TORTOISE Beacons of Ancestorship

Sep 11,2009
TORTOISEBeacons of AncestorshipTricky techno beats—including 10/8 and 6/8 over 4—snazzy synths, nasty-ass distorted bass, brooding atmospherics, and dashes of screeching, echo-y, metallic, and Morricone-inspired guitars make for More...

Innerviews Music Without Borders Anil Prasad

Oct 10,2010
Anil Prasad established innerviews.org in 1994, and quickly gained a reputation among readers and artists for incisive and substantive journalism. Ten of the 24 interviewees here are guitarists—Martin Carthy, Michael Hedges, John More...

Garaj Mahal amp Fareed Haque Discovery

May 14,2010
Garaj Mahal & Fareed Haque DiscoveryFareed Haque (Sting, Joe Zawinul) was one of the earliest standard bearers for the Moog Guitar, and on this disc he puts the instrument through its many paces in the company of bassist More...

Henry Kaiser Solo Guitar 2009 Where Endless Meets Disappearing

Mar 9,2010
Bay Area creative music-meister Henry Kaiser recorded most of the improvised pieces on this solo guitar outing in a few hours back in May of 2009, using a very old school Lexicon Super Prime Time digital delay that had been More...

Makajodama Makajodama

Jun 1,2010
Swedish guitarist, bassist, keyboardist, and pedal-steel player Mathias Danielsson is flanked by violin, cello, drums, and guest brass, reed, and woodwind players on this magnificent disc of largely improvised More...

Disco Biscuits Planet Anthem

Jun 1,2010
This alternately vibey and driving electronica release is dorky, cheesy, kitschy, and kinda dumb, but it’s also strangely seductive and tons of fun. If I were driving through Hades in a convertible Mustang, I’d definitely More...

The Steve Hillage Band Gong Unconvention Amsterdam 2006

Jul 1,2010
The first live performance by the SHB—formed by Hillage and synthesist/vocalist Miquette Giraudy in the wake of their involvement in the surrealist-psychedelic-Dadaist-art-rockers Gong—since 1979. Hillage’s riffs, drones, More...

Quick Hit SANTI PICÓ amp ADRIÀ GRANDIA Loop Project

Feb 25,2010
This intriguing disc of masterfully effected and looped electric guitar and hurdy-gurdy—yes, you read that correctly—music traverses a rich tapestry of largely ambient musical colors and textures while successfully avoiding most More...

DVD NO-MAN Mixtaped

Feb 23,2010
No-Man is the brainchild of vocalist/lyricist Tim Bowness and guitarist/composer Steven Wilson (also a member of prog titans Porcupine Tree). Since its inception in the late ’80s, No-Man has continually shifted lineups and More...

Matt Stevens Ghost

Aug 19,2010
North London-based Stevens has made a name for himself on the Interwebs, especially among the avant-garde underground, largely due to savvy social networking. On this quirky, inventive, mostly upbeat, and entirely delightful More...

Citay Dream Get Together

Apr 15,2010
This San Francisco-based ensemble is headed up by guitarist/keyboardist/vocalist Ezra Feinberg, accompanied by guitarists Tim Green and Sean Smith, bassist Diego Gonzalez, drummer Warren Huegel, violinist Adria Otte, and More...

Phil Keagy And Jeff Johnson Frio Suite

Apr 1,2010
Inspired by time spent at a lodge alongside the Frio River in Texas, this lovely music is introspective and pastoral in turns, somehow managing to sound both lush and delicate at the same time. Johnson’s pretty keyboard More...