Anna Webber, with John Hollenbeck and Matt Mitchell – Simple (2014)
Webber laid bare her compositions, leaving it in a few, capable hands and in doing so, made them flourish.
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Brandon Seabrook – Sylphid Vitalizers (2014)
It doesn’t matter if the experimental music is being rendered by electric guitar or banjo, Seabrook uses technology, virtuosity and a deviously fertile mind to blow the minds of anyone who comes across these recordings. ‘Sylphid Vitalizers’ expands the world of what is possible with a banjo. And guitar, too.
Yoko Ono on the making of the Beatles’ avant-garde ‘Revolution 9’: ‘We just did it’
“Revolution 9” remains as big a mystery today as it was the moment it appeared on the Beatles’ 1968 self-titled album.
Satoko Fujii Orchestra New York – Shiki (2014)
This doesn’t often sound like big band music, as Fujii draws from every impulse at her disposal.
Bogdo Ula – The Return of the Sons of Ra (2013)
They gathered for five days at this countryside studio in Finland, plugging in and recording whatever happened. You May Also Like: Projekt Gemineye, “Sacred Sons” from ‘In the Year 3073: Book II’ (2020): One Track Mind Los Lobos – ‘Native Sons’ (2021)
‘Unlike anything else that’s ever been done’: Adrian Belew on his amazing new solo venture
He’s had the idea for decades. Finally, technology has caught up.
Thurston Moore and Loren Connors – The Only Way To Go Is Straight Through (2013)
The Only Way To Go Is Straight Through begins like a train grinding to a sparks-throwing stop — except it never stops. It just keeps throwing sparks, keeps getting louder, and brighter, and closer. You May Also Like: Merzbow/Pandi/Gustafsson with Thurston Moore – Cuts of Guilt, Cuts Deeper (2015) TomRead More
WTF?! Wednesdays: Jandek, “One Last Chance” (2001)
Longtime readers of SER, if such an animal even exists, know that some of us like to indulge in noisy, nonsensical and just plain weird-assed music. Once in a while, we’ll encounter something from the margins that’s so beyond the pale it makes even hardened avantists like us do aRead More
Ono at 80: Busy year on tap for Yoko Ono, with concert, exhibits, reissues and retrospectives
Yoko Ono is set to celebrate her 80th birthday with a concert featuring her ever-evolving Plastic Ono Band on February, 17, 2013 in Germany. You May Also Like: The ‘Mind Games’ Song That Pointed to John Lennon’s Reunion With Yoko Ono
Satoko Fujii and Natsuki Tamura – Muku (2012)
Pianist Satoko Fujii and trumpeter Natsuki Tamura take to Muku with designs on once again challenging the listener. The two have consistently done so throughout their impressive careers thus far, so it should come as no surprise You May Also Like: Satoko Fujii w/ Wadada Leo Smith, Natsuki Tamura, IkueRead More
