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Caspian: Return from Tour, Re-release "The Four Trees", prepare for new album After rounding up their European tour, Boston-based fourpiece Caspian have already returned to writing new pieces as part of the ...

CD Feature/ Bill Evans Trio: "Sunday at the Village Vanguard" Gently rendered impressionist gives-and-takes: Commonly regarded as one of the best jazz albums in history.

CD Feature/ Robert Ashley: "Concrete" Consider no one trustworthy: The answer to whether we should keep a secret or spell it out remains ambiguous.

Lymbyc Systym: Field Studies in Europe Texas-based Post Rock band Lymbyc Systym have announced their tour dates for 2009 shortly before the official street date of ...

Crouton Music: The End after a Decade of Audivisual Greatness Milwaukee-based record company Crouton Music will be closing down at some unspecified date in 2009. Label head Jon Mueller announced ...

15 Questions to JB Floyd JB Floyd loves to play. He has performed pieces by Chopin and Wayne Shorter, Prokofieff and Gershwin, Brahms and Jonny ...

CD Feature/ Capillary Action: "So Embarrassing" Playfully developing arrangements: Like crying on a blueskied day at the most beautiful beach.

CD Feature/ TV On the Radio: "Dear Science" An unearned rap as gloom-meisters: A very listenable band with masculine lines.

CD Feature/ Novasak: "Alpha"; Jeff Gburek: "Red Rose for the Sinking Ship" Beyond the outward appearance of sounds: A mean beast of a record & arriving at form from formlessness.

CD Feature/ Kenneth Gaburo: "Lingua II: Maledetto / Antiphony VIII" A dangerous man: To Gaburo, language, life and music should not be separated.

The Land Of: 'Introductions' introduces an Oasis of Tranquility It’s true: Some of the best things in life are free! New York-based label The Land Of, a tranquil oasis ...

Ocean: Casual Review of 'Pantheon of the Lesser' reveals minimalist Doomwork Portland, Maine based Progressive Doom band Ocean have announced the eagerly awaited follow-up to their enthusiastically received full-length debut “Here ...

CD Feature/ "Blue" Gene Tyranny: "The Somewhere Songs/ The Invention of Memory" A body of pure music: Love- and torch songs celebrating the joy of being alive and lamenting the horror of ...

Greg Kelley: Self-Hate Index needs no extended-extended Techniques Usually, an artist’s choice of instrument is a perfect opener for lighting up an easy conversation and for sparking smirking ...

Philip Glass: Glass Box Mania Even though Philip Glass' 70th birthday is now well behind us, the goodies keep coming in. To keep up with ...