Tag: Vol. 17 No. 27

The production was all wrong on this English trio’s first album and the songwriting is off on their second, but tonight that’s almost irrelevant because onstage this group’s songs become secondary to their sound. Over the fast-paced primal throb of some heavy bass and drums, the big, bald, and blue-suited lead singer/guitarist, Bill Carter, throws […]

No matter what I tell you, and probably even if you’ve heard their recorded collaboration (which makes up one-fourth of the double-LP Mumbo Jumbo on the entirely obscure Rift label)–whatever your preparation–you’re bound to be surprised. Frisell plays guitar and electronics, Mori is a drummer and composer, and Staley, who conceived the project, stretches the […]