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The Sound of Listening (LP)
Mark Guiliana
Great playing, surprisingly intriguing writing. Guiliana plainly has a lot of musical ideas he wants to flesh out.
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Quantum Criminals: Ramblers, Wild Gamblers, and Other Sole Survivors from the Songs of Steely Dan (Book)
Alex Pappademas/Joan LeMay
There are books that can tell you what Steely Dan did; this is the first book to tell you what Steely Dan means. It talks about the Giant Girlfriend and "The Second Arrangement" and the crucial role Walter Becker played as Donald Fagen's songwriting partner. Joan LeMay's paintings shed a light on what a squonk's tears could look like, and Alex Pappademas leaves no stone unturned as he explores their working methods and unique worldview. It's all conjecture and supposition, given that Becker and Fagen were loathe to explain themselves, but most of the analysis seems spot on to me. If you've ever caught yourself humming a Steely Dan tune and wondered what the hell you were singing about, wonder no more.
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Mélusine (LP)
Cecile McLorin Salvant
An absolutely beautiful jazz album that tells the story of Mélusine, the half snake woman. The album is mostly sung in French which is very nice. Cecile's voice is incredible and the instrumentation is very pleasing to the ear. Cheers. Yes.
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Card Short of a Full Deck
De-Bons-en-Pierre
End of the world acid industrial. Cool album cover. Chicago duo.
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Ecuatoriana - El Universo Paralelo de Polibio Mayorga 1969-1981 (Analog Africa No.37) (LP)
Polibio Mayorga
Hammond Organ and Moog Andean cumbia from Ecuador 1969-1981 Analog Africa compilation.
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Triangle of Sadness(2022) (BLU)
Ruben Östlund
A satisfying viewing. Perfect for when you want something terrible to happen to the characters you dislike in the movie. R.I.P. Charlbi Dean.
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Systemic (LP)
Divide and Dissolve
Instrumental doom crashes and cracks to let in the light of a soprano saxophone!
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Lamella Pressed (LP)
Gi Gi
Following his essential cassette release, 'Sunchoke,' Gi Gi finally releases a vinyl slab. For fans of '90s ambient techno.
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Picture of Bunny Rabbitt (LP)
Arthur Russell
New compilation featuring outtakes from The World of Echo sessions. Ethereal, amorphous vocal and instrumental tracks. Every bit as magical as it's sister album.
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Our Town: Our Town: Jazz Fusion, Funky Pop & Bossa Gayo Tracks from Dong-A Records (LP)
Various Artists
A alternate subtitle could easily be "Korean City Pop." Many essential classics all in one place.
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I Inside The Old Year Dying (LP)
PJ Harvey
A sparse, neofolk affair sung largely in the Dorset dialect.
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My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross (LP)
Anohni and the Johnsons
A gorgeous and soul-tinged return.
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Mercy (LP)
John Cale
Dark electronics and apocalyptic musings from the Velvet Underground legend. A late era classic.
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Imagine This Is a High Dimensional Space of All Possibilities (LP)
James Holden
Ambient passages collide with dub techno, kosmische and skronk!
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On the Romance of Being (LP)
Desire Marea
Queer South African artist delivers a stunner with avant garde, electronic free jazz freakouts, and operatic wails served with a 13-piece band.
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Bones and All (BLU)
Luca Guadagnino
Bones and All is probably my favorite movie of all time dare I say it’s even better than the book. Everything added to script that wasn’t in the original story just added to the story and didn’t take away from the original plot. The acting and cinematography was amazing with the movie being full of beautiful views of middle America. The story is all about a girl discovering who she is and then how to cope with it. Sure it’s full of cannibals but at the core it’s a love story and a film about how you’re capable of being loved no matter how damaged you may be perceived. 10/10 would recommend (especially if you’re a sucker for a Timothée Chalamet movie)
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