Foxy Digitalis
It’s Bandcamp Friday week so if you’re looking for some weird gems for your haul, look no further (actually, scratch that – look a lot further. There’s great stuff hidden everywhere if you just take a little time). As ever, The Jewel Garden has something new – this time the latest from my Charlatan project, an album called Memory Archive with […]
A dark current etches cryptic symbols in the solidifying ether on Discrepants’ claustrophobic “Midnight Sinner.” The duo of Samuel Goff and Richard Schellenberg are joined by Vila, whose voice eviscerates the thumping darkness. Blacked-out rhythms underline searching guitar arrangements and blankets of fuzz with propulsive intent. Vila’s vocal melodies are surgical, opening new, unseen passageways […]
Burka operates at two temperatures: white-hot and supernova. This free-flowing power trio of Camila Nebbia on tenor sax, Raian Valença Joao on electric bass, and drummer Nicolás del Aguila light the fuse from the first seconds of Claustrofobia opener “El Fin De La Fantasia Virtual” and never bother with the rearview. Aguila and Joao pummel listeners with […]
I was a little late to the table when it comes to Camila Nebbia’s incredible body of work, but when I heard her collaborative album with Patrick Shiroishi from earlier this year, I was instantly transfixed. Her saxophone playing is beguiling, always full of power even as she gracefully moves from idea to idea, and […]