New Reviews for May 24, 2024
Atlantic / Fueled by Ramen Records
The Ohio super duo end their multi-album, metaphorical mythology with yet another genre-blurring collection.
Capitol / Polydor
The Modfather is in a mellow, reflective mood on this supple, playful album.
Loma Vista
The eclectic violinist goes all-in for jazz on this subtle, evocative exploration of the Great American Songbook.
Drag City
Now available on physical formats, the Emmy-winning comedian takes a darker, long-form turn with a special chronicling addiction and rehab.
Sub Pop
Shana Cleveland and her bandmates embrace maturity and musical growth on their engaging fifth album.
Concord / Fantasy
The band's despondently beautiful fourth album pairs songs about a world falling apart with seductive sonics and a little bit of hope.
Trouble in Mind
The double album from this psychedelic collective splits its time evenly between sleepless, observational, lyrical songs and free-floating jams.
International Anthem
The Los Angeles-based producer and percussionist assembles a wonderful cast for a conceptual album centered on birth and parenthood.
In Memoriam
Editors' Choice for April, 2024
AllMusic Staff Pick
- May 27, 2024
October, 1966
This 1966 live set comes by its retro-bop feel honestly. Its link to the bop tradition is the group's pianist, Barry Harris, who bridges the generation between Bird, Diz, and Bud Powell and that of leader Charles McPherson. It was Harris, a Powell disciple, who steeped saxophonist McPherson and trumpeter Lonnie Hillyer in the bop idiom when they were teenagers growing up in Detroit. An equally formative experience for McPherson and Hillyer was their time with Charles Mingus in the early '60s. By the time of this date, the bop flames the pair had nurtured had become white hot.
