Michael Whalen, Future Shock | The Vinyl Anachronist
Future Shock, the new album by keyboardist/composer Michael Whalen, comes at you from so many directions that you’ll wonder what it is, other than good and snappy and [...]
Articles by Marc Phillips
Matty Stecks & Persiflage, Night Cravings | The Vinyl Anachronist
Jazz isn’t meant to be precise or carefully thought out, which seems like an obvious statement. When you hear something like Matty Stecks & Persiflage’s new [...]
ZYX Ultimate Airy X Cartridge | REVIEW
The first time I listened to the ZYX Ultimate Airy X cartridge it instantly reminded me of Scot Hull’s wife, Julia. I know that sounds strange, and even Scot’s probably [...]
Matt Panayides, Field Theory | The Vinyl Anachronist
Contemporary jazz, by design, can be easily divided into things you’ve heard before and things you haven’t heard before. If that sounds like oversimplifying, and [...]
Little North, Finding Seagulls | The Vinyl Anachronist
I’ve come to the realization that I like my jazz on the soft side. I’m not talking about lite jazz or soft jazz or any of that twinkly keyboard stuff, nor am I [...]
Steve Gadd Band at Blue Note Tokyo | The Vinyl Anachronist
I can imagine a hardcore Steely Dan fan, one who probably does agree with that popular YouTube video that makes the case for Steve Gadd’s drum solo in “Aja” [...]
Lyle Workman, Uncommon Measures | The Vinyl Anachronist
It’s happened a couple of times so far, where I publish a Vinyl Anachronist music review and our own Dave McNair messages me and says “oh, I worked on that [...]
Sonus faber Maxima Amator Loudspeakers | REVIEW
The Sonus faber Maxima Amator loudspeakers (website) have taken me by surprise. I was so zeroed-in and focused on the idea of the perfect two-way bookshelf monitor, a [...]
Satoko Fujii’s Hazuki | The Vinyl Anachronist
Satoko Fujii’s Hazuki is here, and I’ve suddenly realized this Japanese pianist puts out a lot of recordings. Just in the last few months I’ve [...]
Parasound Halo JC 3+ Phono Preamplifier | REVIEW
Is the Parasound Halo JC 3+ phono preamplifier (website) a modern incarnation of the Vendetta Research? Before you answer that, have you ever heard John Curl’s original [...]
