Articles by Chris Bryson

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  Blessed Refuse Easy Answers on 'Circuitous'

  PUBLISHED Oct 25, 2022

  "Am I attempting living right?" Drew Riekman asks in "Redefine," the pensive, winding opener from Blessed's sophomore LP Circuitous. Riekma...

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  The Comet Is Coming Seek Rapture in Rhythm on the Cosmic 'Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam'

  PUBLISHED Sep 22, 2022

  Since their debut, the Comet Is Coming has flipped the script on what a jazz trio can muster. Comprised of Shabaka Hutchings (sax and shaku...

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  Yoo Doo Right Find Transcendence Through Repetition on 'A Murmur, Boundless to the East'

  PUBLISHED Jun 9, 2022

  They favour arena-intended equipment from the 1970s for quality and sheer volume. Their live shows can reach eyeball-rattling decibel level...

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  Kelly Lee Owens's Voice Cuts Through the Commotion on 'LP.8'

  PUBLISHED Apr 28, 2022

  "This is an emergency. This is a wake-up call," Kelly Lee Owens declares calmly on LP.8 over harsh industrial noise amid frantic, phantasma...

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  Blood Incantation Space Out on 'Timewave Zero'

  PUBLISHED Feb 23, 2022

  On their first two full-lengths, Blood Incantation crafted cosmic death metal that launched them to the exosphere. Their journey — on the f...

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  Jean-Michel Blais Crafts Lush, Life-Affirming Compositions on 'aubades'

  PUBLISHED Feb 2, 2022

  For Jean-Michel Blais, aubades is a rebirth. From its opening notes, its whisks listeners away. On the new album from the esteemed post-cla...

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  Jon Hopkins' 'Music for Psychedelic Therapy' Is a Trip

  PUBLISHED Nov 10, 2021

  The Tayos Caves of Ecuador are steeped in myth and history. Its landscape draws many seeking a special connection to its unique, natural wo...

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  Full of Hell's 'Garden of Burning Apparitions' is a Glorious Whirlwind of Extreme Music

  PUBLISHED Sep 29, 2021

  Often the best extreme music — and perhaps much of the best art — comes from broken-down emotions, those fashioned from fear, pain, chaos,...