// Elkhorn - Sun Cycle / Elk Jam  Operating as a foursome for this split themed offering, the instrumental explorations here are deep and the sonic conversations plentiful. Elkhorn for the most part record/perform as the guitar duo of Jes
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   // Cléa Vincent - Tropi​-​Cléa  A breezy and pleasant five song EP from the Parisian pop singer, accompanied by a band that brings lots of jazzy, swinging sounds to Vincent’s approachable vocals and compositions.   // Personal highlights:
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   // Recondite - Dwell  Sparse, rounded out techno sounds evoking flat, snow covered landscapes - but with a touch of blanketing warmth. That’s the reliable and meditative sound of Lorenz Brunner’s Recondite project.   // Personal highlight
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   // Frankie and The Witch Fingers - Monsters Eating People Eating Monsters…  In the vein of King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard, this album has you catching your breath after each track. It’s raucous, rollicking, expansive, and fun as hell.
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   // Mary Lattimore - Silver Ladders  This album will undoubtedly end up on many year end favorites lists - it’s that good. Lattimore’s harp continues to paint fresh, beautiful auditory pictures we’ve (perhaps unfairly) come to expect with
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   // Papir - VI  The Copenhagen trio return with four more instrumental explorations, all nearing or exceeding 10 minutes a piece. Plenty of blissful guitar notes, cymbal crashing breakdowns, and jam-centric qualities to revel in.  // Perso
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   // Chris Forsyth - First Flight (Live at Nublu)  Two choice cuts from a jam session at Nublu with Dave Harrington (guitar, electronics), Ryan Jewell (drums, percussion), and Spencer Zahn (bass), during Forsyth’s September 2019 residency a
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   // Wooden Shjips - V  Omar Ahsanuddin, Dusty Jermier, Nash Whalen and Ripley Johnson offer up warm, psychedelic rock winners on the road trip worthy  V . The album is patient and full of sun baked vocals, with plenty of fuzzed out, explor
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   // Klaus Layer - It’s Like A Circle  Top shelf hip-hop instrumentals here from the Berlin beat maker. Reminiscent of the early to mid 90’s era New York sound, this six track collection satisfies with ease.   // Personal highlights: Ist wi
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   // Minami Deutsch - With Dim Light  On the Japanese rockers’ second album, they shelve the dominant kraut rock sounds of their debut and opt for psychedelic fuzz, roiling bass, and ripping guitar solos. Warm, echoey vocals help to round o
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   // LaMP - S/T  Cohesive, funky instrumental grooves from a trio of musicians who know how to do it as well as anyone. Drummer Russ Lawton, organist Ray Paczkowski, and guitarist Scott Metzger bring their improvisational expertise to the s
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   // Sarah Louise - Floating Rhododendron  A collection of 12-string guitar instrumentals originally released in 2016 by the Asheville based musician, it’s been re-released by Louise herself and includes three previously unheard tracks. A w
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