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Friday, July 9, 2010
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Upcoming Jazz / Experimental / Jam Shows at LPR
Here's what's coming up at LPR in Jazz / Experimental / Jam:
JAZZ MAFIA'S BRASS BOWS AND BEATS
file under: hip-hop, jazz
Brass Bows and Beats is a 40-piece symphony that combines a jazz big band with hip-hop beats and vocals. It was developed composers Adam Theis, Joe Bagale (vocals and arrangements), Jon Monahan, and Jeanne Geiger (guitar/trombone and arrangements) over the course of a year with help of a $50,000 grant from The Wallace Alexander Gerbode and William and Flora Hewlett Foundations. Check out a clip from the piece below.
Click here to get tickets to the performance on June 25th.
Leonid Fedorov, Vladimir Volkov, John Medeski, Marc Ribot and Ches Smith
file under: experimental, jazz, avant-garde, indie
Russian experimental jazz musicians Leonid Fedorov and Vladimir Volkov recently collaborated with John Medeski, Marc Ribot, and Ches Smith to record an album titled Razinrimilev, which translates to “Razin Rome and Lion.” The Razin they are referring to is the seventeenth-century Cossack rebel, Sten’ka Razin, who rose up against the Russian nobility and Czar in a bloody rebellion, and who’s story was interpreted through the poetry of Velimir Khlebnikov (d. 1922) in the text of “Razinrimilev.” The album by Fedorov and his collaborators uses the poetry for both inspiration and the actual lyrics. While the poetry is so dense with palindromes it’s often considered untranslatable, it's often described as being best when heard rather than read. You can read much more about the album, and hear some of the tracks, over here.
Click here to get tickets to the show on June 26th.
AKRON XTENDED FAMILY
file under: folk, indie, experimental, post-rock, jazz
"Akron/Family's hushed left field pastoralism invite comparison with the loose US scene of folk-derived weirdness ... Immaculately interwoven electronics and the care with which each beautifully recorded track unfolds recall Chicago post-rock ..." (The Wire, 2005).
Akron/Family is a folk-influenced experimental rock band. Their records feature everything from field recordings and static to guitars and glockenspiel, while their live performances rely heavily on improvisation and three-part harmonies. At their performance at LPR as a part of Vision Festival XV, they will be joined on stage by jazz musicians William Parker and Hamid Drake. Get a better idea of what their live show is like by checking out the below video of them performing “Everyone is Guilty” at last year’s SXSW.
Click here to get tickets for their June 30th performance with William Parker's Southern Satellites and [the] slowest runner [in all the world].
NELS CLINE SINGERS
file under: experimental, jazz
Nels Cline might be best know as the guitarist who replaced Leroy Bach in Wilco, but he has been playing with artists such as Mike Watt and Thurston Moore, as well as pursuing his own solo projects, for decades. From NPR:
Head over here to listen to "Floored"- a track off of The Nels Cline Singers’
latest album, Initiate.
The Nels Cline Singers are playing two shows at LPR on July 6th. You can get tickets for the early show here, and the late show here.
JAZZ MAFIA'S BRASS BOWS AND BEATS
file under: hip-hop, jazzBrass Bows and Beats is a 40-piece symphony that combines a jazz big band with hip-hop beats and vocals. It was developed composers Adam Theis, Joe Bagale (vocals and arrangements), Jon Monahan, and Jeanne Geiger (guitar/trombone and arrangements) over the course of a year with help of a $50,000 grant from The Wallace Alexander Gerbode and William and Flora Hewlett Foundations. Check out a clip from the piece below.
Click here to get tickets to the performance on June 25th.
Leonid Fedorov, Vladimir Volkov, John Medeski, Marc Ribot and Ches Smith
file under: experimental, jazz, avant-garde, indieRussian experimental jazz musicians Leonid Fedorov and Vladimir Volkov recently collaborated with John Medeski, Marc Ribot, and Ches Smith to record an album titled Razinrimilev, which translates to “Razin Rome and Lion.” The Razin they are referring to is the seventeenth-century Cossack rebel, Sten’ka Razin, who rose up against the Russian nobility and Czar in a bloody rebellion, and who’s story was interpreted through the poetry of Velimir Khlebnikov (d. 1922) in the text of “Razinrimilev.” The album by Fedorov and his collaborators uses the poetry for both inspiration and the actual lyrics. While the poetry is so dense with palindromes it’s often considered untranslatable, it's often described as being best when heard rather than read. You can read much more about the album, and hear some of the tracks, over here.
Click here to get tickets to the show on June 26th.
AKRON XTENDED FAMILY
file under: folk, indie, experimental, post-rock, jazz"Akron/Family's hushed left field pastoralism invite comparison with the loose US scene of folk-derived weirdness ... Immaculately interwoven electronics and the care with which each beautifully recorded track unfolds recall Chicago post-rock ..." (The Wire, 2005).
Akron/Family is a folk-influenced experimental rock band. Their records feature everything from field recordings and static to guitars and glockenspiel, while their live performances rely heavily on improvisation and three-part harmonies. At their performance at LPR as a part of Vision Festival XV, they will be joined on stage by jazz musicians William Parker and Hamid Drake. Get a better idea of what their live show is like by checking out the below video of them performing “Everyone is Guilty” at last year’s SXSW.
Click here to get tickets for their June 30th performance with William Parker's Southern Satellites and [the] slowest runner [in all the world].
NELS CLINE SINGERS
file under: experimental, jazzNels Cline might be best know as the guitarist who replaced Leroy Bach in Wilco, but he has been playing with artists such as Mike Watt and Thurston Moore, as well as pursuing his own solo projects, for decades. From NPR:
Like his pal Bill Frisell or colleague Marc Ribot, Cline owns a style that's as adaptable as it is unusual. Part of what he offers is in line with the school of noise guitar innovated in part by another friend and collaborator, Thurston Moore: Cline relishes the peculiarities of the Fender Jazzmaster, and has a profound fascination with discordant sonics. But his interests and abilities extend far beyond feedback. As a soloist in rock and fusion settings, he avoids blues-rooted cliches; his attack is physical and his phrasing abrupt, often punctuated by shrewd use of the guitar's tremolo arm. Cline's application of pedals and other electronics is so involved that they become instruments unto themselves, yet he can deliver a convincing approximation of cool-toned jazz playing.
Head over here to listen to "Floored"- a track off of The Nels Cline Singers’
latest album, Initiate.
The Nels Cline Singers are playing two shows at LPR on July 6th. You can get tickets for the early show here, and the late show here.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Akron/Family Share New Demos
Akron/Family recently posted three new demos on their Bandcamp page. Head over here to check them out!
Akron/Family (performing as Akron Xtended Family Featuring William Parker and Hamid Drake) are playing at LPR on June 30th. Get tickets here.
Via: Stereogum
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Upcoming Post-Rock Shows at LPR
Here's what's coming up at LPR in post-rock.
MATMOS and SO PERCUSSION
File under: ambient, experimental, post-rock, electronic
Recording under the name Matmos, M.C. Schmidt and Drew Daniel have always been known for their unique choices for sound sources, which over their career has included, among other things, amplified crayfish nerve tissue, human hair, plastic surgery, frozen steam thawing in the sun, latex clothing, and a steel guitar recorded in a sewer. They recently teamed up with the percussion quartet So Percussion, who they will also be performing with at LPR on June 9th, to record Treasure State, which will be released on June 13th. In the meantime you can download “Treasure,” the quasi-title track from the album, over here!
Click here to get tickets for their June 9th show.
TORTOISE
file under: jazz, experimental, post-rock, indie, minimal
Formed in Chicago in 1990, Tortoise is often considered one of the most influential post-rock bands of the last two decades. Unlike many of their indie-rock contemporaries in the mid-‘90s, they favored Krautrock, dub, jazz, and minimalism over more traditional rock and punk influences. Also notable was their choice of instrumentation, which often included two bassists and three percussionists switching between drums, vibraphones, and marimbas. They released Beacons of Ancestorship, their first album in five years, in June of 2009. Check out the music video for “Prepare Your Coffin,” one of the tracks off of that album, below.
Click here to get tickets for their show on June 23rd with Aethereal Bace and DJ Nick Hook.
AKRON XTENDED FAMILY
file under: folk, indie, experimental, post-rock, jazz
"Akron/Family's hushed left field pastoralism invite comparison with the loose US scene of folk-derived weirdness ... Immaculately interwoven electronics and the care with which each beautifully recorded track unfolds recall Chicago post-rock ..." (The Wire, 2005).
Akron/Family is a folk-influenced experimental rock band. Their records feature everything from field recordings and static to guitars and glockenspiel, while their live performances rely heavily on improvisation and three-part harmonies. At their performance at LPR as a part of Vision Festival XV, they will be joined on stage by jazz musicians William Parker and Hamid Drake. Get a better idea of what their live show is like by checking out the below video of them performing “Everyone is Guilty” at last year’s SXSW.
Click here to get tickets for their June 30th performance with William Parker's Southern Satellites and [the] slowest runner [in all the world].
ON FILLMORE
file under: jazz, indie, experimental, post-rock
On Fillmore is duo comprised of upright bassist Darin Gray and drummer Glenn Kotche who create compositions using field recordings in addition to their respective instruments. While their commitments to other projects (Jim O'Rourke, Wilco, and solo work) have limited their time to record together, they have still released four albums and scored several films since forming in 2000. Pitchfork on their latest album, Extended Vacation:
Check out their video for “Master Moon” below
Click here to get tickets for their July 15th performance with Rachel Grimes.
MATMOS and SO PERCUSSION
File under: ambient, experimental, post-rock, electronicRecording under the name Matmos, M.C. Schmidt and Drew Daniel have always been known for their unique choices for sound sources, which over their career has included, among other things, amplified crayfish nerve tissue, human hair, plastic surgery, frozen steam thawing in the sun, latex clothing, and a steel guitar recorded in a sewer. They recently teamed up with the percussion quartet So Percussion, who they will also be performing with at LPR on June 9th, to record Treasure State, which will be released on June 13th. In the meantime you can download “Treasure,” the quasi-title track from the album, over here!
Click here to get tickets for their June 9th show.
TORTOISE
file under: jazz, experimental, post-rock, indie, minimalFormed in Chicago in 1990, Tortoise is often considered one of the most influential post-rock bands of the last two decades. Unlike many of their indie-rock contemporaries in the mid-‘90s, they favored Krautrock, dub, jazz, and minimalism over more traditional rock and punk influences. Also notable was their choice of instrumentation, which often included two bassists and three percussionists switching between drums, vibraphones, and marimbas. They released Beacons of Ancestorship, their first album in five years, in June of 2009. Check out the music video for “Prepare Your Coffin,” one of the tracks off of that album, below.
Click here to get tickets for their show on June 23rd with Aethereal Bace and DJ Nick Hook.
AKRON XTENDED FAMILY
file under: folk, indie, experimental, post-rock, jazz"Akron/Family's hushed left field pastoralism invite comparison with the loose US scene of folk-derived weirdness ... Immaculately interwoven electronics and the care with which each beautifully recorded track unfolds recall Chicago post-rock ..." (The Wire, 2005).
Akron/Family is a folk-influenced experimental rock band. Their records feature everything from field recordings and static to guitars and glockenspiel, while their live performances rely heavily on improvisation and three-part harmonies. At their performance at LPR as a part of Vision Festival XV, they will be joined on stage by jazz musicians William Parker and Hamid Drake. Get a better idea of what their live show is like by checking out the below video of them performing “Everyone is Guilty” at last year’s SXSW.
Click here to get tickets for their June 30th performance with William Parker's Southern Satellites and [the] slowest runner [in all the world].
ON FILLMORE
file under: jazz, indie, experimental, post-rockOn Fillmore is duo comprised of upright bassist Darin Gray and drummer Glenn Kotche who create compositions using field recordings in addition to their respective instruments. While their commitments to other projects (Jim O'Rourke, Wilco, and solo work) have limited their time to record together, they have still released four albums and scored several films since forming in 2000. Pitchfork on their latest album, Extended Vacation:
These seven interwoven pieces delight: Accessible but not pedestrian, complex but not esoteric, Extended Vacation feels improvised in spirit, but, in both structure and sound, it reveals two focused, imaginative composers and performers. The melodies and the warped sounds-- a vibraphone blurred into an organ, animal samples sculpted into a symphony, xylophone lines fashioned into music box tunes-- make Extended Vacation the most instantly likable On Fillmore album yet.
Check out their video for “Master Moon” below
"Master Moon" by On Fillmore from Secretly Jag on Vimeo.
Click here to get tickets for their July 15th performance with Rachel Grimes.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Akron/Family Starts Fan Video Page
Indie-folk oddities Akron/Family have started a Vimeo page where they are going to be collecting fan videos (which are more than plentiful and generally inconsequential for all bands with a fan base that understands how to upload a video).
The page is pulling together fan videos for tracks from their Set Em Wild, Set Em Free
. They are asking fans to continue creating videos and submitting them to grow the project. Proposed ideas from the band include: "A bear attacking a trash can. A quarterback being blitzed repeatedly. A herd of buffalo stampeding across the Dakotas." There are a surprising amount of competent videos on there already.Thursday, April 15, 2010
Listen: Akron/Family on KEXP
Seth and Dana from Akron/Family stopped by KEXP last week to perform a few songs. Head over here to stream the whole thing.
Akron/Family perform at LPR on June 30th. Get tickets here.
Via: The Music Slut
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