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UK Jazz & Soul

Bridging Worlds: Kevin Haynes Grupo Elegua Returns With ‘Ti abenu ati ti ita titete (Inner Outer Alignment Volume 1)’

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Executive Overview For over two decades, the boundary-pushing British-Nigerian saxophonist, composer, and Ifá priest Kevin Haynes has maintained a singular, uncompromising vision within the global jazz landscape. His work refuses to neatly partition contemporary modern jazz from the ancient, spiritually saturated rhythms of Yoruba music. Now, twenty-four years after the release of his celebrated independent … Read more

Vinyl & Album Reviews

Volume, Melodic Distortion, and Sonic Excess: Ranking the Ten Greatest Dinosaur Jr. Albums

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Executive Overview Few bands in the history of alternative rock have managed to weaponize volume quite like Dinosaur Jr. Emerging from Amherst, Massachusetts, in the mid-1980s, the combustible trinity of J Mascis, Lou Barlow, and Murph engineered a singular sonic vocabulary. It was a language built from towering, face-melting guitar solos, bruised and melancholic vocal … Read more

Vinyl & Album Reviews

The Volume and the Melody: Ranking Dinosaur Jr.’s Ten Greatest Albums

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Executive Overview Few bands in the history of alternative rock have managed to make sheer, physical volume sound quite as profoundly melodic as Dinosaur Jr. Formed in Amherst, Massachusetts, in the mid-1980s, the pioneering trio of J Mascis, Lou Barlow, and Murph forged an entirely unique sonic blueprint. By fusing towering, Neil Young-esque guitar solos … Read more

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