Cheers!

Just for clarity's sake: there are other albums (bb&c's The Veil, Parkins/Cline/Moore's Live At Easthampton Town Hall, Retribution Gospel Choir's 3, MANY more...) in which you'll hear Nels annihilating the universe in a way that's relatively absent (not to you neighbors, though ;)) from the two I mentioned, BUT I wanted to recommend some really Nels Cline albums, you dig?

Other favorites of mine include Interstellar Space Revisited (he and Gregg Bendian play the John Coltrane/Rashied Ali duets), Lovers (big band, strings, the works), and of course Carla Bozulich's Red Headed Stranger (an unbelievable interpretation of Willie Nelson's classic album).

Gary Louris - Dark Country (February 14)

Mess Esque - Jay Marie, Comfort Me (March 28)

Apparently they sell their bog-standard vaporwave through a pay monthly subscription. The only thing they are trending in is capitalism.

Tim Hecker - Shards (February 21)

Imperial Triumphant – Goldstar (March 21)
Sumac & Moor Mother – The Film (April 25)

Edition Redux (Ken Vandermark) - Broadcast Transformer (out now)

The song titles are very cool. :cool:

Of all things to critique them on, and there's plenty, trying new ways to sell their work is one of the least. Can't help the system you live in, no one is 'pure' in regards to capitalism

If every band I enjoy went down a monthly subscription route to sell their music I would be broke.

They will be shoving mid-roll adverts in their songs next.

It's also not totally accurate. They do have their subscription club, where you get a monthly mixtape, but those are very explicitly not the "core" albums in their catalogue - those come out less frequently and are distributed through the usual channels. Bandcamp lets any artist set up subscriptions like that to offer a bunch of stuff (new music for free, exclusives, first access to merch) and it's really not that different to signing up for an artist's fan club back in the snail mail days.
But I guess I've learned my lesson about mentioning new artists :p

Free? More like three tiered $7 - $15 - $25 per month subscription model. :D

Free as in once you've subscribed, you don't have to pay again for the new records. C'mon.

Wolf Eyes x Anthony Braxton - live at pioneer works, 26 october 2023 (vinyl January 31; download seems to be available now)

My last thought on the music business model stuff. Part of why music sucks these days (sweeping statement but broadly accurate) is that cost of living and housing crises make it near impossible to sustain the lifestyle of a musician unless you're a bohemian rich kid (the group responsible for the worst of arts and politics).

You can't have a Sonic Youth today because you can't bum around NYC making noise rock and refining your sound for a decade.

An awkward subscription or patronage model is one way to sustain such a lifestyle and I don't blame people for being imaginative re: trying to survive as an artist

 

Lmao. Too true.

Amenra is releasing two EP's on March 28:

De Toorn

With Fang and Claw

if you want this, there's a limited edition bundle version (which is also much cheaper) at relapse records. Be quick, it's limited, and one of the editions is already sold out!

curious to know where the edition is sold that is not for sale at relapse, I couldn't find it ...
I now paid double the shipping for a belgian band from a US label.
Can't Trumpo do something about this please?

From the archival department:

Rashied Ali & Leroy Jenkins - Swift Are The Winds Of Life
Rashied Ali Quintet featuring Frank Lowe - Sidewalks In Motion

Both out January 21.

Circuit Des Yeux – Halo On The Inside (March 14)

really looking forward for this one