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  • New on Tzadik

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    John Zorn via last.fm Tzadik’s July releases are out: Cyro Baptista‘s Banquet of the Spirits – Infinito John Zorn – O’o Koby Israelite – Is He Listening? Rashanim – The Gathering Related articles by Zemanta Rashanim Go Acoustic (jambase.com) Trevor Dunn Is In “Mad Love” (allmetalresource.com) Zorn: El General (undomondo.com) June at The Stone (bigapplemusicscene.com)

  • Led Bib Nominated For Mercury Prize

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    From Jazzwise: Ornette Coleman influenced post-punk jazz group Led Bib led by US-born drummer Mark Holub have been nominated for the Mercury Prize just announced today for their Cuneiform records album Sensible Shoes. The Bib comprises Holub with a front line saxophone attack of Pete Grogan and Chris Williams, keys player Toby McLaren and bassist…

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    Ikue Mori via last.fm From DOWNTOWNMUSIC.NET: June 02, 2009 Courvoisier-Mori-Hoff-Smith, The Stone Sylvie Courvoisier, Devin Hoff, Ikue Mori, Ches Smith Hollenbeck-Kornstad-Sverrisson, The Stone John Hollenbeck, Hakon Kornstad, Skuli Sverrisson The Listener, The Stone Bruce Lee Gallanter June 01, 2009 Kornstad-Opsvik-Seabrook-Wollesen, Nublu Hakon Kornstad, Eivind Opsvik, Brandon Seabrook, Kenny Wollesen

  • Eugene Chadbourne in St. Louis

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    Eugene Chadbourne via last.fm From Riverfront Times: Unlike his more dour peers, Eugene Chadbourne is an avant-garde icon for the rest of us. In more than 30 years of performing, the multi-instrumentalist, improviser, writer and raconteur has filled more than 100 of his own and other people’s albums with guitar freakouts, goofy voices, banjo freakouts,…