RANGDA (Richard Bishop, Ben Chasny, Chris Corsano)

fucking Barden's. what a bum choice.

this might be my record of the year so far! i haven't heard a lot of new records, I'll admit, but it is pretty awesome. They should just get together and record an album every couple of months.

otm, let's get to work ppl.

I want to hear this

I got the promo this week!
It's pretty damn good.
Highlight is definitely the fifteen minute mellow closer, Plain of Jars. Kind of an Ex-Cocaine vibe on that song.
I'll be looking for it on vinyl once it's out, for sure.
Definitely had me thinking of Sun City Girls, but it has its own merits, for sure.

Yeah, got it as well and pretty much what Trip M sez.

yeah, i think the closer is my fave as well, though some of the more abrasive/heavier stuff is great too. they really sound like they are abusing their amps on some of these! in a good way.

There is a healthy amount of feedback.
This has "SEE IT LIVE" written all over it, imo.

yeah no doubt. press release says they have US dates booked, but there aren't any listed on Drag City's site last time i looked.

They are playing in a hella cute wooden church in my locale in a bit less than a month and I have active expectations of it ruling

i wanna hear this so bad

I'm majorly pumped that this 3'o got together. They're all amazing intuitive musicians with the capability to blow minds. Corsano's work w/ Flaherty, Flaherty/Yeh, David Grubbs, Flower, Jandek, and others is mostly all unfuckwithable.

I missed the first time they played here. Hopefully they announce a tour in the US soon.

i hope they do a euro tour too. on a sidenote, anyone heard the new album on esp corsano did with paul dunmall?

euro tour dates here: http://www.dragcity.com/artists/rangda

What did Corsano work with Grubbs on? Just curious.

one song

Well... I was really sure thay had done at least one release together, but I'm having one hell of a time finding it. My bad.

ha, no, that's a link to a Rangda song. but i can't find anything on corsano's (immense!) discography page about it: http://www.cor-sano.com/hateddiscog.html

(that was for rizzx)

Son of a bitch! Knitting Factory Brooklyn just announced them for August 27th and I think I'm gonna be in Minnesota visiting my mom that week. God dammit!!!

Tell your mom she needs to visit you for some fine modern music.

My wife will murder me if we don't go to MN that week bcuz she needs her State Fair fix. I can only hope they announce a Turf Club date that week as well...

think they're playing the MN state fair too.

Oh tyler why u braek hart, that is such a beautiful vision.

And at 3pm at the Miracle Of Birth Pavilion-- Zeni Geva!

fried dough + fried amps

Just picked up the vinyl + cd today. Just how I envisioned it to be - pure heavy chaotic bliss.

Out today, huh?

I'm guessing as a solid Six Organs fan and someone consistently getting into Sun City Girls as I come across their ridiculously OOP albums, I would be doing myself an immense disservice to not pick this up immediately?

correct.

really sucks that Touch & Go is gone, Drag City has shitty distribution now. My local store has been trying to get this into stock for the last week or so, unsuccessfully.

It wasn't "available" before today, though.

Yeah, I've noticed it takes an extra week or two, sometimes, for Drag City stuff to show up on local shelves.

xp

Although I did see the Joanna Newsom album on shelves *before* release day... so maybe their distribution model is just fucked?

Looking forward to grabbing this gem!

can anyone recommend any other good jams from the dragcity store since i'm already ordering?

the new Cave 12-inch is pretty killer

A few excellent releases from last year:

Om - God Is Good
Jim O'Rourke - The Visitor
Six Organs - Luminous Night

the Helena Espvall & Masaki Batoh records are both excellent

Richard Bishop- The Freak Of Araby

would go nicely with the Rangda album

thanks guys! think i'm going with latest six organs, looks sweet

If it's not too late I fully recommend http://www.dragcity.com/products/empty-the-sun - Chasny in really schweeet acoustic mode (mostly [iirc]) and the novel that comes with it is kind of a blast too

Richard Bishop- The Freak Of Araby

would go nicely with the Rangda album

Disagree. I love Rick Bishop to death... but this is, for lack of a better term, his "dinner party" album.

It wasn't "available" before today, though.

― Trip Maker,

Somehow Sonic Boom records in Seattle had both formats for sale last friday. Also picked up the new Cave 12" same day. Got 'em shipped out early I suppose. But did NOT see them at Everyday Music.

yeah, I didn't mean to imply that my local store was trying to get it before release date, just that they told me yesterday that they had been unable to get any copies in yet...

Is there a US tour?

press release said US dates are booked, but I haven't seen any (and there aren't any on the Drag City site)

Last week of August at Knitting Factory is the only definite I've seen-- see upthread.

Just ordered this from the DC store. WOOOOO!

Bring on the tour dates and please please come to Texas k thx guys!

just got this on vinyl, threw it on, ecstasy.

but hey Drag City where the hell is my download code, get with it dudes.

I ripped the CD if you need a digital copy, sleeve

yeah, me neither -- this one is almost all instrumental, which is a plus in my book when it comes to his stuff. i like it!