Invoking the clock in a musical context raises certain expectations about timekeeping, but composer and woodwind player Anna Webber subverts them on her new Clockwise (Pi). She rarely has percussionist Ches Smith play a steady groove for long—instead he rushes the tempo, changes cadences, drops in brief silences, and switches constantly among vibes, timpani, and […]
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Saxophonist Anna Webber turns to the Internet to inspire music for her Simple Trio
Her recent album Binary uses code, patterns, and transliteration to create music.
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Percussionist Dan Weiss builds sonic sculptures from snippets of jazz drums on his new album
On Sixteen: Drummers Suite, Dan Weiss uses terse passages from the playing of legendary drummers to build rigorous, complex large-ensemble pieces.
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Reedist Anna Webber’s new trio Hero of Warchester confounds expectations
The saxophonist’s new group performs at Constellation on Thursday evening.
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New Pornographers hit town behind one of their best records yet
The power-pop juggernaut headlines the Riviera on Friday.
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DJ Mustard’s lean, mean ratchet party 10 Summers and 14 more record reviews
Ten Reader writers review 15 new records, including Pallbearer’s stately, mournful doom, Willis Earl Beal’s raw, mystical antipop, and Jack Ruby’s staggeringly savage no wave.