Michael Gutierrez 9/17/22 Michael Gutierrez 9/17/22

Baker’s Dozen

Chicago’s Junius Paul kicks off the jazz jam of “Baker’s Dozen” with some faux feedback scrawl that sounds like a Sonic Youth outtake.

Michael Gutierrez 9/17/22 Michael Gutierrez 9/17/22

Sons Lunaris: A Gong Supreme

Sons Lunaris graced Midway Cafe at the tail end of a double-stacked bill on Friday.

Michael Gutierrez 9/16/22 Michael Gutierrez 9/16/22

ETAPA II

Home is where the House is, and House is where caxcan’s home is at.

Michael Gutierrez 9/15/22 Michael Gutierrez 9/15/22

Age Of

Oneohtrix Point Never opens Age Of with the eponymously-titled harpsichord banger “Age Of.” Then shit gets real.

Michael Gutierrez 9/15/22 Michael Gutierrez 9/15/22

Midway Cafe Under SIEGE

A rare performance by hardcore punks SIEGE was the highlight of a hump day show at the Midway Cafe.

Michael Gutierrez 9/14/22 Michael Gutierrez 9/14/22

DataVision

Compilations are always a dicey game, but Portals finds its focus in the synth sound.

Michael Gutierrez 9/14/22 Michael Gutierrez 9/14/22

Pet Fox: A Face In Your Life

Pet Fox pulls off a few tricks on their label debut LP A Face In Your Life.

Michael Gutierrez 9/14/22 Michael Gutierrez 9/14/22

JP Music Festival Celebrates Ten Years

The 10th edition of the JP Music Festival kicked off at Pinebank Field on Saturday, 10 September.

Michael Gutierrez 9/14/22 Michael Gutierrez 9/14/22

Living Hour On Fire

Winnipeg’s Living Hour lit the city on fire with their set at O’Brien’s Pub.

Michael Gutierrez 9/13/22 Michael Gutierrez 9/13/22

Inssegh Inssegh

Niger’s Les Filles de Illighadad use of choral chants always foregrounds the vocals, but keep track of the all-important fretwork of the guitar keeping rhythm.

Michael Gutierrez 9/13/22 Michael Gutierrez 9/13/22

Finally Reloaded in Somerville

Finally Reloaded Fest arrived at Boynton Yards on Saturday, September 10.

Michael Gutierrez 9/12/22 Michael Gutierrez 9/12/22

Silver Roses

The lead track “Silver Roses” off Rose City Band’s latest LP Earth Trip hits like Bob Dylan’s “Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door.”

Michael Gutierrez 9/11/22 Michael Gutierrez 9/11/22

Final Thought

LA’s jazzmaster Kamasi Washington is not messing around on his big band 3xLP release The Epic. It is what it says it is. Epic.

Michael Gutierrez 9/10/22 Michael Gutierrez 9/10/22

9 Days (ft. Saxo Boy)

Who among us hasn’t had a brief fixation on the avant-garde amapiano club scene of South Africa? Let ye cast the first stone who doesn’t love DJ Black Low!

Michael Gutierrez 9/9/22 Michael Gutierrez 9/9/22

Parable of Inclusion

Chicago's Rob Mazurek has a touch of the cosmic to him and a star is born on Dimensional Stardust.

Michael Gutierrez 9/8/22 Michael Gutierrez 9/8/22

Pause Tape

Save the starpower remixes on the Bookhead EP for later and skip straight to the real thing: MF DOOM (RIP).

Michael Gutierrez 9/8/22 Michael Gutierrez 9/8/22

Burp: Pride of Lowell

Burp headlined an eclectic indie rock bill at the Midway Cafe on a cool September night.

Michael Gutierrez 9/7/22 Michael Gutierrez 9/7/22

1539 N. Calvert

Baltimore's JPEGMAFIA is a relentless beat stylist that specializes in hip hop collages.

Michael Gutierrez 9/6/22 Michael Gutierrez 9/6/22

Stability

Boston’s Already Dead fires off loud and lively on the lead single “Stability” from their forthcoming debut album My Collar Is Blue, out 9/9.

Michael Gutierrez 9/6/22 Michael Gutierrez 9/6/22

Kal Marks: My Name Is Hell

The underlying musical and philosophical idea of Kal Mark’s latest full-length My Name Is Hell is trotted out upfront like the proud thesis of an undergraduate Lit paper.