Album of the Week

Its Pan Daijing. Its opera.

If you don’t know the music of US-born, Norwegian-Mexican artist and producer Carmen Villain, then Only Love From Now On won’t sound like the radical departure it is.

Black Country, New Road made two great records — Ants From Up There is their second.

Singular voices, singular visions.

Originally released in 1984 in an edition limited to 25 cassettes, the Universal Liberation Orchestra’s Communion offers a heady brew of styles blended into an intoxicating mix.

It’s not every day I hear a record that sounds truly ground-breaking. If I did, the ground would be so broken making it damn near impossible to spot a new disruption.

Some music sounds like it was always there, like it wasn’t made, like it just is.

“I have a Pinegrove tattoo” Kristen Stewart remarked. “I love those guys, that’s my favorite band.”

This is not a Tricky album. Per se. But it has the British trip hop pioneer’s hands all over it along with a wonderfully varied group of collaborators.

I grew up listening to my father’s music. Mixed in among Sinatra, Getz, and Holiday were a number of guitar players.

How did I miss this?