Age of Chance, 1987
Dance of Magic
Normon Connors, 1974
Bill Callahan
Oct.13, 2017—Masonic Temple; Asheville, NC
a formal introduction
A primer of sorts, broken into loose categories, ino the wide world of NYC’s avant champion, John Zorn.
MASADA
GAME PIECES
JAZZCORE & AVANT ROCK
IMPROVISATION
EXOTICA & NEW ROMANTICISM
FILM SCORES
ORCHESTRAL & CHAMBER WORKS
AVANT COMPOSITION
Ballister
Oct.3, 2017—the Mothlight; Asheville, NC
Seventeen Seconds
Frankie Rose, 2017
Sonatra
Michael Gordon, 2017
Oleva / Life… It Eats You Up
Ø, 2008 / Mika Vainio, 2011
Rafael Toral
Sep.28, 2017—Revolve; Asheville, NC
Black Peak
Xylouris White, 2016
Before You, I Appear
Sumac, 2017
No Future
Moiré, 2017
The Church
Sep.25, 2017—the Grey Eagle; Asheville, NC
Utonian Automatic / Synesthesia / Mandarin Movie / Stars Have Shapes / Double Demon / Beija Flors Velho e Sujo / Primative Jupiter / Some Jellyfish Live Forever
Isotope 217˚, 1999 / Chicago Underground Duo, 2000
Mandarin Movie, 2005, / Exploding Star Orchestra, 2010
Starlicker, 2011 / Sao Paulo Underground, 2013
Pharoah and the Underground, 2014 / Rob Mazurek & Jeff Parker, 2015
The Land of Look Behind
K.Leimer 1982
Daniel Levin
Sep.22. 2017—Revolve; Asheville, NC
Earrings Off!
Adult Jazz, 2016
Polyrock
Polyrock, 1980
Shabazz Palaces
Sep.11, 2017—the Grey Eagle; Asheville, NC
2017 Recap
My annual, personal albums-of-the-year mix.
Cummi Flu / Raz Ohara: Akasak
Acid Pauli: Ayam
Shackleton & Vengeance Tenfold: Spheric Ghost / Fear the Crown
Kaitlyn Aurelia-Smith: I Will Make Room for You
Soundwalk Collective: Xiao Youmei Corridor
Juana Molina: A00 B01
Kink Gong: Saisir l’Aiguille au Fond de la Mer
The Fall: Second House Now
Thurston Moore: Turn On
Mary Halvorson Quartet: Ruhiel
Nate Wooley: Knknighgh 6
Zen Mother: Strange Mother
The Telescopes: Down on Me
Sarah Davachi: For Organ
Phew: Antenna
NHK yx Koyxen: Intention
RE-TROS: At Mosp Here
Mourning [a] Blkstar: Take Two
Arto Lindsay: Uncrossed
Oto Hiax: Eses Mitre
Alvvays: Hey
Sacred Paws: Empty Body
Kristos Rodzevski: Ladybug
United Waters: Shaped like the Sea
Dans les Arbres: Flourescent