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Mike Patton

Extrema Ratio: A Dangerous Method

by Mark Corroto
May 19, 2021

In 1989, John Zorn, in the liner notes of Spy Vs Spy (Elektra), a cover album of Ornette Coleman compositions, thanked (among many) the bands Napalm Death, Blind Idiot God, and The Accused, before finishing with “Fucking hardcore rules. Smash racism." Zorn's music comes slamming back to mind with A Dangerous Method from Extrema Ratio, because ...

Calato: Swong

by Mark Corroto
August 27, 2016

There is a word, “earworm" or sometimes the term “brainworm" is used to describe the phenomena of getting a song stuck in your head. One that repeats, and repeats and repeats itself. Usually, it is a saccharin pop song with a hook. Strange, then, to catch an earworm from the songs played by the Argentinian free ...

Guano Padano al Posto Castello, Verona

by Angelo Leonardi
March 11, 2014

Il Posto Castello Illasi, Verona 02.03.2014 Ha preso il via al Posto-Castello, il locale cult di Illasi (Verona), il tour italiano dei Guano Padano (per i dettagli clicca qui), trio formato dal chitarrista Alessandro “Asso" Stefana, dal bassista Danilo Gallo e dal batterista Zeno De Rossi. La ...

Josh Pollock: More Than Just The Notes

by Anthony Shaw
January 17, 2014

Josh Pollock may seem a strange guitarist to be featured in a jazz magazine in as much as a large body of his music is distinctly rock-worthy. Indeed in this interview he explicitly avows the necessity for rock bands, and especially ones in which he is involved such as 3 Leafs and Citay, to really rock! ...

Moers Festival: Moers, Germany, May 17-20, 2013

by Henning Bolte
June 5, 2013

Moers Festival 2013Moers, GermanyMay 17-19, 2013The internationally renowned Moers Festival again arrived at a turning point, with its 42nd edition. It was the last edition with the famous blue marquee in the vast Castle-park of the city of Moers. Next year, the festival will continue in a reconstructed solid hall, an old covered ...

Scott Amendola, Nels Cline & Trevor Dunn in World Premiere with Oakland East Bay Symphony

March 31, 2011

OAKLAND EAST BAY SYMPHONY PRESENTS THE HEIGHT OF ROMANTICISM, FEATURING THE WORLD PREMIERE BY BANDLEADER, COMPOSER AND DRUMMER SCOTT AMENDOLA FEATURING NELS CLINE OF WILCO PLUS TCHAIKOVSKY'S 4th SYMPHONY AND BERNARD HERRMANN'S SUITE FROM ALFRED HITCHCOCK'S FILM VERTIGO The Oakland East Bay Symphony (OEBS) presents an evening of intensity and drama with its concert The Height ...

John Zorn Presents Three Special Benefit Concerts for Japan

March 19, 2011

In the wake of the disaster that struck the country of Japan and the still unresolved dangers its people now face, composer and saxophonist John Zorn has organized three special benefit concerts in New York City. Shows will be held at Columbia University's Miller Theater, the Abrons Arts Center, and the Japan Society to raise funds ...

Riccardo Pittau Congregation: V IV MMV Death Jazz

by Mark Corroto
May 16, 2009

Italian jazz continues to surprise and impress American ears. And just as a West Coast musician would not be labeled in the same jazz category as a Chicago or a Texas player, Riccardo Pittau's jazz cannot be pigeonholed as Italian or Sardinian (his residence) jazz. His Congregation music falls somewhere in the wormhole opened ...

Six Litanies for Heliogabalus

By Mike Patton

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Released: 2007
Track listing: 01. Litany I - 7:52; 02. Litany II - 7:01; 03. Litany III - 10:33; 04. Litany IV - 8:10; 05. Litany I - 4:27; 06. Litany VI - 6:16. Tutte le composizioni sono di John Zorn.