Posts Tagged ‘Tera Melos’

This Week’s Best Albums

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

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Teased since March, the spastic/melodic guitar/drums dichotomy that is Bygones (Zach Hill, Nick Reinhart) is finally available.

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Chicago clarinetist/composer James Falzone is a gem in a robust jazz/classical mine, and here he issues the studio debut of Klang, adding three dynamic collaborators in reverence to the sounds of 1950s saxophonist Jimmy Giuffre.
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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…)

Weekly Music News Roundup

Friday, April 10th, 2009

Coalesce posts a two-song preview of Ox; Orange Tulip Conspiracy has finalized its nationwide May tour; Mike Patton plays a Decepticon; Rock Central Plaza and Yakuza have new albums and homes.  This and more in the roundup. (more…)

Weekly Music News Roundup

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…)

What We’re Seeing This Weekend: Don Caballero, Yoome, These Arms are Snakes

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

As we hit town this weekend to catch a pair of hard-hitting rock bands (Don Caballero and These Arms are Snakes), we’ll also venture to see a left-field production of hip hop and synth-flavored post-rock (Yoome), boundless pseudo-soundtrack work (Andreas Kapsalis Trio), and a blend of dub, reggae, electronics, and rock (The Eternals). (more…)

Weekly Music News Roundup

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…)