Inspired less by drummers and more by instrumentalists such as John Coltrane, Jimi Hendrix, and Ornette Coleman, drumming virtuoso Zach Hill begins his journey as a bandleader with Astrological Straits. (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘Les Claypool’
Zach Hill: Compositional inspirations inform demented tech-pop debut
Thursday, April 30th, 2009This Week’s Best Albums
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…)
Ten Current/Upcoming Tours to Catch
Monday, February 9th, 2009As the season’s wintry punishment eases (it cracked 50 in Chicago this weekend), more and more artists are getting back in their vans and braving the roads for packed and sparse crowds alike.
Here’s a list of tours on our radar, including dates from The Bad Plus, Fucked Up, Orange Tulip Conspiracy, P.O.S., Secret Chiefs 3, Young Widows, and more. (more…)
Weekly Music News Roundup
Friday, January 30th, 2009Announcements are made for new albums from Irepress, Karl Sanders, Black Moth Super Rainbow, and Staff Benda Bilili — a group of paraplegic Congolese street musicians.
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey releases its new studio album for free; Secret Chiefs 3 announces a concert DVD; Les Claypool announces an outstanding mini festival that will be in a town near you. This and more after the jump. (more…)
