Wendy Eisenberg- S/T

Wendy Eisenberg's self-titled record bends free-jazz's looseness into the pine-scented weirdo-folk canon — brain-wringing polyrhythmic guitars that twist and lurch before scattering into semi-mystical reprieves, placing her squarely alongside Richard Dawson and Joanna Newsom as a genuine visionary of the form. Brave and strange and challenging in all the right ways, with commanding string arrangements that seal the deal.