Archive for May, 2011
Ben Vida & Greg Davis, s/t
I was eighteen when a relative supergroup of Greg Davis, Keith Fullerton Whitman, and Bird Show rolled through Atlanta in early 2005.
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Blanck Mass, s/t
Written, recorded and produced alone in his London apartment, Blanck Mass is the first solo album by Benjamin John Power, better known as one half of the towering UK noise duo Fuck Buttons.
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Wadada Leo Smith, “Heart’s Reflections” 2xCD
To call Wadada Leo Smith as national treasure might seem like I’m pushing it, but for the past thirty-plus years, whether as a teacher, saxophonist, band leader or collaborator (his work with Henry Kaiser on the “Yo Miles!” records is legendary), Smith has carved out a legacy that is both daring and healing.
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Éric Normand + Bent Spoon Duo, “Circuitry”
For years now Scott Munro and Chris Dadge have played together as the Bent Spoon Duo, chasing after sounds previously unheard in their electro-acoustic improvisations without letting their brains slow them down.
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Innercity, “Backworld” LP
Belgian artist Hans Dens puts out his sophomore effort, Backworld, after releasing his highly praised work, Future Life, last year on Aguirre.
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V/A, “Funky Frauleins, Volume 2″
Funky Frauleins does not disappoint if you are indeed looking for funky frauleins, though one is left with the nagging suspicion that volume one is probably better, that they might have been not scraping quite the bottom of the barrel, but still a little too close to comfort to the bottom of the barrel,...
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Colin Stetson, “New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges”
I will be greatly surprised if this is not my pick for best album of the year.
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V/A, “Thai? Dai!: The Heavier Sound of the Lukthung Underground”
As the ridiculously fuzzy “Iron Man” riff kicks in to open Sroeng Santi’s “Kuen Kuen Lueng Lueng,” the freakout that leads off this set, you get the feeling that not only are you not in Kansas anymore, you ain’t in Oz anymore either.
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Explosions In The Sky, “Take Care, Take Care, Take Care” CD
“Bull shit!” “The beginning is rather annoying”
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Broken Water, “Whet” LP
Whoa, I popped this on and I was met by an intense Metallica-esque riff.
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