Mission Accomplished by Pat Martino, an unusually, or perhaps mistakenly, priced 2 disc set at eMu - $3.89 - comprising two albums, Night Wings, and Interchange. Nice.
N.B. It's on Savoy Jazz - you know what that means - The House Of Frankenhofer.
Listening to This American Life right now. This show can be annoying sometimes, but every now and again it's fun to listen to the offbeat narratives on a theme.
Estamos Ensemble - SIMM Series - San Francisco
released 20 March 2013
Theresa Wong - Cello, Voice (US)
Emilio Tamez - Percussion (MX)
Marko Novachcoff - Various Winds (US)
Alexander Bruck - Viola (MX)
Ava Mendoza - Guitar (US)
Juli
Absence of Evidence . . .
. . . Evidence of Absence - Edward Ka-Spel
- "The Absence of Evidence is not the Evidence of Absence....or so it seems......" Previously availble only on vinyl with handmade covers in a tiny edition back in 2001.
Gary Burton Quartet with Eberhard Weber - Passengers.
I like this one.
Just finished retagging the files from that Dave Brubeck 50s concerts collection in the Amazon sale as the original albums - 7 albums for less than the price of one!
-From the Denovali Swingfest 2013 London (Festival Sampler) . . . Very nice GYBE'ish shoegaze / postrock kind of stuff . . .
"The Pirate Ship Quintet is an instrumental rock band based in Bristol, UK. The number of people involved in the bands dynamic shifts from between five and eight members. The cellist is a full time principle member of one of Britains most commended symphony orchestras as well as having been part of the famous London Symphony Orchestra.
The Pirate Ship Quintet, in its current arrangement, consists of Ziapour (bass guitar), Jona (drums), Alex (guitar), Alphie (guitar), Sandy (cello), Moo (trumpet) and Terrence (vocals). The artwork for the record was created by Lucy Joy and Jona Sturgess.
The hugely praised debut, self-titled EP released in 2007, was performed, written, recorded and mixed by the band and mastered by Cult of Lunas Magnus Lindberg.
Five years after their début EP was released to critical acclaim, The Pirate Ship Quintet recorded their first full length album entitled Rope for No-Hopers, which was pressed courtesy of Denovali Records. The record is a compendium of pieces chosen and refined from an abundance written over the past few years, during which time the band disappeared from the live scene.
The five tracks on this record move through the richly melodic foundations of contemporary classical and minimalist rock. The swelling dark atmospherics give way to moments of brute force, punctuated by low level, desperate vocals. It is a little heavier and more technically diverse than the debut E.P and feels like a considered and organic evolution of the bands method." Last.fm
Streaming on Guvera.
I keep dipping into this kind of music thinking it's the sort of thing that in theory I really ought to like, given the other things I like. But somehow it doesn't connect with me. Since this one's on Guvera maybe I'll actualy dl it one day and give it a more serious listen.
Tracklist:
1. Shane MacGowan w/Johhny Depp & Gore Verbinski - Leaving of Liverpool
2. Calexico - Splitter
3. Dr. Dog - These Days
4. Jason Lytle - Dept. of Disappearance
5. Sean Rowe - Downwind
6. The Coup - The Magic Clap
7. Petra Haden - Psycho Main Title - Psycho
8. Bettye LaVette - Everything is Broken
Good variety. My standouts - Splitter (how did I leave Calexico's new album off my 2012 'best-of' list?), Downwind, and Everything is Broken.
"The Pirate Ship Quintet is an instrumental rock band based in Bristol, UK. The number of people involved in the bands dynamic shifts from between five and eight members. The cellist is a full time principle member of one of Britains most commended symphony orchestras as well as having been part of the famous London Symphony Orchestra.
The Pirate Ship Quintet, in its current arrangement, consists of Ziapour (bass guitar), Jona (drums), Alex (guitar), Alphie (guitar), Sandy (cello), Moo (trumpet) and Terrence (vocals). The artwork for the record was created by Lucy Joy and Jona Sturgess.
The hugely praised debut, self-titled EP released in 2007, was performed, written, recorded and mixed by the band and mastered by Cult of Lunas Magnus Lindberg.
Five years after their début EP was released to critical acclaim, The Pirate Ship Quintet recorded their first full length album entitled Rope for No-Hopers, which was pressed courtesy of Denovali Records. The record is a compendium of pieces chosen and refined from an abundance written over the past few years, during which time the band disappeared from the live scene.
The five tracks on this record move through the richly melodic foundations of contemporary classical and minimalist rock. The swelling dark atmospherics give way to moments of brute force, punctuated by low level, desperate vocals. It is a little heavier and more technically diverse than the debut E.P and feels like a considered and organic evolution of the bands method." Last.fm
Via the brand new Mom & Pop drip. I'm liking this more than I've liked Wavves stuff before. It seems to be darker. Still more psychedelic than I usually like, but there's something here.
Comments
Thollem McDonas & Stefano Scodanibbio - Sincronie Festival - Milan 2012
Thollem McDonas, Susie Ibarra & Pauline Oliveros - Trio at The Stone - NY 2012
N.B. It's on Savoy Jazz - you know what that means - The House Of Frankenhofer.
The Strange Case Of... by Halestorm, courtesy of the current $3.99 sale - see Amazon thread.
Estamos Ensemble - SIMM Series - San Francisco
released 20 March 2013
Theresa Wong - Cello, Voice (US)
Emilio Tamez - Percussion (MX)
Marko Novachcoff - Various Winds (US)
Alexander Bruck - Viola (MX)
Ava Mendoza - Guitar (US)
Juli
. . . Evidence of Absence - Edward Ka-Spel
- "The Absence of Evidence is not the Evidence of Absence....or so it seems......" Previously availble only on vinyl with handmade covers in a tiny edition back in 2001.
Lutz Glandien - The 5th Elephant
Had forgotten about this one.
Then:
Stephan Mathieu - To Describe George Washington Bridge
Ambientish Post-Rock. NYOP. Read the review at Headphonaught.
Gary Burton Quartet with Eberhard Weber - Passengers.
I like this one.
Just finished retagging the files from that Dave Brubeck 50s concerts collection in the Amazon sale as the original albums - 7 albums for less than the price of one!
-From the Denovali Swingfest 2013 London (Festival Sampler) . . . Very nice GYBE'ish shoegaze / postrock kind of stuff . . .
Bill Connors - Of Mist and Melting. Guvera.
Gu!
Streaming on Guvera.
I keep dipping into this kind of music thinking it's the sort of thing that in theory I really ought to like, given the other things I like. But somehow it doesn't connect with me. Since this one's on Guvera maybe I'll actualy dl it one day and give it a more serious listen.
Every few months, I give this a spin. It's just very satisfying. Free at BC!
Nik B
Back in the cockpit after nice little vacation to the mountains last week. Need to do that more often!
ac2, thanks for the heads-up on CVB! Thought I had checked before...
Smooth, energetic Cajun. Gu!
Kickin' Zydeco. Gu!
Anti Winter EP, free on Noisetrade
Tracklist:
1. Shane MacGowan w/Johhny Depp & Gore Verbinski - Leaving of Liverpool
2. Calexico - Splitter
3. Dr. Dog - These Days
4. Jason Lytle - Dept. of Disappearance
5. Sean Rowe - Downwind
6. The Coup - The Magic Clap
7. Petra Haden - Psycho Main Title - Psycho
8. Bettye LaVette - Everything is Broken
Good variety. My standouts - Splitter (how did I leave Calexico's new album off my 2012 'best-of' list?), Downwind, and Everything is Broken.
ETA:
Via the brand new Mom & Pop drip. I'm liking this more than I've liked Wavves stuff before. It seems to be darker. Still more psychedelic than I usually like, but there's something here.
Craig
Sumner Mckane-What a Great Place to Be
FIDLAR - s/t
Also via Mom & Pop drip. All I can say about this album is HELL YES! It's poppy, punky, post hardcore in the vein of Metz and some other recent bands.
Craig
I'm loving the recent proliferation of noise pop bands.
Craig