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Carta - An Index of Birds

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Carta hail from the S.F. Bay Area and currently consist of Kyle Monday (guitar), Sacha Galvagna (bass, keyboards), Ray Welter (guitar, keyboards), Gabriel Coan (drums, electronics), Jason Perez...

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(Posted by Paul Hightower 2011-06-01)

Carla Kihlstedt / Matthias Bossi / Shahzad Ismaily - Causing a Tiger

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Here we have three principals of various Bay Area art-music assemblages of recent vintage creating something new and radically different from their usual endeavors. Most readers will know violinist...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2011-06-01)

Cage - Secret Passage

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There’s nothing new about a progressive rock band sounding a bit like classic Genesis, and unless you have a categorical dislike of bands that sound a bit like classic Genesis, Cage has a lot...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2011-06-01)

Bryan Ferry - Olympia

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Bryan Ferry has noticeably become very particular when releasing new material under his own name. Reportedly this album was going to be a Roxy Music recording at one point, seriously re-worked and...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2011-06-01)

Brown vs Brown - Odds and Unevens

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Rock vs. jazz; punk vs. art; complex compositions vs. raw improvisation. Brown vs. Brown encompasses all of this and much more, turning in seven long tracks of blistering raw energy for their...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2011-06-01)

Bone Cave Ballet - The Echo of Entropy

Cover art "Bone Cave Ballet" — what an evocative name. So many possible interpretations, all of them intriguing. The music itself has a similar quality, with lyrics that catch your imagination without lending...  » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 2011-06-01)

Blue Cranes - Observatories

Cover art Blue Cranes are from Portland, Oregon; led by two saxophones, one alto and one tenor. The band has a remarkable style, having heard Monk and Zorn but wanting to play straightforward rock melodies....  » Read more
(Posted by Jeff Melton, Scott Steele 2011-06-01)

Blld - Materia Prima

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This 20-minute EP is very tasty indeed. A meeting of Ric Byer (also known as 05Ric) and Markus Reuter would be expected to be a summit meeting of two original and remarkable players, but this...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton, Scott Steele 2011-06-01)

Bittertown - Scenes from the Box

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Dutch bassist Tom Janssen is the driving force behind this album, though his debut solo outing, Are You Surprised, dates back to 2004. For this concept album he’s enlisted aid from...

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(Posted by Paul Hightower 2011-06-01)

Bill Cutler - Crossing the Line

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Bill Cutler arrived in San Francisco in 1970, spent the following decades producing other people’s records, and on his first album channels all those influences and experiences. His guitar...

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(Posted by Alan K. Lipton 2011-06-01)

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