The term has lately become synonymous with sonic serenity (and chic merch). But the saxophone great challenged listeners with radical honesty.

Hank Shteamer on Math Rock, Chris Catchpole on Conny Plank, Ned Raggett on Robert Hampson, Joshua Levine on Proto-Punk, plus a stack of new recommendations

After 20 years, master songwriter Patrick Walker follows up a cult doom-metal classic. The results are more patient but no less seismic

Sitting in for an irreplaceable icon, Anika Nilles set out to make Rush's music "feel right for the fans." On Sunday night, she helped to make that dream come true.

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As I told Geddy Lee himself, "That was f--king mindblowing"

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A 1980 mini doc provides an up-close look at this remarkable and unclassifiable tandem in action

And other takeaways from the reporting of my new Times feature on the bassist's essential new book, 'How Black Music Took Over the World'

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"There is a level of perfection that Donald wants to hear in his music that I ran out of patience to do," Becker says in a candid, never-before-heard interview from 2008.

Acoustic intimacy and amplified sonic weight — superficially opposing but spiritually aligned visions of guitar-as-higher-purpose

The live music that made my year

Reissues and historical titles ranging from adventurous jazz to progressive punk

The new releases that defined my year in listening

The annual top 10 list, plus a bunch more I dug

Ahead of a full-album cover show with frequent collaborator James Brandon Lewis, the genre-blending trio discusses adapting and inhabiting the 1991 avant-jazz classic

Two spellcasting drummers are playing in town within the coming days, and you should really go see both

A tribute to a late death-metal pioneer, a great new drum-centric rock book, the welcome return of Ink & Dagger and more

Thirty years ago, I read an album review that changed the course of my life. In recent days, I got to hold it in my hands — and thank the people who brought it into the world

An avant-rock power trio comes to town, the musical community mourns a giant, and more

The drums are almost beside the point: It was his absolute presence in every musical situation, across a half-century, that made him one of the creative giants of our time

A peek inside the Wayne Shorter archives, appearances from two long-running avant-institutions, Andrew Cyrille on the web and more

Goodbye, Brent Hinds; Neil on the Beach; Joe Farnsworth at Smoke; and more

On the return of the band behind 'Face of Collapse,' maybe the most fearsome and advanced post-hardcore record of them all

A new profile of the indispensable NYC jazz drummer is out now

Observations on a historic day for heavy metal

The harpist, composer and bandleader plays it on her latest album, “Gadabout Season,” a persuasive argument for the vast potential of her instrument.

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