Archive for October, 2011
Lawrence English, “The Peregrine” LP
For the most part, albums based on books tend to miss the mark of the original work. Stories retold with aural interpretations might not result with the same sense of fantastic twists from a fictional narrative.
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Wyld Wyzrdz, “Free Magick” LP
Wow, this is completely different from what I expected.
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Jonnie Common, “Master of None” LP
Jonnie Common, a founder member of Down The Tiny Steps (the under-appreciated heirs to the Beta Band throne), steps out alone for this enjoyable release on Red Deer Club.
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Colour Bük, “Our Favorite Fucking Day of the Goddamn Year” tape
These tapes are getting tougher and tougher to approach. Or maybe it’s just Colour Bük in general, a duo of guitar/drone experimental noise nut jobs from NYC who use something called a “vibrator technique” to achieve some of their sounds—a process I’m happy knowing as little about as possible.
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Kanazu Tomoyuki, “Prater”
First album from composer and multi-instrumentalist Kanazu Tomoyuki, featuring guest appearances by aus, Cuushe, and others.
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Quiet Evenings, Sparkling Wide Pressure and Meager Sunlight Anchor Expanded Foogmess Line-Up
Over Halloween weekend — October 28th thru the 31st — Asheville, North Carolina hosts Foogmess II. Larger and considerably more ambitious, this year’s line-up features over 20 artists, including Quiet Evenings (Hooker Vision), pummeling freakers Skeleton Warrior, Sparkling Wide Pressure (Stunned / Bathetic / Digitalis), Jeremy Harris’ Meager Sunlight project, Xiphiidae (Housecraft) and hometown...
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Total Control, “Henge Beat”
Iron Lung Records is one of the best record labels going and they’ve graced us with one of the best records of the year by…Total Control!
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Olekranon, “{abadina}” CDr
This lies somewhere between “weirdly friendly noise” or “weirdly hostile post-rock,” which pleases me a great deal- I like gray areas.
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Red Stars Over Tokyo, “Hits Of Sunshine” LP
Fifth album from Red Stars Over Tokyo, and the first to be distributed directly by Kompakt.
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Beautiful Friend, “Hello Rainbow Geeks” CDr
Those of you who’ve been involved with the Digitalis empire for some time are more than aware of the musical genius of Bay Area guru Robert Horton.
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KWJAZ, s/t LP
The label calls this record a “mystery mixtape.” I can’t argue with this description.
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