end of year boo-shee
sure, it's early, but whatthehell. when i usedta respond to the village voice's whatzit, they'd call for lists this early.
1) boris - smile. in its various incarnations, my rekkid of the yr. the most interesting band currently working imo, and their rubber gloves throwdown back in june was just ridiculous. i was deafened by michio kurihara for three days and damned glad to have been.
2) stumptone - gravity suddenly released. incandescent indie psych from long-lived local underground faves.
3) the great tyrant - "candy canes" 7" w/cd-r. my fave local band o' the moment. so far this yr they've done this _and_ an as-yet-unreleased full-length, there is a man in the house, that's even better; next month, they go back into the studio to track _yet another_. how's that for prolificity? see them live; you owe it to yourself.
4) lou reed - berlin dvd. uncle lou claims this is the best rock movie of all time, and he may just be right. directed by julian schnabel of the diving bell and the butterfly fame, this trumps rust never sleeps with better cinematography. and the music, reviled in its time, sounds majestic.
5) dennis gonzalez jnaana septet - the gift of discernment. latest installment from oak cliff renaissance man/yells at eels mastermind gonzalez and his ever-more-impressive sons. free jazz _is_ thrash, asshole. the boys shine sans pops on portuguese gtrist luis lopes' humanization qtet.
6) sonic's rendezvous band - the second chance. proof positive (as if any more were needed) that dee-troit rawked in the '70s.
7) matt baldwin - paths of ignition. bay area gtrist extrapolates fahey-ismo into krautrock/psych territory.
8) various artists - miles from india. idea: team ex-miles davis sidemen with indian musos for a go at the canon. name to conjure with: pete cosey.
9) johnny case - strays...and other songs. a trio date with the redoubtable fort worth pianner man, accompanied this time by jeremy hull and danny tcheco.
10) the fellow americans - debut no. 3. stripped down and loaded for bear, the hard-rawkin' pride of weatherford, texas, check in with another heaping helping of quirky spleen.
1) boris - smile. in its various incarnations, my rekkid of the yr. the most interesting band currently working imo, and their rubber gloves throwdown back in june was just ridiculous. i was deafened by michio kurihara for three days and damned glad to have been.
2) stumptone - gravity suddenly released. incandescent indie psych from long-lived local underground faves.
3) the great tyrant - "candy canes" 7" w/cd-r. my fave local band o' the moment. so far this yr they've done this _and_ an as-yet-unreleased full-length, there is a man in the house, that's even better; next month, they go back into the studio to track _yet another_. how's that for prolificity? see them live; you owe it to yourself.
4) lou reed - berlin dvd. uncle lou claims this is the best rock movie of all time, and he may just be right. directed by julian schnabel of the diving bell and the butterfly fame, this trumps rust never sleeps with better cinematography. and the music, reviled in its time, sounds majestic.
5) dennis gonzalez jnaana septet - the gift of discernment. latest installment from oak cliff renaissance man/yells at eels mastermind gonzalez and his ever-more-impressive sons. free jazz _is_ thrash, asshole. the boys shine sans pops on portuguese gtrist luis lopes' humanization qtet.
6) sonic's rendezvous band - the second chance. proof positive (as if any more were needed) that dee-troit rawked in the '70s.
7) matt baldwin - paths of ignition. bay area gtrist extrapolates fahey-ismo into krautrock/psych territory.
8) various artists - miles from india. idea: team ex-miles davis sidemen with indian musos for a go at the canon. name to conjure with: pete cosey.
9) johnny case - strays...and other songs. a trio date with the redoubtable fort worth pianner man, accompanied this time by jeremy hull and danny tcheco.
10) the fellow americans - debut no. 3. stripped down and loaded for bear, the hard-rawkin' pride of weatherford, texas, check in with another heaping helping of quirky spleen.
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