Certain albums just radiate a lot more groove than others, and with its hoodoo rhythms, souped-up dub textures and “When the Levee Breaks”-style drum surges, … Read More “Jon Batiste/Chad Smith/Bill Laswell: The Process”
Bill Laswell’s sound on the Warwick Alien-a newly designed fretless acoustic bass guitar-is astonishingly beautiful. Its core is the thick-string timbre of the upright, but … Read More “Bill Laswell: Means of Deliverance”
This audacious power trio delivers the sort of sonic blast that hasn’t been felt since bassist Bill Laswell’s ’80s bands Massacre and Last Exit. In … Read More “Raoul Björkenheim/Bill Laswell/Morgan Ågren: Blixt”