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Khu.éex’ - Siyáadlan

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Before the arrival of white settlers, the area now forming the Northwest United States was home to a variety of peoples who spoke many different languages. The Haida people, who traditionally...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2025-04-26)

Stephen Grew - Fire

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What can be said about a near-hour long solo piano piece that is purely improvised on the spot and mostly eschews all genre boundaries? It could be split into three shorter tracks “Fire...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2025-04-25)

Satomimagae - Taba

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It seems unfair to begin a review of an artist’s new release by talking about a different artist, but in this case I can’t help it. I’ve been hearing a lot about Ichiko Aoba...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2025-04-24)

Malcolm Galloway - Metazoa

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Malcolm Galloway leads a dual musical life, one as a contemporary minimalist electronic composer, and another as a composer and member of the progressive rock band Hats Off Gentlemen, It’s...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2025-04-23)

Exedra - Star Zoned

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Star Zoned is the first new exedra release in two years. After exedra’s two retrospectives

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(Posted by Henry Schneider 2025-04-22)

World Sanguine Report - Songs from the Harbour

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Previously on World Sanguine Report, Andrew Plummer found himself in the company of a group featuring six or more musicians on

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2025-04-21)

Rulaman - Death Whistle

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When the opening title track of Rulaman’s Death Whistle kicks in, you might think you’re in for a sludgy doom-fest. This is a plodding heavy riff that would get any stoner...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2025-04-19)

Futuropaco - Fortezza di Vetro Volume 2

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Justin Pinkerton may well be one of the Bay Area’s best kept secrets, though his work as a drummer, producer, engineer and multi-instrumentalist goes back a good 25 years. Somewhere deep in...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2025-04-18)

Don Falcone - One of the Spirits Burning

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We’ve all read books about our favorite bands — Beatles, Stones, and so on. In just the last few years I’ve read scholarly books about the Yardbirds, Procol Harum, Grateful Dead,...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2025-04-18)

Ledley - Ledley

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I’m guessing that most American listeners wouldn’t recognize the name of this group. Ledley is named after Ledley King, a...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2025-04-17)
 

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