City scapes were a hallmark of Loren Connors early 1990s work -- his guitar offten telling the stories of New York City past and present. My Brooklyn is a return, of sorts, in vein. Released by the  Japanese label Analogpath, the 500-edition CD collects two live performances: The Stone (1/7/12) and Zebulon (2/26/12). It is available here. 

One of our favorite duos took to the stage at Issue Project Room this week -- Alan Licht & Aki Onda. They also revived their trio with pianist Michael Snow. Hoping for another album from these gents. Photo from IPR's Instagram feed.

Darin Gray - William Tyler - Joe Westerlund Trio at Apop Records in St. Louis, Monday, Jan. 27, 2014. We didn't get to hear this choice meet up, but hoping it was a cross of Impossible Truth and Face of Collapse.

Our Vineyard mate Chris Forsyth is back with another killer jam called Solar Motel. It's right-on described as "a four-part suite that reimagines and reanimates the collected history of guitar-driven rock, lighting out for fresh territory in the process" by the Paradise of Bachelors lads who issued this one. If you know how Forsyth's love of six-string has blossomed under a marque moon for many a years, then you got a sense of what goes on here. Forsyth is also heading out with the notch Solar Motel Band for a tour in February and other assorited dates -- check those tour dates on the above link.