During the course of Larry Coryell’s long and storied career, the jazz-fusion guitarist has ventured into nearly every corner of the musical world. But on his most recent collaboration with The Wide Hive Players, Coryell returns to his roots to deliver his most brilliant work in years. Reminiscent of the...

When Ry Cooder recorded his first two albums, collections of songs by the likes of Lead Belly and Woody Guthrie that evoked the desperate times of the Great Depression, he could scarcely have imagined that 40 years later he’d be singing of the same old problems, but...

Hudson Mohawke’s second EP for Warp, and his first new material for the esteemed electro label following 2009’s debut LP Butter, is a five-tracker that leaves the listener immediately keen for more. There was something about Butter that didn’t quite stick â€" it was a (suitably, perhaps) slippery...

"Midnight City"from the album Hurry Up, We're Dreaming2011iTunesIt's been a long and fruitful journey for M83's Anthony Gonzalez. Started in the early '00s, the once-duo-but-now-solo project has been pumping out albums of top-tier electronic shoegaze for the better part of a decade. That...

Hailing from York, musical quartet Hungry Ghosts blend together elements of indie, rock, pop as well as a little punk, to create a big sound, especially with these three tracks, including the new single 'By The Bridge'.

This one is alive with power, bursting with energy and has wonderful melodies running...

  Sean Smith, though noted more for his acoustic guitar work, as a solo artist and producer, and his associating with such American Primitive-focused labels like Tompkins Square and Gnome Life. But, perhaps unfairly, his electric work has not been given the respect it deserves. Maybe that is because his...

Bill Frisell rarely follows conventional musical pathways. The guitarist has released albums of Americana, world, blues and classical musicâ€"all with a jazz edge. Improvisation is at the heart of what Frisell does, magically forming loose ideas into compelling and frequently exigent listening experiences. Sign of Life, recorded with the virtuosic...

There is always a moment of panic when a musician exits a group, particularly if that musician felt instrumental to a band’s unique sound. But while listening to experimental rock act Battles’ second albumâ€"the much-anticipated successor to 2007’s Mirrored â€"any potential dread regarding the absence of keyboardist/vocalist Tyondai Braxton vanishes...

  Guitarist Darryl Shepard (Hackman, Milligram) steps out on his own here, the second solo drone project under the name Blackwolfgoat. The results are in, and "Dronolith" is a forty minute, six song mini-epic long on the mood and which uses its minimal chords wisely. The line between hypnotic and...

While undoubtedly influenced to some extent by the mightily impressive instrumental racket made by stateside trio Russian Circles, this British three-piece of vocal-less rock sorts go beyond so many post-rock-meets-metal combos by delivering a sound that is as tight and fine-tuned as it is groove-laden and dance-friendly. It’s one...