Posts Tagged ‘The End’
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
Norway, Iceland, and Italy: it’s an all-international edition of This Week’s Best Albums.
Having transitioned from acoustic jazz to a prog-jazz-fusion outfit, Shining now delivers a gargantuan rock release, capturing a progressive industrial sound unlike anything else.
Icelandic composer Daníel Bjarnason presents a debut that is sorrowful, forceful, harmonic, and delicate — an album that undoubtedly will make year-end lists in classical circles.
Lastly, Italian cutup artist Økapi pays homage to a potentially fake Krygyz composer with a soothing glitch-lounge effort. (more…)
Tags: Aldo Kapi, Bedroom Community, Daníel Bjarnason, End, Enslaved, Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Indie Recordings, Jørgen Munkeby, KML, London Sinfonietta, Shining, Sonic Invaders, The End, Tipsy, Økapi
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Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
On Scenes From Hell, Japanese quintet Sigh delivers symphonic, epic metal that calls upon classical instrumentation to accent sinister melodies with fanciful themes.
Ambient improvisational duo Colorlist texturalizes sound by utilizing delayed, echoing loops, mounting tension, harmonic and dissonant layers, and germane percussion.
And producer RJD2 returns with something of a split release — a disc with more soulful jams as well as some pointed, inventive instrumentals. (more…)
Tags: 482 Music, Charles Gorczynski, Charles Rumback, Colorlist, Diablo Swing Orchestra, Emperor, Estradasphere, Gonin-Ish, Good for Cows, Kenna, Leaves, Mimicry, Profound Lore, RJD2, Sigh, Silences Sumire, The End, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Worm Ouroboros
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Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
Diamond Watch Wrists: Ice Capped at Both Ends
Diamond Watch Wrists headlines this week’s picks with an unconventional pop collaboration between Guillermo Scott Herren and Zach Hill.
The duo’s debut is followed closely by the hiatus-breaking mixtape from Themselves, the stunning debut of an Austrian singer/multi-instrumentalist as Soap&Skin, the interesting cover EP from heavy/ambient duo Nadja, and the multi-genre jazz of Corey Wilkes & Abstrakt Pulse. (more…)
Tags: A-Ha, Abstrakt Pulse, Aesop Rock, Anja Franziska Plaschg, Anticon, Aphex Twin, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Bjork, Busdriver, Bygones, Corey Wilkes, Delmark, Diamond Watch Wrists, Doseone, Elliot Smith, Guillermo Scott Herren, Hella, Jel, Kevin Nabors, Lester Bowie, My Bloody Valentine, Nadja, Pi, PIAS, Prefuse 73, Savath & Savalas, Scott Hesse, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Slayer, Slug, Soap&Skin, Subtle, Swans, The Cure, The End, Themselves, Warp, Yoni Wolf, Zach Hill
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Tuesday, April 14th, 2009
Karl Sanders: Saurian Exorcisms
It’s an incredible week for music, led by a beautiful acoustic release of Arabic flavors and Western structures from Nile linchpin Karl Sanders.
The rest of our picks are just as special, including the epic endtime ballads of Crippled Black Phoenix, the Mulatu Astatke / Heliocentrics collaboration, new discs by Prefuse 73 and Agoraphobic Nosebleed, the debut of Two Fingers (Amon Tobin and Doubleclick), and the soundtrack to Dengue Fever’s documentary. (more…)
Tags: Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Amon Tobin, Chhom Nimol, Crippled Black Phoenix, Dengue Fever, Doubleclick, Electric Wizard, Guillermo Scott Herren, Invada, Justin Greaves, Karl Sanders, M80, Mike Breazeale, Mulatu Astatke, Nile, Paper Bag, Prefuse 73, Relapse, Strut, Sway, The End, The Heliocentrics, Two Fingers, 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 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…)
Tags: Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Antibalas, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Carpark, Crammed Discs, Dan Deacon, Deathwish Inc., DeVotchKa, Dred Scott Trio, Graveface, Irepress, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, Karl Sanders, Keb' Mo', Les Claypool, Mimicry, Nile, O'death, Philip Glass, Pulling Teeth, Reed Mathis, Relapse, Ropeadope, Saul Williams, Secret Chiefs 3, Staff Benda Belini, The End, The Mutaytor, The National, Tobacco, Translation Loss, Trey Spruance, Vampire Weekend, Yard Dogs Road Show, Young Widows
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