Articles by Bryon Hayes

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  Tommy Babin's Benzene

  Your Body is Your Prison

  PUBLISHED Apr 13, 2010

  From the get-go, Your Body is Your Prison pulls no punches, leading off with a slick bass exercise courtesy of Benzene bandleader Tommy Bab...

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  A Broken Consort

  Crow Autumn

  PUBLISHED Mar 15, 2010

  "Haunting" is the word most frequently used to describe the music of English musician Richard Skelton. This is a natural reaction, as his c...

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  Pierre Labbé Quartet

  Manivelle

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2010

  Manivelle is the second album under Pierre Labbé's leadership; it's been six years since he released Risque et Pendule with his six-...

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  Skullflower

  Strange Keys to Untune Gods' Firmament

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2010

  The first incarnation of Skullflower ― Matthew Bower's most prominent vehicle for mind fracturing drone punishment ― was concei...

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  Excepter

  Presidence

  PUBLISHED Feb 16, 2010

  Former No-Neck Blues Band member John Fell Ryan and his colleagues in Excepter have been honing their feverish brand of synthesizer symphon...

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  Soft Machine

  Live at Henie Onstad Centre 1971

  PUBLISHED Feb 16, 2010

  By 1971, Soft Machine had morphed from a playful, psychedelic-leaning rock group into a jazz-fusion tour de force capable of seriously exci...

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  Jason Adasiewicz's Rolldown

  Varmint

  PUBLISHED Feb 8, 2010

  Vibraphonist Jason Adasiewicz is a bright light in Chicago's ever-expanding jazz universe, having played in ensembles led by the likes of R...

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  Frank Rothkamm

  Zahra Fugues

  PUBLISHED Feb 8, 2010

  Part two of the epic, numerology-inspired Tetralogy series, Zahra Fugues is Rothkamm's first all-acoustic release since his Chamber Ensembl...