Storm & Stress

Storm & Stress are a U.S. experimental rock trio consisting of guitarist/vocalist Ian Williams (ex-member of Don Caballero, current member of Battles), bassist Erich Ehm, and drummer Kevin Shea. They derive their name from the German literary movement Sturm und Drang.

Storm & Stress
1.We Write Threnodies. We Write With Explosions
2.Today is Totally Crashing & Stunned in Bright Lights
3.Dance 'til Record Skips Like Passengers Shift on Take Off
4.Micah Gaugh Sings All Is All
5.Guitar Cabinet Stack Way High Is Freedom or Gravity Gives Us Rhythm
6.Piles of Blinkers Slip for New Years
7.Orange Cone Made No Noise

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Tyft

If you can't tell, I've been on a jazz kick lately. Even if you're not into jazz, give this and Dragon's Head a listen!

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Icelandic guitarist Hilmar Jensson formed this trio with his downtown New York pals Jim Black and Andrew D'Angelo, to create a sonic environment filled with jagged grooves, unpredictable improvs, and live electronic transformations. A provocative atmosphere hovers over the musics: nothing goes on for very long, and there are frequent change-ups of tone and style. D’Angelo’s acerbic alto sax and bass clarinet sounds combine with Jensson’s stringent lines and Black’s slashing attack, but equally there are moments of disquieting reverie, and it’s all performed with composure and conviction. Although quite free in part the music is highly organized; if Webern were alive today and into avant-jazz/rock this is the road he might be taking.

Meg Nem Sa
1. Led Tyftelin
2. Shooshabuster
3. International Four
4. Ain't No Waltz
5. Tumble Bugs
6. Meg Nem Sa
7. Okkar
8. Ouch
9. Flutter
10. Hilsner
11. Bloq
12. Sets Nidur
13. Amena

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Boombox Casserole

Jazz-tronica duo from Milwaukee, WI USA.Sean Behling on synth bass, rhodes and tenor sax, Devin Drobka on drums. Robert Lundberg is also featured on upright bass on Undecagon, and Parallelogram. You can check them out HERE

Assembly Of Shapes
Square.01
Octogon.02
This Is Boombox Casserole.03
Undecagon.04
Trapezoid.05
Parallelogram.06
Trans-Rhombus.07
Ellipsoid.08
Star.09
Hexagon.10

Mary Halvorson Trio

Dragon's Head is acclaimed Brooklyn-based guitarist/composer Mary Halvorson's debut recording as a bandleader. Recorded at Firehouse 12's state of the art studio in New Haven, it features ten new original compositions written specifically for her working trio with bassist John Hebert and drummer Ches Smith. She has previously composed music for recordings with her chamber music duo with violist Jessica Pavone and the avant-rock duo, People, with drummer Kevin Shea, but this is her first release alone at the helm of her own ensemble.

Dragon's Head
1. Old Nine Two Six Four Two Dies (No.10)
2. Momentary Lapse (No. 1)
3. Screws Loose (No. 8)
4. Scant Frame (No. 2)
5. Sweeter Than You (No. 4)
6. Sank Silver Purple White (No. 5)
7. Too Many Ties (No. 6)
8. Totally Opaque (No. 7)
9. Dragon's Head (No. 9)
10. April April May (No. 3)

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Dakota/Dakota

This Chicago trio has fused together elements of chaotic discord found in their more math-rocky counterparts along with the sticky-sweet guitar and bass melodies that frequent many a Pele song. Members went on to play in Russian Circles.

Shoot In The Dark
1.Hamburger Help Us
2.I Hope To God I'm Not A Sheep
3.Indian Givers, Cowboy Takers
4.Don't Pee In My Bed And Tell Me It's Raining
5.Bruises Are Buttons For Pain
6. No Matter How Hard I Try... I Never Remember The Alamo
7.Getting Angry Is The Worst Way To Prove You're Not Drunk
8.Can I Write Something On Your Face
9.Just Because You Can't See My Invisible Forcefield Doesn't Mean It's Not There
10.Square Meals At Round Tables

Tortoise

Tortoise’s almost entirely instrumental music defies easy categorization, and the group gained significant attention from their early career. The members have roots in Chicago’s fertile music scene, playing in various indie rock and punk groups. Tortoise was among the first American indie rock bands to incorporate styles closer to Krautrock, dub, minimalism, electronica and various jazz styles, rather than the standard rock and roll and punk that had dominated indie rock for years.

TNT
1.TNT
2.Swung From The Gutters
3.Ten-Day Interval
4.I Set My Face In The Hillside
5.Equator
6.Simple Way To Go Faster Than Light That Does Not Work
7.Suspension Bridge At Iguazú Falls
8.Four-Day Interval
9.In Sarah, Mencken, Christ, And Beethoven There Were Woman And Men
10.Almost Always Is Nearly Enough
11.Jetty
12.Everglade

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El Ten Eleven

El Ten Eleven is a two-man post-rock band known for combining guitar/bass doubleneck with heavy effects pedaling over acoustic or electric drumming.

“El Ten Eleven’s dense, textured instrumentals recall post-rock standard-bearers like Tortoise or the Mercury Program, except theirs are created by only two musicians — and a whole lot of effects pedals.” - LA Times.

Every Direction Is North

1.3 Plus 4
2.Every Direction Is North
3.Hot Cakes
4.Estrella
5.Music For Staring At Ceilings
6.Keep
7.Dax Pierson
8.Living On Credit Blues
9.The 49th Day
10.Bye Annie, Bye Joe, Bye Michael, Bye Jake

El Ten Eleven
My Only Swerving.01
Sorry About Your Irony.02
Lorge.03
1969.04
Central Nervous Piston.05
Thinking Loudly.06
Fanshawe.07
Connie.08
Bye Mom.09

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Auto!Automatic!!

I think they said it best
"Auto!Automatic!! is comprised of three friends who honestly enjoy playing music together as much as they enjoy a party in the parking lot of the Skate Park of Tampa. Alex Fedele commands the drum kit, while Nate Murray completes the rhythm section with bass lines that drive and anchor each song in place. Brian Larsen crafts innovative, finger-tapped guitar lines that exist metaphysically, weaving in and around the solid rhythm. Together, the band naturally combines left-field time changes and did-you-just-hear-that-man? I-mean-really-did-you-just HEAR-THAT? musicianship with straight forward head bobbin‘ rock’n’roll and melodic hooks that capture everyone’s attention."

Another Round Won't Get Us Down

Samurai Showdown at the University of Tampa .01
Destroy Everything?... I Hate That Button'.02
\\\\\\\\\\ .03
4182333461... Dance! .04
E-Break .05
The Party Beat .06
>>>>>>>>>> .07
Jaded Letters from the Desk of T.Minich .08
A!A!! @ A/A, Eh? .09
That's Some Sick Mouth and Knee Coordination .10
////////// .11
Owl Do It Later .12
Immediately Upschteined?... Ish Don't Think So .13

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