Worth Your Ears

Out now on International Anthem / Nonesuch Records Happy Today is the third album from guitarist Jeff Parker's long-running ETA IVtet, recorded live at Lodge Room in Los Angeles on August 20, 2025, and for the first time, outside the walls of the now-shuttered bar that gave the band its name. The context matters. Parker describes 2025 as a very difficult year: displacement from the Eaton fires, family strain, political despair. The Lodge Room show became something else, a mom

Some artists refuse to exist on the market's own terms. ||||||||||||||||||||, pronounced barcode (/ˈbɑːkəʊd/), takes that refusal to its logical extreme: an unreadable name, a deliberately erased identity, an online presence stripped down to a Bandcamp page and a handful of social accounts. Barcode defines itself as "a post-identitarian prototype of a musician of the upcoming modern era, which lines up independently as a product in the internet's display" — a statement that r

Zurich-based duo Okvsho, the project of brothers Kiss, are kicking off 2026 in fine style with "Pluto", the first single from their forthcoming album, due out on September 18, 2026 via Current Moves. And if this opening track is anything to go by, the record is shaping up to be something special. The track features London-based singer Azekel, whose silky presence adds a distinctly soulful warmth to the production. "Pluto" is everything you'd want from a late-night listen, unh

Some of the best music happens in the most unlikely places. For guitarist Jeff Parker, it was the back corner of a tiny bar in Highland Park, Los Angeles, every Monday night. Born out of a weekly residency started in 2016 at Northeast LA venue ETA, the IVtet (featuring saxophonist Josh Johnson, bassist Anna Butterss, and drummer Jay Bellerose) began as a band playing mostly standards before evolving into something far more singular. Over seven years, they became known for tra