Pitchfork recommends eight recent releases that "show the guitar’s boundless potential". Among the selected ones there are: new album by Brooklyn’s Rachika Nayar who "uses her electric guitar to make quiet, visionary ambient music"; Rob Noyes is a 12-string guitarist based in Japan. whos music "enters the room like a strong gust of wind and resonates long after"; Chris Schlarb & Chad Taylor offer "droning 12-string ragas, gentle folk melodies, and quietly psychedelic mood pieces that transport listeners to a higher plane of thinking" on their collaborative album.

Foxing share a grand indie-rock/emo song 'Speak With The Dead' of near-epic proportions; Yerba Mansa shares violin noise in supremely-titled 'Jesus Christ Motorbike II'; Japanese screamos Lang share an easy-flowing 'Night Reeds'; Lyon-based Sathönay plays saz, an instrument similar to lute, on eastern Europe-influenced 'Doppio Picchio Verde'; Rachika Nayar shares ambient and noisy 'Losing Too Is Still Ours'; Greek black-metallers share a proggy 'The Sorcereer Above The Clouds'.