Right, so, Reinis Jaunais. Latvian, guitar-slinger, world-wanderer… makes sense that his new album, "Nest," feels like opening a suitcase overflowing with… things. Not junk, mind you. More like… carefully curated curiosities. Eleven songs, eleven postcards from somewhere just beyond the familiar. https://open.spotify.com/album/5mbemTIWhAYV7fHe5V9562 It's world music, yes, but not in the dusty, anthropological sense. Think more… progressive fusion. A touch of the acoustic guitar played in that...

With the new album "Climax", Decadent Heroes captures the precise sound of an artist exhaling after holding his breath for an eternity. Italian musician Luigi Chiappini has spent years building this instrumental rock project, using his electric guitar as a leading voice. Here, he reaches the exact point of creative evolution where a player abandons the exhausting pursuit of external validation. He trades showing...