September 13, 2006
Two more MP3s
At the bottom of the middle column you'll notice that I have uploaded two new MP3s. The first is the opening track off of Tortoise's 2001 album Standards; the second is the penultimate track off of Convocation Of's album Pyramid Technology, released the same year. Both have a kind of swagger: The former that of its musicians' consummate technique, and the freedom that gives them (especially drummer John Herndon, whose beat here is stupendous and forceful), the latter that of its' players harder-to-pin-down bravado, something I would almost describe as a macho-ness were that not a term freighted with negative connotations. The title gets it right: "Walk Like a Panther." Both are great songs.
As always, the files linked at the bottom of the middle column are big, so I ask (as always) that you please right-click, "Save As," and play them from your computer rather than stream them directly from my web server.