Posts Tagged ‘Tee Pee’
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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Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

Staff Benda Bilili: Trés Trés Fort
Channeling the voices of the disenfranchised into playful rumba melodies, the compelling band of paraplegic Congolese musicians known as Staff Benda Bilili captures beautiful music on its debut album.
This week also brings great albums from far-reaching psychedelic rock group Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound, IDM producer Bronnt Industries Kapital, multi-ethnic remix artists Balkan Beat Box, and the self-summarized Warsaw Village Band. (more…)
Tags: Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound, Balkan Beat Box, Barbes, Blue Cheer, Bronnt Industries Kapital, Crammed Discs, Firewater, Get Physical, Gogol Bordello, Guy Bartell, Ori Kaplan, Staff Benda Bilili, Tamir Muskat, Tee Pee, The Byrds, Warsaw Village Band
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Friday, February 20th, 2009
It’s a rough week for independent music as Touch and Go cuts manufacturing and distribution services for 20 labels, Daptone’s studio is robbed, and An Albatross still needs a touring guitarist.
In better news, Sunn O))) and Dave Douglas announce new albums, Farmers Market will perform with a symphony, and Ed Gein is playing together again. (more…)
Tags: An Albatross, Balkan Beat Box, Brass Ecstasy, Converge, Crippled Black Phoenix, Daptone, Dave Douglas, Deathwish Inc., Dylan Carlson, Earthless, Ed Gein, Eyvind Kang, Farmers Market, Jaguar Love, Jay Clark, JDub, Jessika Kenney, Julian Priester, Oren Ambarchi, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Relapse, Sharon Jones, Southern Lord, Stravanger Symphony Orchestra, Sunn O))), Tee Pee, The Budos Band, Tombs, Touch and Go, Witch
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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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Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
Prog psychedelia, epic hardcore, synthesized circus sounds — these are the elements of An Albatross. This adventurous rock ‘n’ roll outfit earns a spot in our favorite albums of the week alongside Sao Paulo Underground, RTX, Of Montreal, Pit er Pat, and more.
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Tags: Aesthetics, An Albatross, Drag City, Eyeball, Night Horse, Of Montreal, Pit er Pat, Polyvinyl, Royal Trux, RTX, Sao Paulo Underground, Tee Pee, Thrill Jockey
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Tuesday, October 7th, 2008
Fusing Indian music, 1970s film noir, and psychedelic sounds into heavy acoustic and electric rock, Portland’s Grails tops a lengthy list of great albums out this week. Earthless, Young Widows, Jolie Holland, Fucked Up, and East Coast Avengers are just a handful of our editors’ other picks.
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Tags: Anti, Atavistic, Brick, Desalvo, Earthless, East Coast Avengers, FatCat, Fucked Up, Grails, Hauschka, Jesus Lizard, Jolie Holland, Kill Rock Stars, Marnie Stern, Matador, Mogwai, Rock Action, Sun Ra, Tee Pee, Temporary Residence, Young Widows
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