Articles by Daniel Sylvester

Kamasi Washington

Heaven and Earth

PUBLISHED Jun 19, 2018

How do you top an album called The Epic? If you're Kamasi Washington, you do it by moving your craft and your mind inward. On his fourth LP...

Gui Boratto

Pentagram

PUBLISHED Jun 12, 2018

When Gui Boratto released his 2007 debut, Chromophobia, it was celebrated for the way the São Paulo musician blended minimal instrumentatio...

Jon Hassell

Listening to Pictures (Pentimento Volume One)

PUBLISHED Jun 5, 2018

Over the last few years, Jon Hassell has re-released his two most celebrated and groundbreaking albums — 1980's Fourth World, Vol. 1 and 19...

Prefuse 73

Sacrifices

PUBLISHED May 23, 2018

After spending a decade-and-a-half working with guest musicians and flirting with disparate genres, Guillermo Scott Herren (aka Prefuse 73)...

Mary Lattimore on Exploring Harp, Writing Instrumentals with Emotion and Life in L.A.

PUBLISHED May 23, 2018

It's safe to say that Hundreds of Days is a departure for Mary Lattimore, both figuratively and literally. This third LP finds the classica...

Michael Feuerstack

Natural Weather

PUBLISHED May 23, 2018

Since he released his first LP under the moniker Snailhouse, Michael Feuerstack has always sounded wise beyond his age. Eighteen years and...

Frog Eyes / Fotocrime / Hello, Blue Roses

Makerspace North, Ottawa ON, May 20

PUBLISHED May 21, 2018

After announcing their breakup earlier this year, Carey Mercer's long-running experimental indie outfit, Frog Eyes, embarked on a farewell...

Mary Lattimore

Hundreds of Days

PUBLISHED May 16, 2018

After moving from her longtime home of Philadelphia to Los Angeles, harpist Mary Lattimore accepted an artist residency on the coast of her...