Kawabata Makoto (better known in his adult incarnation as the Father Yod like ringleader of Acid Mother's Temple) was a precocious Japanese kid at the age of 13 when he made these recordings. Like his Dark Revolution Collective album that was recorded about the same time in 1978, the only instrument that Kawabata had access to was a borrowed synthesizer, which he tweedled and modulated to create what qualified way back then as "Psychedelic Noise." In between all of the Morton Subotnik / Conrad Schnitzler-esque electronic squiggliness, Kawabata offers occasionally frightening vocal moans buried under deep reverberations.

And now again, after tremendous Angherr Shisspa, the incredible band Koenjihyakkei release another masterpiece which is called to become very soon a new zeuhl classic and - with some time - a prog classic.

Bastard Jargon: a pounding, physical, hot-blooded third album which sounds like grit sprayed over shiny pop. Written over 18 months in Lisbon, Ghent, Oxfordshire, London and Hastings, “It’s an existential sex album,” says the artist. “Almost every song on it has some kind of wink towards sex. It’s not necessarily a seductive, come to me, bedroom eyes kind of sex - it’s much more inquisitive, psychological sex.

When the pandemic hit, Hannah van Loon adopted a dog named Gizmo, who became a much-needed companion while the Bay Area musician wrote her second album as Tanukichan. Aptly named after her new four-legged friend, GIZMO is an exercise in release, whether from situational hindrances — a forced lockdown, for one — or from self-imposed hedonistic coping mechanisms. “A theme I always had floating around was escape,” van Loon explains of her follow-up to 2018’s Sundays. “Escaping from myself, my problems, sadness and cycles.”

PLOY defies attribution to a single genre and places artistic-creative freedom in musical expression above a culture of flawless, "clean" productions.

Autechre have surprise released their second album of the month. PLUS, released digitally at 11 a.m. Eastern on Warp, follows SIGN, the uncharacteristically accessible LP they released on October 16.

"Made Up Mind" is the highly anticipated follow-up to Tedeschi Trucks Band's 2011 Grammy-winning debut "Revelator" and last year's scorching live collection, "Everybody's Talking". Through unparalleled musicianship and a timeless, authentic sound, "Made Up Mind" proves that TTB is fast becoming a band for the ages.

"Metallica" (also known as "The Black Album") is the eponymously titled fifth studio album by American heavy metal band Metallica. The album received widespread critical acclaim and became the band's best selling record. The album marked a change in the band's sound from the thrash metal style of the band's previous four albums to a slower one. Metallica promoted the album with a series of tours. In 2003, the album was ranked number 252 on Rolling Stone's 500 greatest albums of all time.

Chicago’s fourth studio album (and fifth release) was the band’s first #1 album and featured the hits "Saturday In The Park" and "Dialogue (Part I & II)". The biggest hit album of 1972, "Chicago V" was eventually certified Double Platinum and remains one of the band’s most critically acclaimed works.

André Clutyens conducts the Orchestra De La Societe Des Concerts Du Conservatoire through two works by Bizet, his "L’Arlesienne" and "Carmen Suites". These two masterpieces have melodic and instrumental similarities that are brought to an emotional climax through Clutyens’ guidance. The remastered sound captures every nuance and instrumental subtleties. A masterful performance…in Stereo!

This recording was made 10 months before Ben Webster's death in 1972. Webster, who had left the United States in 1965 to settle in Europe - first in Copenhagen and then in Amsterdam - was visiting fellow musician and friend Tete Montoliu in Barcelona. Webster and pianist Montoliu went back a ways, having played together regularly in Webster's Copenhagen days. In fact, Montoliu cited Webster and Don Byas as his two chief musical influences. Webster and Montoliu understood each other deeply, and their comfort with on another is palpable in this recording. Their accompaniment of one another is seamless. On board with these two is Montoliu's regular working trio-mates, Eric Peter on bass and Peer Wyboris on drums.

Those lucky enough to score a "miracle" ticket to the Fare Thee Well concerts this summer were treated to some potent psychedelic jams during the shows' intermissions. The mysterious group behind those freewheeling tunes was Circles Around the Sun, a band convened by guitarist Neal Casal specifically for the project.The songs were composed and recorded during a two-day jam session. The results were so captivating, and the audience response so overwhelmingly positive, Rhino decided to give the music a proper release as a 2CD apart from the complete versions of Fare Thee Well.