With its aggressively pushy opener, full of attitude, the reunion of Japanese ... suggests that the album is avant-rock, notwithstanding an occasional tang of prog, the improv chops and lack of steady ...

The Japanese guitarist and improviser has collaborated with Haruomi Hosono and Nels Cline. His new album collects 10 years’ worth of shape-shifting dream-pop and minimalist jazz. Every song on ...

The unusually named jazz group Dig Dog Do is a fine organ trio of highly sought-after ... setting the stage for Jonsson to take over the melody on a defining piece of the album. The group makes ...