There's a fullness in ten years. A lot of work, if rather relentlessly done, can really make a discernible impact. Ten years ago, folks were making all the talk as rather cyclically that jazz was dead. It was such an exhausting conversation. Folks were around making this music, obviously. It couldn't be that dead. The problem was in the awareness and the tweaking of the … [Read more...]
Now Vs Now – ‘The Buffering Cocoon’ (Album Review)
Keyboardist Jason Lindner is a weirdo. The top of his head is bald but he cuts the back of sides of his hair in crazy parts; he frequently wears a ring with a panda head on it; most importantly, his electronic influences in his work, his ever increasing use of keyboards and synths, creates a shifting, groove-based music that is the highest form of creative music on the fringes … [Read more...]
Jason Lindner’s Now Vs Now Release Video for “Silkworm Society”
Every single song on Now Vs Now's upcoming new album, The Buffering Cocoon, is brilliant, and you'll find that out soon enough when it drops September 14th on Jazzland Recordings but, as I've noted before, there's just something about it's second single, "Silkworm Society". The song is super cool, of course, but now there are trippy visuals to match from Lee Milby filled with … [Read more...]
Now Vs Now – “Silkworm Society” (Stream)
Of all the songs off Now Vs Now's upcoming new album, The Buffering Cocoon, the new single, "Silkworm Society", out today, is my favorite. The whole album is a monster groove, weirder and nicher than before and a complete earworm that is a highlight of 2018, but there's just something about Justin Tyson's neat little beat, Panagiotis Andreou's fuzzy bass, and every drip and … [Read more...]
Now Vs Now – “Motion Potion” (Stream)
That absolute weirdo Jason Lindner is back with his group Now Vs Now with a new album, The Buffering Cocoon, out September 14th on Jazzland Recordings. NvN's third album, with bassist Panagiotis Andreou and drummer Justin Tyson, is pretty great (I've been listening to a preview stream and can't wait to tell you all about it). Lindner has found even odder depths of sound to … [Read more...]