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Entries from December 2008

After Xmas Sale… Everything $1 Off!

December 27th, 2008 · No Comments · News

[Note: Sale's over. Thanks, folks!]
ONE WEEK ONLY! Everything in the shop is $1 off and, in some cases, more. Get the Last Winter We Didn’t Sing (Greg Davis, Scott Tuma, The Instruments, Susan Alcorn, more) for $9, get the Talibam! / Wasteland Jazz Unit LP for $12, or the Chartreuse special edition CD for just [...]

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A Christmas Gift from Thor

December 25th, 2008 · No Comments · Downloads

For a limited time only, as a gift to y’all for a great year, here’s a free download of Greg Davis’ “24 Hour News / Silent Night” from the Last Winter We Didn’t Sing CD.
Download MP3: “24 Hour News / Silent Night” by Greg Davis

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Chartreuse Love from Skyscraper

December 11th, 2008 · No Comments · Reviews

It’s so rare to see a review in print these days. Here’s a clip from Skyscraper #29’s No More Paths to Sounder Sleep write-up. The print magazine is on newsstands now.

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Tinsel Update: Snowflakes In Despair

December 9th, 2008 · No Comments · News

Here’s a major update with a winter holiday-inspired comp pressed on a real-deal CD ($10) and three EP-length CDRs you can get for a sweet deal here (all three $13 ppd!).

Last Winter We Didn’t Sing CD OUT NOW

Pizzaze! CDr EP by Gay Africa OUT NOW

RAY-GUN 3″ CDr by Gene Janas & Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut [...]

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trhp17: Gay Africa- Pizzaze! CDr EP

December 9th, 2008 · No Comments · Releases

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Gay Africa is yet another Dark Meat offshoot, this time a foursome led by the long-haired nuke-jammer Jim McHugh. Bedded with the drone of an electronic raagini, Gay Africa completely improvises “Dream Cables,” a 20-minute raga-rocker recorded live at the 40 Watt in Athens, Geo., by Sloan Simpson. Jim’s [...]

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trhp21: Gene Janas & Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut- RAY-GUN 3″ CDr

December 9th, 2008 · No Comments · Releases

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INTENSE INTENSE!! FREE-IMPROV 21ST CENTURY STYLE FROM THE NEW MONSTERZ ON THE BLOCK!! DEEP CLEANSING MUSIC, YO!!
Bassist/vocalist Gene Janas left this note about his new recording project with multi-instrumentalist Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut and I feel like there’s little left to say. Janas’ main gig with the fire-jazz unit Owl [...]

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trhp20: Nick Hennies- Paths CDr/Digital

December 9th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Releases

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… very well structured and considered, keeping to a subdued volume range but allowing things to fluctuate-and-hold in a very natural series of patterns, balancing between changes in timbre and (slow) pulse. - Brian Olewnick, Just Outside
… low in volume, high in quality. - Vital [...]

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trhp23: v/a- Last Winter We Didn’t Sing CD/Digital (The Instruments, Scott Tuma, Greg Davis, more)

December 9th, 2008 · No Comments · Downloads, Releases

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… [captures] the beautiful, yet solemn tone of the winter months. -Incomplete Tales of Several Journeys
1. Scott Tuma “Mr. Beautiful Head” (MP3: Download Alternate Take)
2. The Instruments “Last Holiday” (Streaming now on Myspace)
3. Greg Davis “24 Hour News / Silent Night”
4. Fabio Orsi “Dead Leaves Christmas”
5. Susan Alcorn [...]

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