Listening Log #3: 09/28/09 - 10/04/09
Monday, October 5, 2009
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Here are the other good things I first heard this week that didn't get a mention on BCUW so far:
1. Ted Reichman - avant-klezmer, some of the most unique stuff on Tzadik's Radical Jewish series.
2. Markku Peltola - Finnish actor you've seen in some of Aki Kaurismäki's films. He died on the last day of 2007, but has two albums attached to his name, both with references to Buster Keaton(?) and an often dizzying all-encompassing removed-from-the-scene avant-folk approach.
3. Kazumi Trio - Japanese super-group of sorts. Lovely guitar-based music (yeah, I know), with a pretty hypnotic 2009 release on Majikick. The membership, as well as the music, brings Tenniscoats, LSD-March and Fushitsusha together, which are definitely three different sides of current Japanese music.
4. Smile Down Upon Us - wonderful pop, again from Japan. I'll try to post this when I manage to piece together an avant-pop series.
5. Bill Orcutt - Harry Pussy founder has a new album out.
6. A Sunny Day in Glasgow - worth a mention. They are my favourtie shoegaze/dream pop band working today, and their second album is not a letdown.
7. Beñat Achiary - the most unique vocal improviser around? The most articulate, perhaps. Has a perfect album with Michel Doneda, among others.
8. Christine Sehnaoui / Michel Waisvisz - their release together has to be one of the best electronic-oriented EAI albums ever. Shortwave, it's called.
9. The Pneumatic Consort - wind instruments-based Xenis Emputae Travelling Band side-project.
10. Yuko Ikoma - wonderfully sincere music. Erik Satie played on musicboxes etc, small, intimate stuff. One of the greatest gifts this autumn has given me so far.
11. Davenport - do not ignore them in the wake of Second Family Band. They are better. NNCK/Dreamcolour/Jooklo/BOTOS fans take heed.
post the davenport then. i like all of those bands. i may have the davenport, though. how bout avarus III. cant find it.
Avarus III here.
Davenport are better than SFB? It's the same band. Different name.
whoops, i messed up, i wanted avarus IV. thanks for the info.
Yeah. Davenport vs. SFB. I know they are the same band, my point exactly. What I meant to say was the their releases under the name Davenport tend to be better than their releases under SFB. Longer and more annoying wording. Uh.
i like both, but if u post either, please post some thats not floating around the blogisphere, please. by the way, this is a great site regardless. thanks for everything.
I love this place
always a good read
new format is a winner
Can u please up that Orcutt lp?
the most intriguing lp of the year