A nice example of the new breed of musicians merging jazz, indie-pop, and chamber music. Fans of the music of Todd Sickafoose and Matt Ulery should give this one a listen.
tags: avant garde - experimental - theatrical pop - absurd - experimental - kraftwerk - negativland - nothing special - renaldo & the loaf - snakefinger - the new born years - the residents
-Been a little while since I listened to this, and was reminded how affecting I find BDB's music. This album, plus "Hour of the Bewilderbeast" and the "About a Boy" soundtrack... all such beautiful music with an introspective moody touch and hopeful words, the kind of thing that really hits the emotional bullseye dead center on my heart. Sort of a more optimistic version of Nick Drake and Elliot Smith.
A repost from Nov 24th 2012 on the N&N thread:
New from Miasmah Recordings: Gabriel Saloman - Adhere
- "When legendary noise duo Yellow Swans dissolved just prior to releasing Going Places, it left in its wake two musicians with very distinct but very different voices. Pete Swansons post-YS technoid experimentations have been well documented, but that still leaves Gabriel Saloman, who after leaving the group buried himself headfirst in sounds and images that were possibly even further away from his comfort zone. Adhere is Salomans first proper album, and finds him stripping away the blood, sweat and tears of his old band and revealing a rich seam of ominous restraint. Delicately picked strings, piano and hocking woodblock percussion are drowned in reverb and drawn out in cold anguish giving a cracked, minimalist mirror to the work of fellow Miasmah alums Kreng or Elegi. A softly spoken record, while Adhere pushes away Salomans noise history, none of his well-documented intensity is discarded and lost. Instead the blistering punk nihilism is allowed to simmer and boil over in different ways, and the occasional moments of post-Cocteau Twins shimmering bliss we could just about make out on Going Places are now given a chance to shine in all their glory. Adhere is a surprising, challenging and perfectly paced album, and fits into its very own niche, ushering in a new generation of listeners to Salomans distorted, hazy vision."
- Soundcloud. - Bandcamp
Been thinking of this ever since the discussion of how sad and sorry BB's live shows have become. Not the case in 1964 at the Regal Theater down on the South Side.
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The Ocular Concern - "Sister Cities"
A nice example of the new breed of musicians merging jazz, indie-pop, and chamber music. Fans of the music of Todd Sickafoose and Matt Ulery should give this one a listen.
tags: avant garde - experimental - theatrical pop - absurd - experimental - kraftwerk - negativland - nothing special - renaldo & the loaf - snakefinger - the new born years - the residents
Dado Moroni - "Five For John"
-Addition of Joe Locke on vibes gives the music of Coltrane a very cool new sound.
Mighty Mighty - "See the Light"
-Half 1960s hard bop heat, half 1970s electro-fusion groove. Both halves all kinds of goodness.
Stream a couple track on the band's Bandcamp page...
http://mightyjazz.bandcamp.com/
"A Labor of Love: 4 Years in the Making"
released 14 February 2013
Written, Arranged, Recorded, Lived, Loved, and Imagined by The New Born Years except where noted in track-listing artwork.
Badly Drawn Boy - "One Plus One Is One"
-Been a little while since I listened to this, and was reminded how affecting I find BDB's music. This album, plus "Hour of the Bewilderbeast" and the "About a Boy" soundtrack... all such beautiful music with an introspective moody touch and hopeful words, the kind of thing that really hits the emotional bullseye dead center on my heart. Sort of a more optimistic version of Nick Drake and Elliot Smith.
New from Miasmah Recordings:
Gabriel Saloman - Adhere
- "When legendary noise duo Yellow Swans dissolved just prior to releasing Going Places, it left in its wake two musicians with very distinct but very different voices. Pete Swansons post-YS technoid experimentations have been well documented, but that still leaves Gabriel Saloman, who after leaving the group buried himself headfirst in sounds and images that were possibly even further away from his comfort zone. Adhere is Salomans first proper album, and finds him stripping away the blood, sweat and tears of his old band and revealing a rich seam of ominous restraint. Delicately picked strings, piano and hocking woodblock percussion are drowned in reverb and drawn out in cold anguish giving a cracked, minimalist mirror to the work of fellow Miasmah alums Kreng or Elegi. A softly spoken record, while Adhere pushes away Salomans noise history, none of his well-documented intensity is discarded and lost. Instead the blistering punk nihilism is allowed to simmer and boil over in different ways, and the occasional moments of post-Cocteau Twins shimmering bliss we could just about make out on Going Places are now given a chance to shine in all their glory. Adhere is a surprising, challenging and perfectly paced album, and fits into its very own niche, ushering in a new generation of listeners to Salomans distorted, hazy vision."
- Soundcloud. - Bandcamp
By which I mean I am listening to all my recordings of Heinrich Schütz's music, not crawling on all fours, rifle in one hand, beer in the other.
Craig
Caspian - Waking Season
Rodrigo y Gabriela - 9 Dead Alive on NPR First Listen.
Inga Copeland - Higher Powers
I'm listening to Stereogum's Britpop playlist. 20 years ago about this week was when Britpop hit, so they're saluting it all week on the blog.
Craig
Kasper Staub Trio - "Havnepladen"
-A boozy sort of Nordic jazz piano trio. Staub has been contributing to some fine music the last handful of months.
Three free tracks from Amazon UK, but it does say only available in UK
Laura - Radio Swan is Down