Partly because I’m not a 17-year-old Twitter fiend, the most recent spat between Ghostface Killah and Action Bronson doesn’t excite me. Yet as someone who purchased the first Wu-Tang Clan album as a new release in 1993, I’m extremely interested in Ghost’s ongoing vitality. The longtime favorite of There Stands the Glass has released two of the best albums of 2015. The jazz-based Sour Soul and the R&B-oriented Twelve Reasons to Die II feature Ghost’s masterful flow and hilariously imaginative lyrics set to riveting music.
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I reviewed Phish’s concert at Starlight Theatre.
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I contributed a Local Listen segment about A.J. Gaither to KCUR.
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I write about my final visit to Take Five Coffee + Bar in Overland Park at Plastic Sax. The August 15 closure leaves the Kansas City area with a single jazz venue that charges cover on weekends.
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Billy Sherrill has died.
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Sean Price has died.
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Black Cat, the new album from Joplin's Never Shout Never, sounds like the year's best Taylor Swift album.
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The high quality of Wilco’s Star Wars caught me by surprise. RIYL: Lou Reed, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Guided By Voices.
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I listened to the Chemical Brothers’ Born in the Echoes the morning after spending the previous evening at a Phish concert. Both ensembles make whimsical psychedelic party music. The distinctions between the British duo and the Vermont noodlers are marginal.
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Lamb of God’s Sturm Und Drang is a by-the-numbers metal album. Works for me: I like counting. RIYL: amazing back stories, Pantera, graying metal bands.
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Wayne Horvitz’s Some Places Are Forever Afternoon is RIYL: Gil Evans, third stream, Anthony Davis.
(Original image by There Stands the Glass.)
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