Ten years after my run at Mutek in 2014, some highlights, in no real order: Colin Stetson on solo saxophone is pretty incredible — circular…
^^ that turn of phrase leaped into my mind when walking around Seattle. I went past Sonic Boom, and was struck by a possibly false…
Another big year, yes yes: Oklou – God’s Chariot (SH Remix) [Welt Discos] What’s such a big deal about a skippy garage-ish beat, a kind-of-an-organ…
A perhaps especially endless year for music, which is saying kind of a lot: James Holden – Imagine This Is A High Dimensional Space Of…
Maybe, say it softly, just a normal year for going out: some winners, some “meh”. Still a lot of people wanting to go hard after…
James Holden – Bandcamp Weekly 640 Bad news, it’s another James Holden year, so you have to hear about everything single thing he’s done. Lucky…
Lucrecia Dalt @ National Sawdust I did not know what to expect going into this one – Dalt has made both sideways torchsongs and geological…
We have, in point of fact, been here for years. But it was still good to be back Musclecars @ Mr Sunday A peak experience….
A complex year, for obvious reasons: a sort of big contrast between the deeply introspective and the huge banger. DJ Python – Virtually Nowadays Not…
And a big year for albums, it seems Loraine James – Reflection I for sure slept on this one, thinking maybe that “Running Like That”…