Posts Tagged ‘Bill Frisell’
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
The densely packed, melodically driven post-rock of Lymbyc Systym tops our list this week as brothers Jared and Mike Bell showcase their continued musical development.
Meanwhile, multi-instrumentalist producer Mr. Chop issues funky, jazzy, effects-fueled renditions of the beats and productions of critically acclaimed producer Pete Rock, and Nile returns with another disc of Egyptian-tinged eruptions of guitar fury, blazing double bass, vocal ferocity, and slowly churning chugs. (more…)
Tags: Bill Frisell, Cornerstone RAS, Coz Littler, Karl Sanders, Lateef the Truthspeaker, Lymbyc Systym, MF Doom, Mr. Chop, Mush, Nile, Nirvana, Nonesuch, Now-Again, Nuclear Blast, Pete Rock, Rita J, Stones Throw, Sub Pop, The Gift of Gab, This Will Destroy You
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Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
The members of Cave In have resurfaced to redefine their sound once again — this time with their heaviest material since Until Your Heart Stops. Old-school fans should be really fucking pumped.
John Zorn’s beautiful sequel to The Dreamers covers Tropicália and other exotic styles with an all-star backing ensemble.
Full of instrumental country, lap-steel blues, and twangy Americana, Bill Frisell’s newest soundtrack is a multimedia venture set to the folksy black-and-white photos of Michael Disfarmer.
After more than 20 years as a frenetic bass/drums duo, Tatsuya Yoshida’s Ruins transforms to a sax/drums duo for a new sonic texture.
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Tags: Adam McGrath, Arthur Crudup, Bill Frisell, Caleb Scofield, Cave In, Clouds, Cyro Baptista, Greg Leisz, Hank Williams Sr., Hydra Head, Jamie Saft, Jenny Scheinman, John Zorn, Kenny Wollesen, Marc Ribot, Michael Disfarmer, Nonesuch, Old Man Gloom, Ono Ryoko, Ruins, Sax Ruins, Stephen Brodsky, Tatsuya Yoshida, Trevor Dunn, Tzadik, Zozobra
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Tuesday, May 26th, 2009
There’s plenty of musical inbreeding as well as doom, drone, and psych this week as we sort through new releases from Sunn O))), Khanate, Grizzly Bear, Sir Richard Bishop, Master Musicians of Bukkake, and Vieux Farka Touré. (more…)
Tags: Alan Bishop, Alan Dubin, Ali Farka Toure, Asva, Bill Frisell, Bill Horist, Blind Idiot God, Burial Chamber Trio, Conspiracy, Don McGreevy, Drag City, Dylan Carlson, Earth, Estradasphere, Eyvind Kang, Ghidra, Greg Anderson, Grizzly Bear, Hydra Head, James Plotkin, Jessika Kenney, John Coltrane, John Zorn, Julian Priester, Khanate, Master Musicians of Bukkake, Milky, OLD, Oren Ambarchi, Phantomsmasher, Randall Dunn, Secret Chiefs 3, Sir Richard Bishop, Six Degrees, Southern Lord, Stephen O'Malley, Sun City Girls, Sun Ra, Sunn O))), Tim Wyskida, Timb Harris, Toumani Diabate, Vieux Farka Toure, Warp
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Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
Bill Frisell: All Hat
Mid-May brings a beautiful country-Western soundtrack from Bill Frisell, neoclassical strings and mid-’90s alt-rock from Skeletonbreath, modern acoustic jazz and African sounds from Nicole Mitchell’s Black Earth Strings, and precise, über-melodic math rock from Upsilon Acrux. (more…)
Tags: Bill Frisell, Black Earth Ensemble, Black Earth Strings, Cuneiform, Delmark, Earth, Emarcy, Ernest Jenning, Exploding Star Orchestra, Frequency, Hella, Indigo Trio, Minus the Bear, Nicole Mitchell, O'death, Paul Motian, Robert Pycior, Shellac, Skeletonbreath, Tera Melos, The Jesus Lizard, Upsilon Acrux
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Tuesday, March 17th, 2009
Kylesa: Static Tensions
This week brings the most powerful album in the canon of down-tuned metalheads Kylesa.
It also brings the vibrant, idiosyncratic rock of Les Claypool, the multicultural psych jam of Melvin Gibbs, more harmonized folk from Bonnie “Prince” Billy, and unreleased tracks of Afrobeat/groove from the Chicago Afrobeat Project. (more…)
Tags: Bill Frisell, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Chicago Afrobeat Project, Critters Buggin, Dead Prez, Dee Alexander, DJ Logic, Drag City, Eugene Hutz, Femi Kuti, Gabby La La, Gogol Bordello, Isis, Jeff Parker, John Medeski, John Zorn, Josh Abrams, Kylesa, Les Claypool, Livewired, Melvin Gibbs, Michael Zerang, Mike Dillon, Nicole Mitchell, Pelican, Prosthetic, Rob Mazurek, Rollins Band, Sam Bass, Skerik, Vernon Reid, Will Oldham
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Jazz/jam trio Medeski, Martin & Wood (shown left) leads our picks of the week, but its new disc is followed closely by dreamy hip-hop fusionist Koushik, organic hip-hop group Look Daggers, and more.
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Tags: 2Mex, Akimbo, Bill Frisell, Breakestra, Earth, ECM, Indirecto, John Zorn, Koushik, Look Daggers, Martin & Wood, Mastodon, Medeski, Naked City, Neurot, Paul Motian, Stones Throw, The Mars Volta, Up Above
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