By Jon Lorenz on

ESP-Disk', the label responsible for shedding light on such monumental free jazz players as Albert Ayler, Sun Ra, Ornette Coleman, Milford Graves, and Pharoah Sanders -- not to mention weirdo folk bands like The Fugs, The Godz, Holy Modal Rounders, and Pearls Before Swine -- is turning 45 years old. Since 1964, the label has released over 100 records, and its back catalogue is still highly sought after by collectors.

On November 8, ESP-Disk' will be throwing itself a big ol' b-day party at the Bowery Poetry Club in New York. In addition to performances by many of the artists included in its catalogue over the years, ESP will be helping out a great cause by giving 100% of the door money to the Jazz Foundation of America. They'll be using a sliding scale for tickets, from $20 to $100, but of course donations will be accepted for higher than the suggested amount. The event will start at 2 PM with 11 groups playing, including Talibam!, Alan Sondheim, Sonny Simmons Trio, and many more. Check out the full lineup here:

- 2 PM - Mercy

Joe Morris - bass

Charles Downs - drums

Ras Moshe - tenor, alto

Matt LaVelle - trumpet, bass clarinet

- 2:40 PM - Alan Sondheim

Myk Freedman - guitar

Azure Carter - voice

Alan Sondheim - string instruments

- 3:20 PM - Paul Thornton solo

- 4:00 PM - Flow Trio

Louie Belogenis - tenor sax

Joe Morris - bass

Charles Downs - drums

- 4:40 PM - Kali. Z. Fasteau

Nioka Workman - cello

Kali. Z. Fasteau - soprano sax, viola, drums, nai flute, voice, mizmar

- 5:20 PM - Randy Burns solo

- 5:50 PM - Totem>

Bruce Eisenbeil - guitar

Tom Blancarte - bass

Andrew Drury - drums

- 6:30 PM - Juini Booth solo bass

- 7:00 PM - Giuseppi Logan Quartet

Matt LaVelle - trumpet, bass clarinet

François Grillot - bass

Warren Smith - drums

Giuseppi Logan - saxophone

- 7:50 PM - Talibam!

Matthew Mottel - piano, fender rhodes, mini moog

Kevin Shea - drums

- 8:30 PM - Sonny Simmons Trio

Warren Smith - drums

Tom Abbs - bass

Sonny Simmons - saxophone

DOOM EP to Feature Production by Thom Yorke, Dave Sitek, and J Dilla

By Mr P on Nov 6 2009

If you haven't already noticed, DOOM has made a big-time return this year. He dropped BORN LIKE THIS. (TMT Review) earlier this year and is set to release a compilation LP Unexpected Guests on November 10. Meanwhile, Madvillain (his collabo with Madlib) is scheduled to drop its long-awaited follow-up LP soonish and are even performing at the We The People festival (TMT News).

Now word is out that DOOM has a new EP set for release in December, titled Gazillion Ear (named after a track off BORN LIKE THIS.). Not only that, but the EP, according to a press release, features production by J Dilla, Dave Sitek (TV on the Radio), and Thom Edward Yorke! Read for yourself:

Masked maverick DOOM (previously known as MF Doom) is set to release his new GAZZILLION EAR EP this December. The record includes production by Radiohead frontman and longtime DOOM fan Thom Yorke, the much-missed J Dilla, psychedelic hip-hop artist Jneiro Jarel and TV On The Radio lynchpin Dave Sitek. The EP follows DOOM’s earlier BORN LIKE THIS album opus - one of the hip-hop highlights of 2009.

The Dutchess and The Duke to Go on Tour For, Like, Ever; Wait, Which One’s The Dutchess and Which One’s the Duke, Again?

By Nobodaddy on Nov 6 2009

If royal folk-like Duchesses and Dukes need to work hard at one thing, it’s drilling home the fact that they are better than you} in every conceivable way. As we reported earlier, Jesse Lortz, Kimberly Morrison, and their crew of noblemen have already released a new record called Sunset/Sunrise on Hardly Art earlier this fall and are currently playing the requisite amount of West Coast supporting dates. And sure, they were GONNA stop there... but then they realized that that’s just plain quitter-populist-talk!

Thus, in a deliberately shock-and-awe-style display of their wealth, superiority, fortitude, and dispassionate nonchalance, The Dutchess and The Duke have stopped clucking their tongues and stroking their beards long enough to issue the following edict:

Citizens:

Whereas we have no reason to toil endlessly in day jobs as the likes of thee; and whereas our seal is recougnized, validated, respected, and feared throughout all fifty kingdoums of these United States, allowing us to pass through bourders as effortlessly as the honeyed mead which we drink through our porous royal tongues; and whereas our teeth are straighter, smiles brighter, faces gentler and more kind of continence, legs more agile, buttocks more slender, breasts fuller and higher, penises larger and longer, and so on and so forth than any mere common mourtal’s; thus also is our fall/winter tour fuller, brighter, larger, and longer than any other band’s in the land. We will, therefore, hencefourth, fourthwith commence touring these United States INDEFINTELY, so that our afourementioned kind and gentle continences may be duly and dutifully beheld by as many myriads of your humble cities’ wretched denizens as possible (women, children, and minourities exluded, of course).

Your Superiors,

The Dutchess and the Duke

(dictated but not read)}

Man... what a bunch of assholes.
11.07.09 - Sacramento, CA - Luigi's Fun Garden %
11.08.09 - Oakland, CA - 1-2-3-4 Go! in-store, 3pm #
11.08.09 - San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill *
11.10.09 - Santa Cruz, CA - The Crepe Place *
11.11.09 - Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland *
11.13.09 - Irvine, CA - UC Irvine / Acrobatics Everyday *
11.14.09 - San Diego, CA - Casbah *
11.15.09 - Phoenix, AZ - Rhythm Room *
11.17.09 - Albuquerque, NM - Launchpad *
11.18.09 - Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge *
11.19.09 - Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court (early - all ages) *
11.19.09 - Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge (late)
11.20.09 - Jackson, WY - Lyndsay McCandless *
11.21.09 - Boise, ID - Neurolux *
11.22.09 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir *
11.25.09 - Seattle, WA - Tractor Tavern *
12.04.09 - Grinnell, IA - Gardner Lounge @ Grinnell College *
12.05.09 - Chicago, IL - Reckless Records Wicker Park in-store#
12.05.09 - Chicago, IL - The Empty Bottle *
12.06.09 - Minneapolis, MN - 7th St. Entry *
12.07.09 - Omaha, NE - The Waiting Room *
12.08.09 - Lawrence, KS - Replay Lounge *
12.09.09 - Columbia, MO - Mojo's *
12.10.09 - Little Rock, AR - Sticky Fingerz Chicken Shack *
12.11.09 - Denton, TX - Rubber Gloves *
12.12.09 - Austin, TX - The Mohawk *
12.13.09 - Houston, TX - Walter's on Washington *
12.14.09 - New Orleans, LA - One Eyed Jacks *
12.15.09 - Birmingham, AL - The Bottletree *
12.16.09 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl *
12.17.09 - Indianapolis, IN - Locals Only *
12.19.09 - Milwaukee, WI - Club Garibaldi *
01.06.10 - Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's ^
01.07.10 - Brooklyn, NY - Union Hall ^
01.08.10 - New York, NY - Mercury Lounge ^
01.09.10 - Northampton, MA - Iron Horse Music Hall ^
01.10.10 - Cambridge, MA - TT the Bear's ^
01.11.10 - Montreal, QC - Il Motore ^
01.12.10 - Toronto, ON - Sneaky Dee's ^
01.13.10 - Detroit, MI - Majestic Cafe ^
01.14.10 - Grand Rapids, MI - The Ladies Literary Club ^
01.15.10 - Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop ^
01.16.10 - Columbus, OH - Wexner Center ^
01.17.09 - Baltimore, MD - Metro Gallery ^

# all-ages and free!

% Blues Control

* Greg Ashley

^ Medication

Secret Copyright Treaty Leaks: Obama’s Reign of Terror Knows No Bounds

By Brom on Nov 5 2009

Negotiations are currently underway in Seoul, South Korea on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), and apparently the internet chapter of this copyright treaty has leaked. And what do you know: its details are enough to make any freedom-lovin’ American apoplectic with rage. Amongst the proposals are international provisions to ensure that ISPs follow “notice and takedown regimes,” that policies are put in place to “deter unauthorized storage and transmission of allegedly copyright infringing content” (according to EFF), and that ACTA signatories enable legal action to be taken against those who break technological protection measures (such as DRM).

In other words, this is about extending government control over the internet all within a global framework.

ACTA began in October 2007 and aims to introduce international standards to tackle counterfeit goods and pirated copyright protected works. As summarised by Boing Boing, ISPs would “have to proactively police copyright on user-contributed material” and “cut off the internet access of accused copyright infringers or face liability.” What's key here is that internet access could be denied and content blocked simply because an allegation is made. No evidence has to be produced to justify the claims. Is there anything more un-American?

The Obama administration purportedly refused to disclose the text of the treaty “due to ‘national security’ concerns.” HMPH!

Evangelista Cancels Chunk of U.S. Tour, Keeps Dates with Thrones

By Mr P on Nov 5 2009

Evangelista (a.k.a. Carla Bozulich) has canceled a significant batch of U.S. dates due to "complications home and abroad." That's the bad news. The good news is that her latest album, Prince of Truth (TMT Review), has no such complications home or abroad, and you can look forward to hearing some of its tracks on her December dates with Thrones, which are not expected to be cancelled

11.06.09 - Brussels, BE - AB #
11.08.09 - Nuernberg, DE - K4
11.09.09 - Colmar, FR - Festival Supersounds
11.10.09 - Geneva, CH - L'Usine %
12.09.09 - Seattle, WA - El Corazon @
12.10.09 - Portland, OR - Dante's @
12.11.09 - Eureka, CA - Jambalaya @
12.12.09 - San Francisco, CA - Hemlock @
12.13.09 - Los Angeles, CA - Echo @

11.20.09 - Tucson, AZ - Solar Culture
11.21.09 - Santa Fe, NM - The Process
11.23.09 - Austin, TX - Emo's
11.24.09 - New Orleans, LA - the ALLways Lounge
11.25.09 - Atlanta, GA - 529
11.27.09 - Philadelphia, PA - 941 Theater
11.28.09 - Brooklyn, NY - Knitting Factory
11.29.09 - New Haven, CT - BAR
12.03.09 - Chicago, IL - Bottom Lounge

# Wilco

% Hair Police

@ Thrones

Sonic Youth, WHO WERE ON GOSSIP GIRL, Return to the Stage

By Liz Louche on Nov 5 2009

It has been a big year for Sonic Youth. The band’s sixteenth studio album, The Eternal (TMT Review), came out this summer on their new label, Matador. In April, a song on which they collaborated with Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones was used in a new piece by the prestigious Merce Cunningham Dance Company. And — perhaps most importantly — Sonic Youth also appeared on Gossip Girl, the ultra-stylish, ultra-AWESOME CW teen drama about wealthy teens on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Kim Gordon actually officiated at star-crossed mid-90s alterna-rock duo Rufus and Lily’s wedding! WHAT AN HONOR, RIGHT?!?!?

So after all this, what’s a band to do? Why, go on tour, of course! The venerable group will be playing a few shows on the East Coast before rocking ATP’s Nightmare Before Christmas and then returning for a brief venture into the American Southwest.
11.07.09 - Sao Paolo, BR - Planeta Terra Festival ************
11.21.09 - New York, NY - Terminal 5*
11.22.09 - Boston, MA - Wilbur Theatre
11.23.09 - Boston, MA - Wilbur Theatre
11.24.09 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg**
11.25.09 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg***
12.05.09 - Minehead, UK - ATP Nightmare Before Christmas
12.06.09 - Dublin, IE - Vicar St.
01.04.10 - Tucson, AZ - Rialto Theater****
01.05.10 - Phoenix, AZ - Marquee Theater****
01.07.10 - San Diego, CA - House of Blues****
01.08.10 - Pomona, CA - Fox Theatre****
01.09.10 - Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern****
01.10.10 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore****

*Dinosaur Jr.

**Talk Normal

***Jemina Pearl

****Sic Alps

************ Iggy Pop and The Stooges

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