Posts Tagged ‘Zach Hill’
Tuesday, August 25th, 2009
Teased since March, the spastic/melodic guitar/drums dichotomy that is Bygones (Zach Hill, Nick Reinhart) is finally available.
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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Tags: Allos Documents, Bygones, Hella, James Falzone, Jason Adasiewicz, Jason Roebke, Jimmy Giuffre, Klang, Nick Reinhart, Sargent House, Tera Melos, Tim Daisy, Zach Hill
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Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
El Grupo Nuevo de Omar Rodriguez Lopez: Cryptomnesia
Another great week of music brings new albums from El Grupo Nuevo de Omar Rodriguez Lopez, Isis, Jon Hopkins, Nomo, Yoshida Brothers, and Pink Mountain, providing riotous prog rhythms, epic post-metal, electro-piano soundscapes, multi-ethnic funk, traditionally inspired Japanese crossovers, and avant-garde psychedelic jams. (more…)
Tags: Brian Eno, Cedric Bixler Zavala, Domino, Domo, El Grupo Nuevo de Omar Rodriguez Lopez, Elliot Bergman, Gino Robair, Hella, Ipecac, Isis, Jon Hopkins, Kyle Bruckmann, Lozenge, NOMO, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Pink Mountain, Quasi, Radiohead, Rodriguez Lopez Productions, Sickroom, Splatter Trio, The Mars Volta, Ubiquity, Yoshida Brothers, Zach Hill
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Thursday, April 30th, 2009
Inspired less by drummers and more by instrumentalists such as John Coltrane, Jimi Hendrix, and Ornette Coleman, drumming virtuoso Zach Hill begins his journey as a bandleader with Astrological Straits. (more…)
Tags: Captain Beefheart, Chino Moreno, Dan Deacon, Devo, Frank Zappa, Hella, Ipecac, Jimi Hendrix, John Coltrane, Les Claypool, Marco Benevento, Ornette Coleman, Zach Hill
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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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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…)
Tags: Anticon, Arsis, Bastard Noise, Ben Folds, Brad Houser, Bygones, Critters Buggin, El Grupo Nuevo de Omar Rodriguez Lopez, Faith No More, Ipecac, Isis, Michael Van Dyne, Mike Dillon, Nick Reinhart, Polyphonic, Sargent House, Serengeti, Skerik, Tera Melos, The Dead Kenny Gs, Zach Hill
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Friday, March 27th, 2009
Over the past week, we caught news of a mini Soundgarden/TAD live jam, a new Kayo Dot album, a new/streaming Trash Talk EP, another Mars Volta album, another Zach Hill project, and a release date for the new Tortoise album. Read about this and more after the jump. (more…)
Tags: Ben Shepherd, Busdriver, Chll Pll, Dinosaur Jr., Faith No More, Grails, Greenleaf, Jagjaguwar, Jon Theodore, Kayo Dot, Kid Koala, Kim Thayil, Matt Cameron, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, One Day as a Lion, Porter, Randall Dunn, Secret Chiefs 3, Soundgarden, TAD, Tad Doyle, Terence Bernardo, The Bronx, The Mars Volta, Thrill Jockey, Tim Fite, Tom Morello, tool, Tortoise, Trash Talk, Yoshida Brothers, Zac Nelson, Zach de la Rocha, Zach Hill
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Friday, March 20th, 2009
Hella returns as a duo; Converge posts a studio preview of a new song; Busdriver, Shining (Norway), Om, Russian Circles and Aphex Twin all have new albums on the way. (more…)
Tags: Anti, Aphex Twin, Busdriver, Chrome Hoof, Converge, Deathwish Inc., Drag City, Epitaph, Hella, Michael McCamish, Nils Frykdahl, Om, Rune Grammofon, Russian Circles, Shining, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Spencer Seim, Steve Albini, Suicide Squeeze, The Fear, Warp, Zach Hill
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Friday, March 13th, 2009
Despite each releasing a solo album in 2008 and having plenty of other projects on their plates, multi-instrumentalist Spencer Seim and drummer Zach Hill are working on their first full-length album as Hella in four years. (more…)
Tags: Hella, Spencer Seim, Zach Hill
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Friday, March 6th, 2009
Guitarist/composer Omar Rodriguez Lopez, mastermind of The Mars Volta, has tabbed drummer Zach Hill and synth bassist Jonathan Hischke of Hella as well as bassist Juan Alderete de la Peña of The Mars Volta to form a “new” group — aptly named El Grupo Nuevo de Omar Rodriguez Lopez. (more…)
Tags: Cedric Bixler Zavala, El Grupo Nuevo de Omar Rodriguez Lopez, Hella, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, The Mars Volta, Zach Hill
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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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Thursday, November 13th, 2008
The Lonesome Organist
Care to stalk us this weekend? Search for us around Chicago as we see Subtle, The Lonesome Organist, Eastern Blok, the Andreas Kapsalis Trio, Young Widows, and more. And maybe you’d care to see The Dark Knight with online editor Scott Morrow…
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Tags: Andreas Kapsalis Trio, Bruce Lamont, Eastern Blok, Hauschka, Lamajamal, Subtle, The Lonesome Organist, Thrill Jockey, Yakuza, Young Widows, Zach Hill
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Friday, October 24th, 2008
Fantômas
Fantômas plays The Director’s Cut in its entirety, Jon Brion posts an instrumental tune, Tim Fite releases a free Halloween EP, MySpace posts the Ben Folds Five performance of The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner, and much more…
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Tags: Anti, Ben Folds Five, Bjork, Chrome Hoof, Deathwish Inc., Disfear, Doomriders, Estradasphere, Fantomas, Ipecac, Jon Brion, Orange Tulip Conspiracy, Tim Fite, Tipsy, William Elliot Whitmore, Zach Hill
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