From the Street Worms release
(out September 28)
on YEAR0001
Old-Timey Brilliance From Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
“I wanna know where silence comes from / where space originates”
~
From the Hope Downs release
on Sub Pop
Radiance Indeed! In Radiant Children’s “Go Left”
From the recently released TRYIN’ Ep
On Radiant Children Records
Late Summer Goodness From Channel Tres: “Top Down”
Road Candy From Eno • Hyde: “Daddy’s Car”
From Someday World
on Warp Records
Cruising With Kurt Vile In “Loading Zones”
on Matador Records
Gliding New Work From Gorillaz: “Humility”
Featuring George Benson
From THE NOW NOW
on Warner Brothers Records
Silvery Americana From Nikki Lane: “Send The Sun”
from her latest release, Highway Queen
on New West Records
Nat Birchall Swallows Coltrane, And Survives (Fantastically)
Tunji
Nat Birchall – Tenor sax
John Ellis – piano
Michael Bardon – bass
Andy Hay – drums
on JAZZ45
Elvin Takes Lead In Coltrane’s “One Up, One Down”
John Coltrane, tenor saxophone / soprano saxophone McCoy Tyner, piano Jimmy Garrison, double bass Elvin Jones, drums
Free Jazz Hip-House From Makaya McCraven: “McCraven on the Mic”
John Coltrane’s Propulsive “Nature Boy”
on Impluse!
Hank Cherry calls “Nature Boy” the standout track on BDaO. Read his review of Both Directions at Once here
The Internet’s “Roll (Burbank Funk)”
From Hive Mind
on Columbia Records
House-Pop From Ian Poolely: “Kids Play”
from What I Do
on Pooledmusic
Gleaming New Work From Wild Nothing: “Letting Go”
from the forthcoming release, Indigo (due out 31 August)
Jim James Gets His Crazy Horse On With “No Secrets”
from Uniform Distortion
on ATO Records
Textural New Work From Body/Head: “You Don’t Need”
Kim Gordon and Bill Nace from The Switch
on Matador
Sorry To Bother You
You’ve never seen anything quite like Sorry to Bother You (2018). The provocative feature debut of rapper-turned-writer/director Boots Riley tackles race and capitalism with a ferocious and fantastical sense of humor that will have audiences alternately gasping and scream-laughing.
Lakeith Stanfield stars as Cassius Green, a young black man struggling to make his way at a shady telemarketing firm in Oakland. To show his discomfort in this gig, Riley throws his hero full-bodied into this interruptive workflow. When Cassius places a call, he and his desk are literally dropped into strangers’ homes, crashing into their family dinners, tearful moments of solitude, or frenzied sexual trysts. His girlfriend, Detroit (Tessa Thompson), has no qualms about her survival job; she spins signs by day so she can make political performance art by night. But Cassius grows frustrated making little money in a job he feels gives him no purpose. That is until a long-timer (Danny Glover) offers a crucial tip for success: “Use your white voice.” [Read more…]
Sonic Dust Unhanded From The Gods: John Coletrane’s “Slow Blues”
From Both Directions At Once: The Lost Album
Recorded in the Van Gelder Studio, New Jersey. March 6, 1963.
Featuring "The Classic Quartet" John Coltrane — tenor saxophone / soprano saxophone McCoy Tyner — piano Jimmy Garrison — double bass Elvin Jones — drums ♦ on Impulse! Records
Disclosure’s “Ultimatum” Says Go
on Island Records