Avant Music News

Roulette in April

Mike — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:45:07 +0000

From New York’s Roulette: 20 Greene St (between Canal and Grand St) Admission $15 Students/Seniors/Under 30s $10 MEMBERS FREE TICKETS/RSVP: 212.219.8242 http://www.roulette.org/ Byron Westbrook – Works for Improvised Guitar Feedback Thu Apr 1 – 8:30 PM Byron Westbrook (b. 1977) is an artist working with the dynamic quality of physical space using multi-channel sound and images. His audio/video performances under the name [...]

New on FMP

Mike — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:50:12 +0000

Some fairly new releases from Free Music Production: FMP CD 134 LOST & FOUND Brötzmann Solo FMP CD 135 TOO MUCH IS NOT ENOUGH Rupp-Pliakas-Wertmüller Related articles by Zemanta Underoath To Make London Show Available On CD And Download (idiomag.com)

This Week at the ISSUE Project Room

Mike — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:43:29 +0000

From New York’s ISSUE Project Room: 03/10 @ 8pm – MATA Interval 3.2: poweRed Line MATA Interval is a bi-monthly concert series dedicated to small-scale performances by emerging performers and composers based in New York City. Produced by MATA in conjunction with ISSUE Project Room, Interval’s programming is developed and produced by selected participants in MATA’s Curatorial [...]

Heiner Goebbels Performance Reviewed

Mike — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:37:20 +0000

From Crosscut, a review of a performance of a Heiner Goebbels piece. Heiner Goebbels is a well-known European avant-garde composer whose works have rarely been performed in the U.S. This is too bad, if “Song of Wars I Have Known,” a stunning hour-long chamber work, is representative. The Seattle Chamber Players heard a Goebbels’ piece at [...]

Newsbits

Mike — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:30:40 +0000

Nels Cline via last.fm A recent Atomic performing is reviewed. Ellery Eskelin is profiled and interviewed. The Haunt (with Bobby Naughton, Wadada Leo Smith and Perry Robinson) is now available. The Jack Curtis Dubowski Ensemble will tour the East Coast in April. Caught on video: someone stealing Vijay Iyer’s watch. A new ROVA / Nels Cline release gets reviewed. Related articles by [...]

Lukas Ligeti on Tour

Mike — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:22:54 +0000

From Lukas Ligeti: 2010 Lukas Ligeti Solo Concert Tour Sat 3.20– University of Virginia, Bridge PA1, Charlottesville, VA, virginia.edu Wed 3.24– Galapagos Art Space, 16 Main Street, Brooklyn, NY, galapagosartspace.com Thu 3.25– Axiom Gallery for New and Experimental Media, 141 Green Street, Boston, MA, axiomart.org Fri 3.26– Casa del Popolo, 4873 boul. St. Laurent, Montreal, Canada, casadelpopolo.com Sat 3.27– Music Gallery, [...]

Umbrella Music Through March 18

Mike — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:10:38 +0000

Image via Wikipedia From Chicago’s Umbrella Music: Tuesday, 9 March 2010 Elastic 9:00PM | The Engines Dave Rempis – saxophones Jeb Bishop – trombone Nate McBride – bass Tim Daisy – drums Wednesday, 10 March 2010 The Hideout 10:00PM | Ericson/Lonberg-Holm/Mueller Sture Ericson – reeds Fred Lonberg-Holm – cello Jon Mueller – percussion two sets $7 cover PLUS | DJ Sets : Jim Dorling spins 7″ Soul Jazz Singles Thursday, 11 March [...]

All About Jazz Reviews

Mike — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:07:17 +0000

From All About Jazz: Royal Hartigan Blood Drum Spirit (Innova Recordings) Reviewed by Karl Ackermann Pete Sinfield Still (Expanded Edition) (Esoteric Recordings) Reviewed by John Kelman John Zorn Femina (Tzadik) Reviewed by Martin Longley Kirk Knuffke Amnesia Brown (Clean Feed Records) Reviewed by Martin Longley douBt Never Pet a Burning Dog (Moonjune Records) Reviewed by John Kelman Accordion Three-Fer: Triphilia; Nice Guy Trio & Will Holshouser Reviewed by Donald Elfman William Parker William Parker: [...]

Upcoming Los Angeles Shows

Mike — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:59:35 +0000

From Los Angeles New Music: Shattered Shadows March 8, 2010 from 8pm to 10pm – Zipper Concert Hall at the Colburn School From the Monday Evening Concerts Website: The astonishing English composer Frank Denyer writes music that is like no other. His compositions inhabit a world of fragility, fragmentation and decay, whe… NEW MUSIC MONDAY with DAVID SCOTT STONE [...]

Glissando bin Laden – Electro-Acoustic Improvisations at Issue Project Room

Mike — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:52:37 +0000

From NYTimes.com: One way to understand the music of the improvising electro-acoustic quartet Glissando bin Laden — especially if you let the name sink in — is as a fight between rigid law and individual choice. It’s a band of aggression and subtle humor. It’s made one record, “Drone Level Orange,” released last year by the [...]

Coming Soon From Moonjune Records

Mike — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:49:41 +0000

From Moonjune Reconds: douBt Never Pet A Burning Dog ALEX MAGUIRE Fender Rhodes el. piano, Hammond organ, Mellotron, synth MICHEL DELVILLE electric guitar, Roland GR-09 TONY BIANCO drums with special guest RICHARD SINCLAIR vocals (1, 5) and electric bass (1, 2) With moods and registers ranging from heavy-rock riffs to cosmic grooves and on to more lyrical and pastoral flavors, douBt’s debut [...]

Dusted Reviews

Mike — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:37:47 +0000

From Dusted Reviews: Artist: Perlonex and Charlemagne Palestine Album: It Ain’t Necessarily So Label: Zarek Review date: Mar. 5, 2010 Artist: Valgeir Sigurðsson Album: Draumalandið Label: Bedroom Community Review date: Mar. 4, 2010 Related articles by Zemanta Iceman cometh to LPR (netnewmusic.net) Download This! Sam Amidon’s “How Come That Blood” (seattlest.com)

Free Jazz Blog Reviews

Mike — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:46:53 +0000

Image via Wikipedia From Free Jazz: SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 2010 Fred Anderson Trio – A Night At The Velvet Lounge/Live In Chicago 2007 (Estrada Pozna?ska, 2009) **** Scott Fields Ensemble – Fugu ( Clean Feed, 2010) ****½ SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 2010 Enterout Trio – Pink Ivory (Multikulti, 2010) **** FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 2010 Paul Dunmall & Chris Corsano – Identical Sunsets (ESP, 2010) [...]

DOWNTOWNMUSIC.NET Photos

Mike — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 12:55:18 +0000

From DOWNTOWNMUSIC.NET: March 05, 2010 The Adam Caine Trio, Ryan’s Tom Blancarte, Adam Caine, John Wagner Stephen Drury plays John Zorn, The Stone Stephen Drury March 04, 2010 Dan Peck Trio, Issue Project Room Tom Blancarte, Brian Osborn, Dan Peck Glissando Bin Laden, Issue Project Room Jim Altieri, Caroline Mallonee, Alexander Ness, Sam Pluta Hunter-Gatherer, Issue Project Room Ian Antonio, Russell Greenberg Solo, Issue Project Room Alexander Ness Wet Ink [...]

Musique Machine Reviews

Mike — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 13:52:07 +0000

From Musique Machine: Kasumi Trio – Oh! Gimme You ‘Oh! Gimme You’ is the second chaming, approachable yet experimental album from Japanese three piece Kasumi Trio. The album sits in laid-back, quirky & at times off-kilter place between folk pop wonderings ‘n’ haphazard strums. Bluesy, jazzed & at times tuneful improv guitar nodding, quiet [...]

Maria Chavez and Mary Halvorson at Roulette

Mike — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 10:46:32 +0000

From New York’s Roulette: Maria Chavez Sat Mar 13 – 8:30 PM Born in Peru, avant-turntablist Maria Chavez currently resides in Brooklyn, New York. With a collection of new and broken needles that she calls “pencils of sound” and a selection of records, she creates electro-acoustic sound pieces. Chavez made her New York City debut in a duet [...]

Coming to Rise Up Creative Music & Arts

Mike — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 10:37:52 +0000

Image of Daniel Carter From NY’s RUCMA: March 8th Celebrating A year of Evolving Music Evolving Voice At the Local 7PM – Akiko Pavolka & the House of Illusion Akiko Pavolka -Vocals & keys Oscar Noriega – Reeds Matt Pavolka – Bass Bill Campbell – Drums 8PM – Fulminate Trio Anders Nilsson – Guitar Ken Filiano – Bass Michael Evans – Drums 9PM – Mat Maneri / Garth Stevenson / Randy [...]

AMN Picks of the Week

Mike — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 10:30:25 +0000

Image via Wikipedia Here is where I post, at a frequency of about once a week, a list of the new music that has caught my attention that week. All of the releases listed below I’ve heard for the first time this week and come recommended. Sei Miguel – Esfingico: A Suite for Jazz Combo (2010) Conference Call [...]

Sonomu Reviews

Mike — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 10:23:13 +0000

From Sonomu: Cone, Massimo (3″ CDR Fieldmuzick) Massimo is the record of a Dutchman on vacation in Sicily, where he captured and mixed a handful of field recordings over which he plays simple, musing abstractions. These field recordings rise and fade into the background, giving unusual depth to Cone´s instrumentals. On “Bus Stop Wake Up”, an… [read] Posted [...]

Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Program

Mike — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:08:49 +0000

Grant opportunities from Chamber Music America: Chamber Music America, the national service organization for the chamber music profession, is pleased to announce its upcoming Classical Commissioning Program deadline. Chamber Music America (CMA) offers support to U.S.-based classical/contemporary ensembles, presenters and festivals for commissioning American composers to create new chamber works. The program provides funding for the [...]