As the year heads to a close, our friend Jeff Gburek offers up one of his last releases of 2025. From his Bandcamp site: “Although most of these tracks were realized in October and November, I’ve chosen to give the title over to the coming moon of December and the Continue Reading
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Jeff Gburek (Mental Health Food Store) – Taurids Encke, Overture & Entanglements
This is one of the latest releases by our esteemed friend and composer Jeff Gburek. From his Bandcamp site: “Inspiration comes literally from the meteorite shower Taurids Encke as an energetic immanence, along with the other great astronomical influences on our horizon, such as comets 3I/Atlas, comets A6 and R2, Continue Reading
The Residents & Renaldo And The Loaf – Title In Limbo + 4 Daze
Two of the most charmingly weird bands, The Residents and Renaldo And The Loaf, paired up for two freaky albums which have been reissued as one album by Klanggalerie. The sound is brilliant, and you can tell a lot of love went into this reissue. Well done.
Sarathy Korwar – There Is Beauty, There Already
What a sublime work this is! I’m new to the work of Sarathy Korwar, a US-born, India-raised bandleader and master percussionist. This percussive gem is his latest work. From Sarathy’s Bandcamp site: “Playing as a 40-minute suite of hypnotic and transcendent drum improvisations, the album beats through a repetitive, circular Continue Reading
El Michels Affair – Anticipate feat. Clairo b/w Indifference feat. Shintaro Sakamoto
The world is a hellhole at the moment. Everyone is suffering, hearts are burning. Perhaps a bit of soul from El Michels can give us a break. Both guest singers, Clairo and Shintaro Sakamoto, have voices dripping with sweet soul.
Richard Leo Johnson – The Sleeping Porch
Thanks to the ever-wonderful Cuneiform Records for offering this album by the Georgia (USA)-based guitarist Richard Leo Johnson. You can hear flashes of John McLaughlin, Leo Kottke, Larry Coryell and Ralph Towner’s influence, but Richard has carved out his own niche. A great guitar disc.
Jeff Gburek – Round About Kaponiera
Jeff Gburek has a new release of instrumental guitar work that is simply sublime listening. From his Bandcamp site: “These tracks, were recorded in October, at home, quickly, via mono instrument microphone and with with a Boss reverb pedal in the mixer’s effects loop. The pieces on the album reiterate Continue Reading
Dan Krimm – Second Wind
Many years ago, I had the pleasure of reviewing fretless bassist and fellow Californian Dan Krimm’s album on my old blog, A Miscellany of Tasteful Music. Recently, Dan informed me that he has a new album coming out, and it’s one of the most elegant and relaxing listens I’ve had in a long Continue Reading
Tuxedomoon – Desire (45th Anniversary Edition)
Currently, there is no track list available for this important release, but Tuxedomoon is reissuing their masterpiece, Desire, as a double LP, CD, and digital download. The release date is set for November 21, 2025, just before Thanksgiving. If you’re looking for an avant-garde Christmas gift for yourself, this might be the perfect Continue Reading
B🜁RBELITH – Terpsichore
Fresh post-vaporwave from B🜁RBELITH, one of the many aliases of IXΘΥΣ and Lux Aura Records. Heavy, crunchy techno beats, a bit more muffled. Not quite vaporwave, this is a beast that looks back to the 1990s techno scene.