Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Music 2009 - My Personal Year In Review, Part 2


Electric Masada

Top Ten Live Shows In 2009

( Listed By Date, Not By Ranking)

2/8/09 - Go Home - 142 Throckmorton Theatre, Mill Valley, CA

3/12/09 - Masada - Yoshi’s, San Francisco, CA

3/13/09 - Bar Kokhba - Yoshi’s, San Francisco, CA

3/14/09 - Dreamers - Yoshi’s, San Francisco, CA

3/15/09 - Electric Masada - Yoshi’s, San Francisco, CA

5/7/09 - Spectrum - Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA

6/22/09 - Go Left Festival - Yoshi’s, San Francisco, CA

7/10/09 - Indian Jewelry / Psychic Ills - 21 Grand, Oakland, CA

8/20/09 - Jazz Mafia Symphony (Brass, Bows, and Beats) - Yoshi’s, San Francisco, CA

8/24/09 - Master Musicians Of Bukakke / Six Organs Of Admittance - The Echo, Los Angeles, CA


Master Musicians Of Bukkake

Monday, December 28, 2009

Music 2009 - My Personal Year In Review, Part 1


Yawn. After not posting in sooooooo long, it's hard for me to imagine that it matters, that anybody even cares about my little blog nor the opinions expressed within, but, what the hell...

Here's the list of new releases I purchased in 2009, which will provide the basis for my various top ten lists:


ADDED - 109 (109/164 = 66%)


AHMED, ILYAS: Goner CD (Root Strata)

AMADO, RODRIGO/KESSLER/NILSSEN-LOVE: The Abstract Truth CD (European Echoes)

ASTATKE, MULATU/HELIOCENTRICS: Inspiration Information DLP (Strut)

BAKER, AIDAN: Thoughtspan LP (Blackest Rainbow)

BARONESS: Blue Record DLP (Relapse)

BEMBEYA NATIONAL JAZZ: The Syliphone Years - DCD (Sterns Africa)

BLACK TO COMM: Alphabet 1968 LP (Type)

BORIS: Japanese Heavy Rock Hits v1 7-S (Southern Lord)

BORIS: Japanese Heavy Rock Hits v2 7-S (Southern Lord)

BORIS: Japanese Heavy Rock Hits v3 7-S (Southern Lord)

BRAINBOMBS: Fucking Mess LP (Lystring)

CIRCLE X: Live In Dijon ‘79 10” (Fractal)

CLUTCHY HOPKINS (MEETS LORD KENJAMIN): Music Is My Medicine CD (Ubiquity)

DEATH: ...For The Whole World To See LP (Drag City)

DIMINISHED MEN: Shadow Instrumentals LP (Abduction)

DINOSAUR JR.: Farm DLP (Jagjaguwar)

DRAGAN: Shapes Shades Shadows LP (11:11 Records)

EGYPT: S/T CD (MeteorCity)

EL-G: Tout Ploie LP (S-S Records)

EL-G: Captaine Present 5 One-Sided EP (Nashazphone)

EMBASSADORS: Coptic Dub LP (Nonplace)

ENTRANCE: The Entrance Band DLP (Ecstatic Peace)

ESPERS: III LP (Drag City)

ESPVALL, HELENA & MASAKI BATOH: Overloaded Ark DLP (Drag City)

ETERNAL TAPESTRY: Palace Of The Night Skies LP (Three Lobed Recordings)

ETERNAL TAPESTRY: The Invisible Landscape LP (Not Not Fun)

EXPO 70: Psychosis LP + Bonus Live CD (Peasant Magik)

EXPO 70: ” Sunglasses / Trancending Energy From Light 7-S (Trensmat Records)

FIRE!: You Liked Me Five Minutes Ago LP (Rune Grammophone)

GEORGE-EDWARDS GROUP: 38:38 LP (Drag City/Galactic Zoo Disk)

GROUP BOMBINO: Guitars Agadez, Vol. 2 LP (Sublime Frequencies)

GROUP DOUEH: Treeg Salaam LP (Sublime Frequencies)

GUMO, DORONCO: Old Punks LP (Holy Mountain)

GURVICH, URI: The Storyteller CD (Tzadik)

HABITAT SOUND SYSTEM: Meets Prince Zohar And The Mystics CD (Gematria Records)

HOLY KISS: Under Moon Of Night LP (Hungry Eye)

J. T. IV: Cosmic Lightning LP + DVD (Drag City/Galactic Zoo Disk)

JACK-O AND THE TENNESSEE TEARJEARKERS: The Disco Outlaw LP (Goner)

JACKIE-O MOTHERFUCKER: Ballads Of The Revolution LP (Fire Records)

JAZZ MAFIA (SYMPHONY): Brass Bows And Beats - A Hip-Hop Symphony By Adam Theis CD (Yonas Media)

KANE, JONATHAN: Jet Ear Party DLP (Radium)

KAWAGUCHI, MASAMI (NEW ROCK SYNDICATE): S/T CDR (Purifiva)

KINSKI/BARDO POND: Sonic Attack (Lords Of Light) S7-S (Trensmat Records)

LA OTRACINA: Blood Moon Riders LP (Holy Mountain)

LITTLE CLAW: Human Taste LP (Not Not Fun)

LUNCH, LYDIA: Big Sexy Noise 12-EP (Sartorial Records)

MAJUTSU NO NIWA: At The End Of Summer CD (There - Musik Atlach)

MAJUTSU NO NIWA: Frontera CD (There - Musik Atlach)

MANCO, BARIS: Dunden Bugune LP (Guerssen)

MASTER MUSICIANS OF BUKKAKE - Totem One LP (Conspiracy)

MAZUREK, ROB (QUINTET): Sound Is CD (Delmark)

MILLER, LLOYD: A Lifetime In Oriental Jazz LP (Jazzman)

MIRRORS: Something That Would Never Do LP (Violet Times)

MONO: Hymn To The Immortal Wind DLP (Temporary Residence)

MOON DUO: Love On The Sea 12” Single (Sick Thirst)

MORRIS, JOE (QUARTET): Today On Earth CD (Aum Fidelity)

MOUNTAINS: Choral DLP (Thrill Jockey)

MV + EE With The Golden Road: Drone Trailer LP (DiCristina)

MV + EE : Barn Nova CD (Ecstatic Peace)

NEW FRACTURE QUARTET: 1,000 Lights CD (Multikulti Project)

NEW MIMINOKOTO: All About Mimi CD (P.S.F.)

NORTHWOODS IMPROVISERS: Constellations One-Sided EP (Qbico)

OM: God Is Good LP (Drag City)

ONEIDA: Rated O TLP (Jagjaguwar)

ONNA: Cortigiana Dal Velo / Mune O Tsutsunde 7-S (Holy Mountain / Tlon Uqbar)

ORCHESTRE POLY-RYTHMO DE COTONOU: “Echos Hypnotiques” 1969-1979 DLP (Analog Africa)

PURLING HISS: S/T LP (Permanent Records)

PYRAMIDS: Lalibela LP (Ikef)

PYRAMIDS: King Of Kings LP (Ikef)

PYRAMIDS: Birth/Speed/Merging LP (Ikef)

RENDERERS: Monsters And Miasmas CD (Last Visible Dog)

SEX MOB (MEETS MEDESKI): Live in Willisau 2006 CD (Thirsty Ear)

SILVESTER ANFANG II: S/T DLP (Aurora Borealis)

SIX ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE: Luminous Night LP (Drag City)

SIX ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE/AZUL: S/T SLP (P.S.F.)

SNAKE FLOWER 2: Renegade Daydream LP (Tic Tac Totally)

SONIC YOUTH: The Eternal DLP (Matador)

SOULEYMAN, OMAR: Dabke 2020: Folk & Pop Sounds of Syria CD (Sublime Frequencies)

SPECK MOUNTAIN: Some Sweet Relief LP (Carrot Top)

SPECTRUM: War Sucks 12-EP (Mind Expansion)

SUN ARAW: The Phynx LP (Not Not Fun)

TERMINAL LOVERS: As Eyes Burn Clean LP (Public Guilt)

TRAD, GRAS OCH STENAR: Homeless Cats DLP (Subliminal Sounds)

UP-TIGHT: The Beginning Of The End LP (8mm)

VANDERMARK 5: Annular Gift CD (Not Two)

VANDERMARK, KEN (RESONANCE ENSEMBLE): Resonance LP (Not Two)

VEE DEE: Public Mental Health System DLP (Criminal IQ Records)

VILE, KURT (& The Violators): The Hunchback EP 12-EP (Richie Records)

VILE, KURT: God Is Saying This To You... LP (Mexican Summer)

WARE, DAVID S.: Shakti CD (Aum Fidelity)

WARE, DAVID S. (QUARTET): Live In Vilnius DLP (NoBusiness Records)

WHITE HILLS: Dead 12” EP (Thrill Jockey)

WOODEN SHJIPS: Dos LP (Holy Mountain)

WOODEN SHJIPS: Contact 12” Single (Mexican Summer)

YO LA TENGO: Popular Songs DLP (Matador)

YOUNG, NEIL: Fork In The Road LP (Warner Brothers)

ZELIENOPLE: Give It Up LP + Bonus CD (Type Recordings)

ZORN, JOHN: O’o CD (Tzadik)

V/A: 2131 South Michigan Avenue: 60’s Garage & Psychedelia From USA And Destination Records TLP (Sundazed)

V/A: B-Music - Drive In, Turn On, Freak Out DLP (B-Music)

V/A: Ghana Special: Modern Highlife, Afro-Sounds & Ghanaian Blues 1968-81 2CD (Soundway)

V/A: Legends Of Benin DLP (Analog Africa)

V/A: Open Strings: Early Virtuoso Recordings From The Middle East And New Responses FLP (Honest Jon’s Records)

V/A: Ouaga Affair: Hard Won Sound Of The Upper Volta 1974-1978 DLP (Disques Savannahphone)

V/A: Shiftless Decay: New Sound Of Detroit LP (X! Records)

V/A: Siamese Soul: Thai Pop Spectacular Vol. 2 1960s-1980s CD (Sublime Frequencies)

V/A: Singapore A-Go-Go CD (Sublime Frequencies)

V/A: Spiritual Jazz DLP (Jazzman)

V/A: Up From The Grave: North Valley Garage 1965-1968 CD (Frantic)




NOT ADDED - 55 (55/164 = 34%)


AKRON/FAMILY: Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free DLP (Dead Oceans)

ARBOURETUM: Song Of The Pearl LP (Thrill Jockey)

BAARS, AB (TRIO & KEN VANDERMARK): Goofy June Bug CD (Wig)

BIRCHALL, NAT: Akhenaten CD (Gondwana)

BLUES CONTROL: Local Flavor LP (Siltbreeze)

BODUF SONGS: The Strait Gait 12” Single (Latitudes)

BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE: Smoking Acid DLP (A Records)

CHEATER SLICKS: Bats In The Dead Trees LP (Lost Treasures Of The Underground)

DAKARI, ORI: Entrances CD (Tzadik)

DAUGHTERS OF THE SUN: Rings LP (Modern Radio)

DAVIS, GARETH AND STEVEN R. SMITH.: Westering LP (Important Records)

DIAZ de LEON, MARIO: Enter Houses Of CD (Tzadik)

EXPO 70: Night Flights LP (Fedora Corpse)

EXTRA GOLDEN: Thank You Very Quickly LP (Thrill Jockey)

GARY WAR: Horribles Parade LP (Sacred Bones Records)

GAYLE, CHARLES (TRIO): Forgiveness CD (Not Two)

GARY HIGGINS: Seconds CD (Drag City)

GUSTAFSSON MATS: Mats G. Plays Albert A. One-Sided EP (Qbico)

HUSH ARBORS: Yankee Reality CD (Ecstatic Peace)

HYPNOTIC BRASS ENSEMBLE: S/T DLP (Honest Jon's Records)

INTRUSION: The Seduction Of Silence CD (Echospace)

JAY, ABNER: True Story of Abner Jay LP (Mississippi)

JESU: Pale Sketches LP (Avalanche Recordings)

JESU: Opiate Sun 12-EP (Aural Exploits)

KLEISTWAHR: The Return LP (Noiseville)

LA OTRACINA: The Risk Of Gravitation LP (Colour Sounds)

LEE, SHAWN & CLUTCHY HOPKINS: Fascinating Fingers CD (Ubiquity)

LENCHANTIN, PAZ: Songs For Luci LP (Black Tent)

LIGHTS: Rites LP (Drag City)

LONDON, FRANK & LORIN SKLAMBERG: Tsuker-Zis CD (Tzadik)

LYNCH, JULIAN: Orange You Glad LP (Olde English Spelling Bee)

MASADA QUINTET (FEATURING JOE LOVANO): Stolas: The Book Of Angels Volume 12 CD (Tzadik)

MITCHELL, NICOLE (Black Earth Strings): Renegades CD (Delmark)

MORRIS, JOE: Wildlife CD (Aum Fidelity)

NADLER, MARISSA: Little Hells LP (Kemado)

NASH, BEN / NAUTILUS: S/T SLP (Blackest Rainbow)

ONNA: S/T CD (Holy Mountain / Tlon Uqbar)

PONTIAK: Maker LP (Thrill Jockey)

RACE: Exiles LP (St. Ives)

ROBINSON & BURTON GREENE, PERRY: Two Voices In The Desert CD (Tzadik)

SADEH & THE VOYAGERS, DAPHNA: Reconciliation CD (Tzadik)

SLEEPY SUN: Embrace 10-S (ATP Recordings)

SMITH, STEVEN R.: Cities LP (Immune Recordings)

SMITH, WADADA LEO: Spiritual Dimensions DCD (Cuneiform Records)

THE LOVE IS SO FAST: S/T LP (Siltbreeze)

3 SHADES: Thank God For Beatniks LP (Alien Transistor)

TREMBLING BELLS: Carbeth LP (Honest Jon's Records)

WET HAIR: Dream LP (Not Not Fun)

YONKERS, MICHAEL AND PLASTIC CRIMEWAVE SOUND: Bleed Out LP (Spirial Staircase)

ZUKIE, TAPPA: Horns Up! - Dubbing With Horns LP (Jamaican Recordings)

V/A: Dub Echoes DCD (Soul Jazz)

V/A: Raks Raks Raks - 17 Golden Garage Psych Nuggets From The Iranian 60s Scene LP (Raks)

V/A: Tokyo Flashback 7 - P. S. F. Psychedelic Sampler CD (P. S. F. Records)

V/A: The World Is Shaking: Cubanismo From The Congo, 1954-55 DLP (Honest Jon's Records)