(image swiped from http://www.telegraph-office.com/pages/wireless_gallery.html.)
Group Doueh, Guitar Music from the Western Sahara and Treeg Salaam LPs (Sublime Frequencies, available here and here)
Omar Souleyman, Highway to Hassake: Folk and Pop Sounds of Syria 2LP (Sublime Frequencies)
V/A, Ethiopian Modern Instrumentals Hits LP (L’Arome)
Noah Howard, At Judson Hall LP (ESP-Disk, available here)
V/A, “Musiques de l’Asie Traditionnelle vol. 4: Tibet [...]
Entries from May 2009
May 26, 2009
Tie Me to the Listenin’ Post: 5/24 – 5/30
May 22, 2009
Eddy Current Suppression Ring, Primary Colours (Goner)
Last but not least, from Swingset:
Despite a small population consisting mainly of descendents of England’s cast-offs, Australia has graced the rest of the English-speaking world with many excellent rock bands. AC/DC, the Saints, Coloured Balls, Radio Birdman, and the Birthday Party are just a few of the many Australian bands worthy of any rock fanatic’s [...]
May 22, 2009
Harry Pussy, You’ll Never Play This Town Again (Load)
Review number two at Swingset (and boy does it stink!) — Harry Pussy’s You’ll Never Play This Town Again retrospective on Load:
It’s difficult to describe just how great a band Harry Pussy was, or how thoroughly the Miami-based trio demolished the line between provocation and confrontation, without noting that their least offensive aspect was their [...]
May 22, 2009
The Shadow Ring, Life Review (1993 – 2003) (Kye)
Some new reviews of mine (of older releases) appeared today at Swingset. The first one is of the recent 2CD retrospective of the Shadow Ring, one of my favorite bands of all time:
There’s no getting around the inherent difficulty posed by the music of the Shadow Ring, one of the UK’s most obscure, yet most [...]
May 17, 2009
Tie Me to the Listenin’ Post: 5/17 – 5/23
(image swiped from http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/09/08/worlds-greatest-radio-listening-post/.)
Jim O’Rourke, I’m Happy, and I’m singing and a 1, 2, 3, 4 2CD (Editions Mego)
Small Faces, First Step CD
John Lee Hooker, Hooker n’ Heat 2CD
Kurt Vile and the Violators, Hunchback CD (Richie Records)
Sonic Youth, Daydream Nation CD
Cold Sun, Dark Shadows CD
John Fahey and his Orchestra, Of Rivers and Religion LP
The Inner [...]
May 13, 2009
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba, Segu Blue (Analog Africa/Open House)
Yet another review appeared in LEO Weekly today, this time of Bassekou Kouyate & Ngobi Ba’s Segu Blue. Unfortunately, due to space constraints there isn’t much mention of the actual music, but whatever:
Given the recent collaboration between Bela Fleck and Malian kora player Toumani Diabate, it’s possible that there’s been no greater spotlight on the [...]
May 10, 2009
Tie Me to the Listenin’ Post: 5/10 – 5/16
(image swiped from bridell.com; read about Ben Rubin and Mark Hansen’s Listening Post installation here: http://bridell.com/tag/listening-post/)
Music listened to during the week from Sunday, May 10 to Saturday, May 16:
Pere Ubu, Dub Housing (Chrysalis) LP (available here)
Harappian Night Recordings, The Glorious Gongs of Hainuwele mp3s
Philip Glass, Music In Similar Motion and Music in Fifths (Chatham Square) [...]
May 6, 2009
Mouthus, Divisionals (Ecstatic Peace!)
Another review appeared today in the LEO Weekly, this time of Divisionals, the new album by Mouthus on Ecstatic Peace!:
Brooklyn duo Mouthus are usually grouped alongside noise artists, despite being a guitar/drums duo. That’s because their music, while often abrasive, has its own internal logic that is difficult to understand without seeing them live. It’s [...]
May 3, 2009
Tie Me to the Listenin’ Post: 5/3 – 5/9
(uh….)
Thunderclap Newman, Hollywood Dream LP
Patto, s/t LP
V/A, Nigeria Special: Part 1 2LP
Fleetwood Mac, Tusk 2LP
Bishop Perry Tillis, In Times Like These mp3s/LP
Tyvek, s/t mp3s
TwinSisterMoon, The Hollow Mountain mp3s
Rhys Chatham, A Crimson Grail (For 400 Electric Guitars) CD
DJ Shadow, Diminishing Returns CD
Alela Diane, To Be Still CD
Kurt Vile and the Violators, The Hunchback EP CD
Monks, Black [...]
