Yeah I know I promised one post a week this year. It’s been a weird year, but I’m gonna pick the pace back up to one a week or so moving forward. Today I’m gonna write about some of the recent jazz records from the last few years that have been doing it for me….
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Plans and Soundtrack [313] – 2023 Post #1
Since I have been using the reborn ISM mostly for record reviews, the number of posts I make has dried up as the number of dance records I buy has plummeted. This blog is useless to me if I’m never using it, so I decided for 2023 that I would post at least once a…
2022 Wrap Up
I usually try to write this post while people are still at work and using the internet but it didn’t go down this way in 2022. Oh well. This year has been a weird one for me musically. My quest to find more music with some kind of attitude or edge but remaining funky has…
Theo Parrish – Detroit Forward
I’ve been a bit lax in reviewing my recent acquisitions, and I apologize for that. I’m just gonna cover a lot of my recent favs in my year end post which is coming up in a couple of weeks. But first I have to address this recent addition to the DJ Kicks series. When it…
Summer 2022 New Music
Yeah, it’s been months. So I’ve acquired quite a bit of music in that time. I’m gonna keep the reviews a little shorter so it can all be read in a somewhat timely manner, but essentially if it appears here count it as a recommendation. ———— Mark Grusane – Bad Cavity EP – Heat Amsterdam…
Spring 2022 New Jams
The weather is turning warm again, and the number of good new releases seems to be increasing in direct proportion. I’ll have more news here in the next month regarding other developments, like another JET Party Services gig at Spirit Lodge and the long delayed launch of my new solo label Q.E.D. Recordings. Big tings…
Early 2022 New Jams
There haven’t been a ton of new records on my radar so far in 2022, but at least the ones that are have been excellent. Also going to have to start adding in some digi-only releases as there have been some really strong ones recently that don’t appear to have imminent vinyl releases. Here we…
2021 Wrap Up
One of the positives of 2021 is that I DJed more than I have in a few years. Between our outdoor parties over the summer, a new webradio show with Jwan Allen, a handful of post-vaccine indoor gigs, the 18 months late debut of my monthly with Eric Justin, and
Fall 2021 New Records
Somehow October passed us by without a new post, but that’s how it goes sometimes. Before I get to all the new heat, I have some info about other goings on. My co-conspirator Jwan Allen and I have a new web radio show about to begin on Universal Rhythms Radio. They have a very nice…
New Records September 2021
Summer is winding down. I spent a lovely week at the beach in August, and since coming back have been out DJing a wedding, some outdoor joints, and another little bar night. Almost feels normal aside from, you know, the raging global pandemic. Thankfully this month’s haul of music sounds especially good. Let’s hop to…