Sun Ra

Concert for World Peace with Eddie Gale

Indybay newswire (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008

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motel de moka (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008

Image: Artwork from Boustrophedon (ECM, 2008) Here’s an eclectic jazz-oriented list to start off September with some sly foot-tapping grooves and mostly laid-back spirit. The theme of the list flows from several relaxed yet sumptuous tunes to a much more brooding atmosphere and finally turning into an urgent yet seemingly directionless endeavour. Lately I’ve increasingly been [...]

Afta-1: Guiding Light

Clutch Magazine (Free subscription) | 01/09/2008

Whether you believe or not, Afta-1’s music is real. In a period where everyone is…

"I'm really not a man, you see. I'm an angel"

The Daily Growl (Free subscription) | 29/08/2008

"...as an angel I can do a lot of things" The other day, I was pointed to this interview with the mighty Sun Ra , which is brilliant. The interviewer is clearly out of his depth, but still does a decent job keeping a lid on things, because let's face it, interviewing Sun Ra is never going to be an easy task. On a similar note, I'd also highly recommend tracking down a copy of the 1974 film Space is...

Sun Ra - Spontaneous Simplicity

The Hype Machine (Free subscription) | 26/08/2008

in post stone cold simplicity from snuhthing/anything .

Ten Questions with Dynasty Electric

Brooklyn Ski Club (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008

Recently, the Ski Club sat down in the West Village with Jenny singer and cofounder of Dynasty Electric. The following is a (very) abbreviated version of the conversation. Dynasty Electric is currently awesome and on a nationwide tour which features stops from coast to coast and a featured spot at Burning Man. When not out setting hearts afire in the desert, the group is one of the

Playin’ Free in PDX: A Free Music Archive mp3 sampler of Portland, OR

WFMU's Beware of the Blog (Free subscription) | 18/08/2008

via Tommy E at the Free Music Archive It's time for another heaping offering of mp3s from WFMU's Free Music Archive! This time, we're going to Portland, OR. A few things I've learned about the city: Portlanders have appropriated the...

You're gonna make it, Afterall

Material Interest (Free subscription) | 14/08/2008

Summer in L.A. wouldn't be the same without outdoor movie nights, and now there's another (welcome) option: Beginning tonight, art rag Afterall will celebrate its 18th issue with Making Strange, a three-week series of sci-fi art films screened atop downtown's...

What Makes Him Pop: An interview with Pop Levi

The KEXP Blog (Free subscription) | 13/08/2008

interview by Rory Raabe Pop Levi stands out from other artists. His new album Never, Never Love is a fantastic mix of upbeat dance and poppy love songs, along with a few powerfully rocking ballads. His entrancing live performances include hitting high notes, groovy dance-moves, and intense on-stage staring competitions. He is a force to be [...]

Morrison, the New Gods and Afro Futurism

Blog@Newsarama (Free subscription) | 11/08/2008

Over at the Fourth Letter, David Brothers uses a Grant Morrison quote from DC’s Final Crisis Management panel in San Diego as a springboard to talk about the New Gods and Afro Futurism. First, the Morrison quote, which is interesting in itself: The whole idea with Mister Miracle, Mister Miracle was supposed to be a book [...]

GENERAL: Away from the Spaceways: John Gilmore

All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 11/08/2008

Tenor saxophonist John Gilmore, who influenced John Coltrane and helped to pioneer the challenging techniques of 1960s avant-garde saxophone, spent most of his career with Sun Ra and his Arkestra, recording outside of Sun Ra's band on only...

Nomo - Ghost Rock | Remarkably Protean Composers

LAist (Free subscription) | 11/08/2008

Artist: Nomo Album: Ghost Rock Label: Ubiquity Records Release Date: June 17, 2008 Nomo have found themselves at the intersection of utmost experimentalism and a certain savoir-faire. Much like Sun Ra's work during his sojourn in New York, the songs on Ghost Rock —their third album to date—are far removed from previous work. And the assemblage of these spatial jams is such that it is nearly impossible...

Sun Ra Pink Elephants

PSoTD (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008

Zach Hill: Astrological Straits

prefixmag.com (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008

Zach Hill is definitely one of the hardest working drummers around these days. His main gig is manning the skins for Hella, but he has also played with the likes of Team Sleep, Sun Ra's Arkestra, Mike Patton, Nels Cline, and Joanna Newsom. Not surprisingly, then, Hill's first solo album, Astrological Straits, finds plenty of Hill's music world pals repaying the favor by making guest appearances. Those...

I Call My Brother “Son” ’cause He Shine Like One

4thletter! (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008

This bit of audio here is important. It's from DC's Final Crisis Management panel from San Diego Comic-con 2008. Thanks to Jamie Coville for the mp3 of the panel. [MEDIA=1] The bit I want to talk about: The whole idea with Mister Miracle, Mister Miracle was supposed to be a book where everyone was black and that was [...]