’s noted that the new one from the adored indie trio of Ira Kaplan, Georgia Hubley, and James McNew is its move live sounding one yet.
We spoke with Mike Ryan about playing performing at the Grand Ole Opry, his new album ‘Longcut’ and more.
Bird Streets’ new album Lagoon is an emotional tour de force that covers self-pity, regret, anger, depression and ultimately peace.
Containing “You Got Lucky,” it is not without cache, but neither that MTV-propelled hit, nor the other singles, “Change of Heart” and “Straight Into Darkness,” that Long After Dark reaffirmed Tom Petty’s status as a household name
On Changes, King Gizzard’s fifth and final record of 2022, the band proves that they also know when to let one of those ideas marinate.
