Finnish avant prog big band Alamaailman Vasarat has just released their long expected new album Maahan on Wolfgang Records. I’ve already been highly impressed by their second album Käärmelautakunta and its dark symphonic melodies, but unfortunately couldn’t find the time to write about them.
Vasarat’s music is otherworldly strange as they themselves mention that they are [...]

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I was searching for videos of the NYC avant jazz rock power trio Rashanim on the net for some time to no avail. A few days ago I saw that they announced a live video on their myspace page. Quickly checking it revealed not one but 4 complete Rashanim pieces played live at Bowery Poetry [...]

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If you’re living in NYC and are into the avant/jazz rock scene chances are you’ve heard of the power trio Rashanim. I’ve mentioned their myspace page before, but their new album Shalosh on Tzadik deserves a dedicated post. Rashanim is guitarist Jon Madof, bassist Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz (who was also playing the upright bass on [...]

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Here’s a new feature, thanks to the wonderful reblog software. I’m using reblog to tend to my mp3blog readership. I’ll be publishing a weekly reblog post featuring the best stuff I found on blogs that week, although if you don’t wanna wait for the weekly update, you can subscribe to the reblog feed, although it’s [...]

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Here’s the third installment of the “What the mailbox brought in” series, that’s selected from emails sent by groups and labels to undomondo.
“The sound of The Autumn Project is something of a familiar one, reminiscent of Godspeed You Black Emperor!, Isis and Mogwai but still original, fresh and unadulterated. Dynamics, melody, and emotion are [...]

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Hello folks, as a starter for August I’d like to feature some masterpieces from the 1970s.

Aksak Maboul was a Belgian avant rock/jazz band
that released 2 albums, one in 1977 and one in 1980. I had their second album “Un peu de l’âme des bandits” for some time, although it had its ups and downs, [...]

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Vancouver’s Heartwarmongering is a collaboration group formed by members of such bands like They Shoot Horses, Don’t They, Saul Duck, Dixie’s Death Pool, Tony Wilson Sextet and Fond of Tigers, resulting in a diverse fusion of avantgarde jazz, post-rock elements and cinematique music. HWM has the usual suspects as well as a clarinet, violin, and [...]

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Observant readers will remember the name from a few months back. Mr. Peacock is an Irish born musician who is the leader of Surge. I was pretty amazed that the Surge is an unsigned band (I hope I’m not making this up?), and when I first listened I thought Mr. Peacock was an old jazz [...]

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Continuing the jazz vibe on undomondo, I’ve decided to choose this French trio’s last album for a quick review. Aldo Romano, Louis Sclavis and Henri Texier are 3 major French contemporary jazz figures, and this album is the final chapter of the African journey that started 10 years ago.
I have yet to listen to the [...]

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