Kevin Press
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Whenever I bring home a new piece of audio tech, I search for the right recording to road test it with. As excited as I am to own the latest whatever, I’m almost always let down by the first thing I press play on. The music doesn’t so much disappoint as fail to really push…
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The Parlor’s new album takes its name from the Japanese word for chrysanthemum, written 菊. Like the Albany, New York couple’s music, the name is devastatingly sweet. And, like these 10 new tracks from Jen O’Connor and Eric Krans, it comes with more than a hint of melancholy. O’Connor spotted chrysanthemums growing in their farmhouse…
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Goldmund – What Lasts – 0:32 to 5:15 Colin Johnco – Head 2 Heart – 4:34 to 9:50 ps – Technological Artifacts Now Long Forgotten (feat. Grid Resistor) – 7:24 to 17:24 Zedd – My Fellow Americans – 9:52 to 12:02 Antwon Faulkner – Machine – 11:46 to 19:34 spume – Wax/Wane – 19:24 to…
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Speaking of Chicago and the Hungry Brain, here’s another pair of superb live recordings from the city’s vibrant jazz scene. Featuring Dave Rempis on saxophones, Matt Piet on piano and Tim Daisy on drums, Throw Tomatoes includes two action-packed live improv sessions. “To Play Is The Thing” was recorded last May at Elastic Arts in…
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Next time you’re in Chicago, check out Myopic Books over on N. Milwaukee Ave. You can get there on the CTA; it’s a short walk from the Damen Blue Line stop in Wicker Park. Besides earning top used book store rankings from both The Chicago Reader and Chicago Magazine, Myopic features a live improvisational/ experimental…
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I wrote a piece about Harold Budd over the weekend for exclaim.ca. The ambient music legend (whose not altogether fond of that label by the way) left behind minimalism early in his career to devote himself to music that was uncompromisingly “pretty.” It was a move that would earn him international acclaim. Pennsylvania’s Keith Kenniff…
