Posts Tagged ‘Mastodon’
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
Bartender, there’s a commercial in my rock show! (more…)
Tags: Adult Swim, Converge, Dethklok, High on Fire, Mastodon
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Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
Georgian metal quartet Baroness treats us to another disc that’s chock full of riffs, colored by Southern psychedelia and heapings of harmonies.
Sole and the Skyrider Band takes another step in the logical progression of hip hop with a delicately constructed second effort, and electro-funk multi-instrumentalist Shawn Lee again joins forces Clutchy Hopkins for down-tempo jams. (more…)
Tags: Anticon, Baroness, Clutchy Hopkins, Del the Funky Homosapien, Fake Four, Fleet Foxes, Gold Dusty, Imaad Wasif, Lightning Bolt, Load, Mastodon, Relapse, Shawn Lee, Sole and the Skyrider Band, Tee Pee, The Flaming Lips, Tim Holland, Ubiquity, Warner Bros.
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Thursday, April 30th, 2009
It’s a great few days for metal in Chicago as Mastodon, Converge, Kylesa, and Russian Circles each performs new material.
Fans of softer fare have great options as well as hip-hop producer Peanut Butter Wolf, chicha enthusiasts Chicha Libre, and post-jazz/jam guitarist Charlie Hunter hit town. (more…)
Tags: Charlie Hunter, Chicha Libre, Converge, Dam-Funk, Dick Dale, Garage a Trois, James Pants, Kylesa, Lamajamal, Mastodon, Mayer Hawthorne, Peanut Butter Wolf, Royal Zodiac, Russian Circles, Stones Throw, Suicide Squeeze, Will Bernard
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Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
Renowned singing teacher Susan M. Carr’s technique for The Art of Screaming! was first developed in 1978 and has since been refined during the grunge music scene. Since then, Carr has worked with bands such as Minus the Bear, Mastodon, and Sunny Day Real Estate. (more…)
Tags: Mastodon, Minus the Bear, sunny day real estate
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Tuesday, March 24th, 2009
Mono: Hymn to the Immortal Wind
Mono delivers a majestic work with orchestral accompaniment.
Dan Deacon: Bromst (Carpark)
Dan Deacon mixes organic flourishes with his buzzing synths.
Mastodon: Crack the Skye (Warner Bros.)
Mastodon branches out while refining its vocals.
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Tags: Carpark, Chris Clark, Clark, Dan Deacon, J Dilla, Lex, Madlib, Mastodon, MF Doom, Mono, Steve Albini, Temporary Residence, Warner Bros., Warp
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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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Friday, January 16th, 2009
More details emerge about the upcoming Supermachiner release; the Shrinebuilder super-group begins recording; Mono announces a new album; Orange Tulip Conspiracy announces a full US tour for May. Get these and 10 other news bit after the jump. (more…)
Tags: Anti, Big Business, Billy Martin, Bygones, Cattle Decapitation, Converge, Dale Crover, Deathwish Inc., Estradasphere, Fucked Up, Grandaddy, Hatebreed, Hydra Head, Jacob Bannon, Jason Schimmel, JD Wilkes, Jeff Parker, Kaki King, Kurt Ballou, Marco Benevento, Mastodon, Melvins, Mono, Neurosis, Neurot, Om, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Orange Tulip Conspiracy, Pig Destroyer, Reed Mathis, Sargent House, Scott Amendola, Sepultura, Shrinebuilder, Skerik, Sleep, Stones Throw, Supermachiner, Temporary Residence, Tera Melos, Th' Legendary Shack Shakers, The Hidden Hand, Torche, Toshi Kasai, Trash Talk, Zach Hill
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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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Friday, January 9th, 2009
Amon Tobin makes up half of a new project called Two Fingers; Witch goes on tour with Earthless; Dan Deacon posts a preview of his new album; Converge and Supermachiner each has a new album for ‘09; Kronos Quartet is giving away 50 pairs of tickets for its performance in France this month.
Read about these and 11 more news bits in our weekly roundup. (more…)
Tags: Amon Tobin, Bedouin Soundclash, Converge, Dan Deacon, Deathwish Inc., Doubleclick, Earthless, Femi Kuti, Irons, Jacob Bannon, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, Kronos Quartet, Kurt Ballou, Led Zeppelin, Madlib, Mastodon, Paper Bag, Powersolo, Pulling Teeth, Reed Mathis, Stones Throw, Supermachiner, Tee Pee, Terry Riley, These Arms are Snakes, Two Fingers, Tzadik, Under The Radar Festival, Witch, World/Inferno Friendship Society, Wu Fei
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Friday, November 14th, 2008
Garage a Trois
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez announces a new solo album for Stones Throw; Saul Williams speaks about the aftermath of The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust; Garage a Trois announces tour dates and posts an album preview; Don Caballero returns to the Northeast, and much more.
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Tags: Don Caballero, Estradasphere, Garage a Trois, Jimi Hendrix, Marco Benevento, Mastodon, Mike Patton, NOMO, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Orange Tulip Conspiracy, Pelican, Saul Williams, Stones Throw, The (International) Noise Conspiracy, The Mars Volta, The Qemists
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Friday, October 31st, 2008
Ben Weinman
Dillinger Escape Plan guitarist Ben Weinman posts footage of his solo performance; Black Moth Super Rainbow won’t be playing for a while; MTV Iggy posts a clip of Yo-Yo Ma and Andrew Bird jamming. This and much more…
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Tags: 2 Foot Yard, Andrew Bird, Ben Weinman, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Critters Buggin, East Coast Avengers, Elephant Stone, Graveface, John Zorn, Led Zeppelin, Mastodon, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, The Dillinger Escape Plan, The Locust, Trevor Dunn, Yo-Yo Ma
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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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