Amoeba Music

My Rifle, My Pony, and Me has a soft spot in my heart, and an even softer spot has been created for the cover featured on Greener. The original song that serves as the title track of this EP hints at the sound that's to come from this artist, and I'm stoked to see what's next. Favorite track: My Rifle, My Pony, and Me Read more

Sextile has slowly become one of my favorites, and this most recent album has only aided in that feeling. Touching on house, post-punk, gabber, dance, synth-punk, and more, Push is an absolute blast from start to finish. It'll ramp you up, it'll slow you down, it'll leave you wanting way more from this incredible LA based outfit. Favorite track: Lost Myself Again Read more

Synth! Minimal wave! Post-punk! Beeps! Boops! Half Eaten by Dogs has it all and more! The Serfs became a mainstay of mine after their incredible 2020 release Sounds of Serfdom, and the follow up Primal Matter solidified them as a regular in my rotation. Half Eaten by dogs continues the electronic magic The Serfs have tapped into in a more stripped down, experimental, and icy cold way. Favorite track: Electric Like An Eel Read more

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One of the most impactful and inspiring Poets of this generation. Aja has been one of my favorites throughout the years and the way she cultivates words and sound to punctuate the soul in her live performances has always left me spellbound. Witnessing this album live was a life changing experience. Read more

Floored by the amount of Soul, House and Electronica put into this album. Reminiscent of 70's-90's artists like Funkadelic, Prince, Dee-lite, and the phenomenal choreography in their videos gives a deep nostalgia of Soul-Train. Read more

Flawless, Dreamy, Melodic, Spacey, Ethereal. From start to finish. Read more

90's revival. EBTG delivers their essence of Trip-Hop and dance. This album was much looked forward to having been obsessed throughout High School. Read more

One of the most groundbreaking and phenomenal Trip-Hop albums of the 90's. Legendary J-Dilla cultivated the beat for the track "Fingertips" a solid forever favorite of mine. Read more

Any classical composer that can upset French integralists enough to ban their performance in a church is alright by me. Having experienced the joy of hearing Malone perform her organ pieces at the First Congressional Church of Los Angeles back in 2022, one would surmise that the French Catholic conservatives never actually heard her music. Malone’s compositions can be dense, yet the layers of ravishing overtones wash over the listener unexpectantly. What feels like a drone soon permeates through the body, giving one a connection from earth to the heavens. Read more

I understand the disapointment of folks expecting this to be a rap album and it is not. I understand the folks who are inspired that an artist like Andre 3000 can grow and change direction. I have no opinion, either way. The thing that got me is that I cannot stop listening to this album. Granted, I am the “prototype” (Insert dad joke groans here) for an album like this. I dig artists like Laraaji and Alice Coltrane. I also enjoy projects produced by Carlos Niño, who collaborated with Andre 3000 on New Blue Sun. I would have liked this album if Andre 3000 were not on it, but the fact that he is makes him susceptible to criticism as well as praise from folks who do not usually listen to spiritual jazz influenced music as I do. As much as I enjoyed New Blue Sun, it was also an enjoyable cultural experience. I watched people slow their lives down for just a moment so that they could listen to something they normally would not have, and that rarely happens these days. Read more

That flow, that creativity! I hear the Hip Hop's early aught influences (Outkast, Busta Rhymes) but it’s just that; an influence, not a replication. I love where she is going with this. Read more

it would be hard pressed for Ruben Blades to mess up a classic like Siembra. The greatest Salsa album ever made. But do we really need a live version of it forty-five years later and without Willie Colon, the other half of the legendary duo? The answer is an overwhelming yes! Blades, along with his bandleader Robert Delgado just burn on this recording. The songs are still relevant, the energy is relentless, and Ruben’s voice still sounds as perfect as it was forty some odd years ago. Read more

Peruvian Percussionist, composer, and visual artist Monongo Mujica has been blending Peruvian Traditional music with avant-garde jazz since the mid-eighties. The blend of classical instruments with jazz and traditional Peruvian percussion conjures images of magnificent storm clouds over breathtaking Andean Mountain ranges where logic ends and spiritually begins. Read more

Mr. Tetelman, a young Chilean-American tenor, is a standout opera star of his generation. In this gorgeous collection of Puccini's tenor arias, his singing displays both a miraculous breath control in quieter moments, as well as a brilliant tone and impressive power in the upper range. This fine young singer is a pleasure to hear, in this beloved standard repertoire. Read more

This CD set showcases 10 of Maestro Bernstein's most seminal recordings on the Columbia label. His musical versatility is clearly evident, whether as the piano accompanist to the great baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, in a set of Mahler songs, or when conducting The New York Philharmonic or The Columbia Symphony, in master works of Haydn, Beethoven, Dvorak, or the definitive recordings of his own compositions such as 'An American in Paris', 'Candide' and 'West Side Story'. Read more

Isata, of the accomplished Kanneh-Mason family, has already made a great name for herself, both as recital partner with her cellist brother Sheku, and as a piano soloist. This collection of works, the titles all pertaining to children, is not easy or elemental piano at all. The artist does perform them with a warmth and facility that is a treat for the listener, and the Debussy "Children's Corner" set is particularly charming in her rendition. Read more

This refreshing recording by the nimble Keystone Wind Ensemble makes a great case for the worth of these little known compositions by little known African American composers. It makes the listener feel curious as to what else might be available to be heard, both by the composers, and by this ensemble. Read more