Jazz Is Back In Grand Rapids

Nearly seven years since their debut seven inch release, Tone Scientists are back with the five song Kiiroi Tori EP. The project joins Mike Watt and Bucky Pope, the latter of whom assumes the producer role this time around, with drummer John Herndon of Tortoise and two longtime Watt collaborators, flute/sax player Vince Meghrouni and keyboard player Pete Mazich. Like their first release, the EP includes an ambitious Sun Ra cover, with their distinctive take on "The Sun One”, along with four tunes penned by Pope and Watt.

The release will be available on two limited 12" vinyl pressings, one black and another on banana peel color vinyl, as well as digital formats. Vinyl pressed at Furnace Record Pressing.

TRACKLIST:
A1 Excuse Yourself (Pope)
A2 Struggle Bus (Pope)
A3 The Sun One (Ra)
B1 Those Isthmus Blues (Pope/Watt)
B2 Kiiroi Tori (Watt)

William Hooker is a musician, composer, and poet with over 70 recordings as a leader, encompassing jazz, new music, experimental music and multi-disciplinary forms of expression (e.g. dance, silent film and spoken word). He has been recognized as “an iconoclast, and one of the most innovative musicians and drummers of his generation”  [The Wire],  which is evident nowhere more than on his latest album, Jubilation. The new work features collaborators Matt LaVelle on trumpet, Sarah Manning on alto saxophone, On Davis on guitar, and Adam Lane on Bass. The release marks Hooker’s fourth outing for Org Music, following Flesh and Bones (2023), Big Moon (2021), and Symphonie of Flowers (2019). 

Hooker says of Jubilation, “our express purpose was to play great music and to communicate such.” The group, captured live in 2023 at acclaimed Brooklyn performance arts venue Roullette,  does just that. The dynamic set showcases each of the players’ unique craft with extended solo performances, introducing new elements and building towards a more collaborative effort as the piece progresses. The result, captured faithfully on this recording, is pure Jubilation (noun; a feeling of great happiness and triumph).

Tracklist:
A1 The Stare
A2 Linking
A3 The Villages
A4 Central Features of Sleep
B1 Exhausting Clouds
B2 Laws of Heredity
B3 Steam

Glad Tidings From Sun Records is the first holiday collaboration from Sun Records and Org Music. The record features a healthy helping of both standards and original compositions, all performed in the label's signature blend of country, soul, and rock and roll. Artists include Sun favorites such as Patti Page, Carl Mann, and The Ad Libs. The record comes pressed on Rudolph-Red vinyl, and is also available on CD.

Tracklist:
A1 The Poets - Merry Christmas Baby
A2 The Rockin' Stockins - Yuleville, U.S.A.
A3 Leroy Van Dyke - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
A4 Patti Page - Holidays
A5 Little Joseph - Christmas Jingle
A6 Carl Mann - Christmas Memories
B1 Billy Jo Styles - The Christmas Song
B2 The Ad Libs - Santa's On His Way
B3 Little Joseph - The Story of Christmas
B4 Larry Shell - Glad Tidings
B5 Orion - Please Come Home For Christmas
B6 The Rockin' Stockins - Rockin'-Lang-Syne

KO Computer is the 22nd album from the French experimental rock band Hifiklub, recorded and mixed by Steve Albini at Electrical Audio in Chicago. With more than 200 collaborations with musicians from rock, jazz and traditional music (electronic or contemporary), the band has created its entire discography in collaboration with guests, whether they are prestigious and renowned, or completely unknown to the general public. It was produced entirely on analog tapes and features Donna Diane (Djunah), Brianna Tong (Cordoba, Je’raf, Bussy Kween Power Trip), and Eric Novak (Dissonant Dessert, Cordoba). 

Tracklist:
A1 Small Cheval
A2 Lenny Conundrum
A3 Sunny Day, Midnight Black
A4 Satan's Armpit
B1 Angelfood
B2 Waiting For My Richman
B3 Sinking Boats
B4 A Vicious Hit

Aztlan Unearthed is an indigenous focused acoustic group that is an extension of the group Aztlan / Anahuak Underground, featuring members Yaotl Mazahua, Joe Galarza and Caxo. Seeking to preserve their native culture, the music highlights the instruments inherited from their ancestors, in an effort to channel their sounds, energies, and frequencies. The project was produced and mixed by Carlos Niño, and is available on physical and digital formats beginning September 20th. The vinyl release includes bonus track “Aetheriaztlan” by Carlos Niño & Friends (with Jesse Peterson and Aztlan Unearthed), originally released on the Leaving Records album “Flutes, Echoes, It's All Happening!” by Carlos Niño & Friends.

Tracklist:
1 Welcoming of the Bird People
2 Windsong Giver
3 Awakening Flowering Earth
4 In the Caves of the Heart
5 The Wind is Our Song From Below
6 To Walk In All Beauty
7 Aetheriaztlan (Carlos Niño & Friends with Jesse Peterson and Aztlan Unearthed)*

*Vinyl only

Carducci Bros is the collaborative release from brothers Mark and Joe Carducci, Mike Watt, and Jerry Trebotic. The project was spurred into action when Watt heard a decades-old record from Mark’s high school rock band Midknight. The songs are accented with spoken word lyrics from Joe, with some penned by SST Records’ house producer/engineer Spot, who passed during the record’s creation. Featuring a deft rhythm section and Mark Carducci’s reverb drenched guitar, the project showcases the unique creative vision that has made the SST scene such a vital and enduring force for decades.

The artwork features a painting by the late Joseph F. Carducci, Mark and Joe's uncle whose paintings also grace the covers of Joe's books Life Against Dementia, and Rock and the Pop Narcotic

Tracklist: 
A1 The Somnambulist Stumbles
A2 The Wuhan
A3 Edgewise
A4 About Ourselves
B1 Bet the Tent
B2 The Next Stage of Belief
B3 You Lived It, We Played It
B4 The Clock Ticks