RIO/Avant Drop-In Centre

Led Bib have a new album out: http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=38441

harmonium.ro wrote: Led Bib have a new album out: http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=38441

Yep, going to get that one when i get some extra moola.

  Aww, did you give up on Nurse With Wound? I wanted you to go crazy! Anyway, I'll keep an eye on it, even though your tastes don't often converge with mine, despite both of us self-identifying as avant fans, entertainingly enough. It's probably best to keep it eclectic: you can't compete with Free Jazz Stef and some other blogs for pure avant. Why do you use "we" when you're the only one writing? If you're not the only one writing you should make it clearer and state who is writing what without being we we we. I found it really annoying, but I'm me.

I don't have anything else to add because I haven't listened to any avant-prog lately, except that you might find this video interesting.


Edited by Henry Plainview - January 18 2011 at 23:02

Trouserpress wrote: Evolutionary Sleeper wrote: harmonium.ro wrote: Led Bib have a new album out: http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=38441 Yep, going to get that one when i get some extra moola. Their nice press folks have given me a digital promo so's I can review it for my new blog. Not listened to it yet but I have high expectations! And assaf - my blog is hopefully not too genre-specific. I'm using the word "experimental" in the broadest possible sense, and will be covering pretty much everything I'm listening to, as it's that ineffable whiff of quirkiness which always makes me prick up my ears!

Very cool, let me know when you get around to reviewing it so I can see what you think.

Henry Plainview wrote:   Aww, did you give up on Nurse With Wound? I wanted you to go crazy!

No, but real life got in the way for a bit. I'm actually listening to Art Bears as we speak, (they're next on the list). I'm on my fourth listen of Winter Songs now but I haven't found the right words for it yet. I'm hoping to run the two blogs concurrently, with weekly updates on both (though this will naturally decrease if I manage to find some paid work).

Henry Plainview wrote: Anyway, I'll keep an eye on it, even though your tastes don't often converge with mine, despite both of us self-identifying as avant fans, entertainingly enough. It's probably best to keep it eclectic: you can't compete with Free Jazz Stef and some other blogs for pure avant.

Avant-garde is a broad, broad church, and the scope of my blog goes way beyond "pure" avant. I'm interested in basically anything a bit odd, be it quirky pop, outsider music or full-blown free improv.

Henry Plainview wrote: Why do you use "we" when you're the only one writing? If you're not the only one writing you should make it clearer and state who is writing what without being we we we. I found it really annoying, but I'm me.

Just stylistic preference. I want this blog to have the tone of a zine/independent organ rather than a strictly personal blog, so I'm not always necessarily writing from an "I" perspective. Once things are up and running a bit more I was thinking of looking for other people to contribute reviews and features, which would help in this regard. Interested?

Henry Plainview wrote: I don't have anything else to add because I haven't listened to any avant-prog lately, except that you might find this video interesting.

Awesome! I'll check that just as soon as Dagmar stops yelping.

Edit: Watched it now - awesome stuff! I love TED.


Edited by Trouserpress - January 19 2011 at 05:20

Just as my poor credit card begins to recover from Christmas Led Bib go and release another album - who needs bread and shoes anyway?

Bread is cheaper than shoes. Thus, just use bread as shoes to save for albums.

 a part of the  RIO programme 2011 is already announced on the website.

My copy of the new Jean Louis album arrived today so a second listening of Led Bib has been postponed till tomorrow.

First impressions of Morse... Bloody hell. Phenomenal.