Akioshi Eternal Duo!

Eternal Blue is the debut full-length album from this Vancouver metal trio based around the core husband-and-wife duo of Courtney LaPlante and Michael Stringer (formerly of Iwrestledabearonce). Following their self-released, eponymous 2017 EP, it is a fully realized work of melodic alternative metal with a somewhat '90s vibe, incorporating shoegaze elements, beautiful vocals, and possibly-paranormal
Eternal Blue is the debut full-length album from this Vancouver metal trio based around the core husband-and-wife duo of Courtney LaPlante and Michael Stringer (formerly of Iwrestledabearonce). Following their self-released, eponymous 2017 EP, it is a fully realized work of melodic alternative metal with a somewhat '90s vibe, incorporating shoegaze elements, beautiful vocals, and possibly-paranormal EVP (electronic voice phenomena) field recordings.

On their first stand-alone record as a duo, Ken Vandermark and Hamid Drake celebrate their 30+ year playing relationship with an electrifying live set of pieces, all featuring music composed by legendary free jazz musician Don Cherry. Restricting himself here to tenor saxophone, Vandermark has developed an almost telepathic understanding with Drake, whose masterful work on the drum kit has rarely been more focused and relaxed.

Stars Are the Light, the luminous seventh album by the American psych explorers Moon Duo, marks a progression into significantly new territory. From a preoccupation with the transcendental and occult that informed Ripley Johnson and Sanae Yamada’s guitar-driven psych rock, and reached its apotheosis in the acclaimed Occult Architecture diptych, Stars Are the Light sees the band synthesize the abstract and metaphysical with the embodied and terrestrial.

Johann Sebastian Bach’s Goldberg Variations is a contrapuntal tour de force, and one of the pinnacles in the history of the variation genre. Composed ‘to refresh the spirits of music-lovers’, it is a constantly fascinating and deeply enriching evocation of an entire musical universe. This arrangement with two ten-string guitars is a transcription of the original text including later corrections and additional musical indications made by the composer. The additional bass strings of these instruments provide an entire lower octave, giving access to the full range of musical timbres in this eternal masterpiece.