Notices by neddyo (neddyo@shakedown.social)

Tonight:

First stop at the Stone for opening night for Brian Marsella's week. This was a trio with Craig Taborn and Sylvie Courvoisier... Yes, a piano + lots of keys + lots of keys trio. Lots of keys, very little structure. In an only-at-the-Stone kind of way.

Then over for the late Mehldau set at the Vanguard. Holy duck, so damn good. All the structure, flow, and locked-in-ness missing from the first show.

Still Mehldau + Marsella + Taborn + Courvoisier in one night is some top tier pianist action.

#nycfreaks #livemusic #nyc #jazz #piano

Last night I caught a set of Yvonne Rogers at LunÀtico and she may be the best thing going in NYC jazz these days. She is a mesmerizing piano player, a great bandleader regardless of whom she's playing with, and seems to be a fountain of amazing compositions, every time I see her it's great new music played in superlative fashion.

#nycfreaks #livemusic #brooklyn #jazz

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2026.1

Jake Xerxes Fussell/James Elkington: Rebuilding

Fussell and Elkington are storytellers, two flavors of folkie. The former channeling ancient Appalachia and the latter an elegant finger-picker. They join forces here for a film soundtrack that combines their strengths perfectly. These fairly short tracks tell a story with mood, a quiet, beautiful instrumental Americana. I know nothing about the film this score is for, but with music like this, I can only imagine. Enjoy!

#newmusic #MusicDiscovery

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The #recommNeds continue... new year, new thread.

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2026.5

Will Stewart: Memory Man

About this time last year I rec'd an EP by Alabaman Stewart that was gentle country-ish covers of Morphine songs. You should check that one out if you haven't! This new EP is, I believe, mostly/all original music and carries that same understated beauty. This is a quiet and emotionally-tinged country folk, a gentle confluence of lyricism, melody, instrumentation, and Stewart's voice. Enjoy!

#newmusic #MusicDiscovery

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2026.4

Zach Tenorio: Field Trip

Before we get too deep into 2026, important to make sure some of 2025's must-hears get into your ears. That's definitely how I feel about this solo effort from the keyboardist from Arc Iris and Taper's Choice. Short snippets of pure musical joy. Ultragroovy and sure to put a smile on your face. Guaranteed. Enjoy!

#newmusic #MusicDiscovery

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2026.3

Anuk Schmelcher: Something Else

This Swiss performer enlists the Brit songster Rozi Plain as "mentor" and guest on one song and Plain's aesthetic carries over nicely. The result is daydream prismatic art-folk. Great songs, a confident voice, and a lushly-produced sound. Like a painting you can stand in front of for hours discovering new bits to tickle the fancy. Enjoy!

#newmusic #MusicDiscovery

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2026.2

Badge Epoch: Furry Worried Ape

Badge Époque Ensemble is one of those under-the-radar groups that only puts out must-hears and this extends to spin-off projects like this not-an-ensemble one-man effort. This tight 30-minute 6-track'er out of Toronto is dense with slick funk and a surprising amount of jamminess. Get to it! Enjoy!

#newmusic #MusicDiscovery

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2026.9

Temple Gong: Distanz

This collaborative project between Munich-based JJ Whitefield and Johannes Schleiermacher is a delight of retrofunk. A lot of it sounds like it could be theme music to 70's TV shows you don't remember watching as a kid. A healthy dose of flutes and killer bass grooves galore. Apparently more where this came from is in the works. Betcha dig. Enjoy!

#newmusic #MusicDiscovery

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2026.8

Girls in Airports: Imaginal

Won't get to all the late-2025 leftovers, but... This Copenhagen collective is somewhere in a swirl of post-rock and orchestral jazz, alternatively sounding bigger or smaller than they really are. Here they pair with the strings of Halvcirkel who make the big moments feel bigger and the small moments smaller. It's the soundtrack to a movie you're watching inside your dream. Music that'll make you feel smarter, happier, and cooler. Enjoy!

#newmusic #MusicDiscovery

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2026.7

Tyler Ramsey & Carl Broemel: Celestun

The Asheville guitarist/songwriter and the My Morning Jacket guitarist team up for a debut duo record. Pensive instrumental folk mixed in with a couple songs with vocals and a Neil Young cover as well. Acoustic guitars, mostly, with occasional pedal steel and some electric sprinkled in at appropriate moments. It's thoughtful and lovely, the two friends sharing a musical chemistry that's easy to love. Enjoy!

#newmusic #MusicDiscovery

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2026.6

Den Kosmiske Overorden: Verden

I know, I know, you've been patiently waiting for some sexy Eurojams and, hey, who loves ya? The latest from this Oslo band is fascinating. At four tracks totaling over 70 minutes, it is a journey and then some. The opening movement is pure ambient drone, glacial in its evolution, but as the album progresses it explodes with genre-bouncing abandon. Jammy rock-outs, dancehall electronica, jazzed freaking and more. Stick with it. Enjoy!

#newmusic #MusicDiscovery

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2026.13

Eyal Talmudi: Sonolodge III

The Israeli saxophonist draws equally from traditional sounds and instruments and electronica motifs. This is the third in a series released throughout 2025. While there are still some of his usual far-away grooves, this is largely an album of much-needed introspection and meditation. A deep loveliness. Enjoy!

#newmusic #MusicDiscovery

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2026.12

Papir: IX

In a just world, we'd all be wearing Papir t-shirts and arguing the case that they're possibly the best psychjammers on the planet. In this quite unjust one, we just have to content ourselves with one monster under-the-radar release after another. I've been following this Copenhagen trio since at least IIII and can safely say they only put out winners and that's definitely the case with their latest. Yet another must-hear masterpiece of guitar/bass/drum improv. Enjoy!

#newmusic #MusicDiscovery

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2026.11

Chewing: Quintet (Live in Los Angeles)

One of the great things about the digital age is the gap between playing a great live and getting a recording of that set up on Bandcamp et al. is miniscule. And so we all get to hear jammers like this one. Keys man Nik "Chewing" Ewing leads another kinda-supergroup with Dave Harrington, Spencer Zahn, Ryan Hahn, and Griffin Goldsmith. It's blissjammy improv, loose explorations and lots of peaks in its brisk 25 minutes. This one surfaced in mid-Dec and may have gotten lost in the end-of-year shuffle. Well worth a listen. Enjoy!

#newmusic #MusicDiscovery

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2026.10

Winged Wheel: Desert So Green

We need a new word for a band made up from musicians from other bands when "supergroup" doesn't quite fit. These guys, drawn from a myriad of sources and influences, have evolved into their own thing and along the way hit many of rock's great hyphenations: post-rock, psych-rock, jam-rock, math-rock. Their their release is filled with some seriously well-executed and developed complexity you don't find from just friends just messing around in the studio. Enjoy!

#newmusic #MusicDiscovery

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2026.17

Ryan J Raffa & Sam Prekop: Only Came To Say Goodbye

This one came out in December, but didn't come onto my radar until last month and I'm glad it did. This collaboration is electronic music that transcends electronic music. Beautiful and blissful, minimalist but lush, the cross-continental duo hit many many sweet spots... emphasis on the sweet. Enjoy!

#newmusic #MusicDiscovery

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2026.16

Phil Martin: Mystical Funk II

This album title is more or less truth in advertising. The latest from the Dutch musician is 31 flavors of funkification, from afrobeat-inspired to Daft Punk dance throwback and many points in between. I mean, c'mon!, there's a track on here called "Galactic Afro Groove" and it's a banger. Honestly, they all are.nEnjoy!

#newmusic #MusicDiscovery

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2026.15

Erik Hall: Solo Three

This is "contemporary classical" music, but don't let that scare you! Hall performs 4 pieces by American minimalism masters here in the third of a series. As it says, it's solo, and with these pieces the single-musician-doing-it-all serves to properly highlight the artistry in the overlapping layers. The music is playful and beautiful and most of all joyous . For zoning out with a smile on your face. Enjoy!

#newmusic #MusicDiscovery

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2026.14

The Natural Yogurt Band: Red Sky at Night

There are portions of the latest from this UK band that sound as if Mozart was scoring 70's spy thrillers and 80's video games, a funky kind of harpsichord sound. That's just part of it, though. It abounds: psychedelically dense layers of sound and a free-roaming creativity, without ever losing its groove. Give it a whirl, at least once with headphones, best to not miss the details. Enjoy!

#newmusic #MusicDiscovery

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