Video: Talibam! - live at Black and White Gallery

Brooklyn Free jazz / noise rock / improv duo Talibam! will be performing at Peyote Istanbul tomorrow night as part of their 9th European Tour. Drummer Kevin Shea and keyboardist Matthew Mottel of Akron Family among others, have usually performed / recorded with guests on a measure of albums ranging from minimal funk to reggae and to noise and improv, always in their own spazzy language. The mp3s below are from Boogie in the Breeze on ESPDisk and it's an ensemble effort. The videos are in a completely different league, and [...]

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High Wolf Incapulco (2009, Winged Sun) RIYL = Stag Hare, El Guincho, Ducktails The looped, flowing tribalism continues to trudge forth from the High Wolf camp like a beckoning call, entrancing young villagers into the woods. And so it goes on Incapulco , the latest CD-R offering from the increasingly productive sound manipulators/collagists. I think High Wolf, along with other bands like Caboladies and Emeralds, have really kick started a little lo-fi texture-drone flood that has, for the most part (especially when considering the bands previously named), been very highly enjoyable. And so, [...]