To get a sense of Sunwatchers, take a look at a list of artists they’ve covered recently: desert-punk weirdos the Meat Puppets on one side; legendary improvisers like Alice Coltrane, Sonny & Linda ...

Brooklyn’s skronky, improvisational, psych/jazz/punk quartet Sunwatchers, whose debut album came out in 2015 via Castle Face, will release new album Sunwatchers II via Trouble in Mind on February 2.

Note: NPR's First Listen audio comes down after the album is released. However, you can still listen with the Spotify or Apple Music playlist at the bottom of the page. Brooklyn's Sunwatchers features ...

Blending triumphant jams with the mind-bending repetition of minimalism, the instrumental outfit offers a leaderless, collective shout of defiance. Sunwatchers exist in a lineage of musicians and ...

Calling back to the insurgent sociopolitical jazz from another era of national unrest, these ecstatic instrumentals are urgent and purposeful. But what does a brash political cartoon have to do with ...

Bill Callahan (aka Smog) performed an impressive six shows in three nights at Baby’s All Right Sunday-Tuesday (26-28), with early and late shows each night. All shows were opened by Sunwatchers. His ...

February 4, 2020 • You can absolutely judge an album by its cover, especially when it involves a possessed Toad King surrounded by dead toad soldiers. Plus new music from Sunwatchers, Jozef Van Wissem ...

This Friday, Castle Face will release Sunwatchers, an eponymous record from the New York improvisational band. However, today we’re sharing a stream of the album in its entirety. Head below to dive ...

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New York City based band Sunwatchers makes bracing, exploratory music that straddles the line between psych rock and free jazz. When I saw them in Brooklyn earlier this year, they covered an Alice ...

The psychedelic ensemble's new album is a potent brew of free jazz, droning Thai melodies, minimalism and mutant funk. Note: NPR's First Listen audio comes down after the album is released. However, ...

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