Ishmael’s Top 5 Albums of 2025!
2025 may not have been a great year for everyone, but it was for these bands…
Missed Album Review: Everything Yes – Volume 2.5
Jazz for the common man.
Review: Milton Man Gogh – Fully Stretched
See Man. See Man Gogh. Gogh, Man, Gogh.
Review: Kylver – The Gobi
Kylver? I hardly know ‘er!
Review: Esthesis – Out of Step
Ain’t no party like a Prozac party
Review: Illogistical Resource Dept. – Cacoethes
Illogistical Resource Dept.? More like Boring Riff Dept.
Review: Cardiacs – LSD
You never may know in the preterite all perhaps that you would not believe that you ever even saw to be about to. Perhaps.
Review: The Sound of Animals Fighting – The Maiden
Dog goes “woof”, cat goes “meow”, bird goes “tweet” and mouse goes “squeak”
Review: Between the Buried and Me – The Blue Nowhere
You can check out any time you like (as long as it’s 15/8), but you can never leave.
Review: We Used to Cut the Grass – We Used to Cut the Grass #2
The independently-verified, non-ideological jazz hour is upon us.