Published at: 12:03 pm - Friday March 05 2010
My internet-radio show, Kill the Head, “airs” every Friday, 5 to 7:30 p.m. (eastern), on Asheville Free Media.
| ARTIST |
SONG |
ALBUM |
LABEL |
| Daniel Bell |
“Bleep” |
Blip, Blurp, Bleep: The Music Of Daniel Bell |
Logistic Records |
| Emptyset |
“Beyond” |
self-titled |
Caravan Recordings |
| Alva Noto |
“m 07” |
Transform |
Mille Plateaux |
| Forcefield |
“Air Tube” |
Condominium |
n/a |
| Electricity featuring Fire Eater |
“Indlela Yababi” |
Extreme Music From Africa |
Susan Lawly |
| Madagascar – The Mahafaly (Festival Drumming) |
n/a |
African and Afro-American Drums |
Ethnic Folkways Library |
| Hiran Ny Tanoran Ny |
“Oay Lahy E” |
Mata La Pena: A Compilation of International Music |
Mississippi Records |
| Hum of the Druid |
“Raising the New Wing” |
“Raising the New Wing” / “Braided Industry” (twelve-inch) |
SNSE |
| The Skaters |
untitled (track three) |
Pavilionous Miracles Of Circular Facet Dice |
Chocolate Monk |
| Kousokuya |
“The Omen” |
Ray Night 1991-1992 — Live |
Forced Exposure |
| To Live and Shave in L.A. |
“Nor Swollen-Bellied Comet Blown” |
The Wigmaker in Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg |
Menlo Park Recordings |
| Thomas Brinkmann |
“Walk With Me” |
Walk With Me (twelve-inch) |
Curle |
| Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft |
“Osten Währt Am Längsten” |
Die Kleinen Und Die Bosen |
Human Wrechords |
| Xex |
“Snga” |
Group: Xex |
The Smack Shire |
| Aloa |
“Deutsche Begugnung” |
self-titled |
Offers Musik Produktion |
| Primitive Calculators |
“I Can’t Stop It” |
self-titled |
Slow Drama / Au Go Go |
| Thomas Fehlmann |
“Bienenkönigin” |
Honigpumpe |
Kompakt |
| Onur Özer |
“Traumbone” |
Kasmir |
Vakant |
| Female |
“Via Hate” |
Gayscene (twelve-inch split with Regis) |
Downwards |
| Mood music during talking breaks: Hive Mind – Sand Beasts CD (Chondritic Sound / PACrec / Troniks) |
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Published at: 04:02 pm - Friday February 26 2010
My internet-radio show, Kill the Head, “airs” every Friday, 5 to 7:30 p.m. (eastern), on Asheville Free Media.
| ARTIST |
SONG |
ALBUM |
LABEL |
| Ancient Methods |
untitled (side one) |
Fourth Method (twelve-inch) |
Ancient Methods |
| “ |
“Else” (Ugandan Methods Mix) |
Third Method (twelve-inch) |
“ |
| “ |
side two, track one |
Fourth Method |
“ |
| “ |
“White Flames” |
Third Method |
“ |
| “ |
untitled (side two, track two) |
Fourth Method |
“ |
| Scuba |
“Negative” |
“Speak” / “Negative” (ten-inch) |
[NakedLunch] |
| Sam Goldberg |
untitled (side two) |
Current |
Weird Forest Records |
| The Dog Lady |
untitled (side one, track three) |
Tapes |
RRR Records |
| Avarus |
“Putoan… Smäisk” |
Rasvaaja |
Secret Eye Records |
| Ancestral Diet |
“Dankest Cave” |
V.I.T.R.I.O.L.
|
ThiRD Word |
| Thrones |
“Ted Williams” |
Alraune |
Communion Label |
| En Halvkokt I Folie |
“Ehif Punk” |
Det Kristna Kamratskapet (cassette) |
Omnium Gatherum |
| Insayngel |
“Lets Not Forget” |
self-titled |
Heavy Tapes |
| The Rolls |
“The Unknown” |
Have Arrived (cassette) |
The New Product! |
| Ben Klock |
“Similarity” |
October (twelve-inch) |
BPitch Control |
| Levon Vincent |
“Invisible Bitchslap” |
Invisible Bitchslap EP (twelve-inch) |
Deconstruct Music |
| Jonas Broberg |
“Waif Twine” |
Kling Klang Salad (cassette) |
Konduktor Rekords |
| Orior |
“Call” |
Snatch Paste: An Assortment of Snatch Tapes |
Vinyl-On-Demand |
| Mood music during talking breaks: Cho-Ga: Tantric and Ritual Music of Tibet LP (Dorje Ling) |
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Published at: 05:02 pm - Friday February 19 2010
My internet-radio show, Kill the Head, “airs” every Friday, 5 to 7 p.m. (eastern), on Asheville Free Media.
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| ARTIST |
SONG |
ALBUM |
LABEL |
| Soft Machine |
“Facelift” |
Third |
Columbia |
| Herbie Hancock |
“Hidden Shadows” |
Sextant |
Columbia |
| Peter Baumann |
“Phase By Phase” |
Romance ’76 |
Virgin |
| Conrad Schnitzler |
“Krautrock” |
Rot |
Very Good Records |
| Mortiz Von Oswald Trio |
“Pattern 3” |
Vertical Ascent |
Honest Jons Records |
| Scuba |
“Aesaunic” |
Aesaunic EP |
Hotflush Recordings |
| V/A (Bullwackies All Stars / New Breed Band) |
“Natures Dub” |
Natures Dub |
Wackie’s |
| The Upsetters |
“Callying Butt” |
untitled (Limited Edition Dub Plate) |
Trojan |
| Keith Hudson |
“California” / “By Night Dub” (showcase) |
Playing It Cool |
Joint International (Basic Replay) |
| Magas |
“Devil is Flying” |
Violent Arp |
Punch Records |
| Sightings |
“Saccharine Traps |
City of Straw |
Brah |
| Cattle Decapitation |
“Mauled” / “Joined at the Ass” |
Homovore |
Three.One.G |
| Profanatica |
“Betrayal of the Lamb” |
Profanatitas De Domonatia |
Hells Headbangers Records |
| Mammal |
“Days Into Days” |
Let Me Die |
Animal Disguise |
| Mood music during talking breaks: Emeralds – Laying Under Leaves cassette (Wagon) |
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Published at: 09:02 pm - Friday February 12 2010
My internet-radio show, Kill the Head, “airs” every Friday, 5 to 7 p.m. (eastern), on Asheville Free Media.
Super fun show this week. Two corrections:
1) I mistakenly said Miles Davis’ “Rated X” is from the album Live-Evil when, in fact, it’s to be found on the equally killer Get Up With It.
2) The CD-R Young Morgan (label: Sugar Creek) is a collaboration between Nate Young (Wolf Eyes, Demons) and Sightings guitarist Mark Morgan. I credited it to just the latter.
Listen: here
| ARTIST |
SONG |
ALBUM |
LABEL |
| Santana |
“A-1 Funk” |
Lotus |
Columbia |
| Love Cry Want |
“The Great Medicine Dance” |
self-titled |
Newjazz |
| John McLaughlin |
“Purpose of When” |
Devotion |
Douglas |
| Miles Davis |
“Rated X” |
Get Up With It |
Columbia |
| Ginger Baker’s Air Force |
“Doin’ It” |
self-titled |
ATCO Records |
| The Pterodactyls |
“Shadie Area” |
Reborn |
Bulb Records |
| Parasites of the Western World |
“Mo” |
self-titled |
Criminal Records |
| Studio 1 (a.k.a. Wolfgang Voigt) |
“Rot 2” |
Studio Eins |
Studio 1 |
| Philip Perkins |
“Closing the Big Deal” |
Desperately Seeking Suicide |
Priapismus Records |
| TuTwo Prong (a.k.a. James Taylors) |
“Ghost of Hockamoo” |
Music 4 Tweens |
self-released |
| Dearraindrop |
“Theme to the Pharaohs Secret” (track one) |
SSSarcophagus 1-4 |
Radius Waste |
| Keiichiro Shibuya |
Untitled (track 3) |
untitled |
ATAK (000) |
| Teitanblood |
“Morbid Devil of Pestilence” |
Seven Chalices |
Norma Evangelium Diaboli |
| Paranoid Time |
“Can I Play With Madness” |
RAT Life |
Troniks |
| Young Morgan |
untitled (track two) |
Bitter Old Man |
Sugar Creek |
| Spine Scavenger |
untitled (track one) |
self-titled (cassette) |
Hanson Records |
| N.V |
“Lado Omada” |
Izipho E.P. (twelve-inch) |
Future Days |
| Ancient Methods |
untitled (track two) |
First Method (twelve-inch) |
Ancient Methods |
| Mood music during talking breaks: Iannis Xenakis [conductor: Charles Brück] — Terretektorh / Nomos Gamma (Candide) |
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Published at: 05:02 pm - Wednesday February 10 2010
(This show preview originally appeared in the Seattle Weekly.)
Lights is a post-everything band from Brooklyn, one which tosses all that is hip and cool into a bowl and stirs until yummy goodness ensues. At the group’s core lies a love for vintage FM rock. Vocalists Linnea Vedder and Sophia Knapp often sound like the teenaged offspring of Heart’s Wilson sisters (or maybe even the unknown mamas in Anonymous/J. Rider). But on Rites, Lights’ debut full-length for Drag City, the band tricks-out the rock with touches of post-punk, dub and funk. At times, Lights even dives mind-first into an arty free-bop that’s vaguely reminiscent of fellow New Yorkers Telepathe and Rings. However, the band is always mindful to return to what it knows best: riffs, jams and soaring harmonies.
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Published at: 04:02 pm - Friday February 05 2010
My internet-radio show, Kill the Head, “airs” every Friday, 5 to 7 p.m. (eastern), on Asheville Free Media.
| ARTIST |
SONG |
ALBUM |
LABEL |
| Federal Roosters (a.k.a. Lance Romance) |
“Bee Careful of Da Beez” |
Session on Devils Day (cassette) |
MassDist |
| The Wooden Cupboard |
“Spirits and Retribution” |
Animals Speak the Spirit Tongue |
Lattajjaa |
| Jeff Mills |
“To Protect And Obey” |
The Defender |
Axis |
| Viki |
untitled (track one) |
Triple X (cassette) |
Animal Disguise Recordings |
| Woozlebug |
“Swamp Gas Air Force” |
Mullicana |
Morning Frost Recordings |
| Men/Eject |
“Draw” |
I Hate the Pop Group |
Vertical Slum Records |
| The Goslings |
“Croatan” |
Grandeur of Hair |
Archive |
| Pontiak |
“Headless Conference” |
Maker |
Thrill Jockey |
| Ben Klock |
“Red Alert” |
Tracks From 07 |
Deeply Rooted House |
| Milton Bradley |
“Don’t Phonk” |
Dystopian Vision |
Do Not Resist The Beat! |
| Bass Patrol |
“Your Daddy Baby Got Beef” |
Your Daddy Baby Got Beef |
Joey Boy |
| n/a |
“Cpak Sa” |
Bass Etc. |
n/a |
| All Leather |
“Audios Mi Amoebas” |
Hung Like A Horse |
Dim Mak Records / Downtown Music |
| Enema Syringe |
“Jag Vill Bara Sla Dig” |
Visa Mig Vagen Till Mellringe 1986-1988 |
UFO Mongo |
| Meat Slicer |
“Boiled Alive” |
self-titled |
SNSE |
| Wrnlrd |
“Haxanic Stairway” |
Oneiromantical War |
Flingco Sound System |
| Razor |
“Violence Condoned” |
Shotgun Justice |
War On Music |
| Burnt By Sun |
“Beacon” |
Heart of Darkness |
Relapse |
| Septic Death |
“Negative Threat” |
A Time We’ll Remember Vol. 7 |
Lost And Found Records |
| Eloe Omoe |
“Shagreen” |
Marauders |
Animal Disguise Recordings |
| Slapp Happy |
“Me & Paravati” |
Acnalbasac Noom |
Recommended Records |
| Mood music during talking breaks: Thuja’s Pine Cone Temples (Strange Attractors Audio House) |
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Published at: 04:02 pm - Wednesday February 03 2010
(This show preview originally appeared in the Seattle Weekly.)
Van Dyke Parks digs the young ladies. After providing arrangements for Joanna Newsom’s 2006 epic Ys, the avant-pop genius has gone on to collaborate with two more honey-voiced songbirds, respectively: Inara George and Clare Muldaur Manchon of Clare and the Reasons fame. Both, interestingly enough, are the daughters of musicians from Van Dyke’s generation. I’m, of course, talking about Little Feat’s Lowell George and East Coast folk revivalist Geoff Muldaur. His work with both musicians is stellar, especially Inara’s album An Invitation, a wondrous collection of symphonic pop. Clare explores similar terrain on her first two albums: The Movie and the gorgeous Arrow. Actually getting the chance to see her perform live with the great Van Dyke Parks will be just heavenly.
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Published at: 08:01 pm - Friday January 29 2010
My internet-radio show, Kill the Head, “airs” every Friday, 5 to 7 p.m. (eastern), on Asheville Free Media.
Two things this week:
1) Thanks to Greg Lyon for serving as my co-pilot. He hosts a fantastic show on Asheville Free Media called The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, which comes on right before Kill the Head — 2 to 5 p.m.
2) During the show I played Creepjoint’s “Unbroken,” off the band’s new album GOODCOOKIE. However, I incorrectly referred to the track as “Of the Mud.” My apologies.
Listen: here
| ARTIST |
SONG |
ALBUM |
LABEL |
| M. Forshage |
“Leichenschrelen” |
self-titled (cassette) |
Konduktör |
| Dettmann & Klock |
“Renumber” |
Scenario |
Ostgut Ton |
| Tolerance |
“Sound Round” |
Divin |
Vanity Records |
| Regis |
“Translation” |
Gymnastics |
Downwards |
| Mr. Brinkman |
“Tunnel Runners” |
Transmittens |
Vermiform |
| Extreme Animals |
“Here We Go Again” |
Role the Dice |
self-released |
| Freedom’s Children |
“The Crazy World of Pod” |
Galactic Vibes |
Shadoks Music |
| Creepjoint |
“Unbroken” |
GOODCOOKIE |
Famous Maker Brand |
| JPT Scare Band |
“Sleeping Sickness” |
Past is Prologue |
Kung Bomar |
| Possessed |
“March to Die” |
Beyond the Gates |
Combat |
| Gorguts |
“The Carnal State” |
Obscura |
Olympic Recordings |
| G.I.S.M. |
“Still Alive” |
Performance of War |
Performance Corps |
| Xasthur |
“Cursed Revelation” |
Telepathic With the Deceased |
Moribund Records |
| M:I:5 |
“Gelb 91” |
Autogen 10 (twelve-inch) |
Profan |
| Ricardo Villalobos |
“For All Seasons” |
Thé Au Harem D’Archimède |
Perlon |
| Tomutonttu |
“Live In Eu II” |
self-titled |
Beta-lactam Ring Records |
| Sundog Peacehouse |
“Moss Gnomes” |
Brosound |
Digitalis Limited |
| Kuupuu |
“Taivaankotiin” |
Unilintu |
Dekorder |
| Patrick Cowley / Jorge Socarras |
“I Remember” |
Catholic |
Macro |
| Giorgio (Moroder) |
“From Here To Eternity” |
From Here To Eternity |
Casablanca |
| Mood music during talking breaks: Gurdjieff / de Hartmann – Music Composed In Collaboration By… (Wergo) |
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Published at: 04:01 pm - Wednesday January 27 2010
(This show preview originally appeared in the Seattle Weekly.)
Country Joe McDonald — that hairy dude in the Woodstock documentary who leads the infamous F-U-C-K chant — was one of psychedelia’s most outrageous satirists. But like a lot of wily hippies, his roots lie in the folk revival (i.e. strapping on a guitar and imitating the great Woody Guthrie). For the last several years, McDonald has been paying tribute to Woody with a series of tribute performances, the spirit of which was captured on the recently released two-disc set A Tribute to Woody Guthrie. However, this isn’t Country Joe’s first Guthrie-themed record. Way back in 1969, the year of Woodstock, he recorded Thinking of Woody Guthrie. If you’re a fan of vintage cosmic Americana, then you really need to hear this masterful country-rock album.
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Published at: 04:01 pm - Wednesday January 27 2010
(This show preview originally appeared in the Seattle Weekly.)
Though Afrobeat has spawned a new generation of bands here in the United States, the overwhelming majority of them sound like Fela Kuti clones, which is understandable. Fela’s imposing legacy is so worthy of worship that genuflection often trumps innovation. Michigan’s Nomo started its career bowing before The Man just like every other group. But over the course of the band’s last two albums, Ghost Rock and last year’s Invisible Cities, it has redefined classic Afrobeat, filtering its core sound through an electronica-based sensibility that’s equal parts Detroit techno, krautrock and Eno-approved ambient music. The horns even skronk with a free-jazz ferocity that you just don’t hear on vintage Fela albums. So yeah, Nomo makes seriously innovative dance music, folks, hypnotic to both mind and body.
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