The Free Jazz Collective

By Paul Acquaro Radiation begins with an aggressive bass-line and a forceful thrust of percussion in a slightly odd-meter groove. Then...

Reviewed by Joe This is one of those very special records, although this may be a 4.5 star review, there's no doubt it's a fi...

Kammerflimmer Kollektief: Désarroi (Staubgold, 2015) ***** By  Martin Schray The first thing you have to know is that this album is re...

Review by Joe For all of those who haven't heard Marc Ducret's Tower series, now is maybe the time to start. This record repre...

Reviewed by Joe N.E.W. equals Steve N oble, John E dwards and Alex W ard. I thought this was their debut release, but if you look at t...

A set of new releases on  OutNow showcases adventurous musicianship and diverse styles... By Paul Acquaro Alex Weiss - Fighter Planes ...

Reviewed by Joe I've kind of lost my way a bit with the Marc Ducret "Tower" series. We haven't reviewed them all here ...

A Deep Listening Review 2/2 By Martin Schray When Sonic Youth broke up due to Kim Gordon’s and Thurston Moore’s separation many long...

A Deep Listening Review 1/2 By Tom Burris One arpeggio electric guitar chord plays throughout the opening track while Kim Gordon'...

Guitar Week By stef .. post-jazz post-rock psychedelic cinematic hypnotic repetitive post-jazz post-rock psychedelic cinematic hypnot...

Reviewed by Joe Here's a record to add to Paul Aquaro's recent post concerning Sonic Liberation Front's record tribute to S...

By Paul Acquaro A few months back I wrote a review about Nate Wooley's album The Almond . It was interesting recording in which ther...

Posted by  Joe Michael Blake is often classed on websites as avant-garde, although to this day I've never really understood why? ...

By Martin Schray Like many Germans I am a soccer fan. And I was just watching my favorite club being beaten by its “worst” enemy. It was...

Posted by  Joe I met Michael Coleman (the leader of Arts and Science) in Brussels quite a few years ago. He was on the usual European t...

By Martin Schray This blog is about free jazz, we all agree on that. But one of the comments to the concert excerpt mentioned below asks...

By Martin Schray One of my favorite documentaries is Werner Herzog’s Encounters at the Edge of the World , in which he tries to find o...

Reviewed by Joe If you've been wondering what to put on at your latest party, or just looking for some good time music which isn...

Reviewed by Joe It's been a long wait for album, the third from Jeff Parker and his trio (if you include the 'Relatives' a...

Reviewed by Joe I noticed that one of our new writers Philip Coombs (kind of) apologized for reviewing an album from 2011. Well I can ...