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Jones & Fripp’s Crimson Tool
So… King Crimson and Tool have toured together in the past. As posted on Blabbermouth, guitarists Adam Jones (Tool) and Robert Fripp (KC) are… well, read it here…
TOOL guitarist Adam Jones met with KING CRIMSON founder and guitar player Robert Fripp last month in London to discuss reactivating a collaborative album the pair began working on several years ago. Fripp revealed the news about the meeting in a post at his online diary, writing, “A fabbo lunch with Adam covering a wide range of common interests & experiencing, among which: the possibilities of continuing our album, begun in Los Angeles some 5-6 years ago; and go out speaking together.”
Drool.
~Dan – np: George Hrab – Interrobang?!
That1Guy Packs a Wallop
That1Guy was just here in Eugene. He’s coming back in May (15th @ WOW Hall). I didn’t know if was his new album that came out this past Tuesday. Do I just not pay attention sometimes? Yes.
Go get his new album… CD, download, or both…
http://music.that1guy.com/album/packs-a-wallop
I’ll be at the T1G show in Eugene. For other tour dates (and there are a’plenty), go to…
http://www.that1guy.com/events
~Dan – np: Heatmiser – Dead Air
Matisyahu on Daytrotter
The few websites that aren’t RSS feed-able that made it to my “must check every day” list… Daytrotter is great, and they hit us this past week with a live in the studio session with Judaic rapper Matisyahu…
Go here for the free music:
http://tinyurl.com/daytrotter-matisyahu
1) Thunder 2) Temple 3) One Day 4) Silence
Past Daytrotter Sessions I’ve blogged about and dug (links and free music not guaranteed on these old blogs): Tori Amos, The Swell Season, David Bazan #2, Copeland, Bad Veins, Nellie McKay, Clare and the Reasons, My Brightest Diamond #2, Damien Jurado, Talkdemonic, Aimee Mann, Ani DiFranco, Bad Veins #1, Kaki King, Holy Fuck… and David Bazan, My Brightest Diamond, Erin McKeown.
~Dan – np: Heatmiser – Mic City Sons
Bird on a Wire
Being a fan of animals and a fan of avant-garde/experimental music, I am really digging this…
New commission for The Curve
French artist Céleste Boursier-Mougenot creates works by drawing on the rhythms of daily life to produce sound in unexpected ways. For his installation in The Curve, Boursier-Mougenot creates a walk-though aviary for a flock of zebra finches, furnished with electric guitars and other musical instruments. As the birds go about their routine activities, perching on or feeding from the various pieces of equipment, they create a captivating, live soundscape.
Thanks, Jim Tuerk of Greenleaf.
~Dan – np: Hotel Lights – Hotel Lights
Auragami “Resistance”
One of my favorite bass-playing gents, Auragami (aka San Diego’s Michael Miller) is putting out a new 2-track EP/single shortly called Resistance. He’s got the chunky, groove-oriented title track up streaming over here…
http://auragami.tumblr.com/Go check it out!
~Dan – np: That1Guy – Packs a Wallop!
Fanfarlo Winter Tour // Symphony of Science
So, I missed the last Fanfarlo U.S. tour… but that’s OK, they coming through again… yippie…
U.S. Winter 2010 Tour
February 20 – El Rey Theatre Los Angeles, CA
February 22 – Great American Music Hall San Francisco, CA
February 23 – Doug Fir Portland, OR
February 24 – Crocodile Café Seattle, WA
February 25 – Knitting Factory Spokane, WA
February 27 – Urban Lounge Salt Lake City, UT
February 28 – Larimer Lounge Denver, CO
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In other news, there’s a new Symphony of Science song / video out. It is “The Unbroken Thread,” featuring Carl Sagan (yet again), along with David Attenborough and Jane Goodall, and it is biology themed. The clips used in this installment come from Carl Sagan’s Cosmos, David Attenborough’s Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life, The Life of Mammals, The Living Planet, BBC Life, XVIVO Scientific Animations, IMAX Cosmic Voyage, Jane Goodall’s TED Talk, and a clever Guinness Commercial. The themes present in this song attempt to explore the wild diversity of life on our planet, the intricacy and origin of its mechanisms, and its close relation to all other life forms.
If you don’t know what Symphony of Science is… it started with “A Glorious Dawn” with Carl Sagan (from Cosmos). It’s a brilliant auto-tuned mashup, and they also released it on vinyl (best of the year for me in 2009). You can download the mp3s of the various songs over at the SOS site.
~Dan – np: Good for Cows – Bebop Fantasy
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Floss // Steven Wilson
2010… rollin’ in with some music news…
Floss, a jazz band that is part of Seattle’s Monktail Creative Music Concern, has a new album out called Vitamin A. It’s for sale at their shows… or for a limited time as a freebie on their website. Download it, and if you like what you hear, send them some coin (buy it)!
http://monktail.com/monknew/blog/archives/105
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Porcupine Tree frontman Steven Wilson started his Cover Versions singles (CDR and 7″ vinyl) back in 2005. They are always one new SW song and one “mysterious” cover version (CV1 was Alanis Morissette’s “Thank You”). Coming the next few months will be the 6th and final CV release, complete with a box to house all six. SWHQ/Headphone Dust will have the CDs once available (no conclusive date was mentioned – – but the original SW song “An End to End” is now streaming on his MySpace page). ToneFloat Records will have the CV5 & CV6 vinyl singles once released.
~Dan – np: Medeski Martin & Wood – Live at Moog
Kim Taylor – Little Miracle
Cincinnati artist Kim Taylor just put out her latest full length, Little Miracle (and I mean “just”). It’s digital only at this time (but DRM free)… pick it up via her Nimbit store at http://kim-taylor.net/…
I’ll be picking it up tonight when I get home… and you know what this means? My Top 25 for 2009 is not done (crap – I just finished it yesterday). Eh, it just means my current #25 (U2‘s No Line on the Horizon) is very likely getting bumped.
Support indie music! With Kim Taylor, you can’t go wrong! Srsly.
~Dan – np: SF Jazz Collective – 2009
Tori Amos on Daytrotter
Um… wow… Tori Amos stopped by the Daytrotter Studios…
The few websites that aren’t RSS feed-able that made it to my “must check every day” list… Daytrotter is great, and they hit us today with a live in the studio session with Tori Amos…she plays a couple of songs from Midwinter Graces and a couple from Abnormally Attracted to Sin…
Go here for the free music:
http://tinyurl.com/daytrotter-toriamos
1) Lady in Blue 2) Ophelia 3) Pink and Glitter 4) A Silent Night with You
Past Daytrotter Sessions I’ve blogged about and dug (links and free music not guaranteed on these old blogs): The Swell Season, David Bazan #2, Copeland, Bad Veins, Nellie McKay, Clare and the Reasons, My Brightest Diamond #2, Damien Jurado, Talkdemonic, Aimee Mann, Ani DiFranco, Bad Veins #1, Kaki King, Holy Fuck… and David Bazan, My Brightest Diamond, Erin McKeown.
~Dan – np: Jars of Clay – The Long Fall Back to Earth
Good :) & Bad :(
First, the good news… Brian Borcherdt of one of my favorite groups (HOLY FUCK) just released his solo album, Torches (along with the Ward Colorado demos). It’s available for free download over on his website… and if you like it, you can (and should) buy the CD or vinyl. Get the free album by going to his site (click the album cover below):
(click it and download the music free)
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And now the (probably) bad news… Apple bought Lala. OK, it may turn out for the best… but I really dug Lala when it started out as a CD sharing service (you mail off CDs you don’t want, get CDs you do want from others). It’s been a while since my peak use with them (I’ve run out of stuff to send), and they changed their focus away from CD swap to streaming about a year or more ago.
Anyway, I like Apple, I like Lala… but I dread what the acquisition will mean. I mean, pretty soon, are we gonna have to log-in to our iTuMyFaceChaseTube to check the video upload of our bank account’s status update with a free music download?
I just hope my indie bastion of hope, CD Baby, doesn’t get swallowed up by Apple or Amazon or Goodyear or Olive Garden… that would be a sad day for sure.
~Dan – np: Celldweller – Wish Upon a Blackstar Ch 2
Jónsi.com free download
More than 5 days have passed since the original announcement of jonsi.com. Now each letter offers a glimpse of the music that’s forthcoming.
On Friday (12/4), if you’ve signed up for the mailing list (highly recommended), you got a link to download a free song, “Boy Lilikoi,” from the solo album Go, due out in 2010.
~Dan – np: Jeremy Enigk – OK Bear
Celldweller *Wish Upon a Blackstar* Chapter 2
The pre-order for Celldweller‘s Wish Upon a Blackstar: Chapter 2 went live yesterday. The second chapter (of five total) will feature the songs “The Best It’s Gonna Get” and “Eon.”
Chapter 2 will be available for download in several bundles (including a deluxe edition for $4.99) on December 8th from Celldweller’s FiXT store. The deluxe edition features a remix from chapter one, “So Long Sentiment” mixed by Toksin’s Anhedonia…
After all five chapters are released, I expect there will be a full-length album (and hopefully CD) issue.
~Dan – np: Celldweller – Wish Upon a Blackstar Ch 1 (coincidence, I swear)
The Swell Season on Daytrotter
Sorry to hit you with two posts this morning… ah, who am I kidding, I’m not sorry…
The few websites that aren’t RSS feed-able that made it to my “must check every day” list… Daytrotter is great, and they hit us yesterday with a live in the studio session with The Swell Season (Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová)… it’s a live session with Daytrotter…
Go here for the free music:
http://tinyurl.com/daytrotter-swellseason
1) Fallen From the Sky 2) Fantasy Man 3) In These Arms 4) Low Rising 5) Star Star
Past Daytrotter Sessions I’ve blogged about and dug (links and free music not guaranteed on these old blogs): David Bazan #2, Copeland, Bad Veins, Nellie McKay, Clare and the Reasons, My Brightest Diamond #2, Damien Jurado, Talkdemonic, Aimee Mann, Ani DiFranco, Bad Veins #1, Kaki King, Holy Fuck… and David Bazan, My Brightest Diamond, Erin McKeown.
~Dan – np: Anakronic Electro Orkestra – The Yiddish Part -EP-
Jónsi.com
So, I got an email simply titled “jonsi.com” and had a graphic that went to a simple website…
You can sign up for an email list and if you click the “J” on the website, it changes and plays a cute little tune. I think this mean Jonsi Birgisson from Sigur Rós has something in the hopper…
yay!
~Dan – np: Anakronic Electro Orkestra – The Yiddish Part -EP-
Ellery – Down, Down, Down EP
My favorite husband-and-wife songwriting duo from Cincinnati is at it again… the holiday EP Down, Down, Down from Ellery is out. This time it’s pay what you want (min $4). Available for streaming at bandcamp, too. I generally abhor Christmas music, but this one is pretty darn good. The first two songs are brand new originals, the 3rd song is from their holiday EP a couple years ago, and then they do two classics…
http://ellery.bandcamp.com/album/down-down-down-a-holiday-ep
Down, Down, Down
Going Gone
December Days
O Come Emmanuel
Silent Night (instrumental)
They also have a streaming only sample from their forthcoming album… “Blame Me“…
Find out more about this great band…
http://www.myspace.com/ellerymusic
~Dan – np: The Frames – The Roads Outgrown
Goddamn Electric Bill “Ten Thousand Years”
I’ve been a fan of Jason Torbert‘s pseudonym Goddamn Electric Bill and his organic, electronic one-man bandness for a while. I bought his EP, The Only Power to Please, from the musical social ghetto that is MySpace back in 2005. I’ve been a fan of his work ever since – it fits with a lot of the organic electronic that I dig: Chroma Key, Ken Andrew’s On, The Album Leaf, Tristeza, Frog Pocket, et cetera…
Well, his new video for “Ten Thousand Years” off of 2008’s Topics for Gossip is really creative and heart warming…
(click picture for video)
Written/Directed by Drake Doremus
Director of Photography: John Guleserian
Production Designer: Theresa Avram
Edited by Jason Stewart
Starring: Jason Torbert (aka GdEB) and Zibby Allen
Crew: Eli Berg, David Meador, Tyler Graim, Scott Uhlfelder,
Armando Ballesteros, Amelia Tabullo, James Obed,
Tommy Obed, Israel Unger, and Mark Schoening
Find out more about GdEB:
~Dan – np: Melt Banana – initial t.
Digital Noise Academy is Melting Inside
So, the Digital Noise Academy dropped the “Los Angeles” from the front of their name… it’s been a while since there’s been any activity to report, but yesterday they posted their new official video for “Melting Inside“…
The DNA is Ken Andrews (coincidentally brought up in my Puscifer live show review from yesterday), Charlotte Martin (Ken’s wife), Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Sharky Laguana, Tommy Walter, Fernando Sanchez, and Jordon Zadorozny. I hope this means there’s a DNA album on the way. I think the last LADNA news was prior to Ken’s Secrets of the Lost Satellite CD (in early 2007).
~Dan – np: Greydon Square – The CPT Theorem
RAZR13 + Pinnick / Fear Factory
So, for Veteran’s Day, here’s some rock news from some… um… rock veterans?
First, in order of awesomest news… King’s X frontman Doug “dUg” Pinnick and the band that he lent vocal duties to, RAZR 13, is finally releasing their debut album. I wrote about this back in July, but now they’ve got the whole album done and streaming over at Rock Army Records.
You can also download the song “4th of July” for free via the Rock Army Records store. The album comes out physically and digitally November 20th. Befriend them on MySpace… http://www.myspace.com/razr13
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The band currently calling themselves Fear Factory (i.e.- they’re in a lawsuit now and might not make it out the other end with that name intact) released their album cover for Mechanize. It looks predictably like their former covers… but I bet I’ll still like its electronic-infused, stomp-rock, metal goodness about androids taking over the earth (or other topics that Burton C. Bell always writes about).
compare to some of their old album covers:
Burton’s track-by-track explanations are over at Blabbermouth. Let’s just say I didn’t read past the first one… “The title track describes our world as the soulless program that it is.” :rolleyes: Oh, Burton, I still love you… but, g-to-the-d, the theme is getting old. Read a new, non-sci-fi book! Get a different graphic artist! :)
~Dan – np: Puscifer – Rev 22:20 single
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C is for…
The new digital only Puscifer EP is out now… get it on Amazon or iTunes.
The tour is underway and hits Portland’s Roseland Theater this coming weekend… woot! I’ll be at the Saturday & Monday shows.
~Dan – np: Puscifer – C is For…
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~Dan – np: Tegan and Sara – Sainthood thainthood
PS- The Bottle Bank Arcade and World’s Deepest Trash Bin videos are also on the TFT site above…
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