Coltrane ’58: The Prestige Recordings compiles every song Coltrane cut as a bandleader in that pivotal year, and captures him at a crucial stage in his journey, his first true attempt to will his sax into new territory . . .
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These are not to be missed. The culmination of the Osaka based selector Dckn's three-part exploration mining the various sub-strains of Japanese jazz in the 1970s. And be sure to dig into volumes one, and two . . .
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Slow down. That's the message that pulses, softly, insistently, and repeatedly, through the runtime of Mandatory Reality, the new album from composer and bassist Joshua Abrams and his group Natural Information Society: "For me, it gives the musicians the opportunity to slow down, to try and take the approach of savoring what we're building together. If we can get to that space, you notice the focus broadens and zooms in at the same time . . .
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The record has a kind of strange outsider art beauty about it that’s welcoming and inviting in its eccentricity. Big buoyant rhythms humming about streaks of strange nocturnal neon splendor. The Stars’ spaced-out soul mingling casually with their earnest and lo-fi approach to highlife garage rock . . .
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I Need a New War brings to end the trilogy Craig Finn started in 2015 with Faith in the Future and continued with 2017's We All Want the Same Things, a triptych sidestepping the hard rock glory of Finn's band the Hold Steady in favor of quieter, more introspective sounds and stories. Finn's always written about hard luck characters, but increasingly, his lens centers more on the aftermath of the action than the action itself . . .
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Forget the pollen count, our quarterly Bandcamping roundup is back for Spring 2019. As a digital institution it’s hard to beat Bandcamp. It’s ridiculously easy to use, it puts money directly into artists’ (and labels’) pockets and there’s a seemingly endless amount of music to discover there — new, old and in-between. Of course, that endlessness can be a little overwhelming, so here are 10 recommended releases to dig into . . .
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These are not to be missed. If you haven’t yet, slip into volume one: the first entry of the Osaka-based (French) dj & record collector, Dckne’s three part series digging 1970s Japanese jazz/funk/groove. Then: slide into a second hour expanding on the themes of volume one, while incorporating various sub-strains of the genre throughout . . .
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The motivations behind writing this are twofold. First, as a PSA for those of you who have yet to subscribe to Nick Cave's weekly email newsletter: The Red Hand Files. Second, to highlight the exceptional 1981 documentary film This Is Elvis -- a film Cave references in issue #34. The context for its inclusion is in relation to Cave's thoughts on the transformative power of music, and specifically how it relates to Presley near the end of his life . . .
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Portland selector Mr. Wriff paid a visit to AD HQ last weekend, a visit that dovetailed with the weekly broadcast of his Friday night KMHD radio show, Altered State. We tuned in, and now you can too.
Click the play button as Traver and guest Allen Thayer (The Brazilian Beat), guide a late-night, spirituous journey sampling strains from Brazil, Italy, Poland and beyond . . .
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There are a number of stories of artists that took the long road to commercial success, but the story of Pulp is an especially curious one. This is a band that spent significant time in the artistic wilderness — nearly 15 years. And then, suddenly, one album permanently set them into the firmament of Britpop elder statesmen – Blur, Oasis, and Suede in particular. That album, His n Hers, turns 25 today, and its sharp, calculated fission of a decade and a half’s worth of preparation still sounds like a chart-topping album, albeit one from some alternate timeline where some . . .
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Tonight, lots of dub, lots of reverb. Transmissions from Prince Jammy, Ranking Ann, The Lijadu Sisters, Bohannon, Don Cherry, Cochemea, Juan Pablo Tores, et beaucoup plus . . .
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Anatolian traditionals reinterpreted/reinvented. Inspired by Turkish folk and psychedelia from the 60s & 70s, the Amsterdam based Altin Gün recorded the entirety of their new album, Gece, directly to 8 track tape. No computers involved. For fans of Ersen, Apaşlar, Moğollar, Erkin Koray, et al . . .
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Music is the weapon. The past ten or so years have witnessed a western appreciation of Fela Kuti that would have seemed implausible just a decade prior. From the Broadway success of the Fela! musical, to the ongoing celebrity-endorsed reissue series, Kuti's music, and (with it) message have reached a far broader audience than ever achieved during the Nigerian musician's own lifetime . . .
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Soul singer Lee Fields reflects on five decades of making music for and with people, discusses the line between the sacred and the secular, and offers up cosmic advice: "The truth isn't hard. A lie is hard. You have to catch yourself every time. People get caught up in lies, but when you're dealing with the truth, man, it's easy . . .
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