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  • Coming to Seattle

    Source: Wayward Music Series. TexturesFri. Nov. 8, 7:30 PM; $5 – $20 at the door An improvising trio – Lu Evers, clarinet; Domenic Chiaverini, bass; Tom Scully, guitar – exploring the timbre and fabric of sound, nuance and undulation, getting past note into the sound itself. No specific preconceptions or dialogue, no mapping it out,…

  • Musique Machine Reviews

    Source: Musique Machine. HMOT – There Will Come Gentle Rain Laibach – Opus Dei (CD boxset) Allerseelen – Toteninsel Khost – Many Things Afflict Us Few Things Console Us

  • DOWNTOWNMUSIC.NET Photos

    Source: DOWNTOWNMUSIC.NET. October 29, 2024 James McKain, Kevin Murray, TJ Borden, Freddy’s Bar and Backroom T.J. Borden James McKain Kevin Murray October 29, 2024 Christian Cail, Nick Neuburg, Teté Leguía, Freddy’s Bar and Backroom Christian Cail Teté Leguía Nick Neuburg October 28, 2024 Susana Santos Silva & Zeena Parkins, Striped Light Zeena Parkins Susana Santos…

  • Another Place Show, November 4, 2024

    Source: 90.9fm WDCB. Chicago journalist and jazz aficionado Andy Pierce hosts “Another Place” Sundays at midnight. The show explores creative music, jazz and the avant-garde, and delves into the longer, more complex compositions and improvisations in jazz.

  • Brian Eno has Co-Written a New Book on Why We Need Art

    Source: Faber. Why do we need art? What Art Does is an invitation to explore this vital question. It is a chance to understand how art is made by all of us. How it creates communities, opens our worlds, and can transform us. Curious and playful, richly illustrated, full of ideas and life, it is…

  • This is Darkness Playlist – October 2024 

    Source: This Is Darkness. These Liminal Days – Empty Spaces 2 Harvestman – Triptych: Part Three dreamu – nrem Tim Brady – Imagine Many Guitars vÄäristymä – v​Ä​ä​ristymä 2014 – 2024 Hiemis – Nephilim Sonic Oscillations – You Can’t Fight Fire With Water CrAwE – AllGreatTruthsBeginAsBlasphemy Wahn – Drifted Vol. 2 Jettenbach – isearchedthedarknessfindingonlymyself​.​.​.​.​.​.​anditwashome Child…

  • Fringes of Sound Reviews

    Source: Fringes of Sound. How Much – 083024​.​vacantdreams Released: October 18 A new collaborative project between Cosmo Fenn and Thor Maillet (aka Petridisch), How Much’s debut album is a dark and atmospheric little saunter into brooding textures, odd field recordings, and uncomfortable aura. Everything here feels rather cold in tone and has a certain quality…

  • All About Jazz Reviews

    Source: Jazz Album Reviews. Live At Scholes Street Studio Stephen Gauci / Santiago Leibson / Ken Filiano / Vinnie Sperrazza Anchors Jason Stein Quartets Kevin Sun Duologues 2: Joy Ivo Perelman, Gabby Fluke-Mogul Live From Studio Rivbea Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre Dusk And Dawn Rich Halley 4 Colla Voce Nick Dunston Indexical​/​Rhizome Samara Lubelski and Marcia…

  • Coming to Houston

    Source: Nameless Sound. THEY, WHO SOUND on Monday, November 4 will feature: Audrey Chen/Phil Minton & Leonid Andrulaitis/Andrew Baker/Mecca Dishmon Audrey Chen (Berlin) – voice Phil Minton (UK) – voice Leonid Andrulaitis (US) – keyboard Andrew Baker (US) – tenor saxophone, ? Mecca Dishmon (US) – voice ‍They, Who Sound is presented by Nameless Sound…

  • Freq Reviews

    Source: Freq. Paula Rae Gibson – The Roles We Play To Disappear “The place that music can take you is extremely beautiful, singular and addictive”: Bardo Pond interviewed Das Rad – Funfair Goat / MaidaVale / GANS (live at The Troxy) Arsenal Mikebe – Drum Machine

  • New Releases From Midira Records

    Source: Midira Records. THISQUIETARMY & TOM MALMENDIER “CIME” We are starting with more then a drone ambient record. On “Cime” by thisquietarmy & Tom Malmendier you will discover some powerful dronerock freejazz sounds. Very mesmerizing and impulsive. FARIDA AMADOU & PAVEL TCHIKOV “MAL DE TERRE II” The Belgian duo created two longform tracks, that are…

  • A New Wave Of Jazz Releases

    Source: A New Wave Of Jazz. DIRK SERRIES – ZONAL DISTURBANCES Here’s DIRK SERRIES with a digital-only brandnew solo album. Following his recent albums AT FUTURE DAWN (Cloudchamber Recordings) and DEFIANCE OF SELF (Silentes) the composer continues to explore different sonic terrain. Still on the electric guitar with a motherboard of analog pedal, the 4…

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