AVA Trio Interview: Mapping the Lunar Cycles of ‘Lunae’
AVA Trio bypasses the standard recording studio for their fifth album, Lunae. They drag their acoustic gear deep into southern Italy to record inside a centuries-old Apulian trullo....
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John Vanore on ‘Easter Island Suite’: A Four-Decade Jazz Journey to the World’s Loneliest Island
Philadelphia trumpeter and composer John Vanore has spent more than 40 years mapping an island he has never set foot on, and his new album Easter Island Suite...
Harold Bronson of Rhino Records Revisits His Lost Garage Band: Mogan David & His Winos Return With ‘Savage Young Winos’
Before he helped turn Rhino Records into the gold standard of reissues, before the books, the Grammys, and the reputation as one of rock’s most obsessive historians, Harold...
Surfbort Interview: Dani Miller talks ‘Reality Star’ and the wild new single ‘Hot Dog’
Surfbort is back and they want to give you a giant, sweaty hug. If you felt battered by the world in recent times, Dani Miller and her crew...
Exploring Poland’s 60s–70s Underground: Milo Kurtis on Jazz, Osjan, and ‘The Book of Job’
Today we speak with one of Poland’s most adventurous musicians, Milo Kurtis, a member of legendary Osjan and a contributor to countless other projects. Born into a Greek...
Ko Shin Moon Interview: Mapping the Sacred and the Electric on ‘Sîn’
Ko Shin Moon began as a suitcase full of instruments. In 2017, Axel Moon returned to Paris after four years in India, hauling back rubabs, dutars and a...
Savage Beat Unleash ‘Unhinged’ from Upcoming Album ‘Bright Lights, Tall Shadows’
Amsterdam's own Savage Beat are back with their second full-length album, 'Bright Lights, Tall Shadows,' dropping March 6 on Wap Shoo Wap Records. Known for their trademark "street...
American Sharks Return With ‘Going Insane,’ Their First New Ripper In Five Years
It’s been half a decade since we last heard from American Sharks. In the timeline of a greased-up, high-velocity rock band from Austin, five years of radio silence...
Rok Zalokar: Opening the Structures — Inside ‘Pieces for Collective Change’
On 'Pieces for Collective Change,' pianist and composer Rok Zalokar pushes Zhlehtet toward a denser, more tactile ensemble language, one where composition behaves more like a fluid dialogue....
Leadbetter Band on Fatherhood, Sobriety, and Their New Album ‘Spell’
After 25 years and 11 albums, the Leadbetter Band’s latest release, Spell, arrives with a striking sense of focus. Written after the frontman embraced sobriety and fatherhood, the...