Album
of
the
Week:
Mary
Halvorson
--
Code
Girl
I don’t know
enough about jazz to say anything educated about this album. But
from the perspective of someone who’s into guitar-based music,
Halvorson is incredible. She can shred as hard as any hair metal
band, but chooses her moments of maximalism carefully.
Code
Girl
is a brief
visit into a universe with epic vistas and narrow windows. And if
you’ve been listening to rock’n’roll for any period of time, you’ll
appreciate a jazz take on the old “I’m sick of touring”
song.
-
Sarah King --
“War Pigs” (Single)
-
Drayton
Farley -- “Tightrope” (Stoic Faces)
-
Have Gun,
Will Travel -- “Let the Sunlight In (Demo)” (Raw Materials: Home
Demos)
-
Creekbed --
“Lengthening Light” (Single)
-
D’Orjay the
Singing Outlaw -- “New Kind of Outlaw” (New Kind of
Outlaw)
-
Taylor
Ackmeran’s Global Acid Reset -- “Stand Tall”
(Encephelon)
-
Leeann Skoda
-- “Still” (Single)
-
baby chemist
-- “I’ll Still Be Here” (Single)
-
MINUTEMEN --
“It’s Expected I’m Gone” (Double Nickels on the Dime)
-
Mary
Halvorson
--
“Off
the
Record”
(Code
Girl)
-
-
Chuck Briseno
-- “Draw You a Map (Live at Sun Studio)” (Single)
-
Jade Turner
-- “Hangover Blues” (Single)