Chicago's Sons of Ra Turn Jazz Into Heavy Weather
'Standard Deviation' documents how three musicians learned to arrange around drones, interpret Carla Bley through hardcore tempos, and find lightness in their own gravity.
RuinsZu — The Precise Collision of Ruins and Zu
Italian bass, Japanese drums, and a rambunctious musical mindset brought together Zu and Tatsuya Yoshida for twenty-three electrifying European shows, culminating in their Jazzisdead Festival performance captured on a new live album.
Ken Schalk Smacks the Drums Like Nobody Else
The "Bruce Lee of Drumming" has spent decades perfecting his revolutionary "Ergo-drumming" philosophy, yet remains criminally underappreciated despite transforming metal, jazz, and hardcore through his work with Candiria and Fuel.
From Crumbling Ruins to Crushing Riffs — SAOR's Highland Metal Vision
On 'Amidst the Ruins,' Andy Marshall confronts modern disconnection through Scotland's ancient landscapes, marrying traditional instrumentation and black metal into a meditation on what's been lost — and what might still be saved.