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Coachella – Woodstock on my Mind (Lana Del Rey, Arcade Fire, Jack DeJohnette)

August 6, 2017by Marshall Gu 1 Comment

Lana Del Rey – Lust For Life (2017) – B- She’s not a good singer and her songs all put the focus on her. Compound this over 70 minutes and […]

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2010s, Indie Rock, Jazz Fusion, Pop

Theo Croker – Escape Velocity

May 15, 2017by Marshall Gu 6 Comments

You really have to beat people over the head with it, huh? The few publications that reviewed this pulled all the stops: constant mentions of Theo Croker’s lineage to Doc […]

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2010s, Jazz Fusion

Happy Anniversary: Ornette Coleman – Dancing in Your Head

January 13, 2017by Marshall Gu 1 Comment

This year marks the 40th-year anniversaries of a lot of big punk releases, including debuts by the Sex Pistols, Clash, Talking Heads and what I’ve always thought to be the […]

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1970s, Jazz Fusion

Donald Byrd – Ethiopian Knights / Black Byrd

July 9, 2016by Marshall Gu 5 Comments

Not much to say about this one: two good if overlong grooves sandwiching a well-intending but ultimately unnecessary cover of Pachelbel’s “Canon in D Major”; “The Emperor” has a really […]

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1970s, Jazz Fusion

Various Artists – Psychedelic Jazz & Soul From the Atlantic & Warner Vaults

May 23, 2016by Marshall Gu Leave a comment

1. Title’s misleading: there’s hardly any soul to be found here at all, ‘cept for Black Heat’s “Check It All Out,” which is marred by some really trite lyrics. 2. […]

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2000s, Jazz, Jazz Fusion

2015 Catch-Up – Blur, Kneebody & Daedelus, Future

January 2, 2016by Marshall Gu Leave a comment

Blur – The Magic Whip Well-produced garbage, and their worst album since their debut. Predictably, it got lukewarm reviews by publications because they mostly stick to mid-tempo, keyboard-driven art rock […]

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2010s, Alternative Rock, Jazz Fusion, Trap Rap

Miles Davis – The Complete On the Corner Sessions

May 3, 2015by Marshall Gu Leave a comment

For casual Miles Davis fans wary about getting something called “The Complete [Album] Sessions” because it’s $200 for a physical copy and/or 640 MB of hard-drive space: get it. And […]

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1970s, Jazz Fusion

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