Andrew Winslow

I've said too much already.

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@danghentschel This 👏 is 👏 leadership

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Portrait In Jazz. Bill Evans Trio B+ Sprightly, exploratory yet listenable classical-tinged jazz noodling on standards from a great piano sideman’s own combo.

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@supple_neck I almost see the inverse, where younger generations have been hugely boosting its prestige and profile after decades of languishing!

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Extrapolation. John McLaughlin A- Guitar-based fusion is always preferable to me than horn jazz bc of the melodic & tonal range it has, & this illustrates the example. Some great fleshed-out themes here, & a bit of trebly/moody meandering. Still, a solid combination of the two.

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Speak No Evil. Wayne Shorter A- A classy & listenable jazz set w/a legendary, tasteful combo. I think they tend to stick more to themes & melodies of sorts you’re your average jazz band. Very nice

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Unspoiled by any false-ringing self-conscious tentative try-hard modern marketing tendencies or overdoing the aesthetic in pretentious/indulgent ways. The second half even gets better.

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Prelude To Ecstasy. Last Dinner Party A A masterful, tasteful revamp of Siouxsie & the Banshees & Fiona Apple, w/an evocation of the 4AD production style.

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@Steven_Hyden I just found out this year as a lifelong resident that the nearby Heald Square Monument is the source of the cover for Fugazi's Argument LP!

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Less than the sum of its parts, goes from charming to annoying after its one mode wears out.

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Getting Killed. Geese A- Pleasantly inauspicious & individualistic, though it derives from a couple main influences. Quirky polyrhythmic midtempo jam band grooves w/world music textures & unhurried builds (like a more blissed-out tropical Radiohead)...

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...w/the inscrutable drawling art-indie vamping sloppiness of Destroyer. Maybe some blue-collar/emo lyrics in there that I couldn’t care less about. Singer is in a Beck-lower Thom Yorke register that really grates after awhile.

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Experimental horrorcore (rap w/ominous industrial beats & hyperviolent lyrics) that really puts effort into the music, despite how limited it can get thematically. I also like the unusual meters & delivery.

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Visons of Bodies Being Burned. Clipping A Goes from being a stunning breakthrough for the genre to running out of tricks & getting a bit tedious/hokey at points.

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Tous les Garcons et les Filles. Francoise Hardy A- A marvelous & enjoyable mix of mod teenybopper sounds w/European stylization & moods. Great singing, almost all original, distinct tracks… great stuff.

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Nowhere near as anarchic as the previous, but in part maybe the staid left turn is part of the provocation?

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Film Scores For Films That Don’t Exist. Blarf A Sounds like archetypal flavors of temp music w/just enough of an irreverent wink to bestow personality, but not so much that it renders the atmospheric compositions irrelevant.

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Cab Calloway & His Orchestra. A A fascinating cross-cultural clash, w/a mix of occult jump blues & genteel big band that’s both mischievous & exuberant, sinister yet playful, led by the man himself being suspenseful & hyperactive all at once. Classic.

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Best Of the Big Bands. Dorsey Brothers B+ Now this is fairly tedious, generic, lulling big band w/little to make me perk up. I need to take a break from pre-50s music.

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Best Of Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians. A- Canadian music stays winning, somehow being a polished synthesis & idiosyncratic representation to its typically American contemporaries. This is a hi-fi, listenable, & varied big band set.

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Some country/folkish moments here; better than Kacey Musgraves. That’s my diva math! This is a sporadically very impressive record, & a breath of fresh air for its era.

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For Melancholy Brunettes… Japanese Breakfast A Not as mopey & elusive as Mitski, not as soulless & plain as Taylor Swift, & not quite as cutesy/vibe-dependent as LDR. Yet not as dynamic or engaged as St. Vincent or as futuristic/hooky as Janelle Monae.