We were first drawn to frank dean and andrew by the fantastic art of Ez Goomi; as it turns out, all of Ebi Soda‘s covers are colorful and fun, a perfect reflection of the Brighton sextet. Then there was the title of early single “when pluto was a planet and everything was cool,” which joins track titles by Max Cooper and GoGo Penguin as our favorites of the year. And then of course the most important part, the music.
Listening to that single ~ the synth beginning, the howling Halloween sound, the keening calls, the deep bass, IDM drums and trip-hop horns, we started to think of Ebi Soda as one kind of band, when actually they are many. This particular piece, drawing on everything from early film scores to post-rock, is one of our…
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Drummer and composer 
Composer and arranger 
Smoke Shifter leans toward tradition, which is perhaps a bit surprising given the exploratory, cutting-edge music previously produced by everyone in this quintet. Led by master percussionist 
Bandonegro is a Polish tango quartet. Over the course of their 15-year career, they have developed a style that, inspired by the legacy of Astor Piazzolla, combines elements of jazz and classical music. This formula has already won over audiences in Germany, Austria, France, Denmark, Switzerland and Japan.
The creative community centered in Amsterdam, Netherlands, can be seen as the modern-day equivalent of a city once known as New Amsterdam — a 17th-century Dutch settlement that would eventually become New York City.
It is now 16 years since the unique voice and performances of UK-based Sudanese-Italian singer 
Cruelty Bacchanal, the second release from guitarist Matt Hollenberg’s group 
Cosán Casta means ‘winding path’, an apt title for this collaboration between fiddle player 
November 1978. 
Drummer 
Camila Meza offers one of her most sonically creative and personal albums with 2025’s Portal. Her first album since 2019’s Ambar, Portal was recorded following the birth of Meza’s first child, an experience that informs many of her songs. Rather than mix covers alongside originals, here Meza has for the first time written every song, lending the production a deeply intimate, handcrafted quality. These are flowing songs that find the Chilean guitarist and vocalist singing in both Spanish and English. She is equally as fluid stylistically, and much of the album has a cross-pollinated sound, bringing together her adept fusion and post-bop jazz chops with her ear for sun-dappled Brazilian and Latin pop traditions. Joining her is a cadre of equally gifted…
The sophomore record from Portuguese free jazz saxophonist 
Just a minute and 40 seconds into You Want That Too!, 
This is the 10th release from the