FRIDGE has sort of taken a back seat to one of their members other projects over the past few years, a little group that you have heard of featuring Kieran Hebden called FOUR TET. The time off seems to have been positive for the band, their 2007 album "The Sun" has a fresh sound & the band seems reinvigorated. Hebden's experiences with FOUR TET & jazz drummer Steve Reid have definitely influenced the new direction for FRIDGE. Heavy drums with a lot of auxiliary percussion & sparse electronics over driving post-rock riffs. For fans of TORTOISE, FOUR TET, REMINDER etc..

this is ROBERT SMITH of THE CURE and STEVEN SEVERIN of SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES.

2010 rereleases of the Hendrix catalog, with new liner notes, original art and a DVD featuring a mini-"Making of" for each album.

MICHIO KURIHARA is one of the finest guitarists going, bar none. Just reflect back on his work with GHOST, WHITE HEAVEN, BORIS, LOUD MACHINE 5000 and then sit back and enjoy the astro-glide of this outstanding solo release. Like BORIS' Rainbow, this actually came out a couple of years ago in Japan and is now being licensed for U.S. consumption. If you've heard him explode wildly all over every record he's been on, slip back into second gear and enjoy the wonderful restraint exersized on this one. OUTSTANDING!

The second album from singer/songwriter Ray Lamontagne is another airy & folky affair. This addition of strings & keyboards gives the album a "Five Leaves Left" era NICK DRAKE sound with a bit of IRON & WINE in there.

Jaime Fennelly's MIND OVER MIRRORS project started off as a solo project & over the past few years he's collaborated with many Chicago musicians & this is his most elaborate version of the group yet. "Bellowing Sun" was commissioned by the MCA as an album/installation that involves a giant, sculpture that will rotate over the group while they perform the songs at the museum. Along with members of FREAKWATER, CALIFONE, IRON & WINE & DEATH BLUES & a recording by TORTOISE's John McEntire, Fennelly has created an incredible blend of acoustic & electronic instruments that pushes the boundaries of drone, trance & meditative music. Fans of 70's kosmische, 90's post-rock, Terry Riley etc... will approve. RECOMMENDED.

Half-interview, half-music disc from jazz legend SUNNY MURRAY. The interviews trace MURRAY's history, while the music portion gives some fine examples of his avant style. Also features ALAN SILVA, JACK GRAHAM, BYARD LANCASTER, & JACQUES COURSIL.

Ben Chasny's SIX ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE returns with a strong shot of rambling psychedelic folk...following up quickly from the astounding "School Of The Flower" "Sun Awakens" is a sprawling dimension of sound combining Chasny's inspired guitar playing with frantic drumming and ethereal/cosmic sounds, while possessing a heavy psychedelic sound thanks in part to the engineering prowess of TIM GREEN. Once again another notch in Chasny's belt. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!