Lars Gotrich

Fuubutsushi, 'Good Sky Day'

By • Oct 21, 2021

Fuubutsushi has already released three albums in 2021, each part of the ambient-jazz quartet's tetralogy based on the seasons. Matthew Sage, Chris Jusell, Chaz Prymek and Patrick Shiroishi formed the group remotely (across different U.S. states) during the pandemic, editing improvisations into abstract yet accessible pieces of synesthetic nostalgia.

NPR Music's Listening Party for John Coltrane's 'A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle'

By • Oct 18, 2021

Updated October 22, 2021 at 4:54 PM ET

The Listening Party is over. A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle is out now.

The Eivind Aarset 4-Tet, 'Manta Ray, Or Soft Spot'

By • Sep 28, 2021

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Eivind Aarset does everything in his power to make his guitar not sound like an instrument with six strings and a body tethered to earth.

Patrick Shiroishi, 'To Kill A Wind-Up Bird'

By • Sep 17, 2021

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When he's not collaborating remotely with the ambient-jazz quartet Fuubutsushi

Irreversible Entanglements, 'Open The Gates'

By • Aug 24, 2021

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Within an Irreversible Entanglements groove, the tri-city free-ja

Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram Joined NPR Music's Listening Party For '662'

By • Jul 19, 2021

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The Rolling Stones Finished A New Single While Safely Distanced From Each Other

By • Apr 23, 2020

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Empty streets and subway stations feature prominently in the video for "Living in a Ghost Town," the

Viking's Choice: Calypso Help, Glacial Ambient, Youth Crew Hardcore

By • Feb 11, 2020

It's not too late to make a musical resolution for 2020, right?

No, I'm not planning to spend any diaper money on rare 7-inches, or develop an unhealthy effects pedal habit. But I do need to get outside my musical comfort zone — and I want to get into calypso music.

R.E.M. Releases A Single From The Vaults To Benefit Hurricane Dorian Victims

By • Sep 12, 2019

There's a new, unreleased song from R.E.M. out today, with all proceeds going to Mercy Corps, an organization helping those in the Bahamas impacted by Hurricane Dorian.

Kim Gordon Announces 'No Home Record,' Her First Solo Album

By • Aug 20, 2019

When Kim Gordon dropped "Murdered Out" three years ago, her first single under her own name, she didn't ascribe it any significance. "It just kind of happened randomly," she told NPR at the time.

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