Religion. Gender. Desire. Trombones – this Leeds quartet revel in exploring difficult themes and unusual musical techniques Most people are really boring,” says Harry Burgess. He doesn’t mean to be ...

One of the first things we ever heard from Leeds four-piece Adult Jazz was "Springful," a stunning, skeletal rock song that's full of tiny weird moments. That's what makes it such a good candidate for ...

From the sound of this first single, Leeds' Adult Jazz doesn't have much to do with jazz, nor with the kind of tongue-in-cheek, smooth-as-hell lounge music homage you might expect from a band with the ...

Adult Swim has released a new digital-only, streaming-only compilation featuring Makaya McCraven, Colin Stetson, Sons of Kemet, Angel Bat Dawid, Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, Matana Roberts, and ...

Some bands lack a real awareness of how to use space; far too many artists want to fill any gaps with music, be it layering up the instrumentation, using a well-worn chord progression or simply ...

We know the music community’s already cried wolf a few dozen times this decade; but that hyperbole of “…you’ve never heard a band like this before…” just proved irresistible, at least at the time, for ...

On this week's All Songs Considered: Red-blooded rock-and-roll from Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, a dramatic and cinematic turn for singer Lana Del Rey, the off-kilter, genre-bending sounds of Adult ...

As a band name, Adult Jazz is a pretty solid choice, and one that hints at the many contradictions twisted up in the music of this Leeds-based ensemble. On the surface, the moniker is playful and self ...

May 3, 2016 • On this week's episode of All Songs: A visit from one of our favorite producers and musicians, the one and only John Congleton, plus the week's best new music. June 17, 2014 • On this ...