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Matthew Shipp Trio, Elastic As…
The debut studio recording by pianist Matthew Shipp's current trio, previ… more »
Lamb of God’s Chris Adle…
Lamb of God are one of the best metal bands inAmerica, and drummer Chris … more »
Amoral, Beneath
This fifth album, and U.S. debut, by furious Finns Amoral finds them evol… more »
Liberteer, Better To Die On Yo…
Grindcore is not typically a restrained genre. The drums blast, the guita… more »
Lamb of God, Resolution…
Lamb of God's seventh studio album (counting their debut as Burn the Prie… more »
Skeletonwitch, Forever Abomina…
These Ohio headbangers synthesize a variety of sub-styles into a blend th… more »
Subrosa, No Help for the Might…
This doomy, female-led Salt Lake City art-metal outfit made one of the mo… more »
Wolvhammer, The Obsidian Plain…
On album No. 2, Minnesota-based Wolvhammer have moved from the tiny Init … more »
Hull, Beyond the Lightless Sky…
If you like Neurosis, you'll like Hull. Vocalist Nick Palmirotto has a ba… more »
Monomono, Give The Beggar A Ch…
Joni Haastrup has one of the most fascinating stories in Nigerian music h… more »
Monomono, The Dawn Of Awarenes…
Joni Haastrup has one of the most fascinating stories in Nigerian music h… more »
Joni Maastrup, Wake Up Your Mi…
Joni Haastrup has one of the most fascinating stories in Nigerian music h… more »
Primus, Green Naugahyde…
The first Primus album in a dozen years is a step backward, but a somewha… more »
Toxic Holocaust, Conjure and C…
Toxic Holocaust is fundamentally a one-man show; guitarist and vocalist J… more »
Blue Note’s Mid-’6…
In the early 1960s, as the manic improvisations of bebop gave way to blue… more »
Lee Morgan, Search for the New…
In 1963, trumpeter Lee Morgan had a major breakthrough hit with the funky… more »
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messen…
Even as Wayne Shorter established himself as a leader, Art Blakey's Jazz … more »
Wayne Shorter, Night Dreamer (…
Tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter came to Blue Note in the mid '60s fulfill… more »
Larry Young, Into Somethin…
On his own albums, organist Larry Young took the instrument far from its … more »
Grant Green, Talkin’ Abo…
The organ trio (organ, guitar and drums) is the bedrock of soul jazz, but… more »
Sam Rivers, Contours
Saxophonist Sam Rivers first came to broad public attention via a short s… more »
Joe Henderson, Inner Urge (The…
Of the five albums Joe Henderson made for Blue Note in the '60s, only thi… more »
Jackie Mclean, Destination…
One of two albums alto saxophonist McLean made in partnership with Gracha… more »