Posts Tagged ‘Isis’
Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
El Grupo Nuevo de Omar Rodriguez Lopez: Cryptomnesia
Another great week of music brings new albums from El Grupo Nuevo de Omar Rodriguez Lopez, Isis, Jon Hopkins, Nomo, Yoshida Brothers, and Pink Mountain, providing riotous prog rhythms, epic post-metal, electro-piano soundscapes, multi-ethnic funk, traditionally inspired Japanese crossovers, and avant-garde psychedelic jams. (more…)
Tags: Brian Eno, Cedric Bixler Zavala, Domino, Domo, El Grupo Nuevo de Omar Rodriguez Lopez, Elliot Bergman, Gino Robair, Hella, Ipecac, Isis, Jon Hopkins, Kyle Bruckmann, Lozenge, NOMO, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Pink Mountain, Quasi, Radiohead, Rodriguez Lopez Productions, Sickroom, Splatter Trio, The Mars Volta, Ubiquity, Yoshida Brothers, Zach Hill
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Monday, April 20th, 2009
Quietly, the newest album from post-metal quartet Mouth of the Architect, doesn’t just rest on its volume-knob laurels, opting instead for dynamic and intricate songwriting, highlighted with delicate flourishes of feedback, samples, and noise play usually associated with ambient music. (more…)
Tags: Isis, julie christmas, made out of babies, Mouth of the Artchitect, Neurosis, Pelican, Translation Loss
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Friday, April 3rd, 2009
Serengeti and Polyphonic sign to Anticon; Isis, Tera Melos, and The Dead Kenny Gs announce tour dates; a release date is announced for the Bygones album; Ben Folds goes a cappella; Bastard Noise releases a five-disc CD set. This and more in the roundup… (more…)
Tags: Anticon, Arsis, Bastard Noise, Ben Folds, Brad Houser, Bygones, Critters Buggin, El Grupo Nuevo de Omar Rodriguez Lopez, Faith No More, Ipecac, Isis, Michael Van Dyne, Mike Dillon, Nick Reinhart, Polyphonic, Sargent House, Serengeti, Skerik, Tera Melos, The Dead Kenny Gs, Zach Hill
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Thursday, April 2nd, 2009
Wherever you are this weekend, check your calendars to catch the diversified endtime ballads of Crippled Black Phoenix, the beautiful electro-grooves of Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, and the pummeling mid-tempo riffs of Pelican and Tombs. (more…)
Tags: Crippled Black Phoenix, Electric Wizard, Geoff Barrow, Godspeed! You Black Emperor, Isis, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, Jaga Jazzist, Justin Greaves, Mono, Pelican, Portishead, Rachel's, Reed Mathis, The Black Heart Procession, Tombs
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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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Monday, March 2nd, 2009
As the weather stops being oppressive in the Northern Hemisphere, a number of potentially great albums from countless genres are on the way. Here’s a list of ten that have us excited, including efforts from Isis, MF Doom, Coalesce, Prefuse 73, Mr. Lif, and more. (more…)
Tags: Carpark, Coalesce, Crammed Discs, Dan Deacon, Ipecac, Isis, Jerseyband, Karl Sanders, Lex, Mastodon, MF Doom, Mr. Lif, Nile, Prefuse 73, Relapse, Staff Benda Bilili, The End, Warner Bros., Warp
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Friday, January 23rd, 2009
Details emerge about new albums from Isis, Tortoise, Akron/Family, and Stinking Lizaveta; Zu announces some dates for a world tour (a pair of which are with Mike Patton); Dark Meat will go on tour with its 17 members; the Scion Rock Fest hosts a spate of crushing metal bands in Atlanta on February 28.
Keep readin’… (more…)
Tags: Akron/Family, An Albatross, Baroness, Boris, Busdriver, Ches Smith, Congs for Brums, Cryptopsy, Dark Meat, Dead Ocean, Earache, Earth, Ephel Duath, Grails, High on Fire, Ipecac, Isis, Joey Baron, John Zorn, Kylesa, Marc Ribot, Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog, Mastodon, Mick Harvey, Mike Patton, Moonchild, Nachtmystium, Neurosis, Nick Cave, Rwake, Secret Chiefs 3, Stinking Lizaveta, Thrill Jockey, Torche, Tortoise, Toxic Holocaust, Trevor Dunn, Trevor Dunn's Trio Convulsant, Tribes of Neurot, Xiu Xiu, Zoroaster, Zu
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Monday, January 12th, 2009
This year promises to be a great one for music. Isis, The Bad Plus, Mastodon, Dan Deacon, Coalesce, Jerseyband, Converge, and at least three Mike Patton creations (Mondo Cane, Fantômas, Crudo) are slated to release new albums.
Get the ETA on these and other anticipated albums after the jump. (more…)
Tags: Carpark, Coalesce, Coliseum, Converge, Crudo, Crunchy Frog, Dan Deacon, Dan the Automator, Fantomas, Garage a Trois, Heads Up, Hydra Head, Ipecac, Isis, Jerseyband, Kylesa, Lovage, Marco Benevento, Mastodon, Medeski Martin & Wood, Mike Dillon, Mike Patton, Mimicry, Mondo Cane, Powersolo, Prosthetic, Relapse, Secret Chiefs 3, Skerik, Stanton Moore, Supermachiner, Telarc, The Bad Plus, Zu
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Tuesday, October 14th, 2008
With a dreamy, spacey hip-hop trip for synth lovers, Tobacco (of Black Moth Super Rainbow) tops this week’s picks with his solo debut, Fucked Up Friends (cover shown left). Dillinger Four, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Genghis Tron, MoHa! and more make the cut.
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Tags: Anticon, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Dillinger Four, Dntel, Fat Wreck Chords, Genghis Tron, Ipecac, Isis, Lovepump United, MoHa!, Relapse, Revelation, Rune Grammofon, Shai Hulud, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Tobacco
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