Recommendations

Hank Shteamer with a pair of albums by Gato Barbieri

Jon Dale on Crescent, Oval, Mapstation, Sean O'Hagan, Movietone, Christophe Charles, Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions, The High Llamas and Beat Happening

Joe Muggs on Yee-King, Dinosaur Jr., Gruff Rhys & Tony Da Gatorra, Theo Parrish, Cristobal Tapia de Veer, Cobra Killer, Lindstrøm & Prins Thomas, Mira Calix, Sade, Ron Trent, Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, Terry Riley and Jah Wobble

Tyran Grillo with an overview of Stephan Micus on ECM

Beatriz Miranda on João Do Vale and Nilo Amaro E Seus Cantores De Ébano

Jeff Treppel on Quicksand, Lizzy Borden, Scorpions, Yamantaka // Sonic Titan, Deep Purple, Alice in Chains and Mort Garson

Philip Freeman on Eyehategod, Pantera, Suicidal Tendencies and Fishbone

Guides

Can by Sasha Frere-Jones

Jam & Lewis by Harold Heath

Creation Records by Ned Raggett