Crucial Listening #121: Colin Stetson
Ruinous beauty, hauling a bass sax up the stairs, Hendrix's face, worlds of breath. The saxophonist and composer discusses his important albums.
Jack Chuter
Review: DODE – Music for critters
Prepared piano and strange manipulations. The blurring of spaces and selves.
Crucial Listening #120: Xhosa Cole
Intuitive resonance, cataclysmic dualities, bandleader grace. The UK-based saxophonist discusses three important albums.
Feature: Review of 2022
Here are a handful of records I enjoyed last year.
Yara Asmar – Home Recordings 2018-2021 (Hive Mind Records)
The debut album of the Beirut-based puppeteer/video artist/multi-instrumentalist, built on recordings captured on cassette and mobile phone. These tracks hang on the edge of wakefulness, with the edges of diurnal
Crucial Listening #119: Yara Asmar
Heart wrung like a towel, Skullcandy bass, the magic of music boxes. The Beirut-based multi-instrumentalist, video artist and puppeteer discusses three important albums.
Crucial Listening #118: More Eaze
Visions of hell/paradise, two G's in eggs, bizarre lemonade. The composer/multi-instrumentalist from Austin, Texas discusses three important albums.
Crucial Listening #117: Phillip Golub
Vocal imitation games, aural cocktails, jazz-adjacent ingenuity. The New York-based composer and pianist discusses three important albums.