Baltimore’s Teeth Mountain are a “free collaboration” of members that perform live in a space called the Comfort Dome, employing bowed saws, electronic loops, droning cellos, multiple floor toms, and a communal symbol to craft their sounds. You may expect a sprawling hodgepodge of free sounds complete with weird freakouts, chiming bells, and the [...]
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I was one of the lucky few to see the sold out Dodos show at Mercury Lounge last night. I’ve been working like a dog so I didn’t catch the opening acts. The San Francisco duo of Meric Long and Logan Kroeber were joined by a third percussion/vibes/organist for this [...]
An explosive, chaotic, hypnotic, and relentless rhythm rave is what Japanoise band Boredoms brought to Starlight Ballroom last night in Philadelphia. Their nearly ninety-minute set ranged from minimal beats and ambient washes to a full on aural assault of thundering tribal percussion and crushing primal noise.
Frontman Yamatsuka Eye opened the set on a pitch [...]
I found myself standing in a loosely crowded room at The Barbary last night to see The Ruby Suns who are currently touring the States with Le Loup. It was another one of those all-ages shows that make me feel like an old man. This time, instead of being in a church basement [...]
I’ve been spinning Monitor’s LP The Voices And Drums Of Africa a lot recently. It’s a record I picked up at Philly’s Beautiful World Syndicate and features 18-tracks that focus on various African artists like Mouangue and his African Ensemble doing music of Cameroon; Kante Facelli and his African Ensemble doing music of Dahomey, [...]
Like many of releases from Paw Tracks, it took me a fair amount of listens to fully warm up to Rings debut long-player, Black Habit. Take last year’s Person Pitch for example, I listened to the record when it was first released in the summer, but it took repeated spins and many months of [...]
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