Posted in Album Reviews, Music News, New Sounds, tagged alice in chains, burden, cover, iTunes, mellotron heart, opeth, would on 9th Dec 08 (Tue) | Leave a Comment »
Opeth released an internet-only single today for “Burden” (from the Watershed album). Sigh… where has the metal gone? Anyway, this single is definitely more in the non-metal / Damnation-era style – – which is fine, I suppose. I only bought the b-sides: “Mellotron Heart” and a cover of Alice in Chains‘ “Would?“
“Mellotron Heart” is a reworking [...]
Posted in Album Reviews, tagged blackfield, deluxe, Insurgentes, limited edition, Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust, Med sud i eyrum vid spilum endalaust, no-man, porcupine tree, sigur ros, steven wilson on 24th Nov 08 (Mon) | Leave a Comment »
(photo by xPyralisx)
Holy cow… I got (Porcupine Tree, No-man, Blackfield frontman) Steven Wilson’s double-disc+dvd uber-deluxe edition of his first solo album Insurgentes in the mail today. Holy cow. Like, seriously… wow. Gorgeous artwork. Utterly gorgeous. If most albums are just normal, this one is a Hyperbole Department’s Executive Management. Check out http://www.swhq.co.uk/ for a trailer [...]
Posted in Album Reviews, New Sounds, tagged avant-garde, estradasphere, frank zappa, french music, john zorn, lunatic fringe, mr bungle, secret chiefs 3, trey spruance, Universal Sprache, Vladimir Bozar, Ze Sheraf Orkestar on 8th Nov 08 (Sat) | Leave a Comment »
new music alert
Vladimir Bozar ‘n’ Ze Sheraf Orkestar’s Universal Sprache is one of those albums that is hard to define. Vladimir Bozar started as an offshoot from a French Frank Zappa cover band, The Children of Invention. Their last gig was Vladimir Bozar’s first gig. The music on this debut CD is a great mix of [...]
Posted in Album Reviews, New Sounds, tagged a perfect circle, all i want for christmas, christmas music, cincinnati, david bazan, jason ludwig, jingle bells, lustmord, maynard, maynard james keenan, monkey moon, noctaluca, pedro the lion, puscifer, still the wicked rest, tool on 20th Oct 08 (Mon) | 3 Comments »
In order of awesomeness…
Noctaluca, one of my favorite Cincinnati-based rock bands (and quite frankly, one of my favorite rock bands regardless of local flavor) just put out their newest CD, Still the Wicked Rest. I ordered it the same time as their Live DVD, and somehow thought that the new CD was just a live [...]
Posted in Album Reviews, New Sounds, tagged ani difranco, ben folds, dave douglas, george carlin, hotel lights, medeski martin & wood, miguel zenon, mitch hedberg, new music, pitom, radiolarians, red letter year, sf jazz collective, tiptons, yoshie fruchter, Zaebos on 30th Sep 08 (Tue) | 2 Comments »
9 recent releases in random order…
Medeski Martin & Wood – Zaebos :: MMW had a song on 2003’s Unknown Masada compilation. That compilation is what I see to be the basis for the whole Masada Book Two set-up (other bands playing Zorn’s new Masada tunes). MMW don’t disappoint on the full-album [...]
Posted in Album Reviews, New Sounds, tagged aristeia, explosions in the sky, eyes at half mast, mogwai, portland, post-rock, scotland, talkdemonic, the hawk is howling on 28th Sep 08 (Sun) | 3 Comments »
AristeiA – How to Kill a King -EP- :: This band from Portland caught me by storm like the warrior’s prowess that their Iliadic name suggests*. This debut CD is truly great post-rock for fans of Mogwai, Explosions in the Sky, and others in that vein. My favorite track is “Feedback King,” and it’s all-in-all [...]
Posted in Album Reviews, tagged caedmon's call, frank zappa, ipod, john scofield, mogwai, Music, random, shuffle, sigur ros, silverchair, the sheds, tim sparks, yann tiersen on 28th Aug 08 (Thu) | Leave a Comment »
Some random listening this morning from the iPod’s shuffle option…
Mogwai “Kappa” from Government Sessions
This was fortuitous, as I’m going to see Mogwai in Portland next week. The Government Sessions was my first experience with Mogwai.
John Scofield “Whatcha See is Whatcha Get” from Up All Night
A little bit too hotel lobby jazz for [...]
Posted in Album Reviews, Music News, New Sounds, tagged ani difranco, atheism, atheist, folk, greydon square, Hip-hop, Indie Rock, Insurgentes, porcupine tree, rap, red letter year, rock, skeptic, steven wilson, upcoming albums on 7th Aug 08 (Thu) | 2 Comments »
Atheist rapper Greydon Square comes back strong on his latest album, The CPT Theorem. This is his third album, though his debut (Absolute from 2004) is long out-of-print… so it’s only the 2nd album of his that I am lucky to own. His album The Compton Effect was one of my favorite albums in 2007. [...]
Posted in Album Reviews, New Sounds, tagged shamisen, holy fuck, post-rock, radiohead, mike patton, vinyl, puscifer, Lovely Allen, tool, maynard james keenan, rock, god of shamisen, wii, japanese music, lovage on 22nd May 08 (Thu) | Leave a Comment »
Some words on some recent vinyl added to my collection…
God of Shamisen The Science Fiction of Ray Bradbury Attack! 7″ (God of Shamisen)
From the Secret Chiefs 3 / Estradasphere connection, I first heard God of Shamisen on the MySpaces (http://www.myspace.com/gos). This white vinyl with red label in white sleeve should clue you in to [...]
Posted in Album Reviews, Music, New Sounds, tagged chicken or beef, cozmic pizza, eugene, jazz, mcmc, monktail, monktail creative music concern, naked, patty larkin, peter mulvey, raquy, raquy and the cavemen, reptet, seattle, wow hall on 30th Apr 08 (Wed) | Leave a Comment »
REPTET. Great jazz band that lives about 4.5 hours too far away from me. Alas, they’ve been down this way (Eugene) from their way (Seattle) once lately (see review here). Great improvisors, great songwriters, great musicians. They’ve got a new album out. It’s great. It’s called Chicken or Beef?. [...]
Posted in Album Reviews, tagged free music, in rainbows, podcast, radiohead, thom yorke, track-by-track, video on 3rd Feb 08 (Sun) | Leave a Comment »
Originally posted 10/13/07~ (update at bottom)
Well, I’ve made it through four (4) times listening to Radiohead’s new magnum gratis, In Rainbows. Be forewarned before reading this review that I’m in the “raving fanboy” camp. Perhaps not one who woke up at 2am on 10/10/07 to download it and listen to it 33.8 times in the [...]
