Posts Tagged ‘O’death’

This Week’s Best Albums

Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
Bill Frisell: All Hat

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…)

Ten Current/Upcoming Tours to Catch

Monday, February 9th, 2009

As 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, 2009

Announcements 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…)

What We’re Doing This Weekend

Thursday, November 6th, 2008

The Sword

Our plans this weekend include local shows with the massive stoner metal of The Sword, the experimental jazz of the Umbrella Music Festival, and the raw alt-country of O’death.

And our friends in Austin have another great festival of their own, as the Fun Fun Fun Fest run on Saturday and Sunday.

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This Week’s Best Albums

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
Squarepusher: Just a Souvenir

Squarepusher: Just a Souvenir

Our picks for this week feature the IDM jazz fusion of Squarepusher, the klezmer-core of Zakarya, the aggressive alt-country of O’death, the epic hardcore of Akimbo, and more. Check it!

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