Lately Listening

I'm back from five days in the hellhole that is Orlando and ready to listen to some jamage. The local record store just bought a 7,000-LP collection that includes a lot of jazz, so I'll need to make regular junkets over there to feed the need. Hope everyone else is well. Tony, I appreciated your recent concert reviews a great deal. Hope we can see a show together sooner rather than later.

1. Duo Dentale, Duo Dentale AA (Knife in the Toaster Tape): Scooped this up after hearing a couple cuts on the awesome Tabs Out cassette podcast. Saxophone and electronics. Limited edition of 15, so act fast.

2. Fire into Music, Ballroom Marfa, Oct. 8, 2004 (Ballroom Marfa LP): Brought me back to when I saw this group at the Soundlab in Buffalo. Parker and Drake provide solid groove. You can pick this up from the venue's website for $15.

3. Inez Lightfoot, Riverbottom Nightmare (Biological Radio Tape): Man, this artist had a great 2012--can't wait to hear what she does in the new year.

4. GI Gurdjieff, Harmonium Improvisations (Mississippi Records LP): Reissue comp of some spiritual harmonium jams. Listened to this Sunday morning.

5. Willie Lane, Recliner Ragas (Humito LP): Picked this up from Tomentosa after listening to the samples and seeing it on Miramoglu's Best of 2012 list. Fahey with some drone elements. Need to track down his other LPs.

6. Yo la Tengo, Fade (Matador LP): My wife also like this one. Better than Popular Songs.

7. Scott Walker, Bish Bosch (4AD LP): Falls short of Drift but still a great record.

8. Barn Owl & The Infinite Strings Ensemble (Important LP): Dronetastic. Long-stringed instrument in the house.

9. C. Yantis, American Surfaces (Digitalis Tape): Picks up where Strung Figments left off. Really digging this one.

10. Tilth, Angular Music (Soft Abuse LP): New group that features Cody Yantis. Lots of breathing room on this one. There's a great interview with the group on the Free Form Freakout podcast.

11. Nova Scotian Arms, Cult Spectrum (Digitalis LP): Atmospheric jamage.