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Andy Beta

Andy Beta

Contributing Music Writer at Pitchfork

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Andy Beta
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Sixteen Years Since He First Appeared, Shackleton Remains a Mystery

The dubstep disruptor is back with his first album in nearly a decade.
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In 1977, Kraig Kilby Spied the Future of Jazz

Finally released after 44 years, “Satori” predicted the sound of Thundercat, DaM-Funk, and Sam Gendel.
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Joy Orbison: Still Slipping Vol. 1

Read Ben Cardew’s review of the album.
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Gas Tanks & Synesthesia: The Free Jazz of Germán Bringas

The musician is at the heart of the Mexico City jazz scene.
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Twenty Years Ago, William Basinski Witnessed 9/11—and Memorialized ...

How William Basinski’s life prepared him to compose The Disintegration Loops.
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Leon Bridges: Gold-Diggers Sound

Read Jonah Bromwich’s review of the album.
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Exploring the Czech Folk of the Havels

Championed by The National’s Bryce Dessner, the duo combine old sounds & new ideas.

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Connan Mockasin / Ade: It’s Just Wind

Read Raphael Helfand’s review of the album.
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Foodman: Yasuragi Land

Read Jonathan Williger’s review of the album.
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Perspective | Alice Coltrane is finally heralded as a jazz great. A...

“Kirtanchanged from “Kurtan” : Turiya Sings” is a modified version of an extremely rare 1982 cassette by the once-overlooked artist.
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The Go! Team: Get Up Sequences Part One

Read Marc Hogan’s review of the album.
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“Blue” Gene Tyranny Was Texas’s Greatest Piano Prodigy

A massive box set reveals all the quirks and charms of a San Antonio–born genius.
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Suzanne Kraft: About You

Read Shy Thompson’s review of the album.
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Keith Rowe: Absence

Read Sam Sodomsky’s review of the album.
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Ìxtahuele, “Dharmaland”

A lost album from the “original hippie” is both timeless and transportive.
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Squarepusher’s Iconic Debut “Feed Me Weird Things” Turns 25

Decades on, Squarepusher remains one of electronic music’s most forward-thinking producers, still going strong—and it all started with this seminal LP.
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Mdou Moctar: Afrique Victime

Read Sam Sodomsky’s review of the album.
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José Mauro is Alive

The Brazilian singer/songwriter was believed dead when Far Out reissued his first record. Then, they got a phone call from him.
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Nyssa Musique, “Comme Au Moulin”

A much-needed reissue of an album that celebrates musical styles from all over the world.
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Don Cherry is a deserving giant of jazz. Now his wife, Moki, gets h...

Don Cherry is a deserving giant of jazz. Now his wife, Moki, gets her due as his visionary collaborator.  The Washington Post
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Francisco Mora Catlett, “Mora!”

The jazz artist highlights a world of sound in this reissued album.