But, also because it just made me realize that I lack the musical fluency to be able to adequately describe the things I like about it, and that's part of the trouble I have with jazz in general.

Here, I know that the thing that makes me down with this is how in the pocket everyone is playing. As in, there's a groove underlying the entire performance, and everyone, even when they get noodly and do that jazz thing where it seems like the person playing in "front" isn't playing the same thing, they're still in that groove.

But it shouldn't take an entire paragraph to express that idea. I have the same trouble with prog rock and prog metal. They do stuff that's musically at the edges, and I just don't have the background knowledge to do more than just vibe with it, and it really feels like I would appreciate it all more if I had a musical bone in my body and could follow what they're doing on that level.

Anyway, I hope someone else enjoys this performance too :)

Brody Dalle: NPR Music Field Recordings (www.youtube.com)

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Throughout her career, punk icon Brody Dalle has embraced her aggressive side. Best known as the lead singer of The Distillers and Spinnerette, Dalle has a sandpaper- and velvet-tinged voice that speaks to rebellious young punks who are curious about the world yet vulnerable to its sharp edges. "I've never understood why there was such a fuss about aggressive women in music," Dalle says. "To me, aggression is a human instinct. ... I've felt provoked for most of my life, especially as a child. I guess I've carried those feelings into my songs."

So it was a pleasant surprise that Dalle was open to the challenge of crafting a stripped-down version of her song "Dressed in Dreams." An anthem about getting back up when you've been kicked down, the song is personal to Dalle: After overcoming addiction, she almost immediately faced a brutal bout of postpartum depression. "I had a hard time getting myself up and running before I wrote this record," she says. "I felt worthless. I was embarrassed and lost."

Luckily, Dalle was able to use her songwriting as a way to fight back. Earlier this year, she released Diploid Love, her first solo album, and she says she happily embraces her day-to-day life as a working rock mom and wife. As Dalle set up her gear at New York City's Panna II, we noticed the way the chili-pepper strands that covered every surface of the restaurant bathed her in a weirdly fierce yet serene red light. They provide a nice little visual metaphor for the way raging against the darkest points in life can help bring you into the light. --SAIDAH BLOUNT

Gatta Morta - "Black Hall" (www.youtube.com)

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The debut single from Gatta Morta, featuring Buzz Osborne (Melvins), Clinton Jacob (mr.phylzzz), JD Pinkus (Butthole Surfers, Melvins) and Coady Scott Willis (Melvins, Big Business)

The single comes from the AmRep 4-song limited physical EP, Burn Witch Burn, available here: https://gattamorta.lnk.to/blackhall

“Gatta Morta wages asymmetrical psychedelic warfare in the name of romance.” – Coady Willis

Buzz Osborne didn't need another band. JD Pinkus didn't need another band. Coady Willis didn't need another band. Together with Clinton Jacob, they started one anyway. Meet Gatta Morta.

“It’s always a good time for the world to embrace a new heavy/weird band,” Osborne says. “I had the idea for Gatta Morta while touring last fall. I realized I needed to start a band with these three. Seemed like a no brainer. Solidly weird rock music that needs to happen.”

Butthole Surfers bassist Pinkus agrees: “It’s been way too long since I got to write a heavy album from scratch with such high caliber players with such complimentary styles… and we’re just cat scratching the surface of what we got goin’ on!”

Rounding out Gatta Morta is Clinton Jacob, the creative force behind Chicago’s weirdo, pop-noise rock duo Mr. Phylzzz. “I just had this feeling that one day we would work together. I became friends with Buzz over the past few years doing shows together and having him play guitar on a Mr. Phylzzz song. When I was asked to be a part of Gatta Morta, I was speechless, but I was 100% ready for it.”

Burn Witch Burn lurches between thick, riff-driven heaviness and warped, psychedelic passages, with Osborne, Pinkus, Willis, and Jacob creating music that’s simultaneously reminiscent of their previous work and entirely new.

Alice in Chains - Frogs (youtu.be)

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