Two Bands and a Legend

December 29, 2009Comments Off

Two Bands and a Legend is:
The Thing with Joe McPhee and Cato Salsa Experience.

The meeting between The Thing and Cato Salsa Experience started at the Kongsberg Jazzfestival in Norway in 2004, when The Thing was offered the chance to invite their favorite rock band Cato Salsa Experience, for a special collaboration. The show was a success and this also led to the critically acclaimed EP “Sounds Like A Sandwich” on Smalltown Superjazzz. It was immediately decided that the two bands and the legend should go into studio to record a fullenght album. The result is the self titled album “Two Bands And A Legend”. On the album the bands do their own versions of tracks like “Who The Fuck” by PJ Harvey, “Baby Talk” by James Blood Ulmer among others. The CD is the perfect pairing of the dirty 60s influenced free-jazz that of The Thing and the raw and minimalistic garage rock of Cato Salsa Experience. Most tracks on this album was recorded in one take only with no overdubs. Liner notes by Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth says it all:

Is this superjazz?
Does The Thing want to rock the fuck out?
Is Paal Nilssen a love machine?
Do Cato & Bård rip the shit outta guitar?
When McPhee & Gustafsson intro guitar to “Louie, Louie” do you know it’s the best throwdown yet of that klassick since Black Flag?
Does PJ Harvey rule and do these guys love her?
Do we blast through hate?
Mongezi Feza, man – total beautiful African sweet charge, can you drink this to the boss rock zone playlist?
Does Alva Melin’s groove jam “The Nut” destroy yr mind b4 ignition to free life 4-ever?
And will you thank the rock n roll gods for that love groove coda?
Can you shout out James Blood Ulmer!?
Can you shout out James Blood Ulmer rules supreme and heavy and these cats blow a masterful “Baby Talk”?
Are you cramped?
Can you find yr mind?
Can you shake yr ass?
Is it Nation Time!?

This CD answers all those questions and the answer resounds: YYYYYYYYYESSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!

I shit you not.

thurston moore – western massachusetts – 2005

Original Silence

December 28, 2009Comments Off

“Picture Ornette Coleman sitting in with the Stooges (the old Stooges, that is) as they tear through “L.A. Blues” and you’d be in the neighborhood of free jazz/noise rock/construction noise hybrid Original Silence” (Pitchfork)

Original Silence is:
Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth)
Terrie Ex (The Ex)
Jim O`Rourke
Mats Gustafsson (The Thing),
Paal Nilssen-Love (The Thing, Atomic)
Massimo Pupillo (Zu).

The band was put together by Mats Gustafsson, known from his work with Sonic Youth, Peter Brotzman, David Grubbs and groups like Diskaholics Anonymous Trio and The Thing among others.

The recordings on this album was recorded live on the Original Silence Italian tour, the 30th of September 2005 in Teatro Arisoto, Reggio Emilia, Italy, to be more specific. This is the first in a series of recordings from Original Silence. There is obviously lots of early Sonic Youth, The Ex and Scandinavia free-jazz in this album. But you can also hear their many influences from Black Flag, to drone rock, to Albert Ayler, to Boredoms, to noise, punk, Dead C, Merzbow, 1960s minimalism and The Stooges et al. In other words everything we love, all mixed together!

This is 100% improvised rock. A spontaneous, monumental, raw and harshly beautiful out-rock masterpiece!

Piccadilly Records`End Of The Year review

December 14, 2009Comments Off

One of our favorite store, Manchester`s Piccadilly Records has voted the best albums of 2009 and we are happy to see that they have Meanderthals as the 18th best album and Lindstrøm & Christabelle at 26. Check out their Year In Review magazine or their web site http://www.piccadillyrecords.com here.

Lindstrøm and Christabelle: Mixmag album of the month

December 14, 2009Comments Off

UK`s Mixmag Magazine has Lindstrøm & Christabelle`s “Real Life Is No Cool” as their album of the month. The magazine is in the stores now. The album is out the 18th of January.

The Guardian reviews Lindstrøm`s Little Drummer Boy

December 11, 2009Comments Off

Check out this nice review http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/dec/11/lindstrom-little-drummer-boy here. You can buy the track at iTunes now, 42 minutes of epic Christmas sounds.

Kim goes Japan

December 4, 2009Comments Off

Kim Hiorthøy will play live at the Superheadz Showcase 005 at Shower Room Factory, Tokyo on Saturday dec. 19
Doors 6pm. More info here:http://www.superheadz.com/showcase/005/welcome/yokoku.html here

Bjørn Torske on Fact`s Best Of Decade List

December 4, 2009Comments Off

Bjørn Torske`s “Feil Knapp” is number 90 on Fact Magazine`s best of the decade list. Check out the list http://www.factmagazine.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4095&Itemid=103&limit=1&limitstart=1 here.

Annie interview at XLR8R TV

December 2, 2009Comments Off

Check out this Annie TV interview at XLR8R TV where she talkes about her new album, labels, Bjørn Torske and more. See it here
http://www.xlr8r.com/tv/135 here