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Today we celebrate the guitar with two longtime favorites and old friends. Amazing news from James Blackshaw about a new album and seeming reemergence and one hell of a luminescent pick from Matt LaJoie. Wednesday episodes are exclusively on Patreon. Sign up now! Album of the Day: Matt LaJoie “On Garudan Wing” Additional Links: James Blackshaw’s […]
On Garudan Wing by Matt LaJoie On his fifth solo guitar LP, Matt LaJoie further ascends toward swirling star masses and an ever-brightening sun. This is effervescent music, bubbling with the sparkling joys of life. Elusive melodies flit between clouds, sharpening the glistening timbres with assuredness and purpose. LaJoie weaves resonant worlds from guitar loops. […]
I’ve been waking up with the best songs in my head every morning this week, and even though it’s been busy/stressful, the vibes have been immaculate. Plus, Matt Lajoie’s got some good news for everyone, and pick for today that caught me by surprise. Wednesday episodes are exclusively on Patreon. Sign up now! Album of the […]
Kicking back into a higher gear after a slow(er) August, it’s been a busy week. So much good music has come across my plate that it’s been hard to narrow down what to write about (I wish I had a couple clones of myself!), but everything on this list is well worth your time. And […]
The weeks continue and the sounds do too. Let’s get straight into it. Klara Livet Varandra (Self-Released) Dead folk-blues (that remind me enough of Flaming Tunes to mention it) from Astrid Mortensen (whose recent Skærgårdslyd is essential listening) and Dan Johansson. Keyboards wheeze like there’s no electricity left in the batteries but the instruments still hold a charge and have sounds […]
ML Wah (aka Matt LaJoie) takes a new shape for his latest iteration, Mirrored Night, an album of solo piano improvisations that sing like shapeshifting constellations in the black sky. “Liberation” is a centerpiece of the album, flowing across the celestial divide like a river of sonic light imbued with a guiding spirit pointed toward a […]
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The dedication of Matt LaJoie’s to his solo practice is inspiring. His Colander project took his dedication to improvising to an unbelievable level. Over the course of about 10 months, he improvised pieces each day, recording all the results and sharing them with Flower Room subscribers on a regular basis. The project finally came to […]
Matt LaJoie’s organ and synth project, Thick Air, is such a great change of pace from what I normally expect from his work. Transorbital Cantrips kicks things off by going full boar channeling the rippling arpeggios and glowing patterns of Terry Riley into a spiraling astral projection on “Sky-Clad Robes.” LaJoie is incandescent, traveling into the deep […]