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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Everyoned

Featuring some Chicago music-scene heavyweights such as Chris Connelly (Pigface & Revolting Cocks), Brent Gutzeit (TVPow) , Mike Kinsella (Joan of Arc & Owls),Liz Payne (Town & Country and Pillow), Ben Vida (Town & Country and Bird Show)...and that's just to name a few.Listeners can identify the hand of each of Everyoned's members in little bits and pieces scattered about the record, but they would be hard pressed to claim that any of the members' sound or personality has risen to assume the identity of the record.

Everyoned
Glass Shall Wake.01
Knife Audition.02
Friends Of Mine.03
First To Know.04
Curtains.05
Dancer's Legs.06
Low End Flight.07
You Wear It Like Smoke.08

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