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Cover art by Goo La Goon Transmitting from the shores of the North Coast, it’s the 309th edition of The Eisenberg Review on WRUW-FM 91.1 Cleveland, Thursdays 8–10 AM ET. Featuring new music and classics from Hania Rani, Dobrawa Czocher, Dos Santos, Kendra Morris, Josh da Costa, Museum of Love, Automatic, Nick Zinner, Alexis Taylor, The Blessed Madonna, Eli Escobar, Photay, Troye Sivan, Bibio,…
DOOMED! by Open Mike Eagle & Kenny Segal Open Mike Eagle has spent much of his career turning anxiety, embarrassment, domestic friction, and cultural absurdity into rap that feels both painfully specific and strangely communal. On DOOMED! (importantly in call caps), his first full-length collaboration with longtime friend Kenny Segal, that gift is aimed at the wreckage of a five-year relationship.…
Piano Meditations Vol. 1 by Tommaso Cappellato The most revealing thing about Piano Meditations Vol. 1 may be that Tommaso Cappellato nearly forgot it existed. Originally commissioned for another label before the deal fell apart, the recordings sat untouched until a sleepless night sent Cappellato back to them. Hearing the music again, he found it still served its original purpose: quieting the…
Habibi Funk 036: Pieces of a Dream by Nechazz Had Pieces of a Dream slipped quietly onto shelves in 1989, its satin-smooth grooves might have seemed perfectly at home beside the era’s sophisti-pop and modern soul. Instead, Nechazz’s music stayed private for nearly four decades. Recorded between 1988 and 1989 in a small eight-track home studio in Amman, the album captures Palestinian-Jordanian…
New Wave Graveyard by Josh Da Costa The title New Wave Graveyard promises nostalgia, but Josh da Costa is more interested in recombination than resurrection. After years in Regal Degal and CMON, and around Los Angeles’ underground as a DJ and NTS host, da Costa treats his Stones Throw solo debut like a record collector’s dream of pop history: familiar forms slightly misremembered, rearranged, and…
Photo by Bobbi Rich. On Graceland Way , Mikaela Davis continues to redraw the boundaries around what country rock can hold. A classically trained harpist who has spent years folding psychedelia and American roots music into her own vocabulary, Davis leans further into what she calls “canyon country,” building a record that feels grounded in tradition while remaining distinctly her own. Its title…
Cover art by Goo La Goon Transmitting from the shores of Lake Erie, it’s the 308th edition of The Eisenberg Review on WRUW-FM 91.1 Cleveland, Thursdays 8–10 AM ET. Featuring an interview with Mikaela Davis about Graceland Way , plus new music and classics from Alabama Shakes, Taftir, Curió Curió, Josh da Costa, Psymon Spine, Carthago, Antena, HUG, Ábáse, The Ballistic Brothers, Time Grove, and…
It’s Always About Liberation by Ancient Infinity Orchestra It’s Always About Liberation is the kind of record that makes Ancient Infinity Orchestra’s ambitions sound completely natural. Across six patient, richly arranged pieces, the 16-member Leeds ensemble turns spiritual jazz, modal improvisation, and orchestral composition into music that feels generous rather than grandiose, giving bandleader…
Audible Beauty 002 (New Habibi Funk sister label): Jazz Dari Angkasapuri by Johari Salleh There’s an ease to Jazz Dari Angkasapuri that makes its long obscurity feel almost absurd. Johari Salleh’s trumpet drifts through modal passages, loose-limbed jazz-funk, spiritual undertones, and distinctly Malaysian melodic ideas with the confidence of a musician who never needed to announce the breadth of…
Audible Beauty 001 (New Habibi Funk sister label): Tiga Trombone by Alfonso Soliano Malaysian jazz did not need to be discovered. It needed to be heard outside Malaysia. Tiga Trombone , the inaugural release from Habibi Funk sister label Audible Beauty, makes that distinction clear through 11 recordings by composer, arranger, and pianist Alfonso Soliano, one of the foundational figures in the…
