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Terje Rypdal - Vossabrygg

The Norwegian guitarist has been a fixture on the ECM label since around 1970, and probably few have not heard at least some sampling of his work along that 35+ year trek, but probably even fewer...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2007-03-01)

Terry Bozzio / Metropole Orkest - Chamber Works

We know him as Zappa’s drummer in the Baby Snakes era, as the man who put the USA into UK, as an essential part of the brilliant 80s video pop combo Missing Persons, and as the man...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2007-03-01)

Tessa Drummond - Days Like This

One of the great things about writing reviews for this magazine is that unexpected things drop in your lap. Case in point, Tessa Drummond. She’s a singer-songwriter from New Zealand who...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2007-03-01)

The Atomic Bomb Audition - Eleven Theatres

Hailing from Oakland (always a good thing!), ABA is essentially an instrumental g/b/d trio with each member playing various additional instruments (electric sitar, Theremin, samplers, organ, synth,...  » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 2007-03-01)

The Bass Gang - Evasioni, Fughe & La Contrabbassatta

Alberto Pocini is a double-bass player from Italy who's played extensively in his homeland as well as with the London Symphony Orchestra. Pocini's  » Read more
(Posted by Mac Beaulieu 2007-03-01)

The Black Noodle Project - Play Again

Thick and chunky spacerock mannerisms assault unsuspecting onlookers before settling into the interactive stylistic conflagrations that expansive progressive rock is known for. This is classic...  » Read more
(Posted by Cesar Montesano 2007-03-01)

The Cheebacabra - Exile in the Woods

The Cheebacabra is a project driven by keyboardist and producer Cheeba, where funky grooves meet overtly synthetic melodic interplay and a cool jazz feel over a steady, mostly programmed drum beat....

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2007-03-01)

The Ed Palermo Big Band - Take Your Clothes off When You Dance

Legend has it that Uncle Frank once said, “Never kiss a toad from the short forest after it’s been sleeping in a jar with a rutabaga.” Well, that may or may not be true, but what...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2007-03-01)

The Fellowship - In Elven Lands

It is no surprise that Yes vocalist Jon Anderson would finally contribute to a musical project surrounding the highly profitable Lord of the Rings books and films. What is surprising is...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2007-03-01)

The Fiery Furnaces - Gallowsbird's Bark, Blueberry Boat, Rehearsing My Choir, EP, & Bitter Tea

A circus medley of distinct musical apparitions like a non-nasal Holy Modal Rounders of the twenty-first century with equal parts Jonathan Richman, The Velvet Underground, and Grease! Hey,...  » Read more
(Posted by Cesar Montesano 2007-03-01)

The Greaseballs - Tombstone Wax

And now for something completely different... How about a new surf-rock album from the Midwest? Guitarist Bill Bulinksi started his recording career in the mid-60s with a band called The Electras,...  » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 2007-03-01)

The Mackrosoft - Antonio's Giraffe

Aja West and company return with eight new slabs of sweet funked-up instrumental jazz, more emphasis on the latter than the former this time, apparently a tribute to the late Antonio Carlos Jobim...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2007-03-01)

The Ministry of Inside Things - Contact Point

The Ministry of Inside Things is the Philadelphia-based space music duo of Chuck van Zyl (synths) and Art Cohen (guitar). Individually, both Chuck and Art have been involved in the Philadelphia...

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(Posted by Henry Schneider 2007-03-01)

The Moody Blues - The Magnificent Moodies

In December '64 The Moody Blues first hit the U.K. charts with a cover of U.S. soul singer Bessie Banks' "Go Now," with its expansive harmonies sounding a bit like a British take on the Righteous...  » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 2007-03-01)

The Nels Cline Singers - The Giant Pin

Since these initial recording dates in 2003 guitarist Nels Cline has been propelled from obscure LA sound sculptor to the indie big time with Wilco. Sifting through these older trio performances...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2007-03-01)

The Tangent - A Place in the Queue

With their third album, The Tangent has consolidated tightly around writer / singer / keyboardist Andy Tillison. Fans of Roine Stolt might be disappointed to hear he’s no longer around,...

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(Posted by Paul Hightower 2007-03-01)

The Tunnel Singer - Cenote

Cenote is a welcome return to the pure vocal and natural reverb effects that The Tunnel Singer (Lee Ellen Shoemaker) employed on her earlier releases like Water Birth and...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2007-03-01)

The Viola Crayola - Music: Breathing of Statues

OK, so Music: Breathing of Statues is an artsy, pretentious title, and more than a little odd. One of the odd things about it is that the music on the album is not really pretentious at...  » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 2007-03-01)

Thomas Kugler - Lilith: The Rock Opera

Based on the play by Remy de Gourmont, this rock opera adaptation is composed by Kugler. It features God, Satan, Adam, Eve, Lilith, and various angels and assorted baddies. Instrumental backing is...  » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis, Sean McFee 2007-03-01)

Tim Hodgkinson - Sketch of Now

We are far from done with the extremes of 20th Century music. Sketch of Now explores a large number of ideas, both perceptual and conceptual, in conceiving and performing these six pieces...

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(Posted by K. Leimer 2007-03-01)