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Music, Music Review Jan 21, 2021
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Patricia Brennan makes delicate music for mallets
- By Noah Berlatsky
- Tags: Music Review, Patricia Brennan, Maquishti, Valley of Search, vibraphone, New York, Midori Takada, Recommended

Music, Music Review Jan 7, 2021
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White Suns merge harsh noise experiments and punk rhythms on The Lower Way
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Music Review, Decoherence Records, White Suns, The Lower Way, noise music, punk rock, New York, circuit bending, scrap-metal, power-electronics, Recommended

Music, Music Review Jan 5, 2021
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Megalophobe offers drones for mourning on Music for Resistance Fantasies
- By Noah Berlatsky
- Tags: Music Review, Megalophobe, Music for Resistance Fantasies, Nefarious Industries, New York, Benjamin Levitt, Brooklyn Exponential Festival, Marion Storm, Recommended

Music, Music Review Dec 31, 2020
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Live Skull combine new songs with a resurrected 1989 Peel Session on Dangerous Visions
- By Salem Collo-Julin
- Tags: Music Review, Bronson Recordings, Live Skull, Dangerous Visions, New York, noise-rock, Dusted, Mark C., Tom Paine, Thalia Zedek, postpunk, Saturday Night Massacre, John Peel, Recommended, Video

Music, Music Review Dec 4, 2020
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Dezron Douglas and Brandee Younger address cultural issues from lockdown on Force Majeure
- By Aaron Cohen
- Tags: Music Review, Dezron Douglas, Brandee Younger, Force Majeure, International Anthem, lockdown, COVID-19, New York, Black Lives Matter, Makaya McCraven, Universal Beings, Ravi Coltrane, Beyonce, Alice Coltrane, Recommended

Music, Music Review Nov 30, 2020
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Papo Vázquez leads his Mighty Pirate Troubadours through an uplifting blend of jazz and Caribbean rhythms
- By Aaron Cohen
- Tags: Music Review, Papo Vázquez, Mighty Pirates Troubadours, Chapter 10: Breaking Cover, Picaro Records, jazz, trombone, Latin jazz, Fort Apache Band, Jerry Gonzalez, Rich Germanson, Sherman Irby, New York, Puerto Rico, Recommended

Music, Music Review Nov 23, 2020
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Composer William Basinski combs four decades of his personal archives to build something new on Lamentations
- By Shannon Nico Shreibak
- Tags: Music Review, William Basinski, Lamentations, Temporary Residence Ltd., stay-at-home, quarantine, COVID-19, 9/11, Richard Chartier, New York, The Disintegration Loops, tape loops, National September 11 Memorial and Museum, composer, Recommended

Music, Music Review Nov 9, 2020
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Brooklyn saxophonist James Brandon Lewis finds inspiration in DNA on Molecular
- By Aaron Cohen
- Tags: Music Review, James Brandon Lewis, jazz, Intakt Records, Brooklyn, New York, Molecular, DNA, Aruán Ortiz, Brad Jones, Chad Taylor, Recommended

Music, Music Review Jul 15, 2020
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Paisley Fields makes out and open country music
- By Salem Collo-Julin
- Tags: Music Review, Paisley Fields, Don Giovanni Records, Electric Park Ballroom, country music, queer musicians, James Wilson, Iowa, New York, Nashville, Lavender Country, nonbinary people, alt-country, Oh These Urban Fences . . ., Ride Me Cowboy, Recommended, Video

Music, Music Review Jul 8, 2020
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New York metal outfit Pyrrhon confront our harrowing reality on Abscess Time
- By Jamie Ludwig
- Tags: Music Review, Pyrrhon, Abscess Time, Willowtip, heavy metal, metal, New York, avant-garde, Colin Marston, noise rock, Doug Moore, Recommended

Music, Music Review Jul 6, 2020
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Old comrades Peter Brötzmann and Fred Lonberg-Holm reunite on Memories of a Tunicate
- By Bill Meyer
- Tags: Music Review, Peter Brötzmann, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Memories of a Tunicate, Relative Pitch Records, jazz, improvised music, improvisation, Chicago Octet, Chicago Tentet, Germany, Kingston, New York, New York, saxophone, cello, Recommended

Music, Music Review Jun 12, 2020
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Saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock and pianist Kris Davis get to the heart of their collaboration
- By Bill Meyer
- Tags: Music Review, Ingrid Laubrock, Kris Davis, Blood Moon, Intakt Records, New York, Paradoxical Frog, Tyshawn Sorey, experimental music, jazz, contemporary music, improvisation, Gunweep, Recommended

Music, Music Review Jun 5, 2020
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New Interpol side project Muzz basks in unpredictability on its debut album
- By Candace McDuffie
- Tags: Music Review, Muzz, Interpol, New York, Paul Banks, Josh Kaufman, Matt Barrick, Bonny Light Horseman, Jonathan Fire*Eater, Matador Records, Recommended, Video

Music, Music Review May 29, 2020
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On Introduction, Presence Nation of Language make earnest synth-pop for the modern condition
- By Shannon Nico Shreibak
- Tags: Music Review, Nation of Language, Introduction, Presence, Brooklyn, New York, synth-pop, pop music, dance music, Ian Devaney, new-wave, Division St, Rush & Fever, Recommended

Music, Music Review Apr 24, 2020
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Texan interdisciplinary artist and guitarist Sandy Ewen releases her first solo LP
- By Bill Meyer
- Tags: Music Review, Sandy Ewen, Gilgongo Records, experimental music, improvisation, Houston, Texas, New York, Brooklyn, You Win, Weasel Walter, guitarists, artists, Tom Carter, Damon Smith, Recommended, Video

Music, Music Review Apr 24, 2020
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The Bobby Lees refresh garage rock for the next generation and everyone else
- By Jamie Ludwig
- Tags: Music Review, Bobby Lees, Alive Records, Natural Sound, Sam Quartin, garage-punk, punk rock, Woodstock, New York, Skin Suit, Jon Spencer, Crispin Glover, Recommended

Music, Music Review Apr 3, 2020
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Noise-rock luminaries converge to explore despair and hope in Human Impact
- By Jamie Ludwig
- Tags: Music Review, Human Impact, noise-rock, New York, Respirator, Unsane, Chris Spencer, Chris Pravdica, Swans, Jim Coleman, Cop Shoot Cop, Phil Puleo, Xiu Xiu, Ipecac, Recommended

Music, Music Review Mar 13, 2020
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City Morgue and Tokyo’s Revenge show the breadth of Soundcloud rap
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Review, City Morgue, Tokyo's Revenge, Reggies, Soundcloud rap, New York, City Morgue Vol. 2: As Good as Dead, Republic Records, TikTok, Florida, Mdnght (Side B), Blac Noize!, Recommended

Music, Concert Preview Mar 6, 2020
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Habibi’s gauzy surf rock will have you dreaming of summer
- By Joshua Minsoo Kim
- Tags: Concert Preview, Habibi, New York, surf rock, Anywhere but Here, Muddguts, Rahill Jamalifard, Come My Habibi, Hate Everyone but You, Hideout, Recommended

Music, Concert Preview Mar 6, 2020
$Sanction master ear-shattering metalcore on their debut full-length <i>Broken in Refraction</i>$
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Sanction master ear-shattering metalcore on their debut full-length Broken in Refraction
- By Madeline Happold
- Tags: Concert Preview, Sanction, Broken in Refraction, metalcore, Long Island, New York, The Infringement of God's Plan, David Blom, Mike Marino, Andrew Wojcik, Ryan Stephenson, Dillon Perino, SeeYouSpaceCowboy, addiction, Cobra Lounge, Recommended

Music, Concert Preview Mar 6, 2020
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Blood Orange brings his intimate R&B pop indoors
- By Jack Riedy
- Tags: Concert Preview, Blood Orange, Dev Hynes, R&B, pop music, New York, Angel's Pulse, Negro Swan, Dark & Handsome, Gold Teeth, Baby Florence (Figure), Vic Theatre, Recommended, Video

Music, Concert Preview Jan 10, 2020
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New York R&B singer Samoht searches for pop music’s unknown paths
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Concert Preview, Samoht, Exit, Mxxn Wave, R&B, Reason, Promontory, New York, Recommended

Music, Concert Preview Nov 15, 2019
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On her debut album, New York rapper Young M.A sets her sights on hip-hop’s crown
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Concert Preview, Young M.A., Katorah Marrero, New York, rap, OOOUUU, Herstory, Herstory in the Making, Recommended

Music, Concert Preview Oct 11, 2019
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Ghostly International celebrates two decades of putting out eclectic electronic sounds
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Concert Preview, Ghostly International, Michigan, Ghostly 20, Sam Valenti IV, Matthew Dear, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Thomas Fec, Tobacco, Shigeto, Drama, Steve Hauschildt, Emeralds, New York, electronic sounds, Recommended

Music, Music Feature Aug 27, 2019
Trumpeter Russ Johnson dances along a fine line

The Wisconsin composer and bandleader strikes a perfect balance between mainstream and vanguard.
- By John Corbett
- Tags: Music Feature, Russ Johnson, Chicago Jazz Festival, Jazz Festival, trumpet, New York, Wisconsin, Headlands, Berklee College of Music, Manhattan School of Music, Lee Konitz, Steve Swallow, Jazz Passengers, Kris Davis, Jenny Scheinman, Tom Varner, Milwaukee, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Greg Ward, 10 Tongues, Geof Bradfield, Clark Sommers, Dana Hall, Ba(SH), Nick Mazzarella, Spring, Still Out to Lunch, Meeting Point

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Patricia Brennan makes delicate music for mallets

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Live Skull combine new songs with a resurrected 1989 Peel Session on Dangerous Visions

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Dezron Douglas and Brandee Younger address cultural issues from lockdown on Force Majeure

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Papo Vázquez leads his Mighty Pirate Troubadours through an uplifting blend of jazz and Caribbean rhythms

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Paisley Fields makes out and open country music

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New York metal outfit Pyrrhon confront our harrowing reality on Abscess Time

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Old comrades Peter Brötzmann and Fred Lonberg-Holm reunite on Memories of a Tunicate

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New Interpol side project Muzz basks in unpredictability on its debut album

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