Thrill Jockey MP3s from Fennesz/Daniell/Buck, Coil Sea, and Imbogodom

August 11, 2010 — Mike

ALARM Press provides samples from three upcoming Thrill Jockey releases.

Thrill Jockey has a storm of exciting new material, all coming out on August 24.

Christian Fennesz, David Daniell, and Tony Buck‘s (The Necks) one-off performance at the 2009 Big Ears Festival was such a hit that the label has decided to release it as a live LP, titled Knoxville.

A limited-edition LP of Coil Sea, Dave Heumann’s (Arbouretum) new project with friends, will be available as an improvised recording project that resembles the sound of Arbouretum and Human Bell’s music. Watch the video for “Waking the Naga” from the LP here.

A debut release by the ghostly psychedelic/ambient duo Imbogodom, titled The Metallic Year, is also due for release. The song “Unseen Ticket” mixes soft guitar strums with mellow piano under eerie tape loops, bringing to mind deep-sea exploration with its sonar blips.

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Vox Arcana at the Hideout

August 11, 2010 — Mike

Time Out Chicago previews the latest from Tim Daisy’s group.

Drummer-led jazz groups can be dicey business. Witness overindulgent percussive assaults driven by ego and rapid-fire chops. Not so with Tim Daisy. Though technically accomplished—a steady presence behind the kit with Ken Vandermark speaks to his gift—the 34-year-old drummer’s more concerned with conceptual touchstones when driving his chamber-jazz vehicle Vox Arcana.

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August Point of Departure

August 11, 2010 — Mike

From Point of Departure:

Page One: a column by Bill Shoemaker
What’s New?: The PoD Roundtable
A Fickle Sonance: a column by Art Lange
Beyond Abstraction: Bill Dixon on Music and Art interviewed by Graham Lock
The Book Cooks:Sun Ra: Interviews & Essays edited by John Sinclair (Headpress; London) & silent solos: improvisers speak edited by Renate Da Rin (Buddy’s Knife Jazzedition; Köln)
Far Cry: a column by Brian Morton
Moment’s Notice: Reviews of Recent Recordings
Ezz-thetics: a column by Stuart Broomer
Travellin’ Light: Jason Kao Hwang
Parisian Thoroughfare: curated by Alexandre Pierrepont

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Howard/Conway/Pickard in Portland

August 11, 2010 — Mike

From Portland Eye and Ear Control:

Portland New Music Society Presents: Friday, August 13th8:00pm,
$5 suggested donation (no one turned away)

Redeemer Lutheran Church
5431 Northeast 20th Avenue, (~20th and Killingsworth)
Portland, OR 97211

Branic Howard- Laptop, Electronics (and Piano ?)
Brandon Conway- No-input mixing board/homemade electronics
Joel Pickard – Pedal steel and electronic additions.

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The Residents Concert Review

August 11, 2010 — Mike

Christian Hertzog reviews a Residents show that took place earlier this year in San Diego.

Who’s the most original band in rock history? There are plenty of innovators in rock, going all the way back to Ike Turner’s Kings of Rhythm, continuing on through with the Beach Boys, the Beatles, the Who, Velvet Underground, and Frank Zappa’s Mothers of Invention; but can any of these artists claim to have so completely broken down rock and pop music into its molecular components and reassembled them so radically as The Residents?

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Music and More Reviews

August 11, 2010 — Mike

From Music and More:

Michael Attias – Twines of Colesion (Clean Feed, 2010)
Puttin On the Ritz – White Light/White Heat (Hot Cup, 2010)
Peter Brotzmann Chicago Tentet + 1 – 3 Nights in Oslo (Smalltown Superjazz, 2010)

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