Lee will perform a duo with Sarah Lipstate (Noveller) at Roulette in NYC this Friday, March 11. More info here.
Monthly Archive for February, 2011
Bad Moon Rising, 180 gram re-mastered vinyl edition will be released Feb. 15 and is available for order now at the SY webstore. Confusion is Next, EVOL + Sister are all also currently available as 180 gram LP re-issues. The individual LPs or a bundle with all 4 vinyl re-issues – Confusion is Sex, Bad Moon Rising, EVOL + Sister are also available at the webstore.
Out now on Atavistic:
MY CAT IS AN ALIEN with RAMONA PONZINI & LEE RANALDO ‘All Is Lost In Translation’ CD / DL (ATAVISTIC, USA – ALP196CD)
“Bella Italia avant garde meets Sonic-Youth guitar guru! The Brothers Opalio return with their second collaborative album for Atavistic. This time MY CAT IS AN ALIEN have teamed up with RAMONA PONZINI (vocals/Japanese percussion, and LEE RANALDO (guitars/bells/vocals) for a 2008 session, captured live in Verona, Italy. Like the extant MCIAA tapestry of international collaborations, ‘All Is Lost In Translation’ continues their spectacular latter-day exploration of the outer reaches, and further defines their well-earned role as alchemical auteur-artists.” (label info)
Maurizio Opalio – electric guitar, percussion Roberto Opalio – wordless vocalizations, electric guitar, space toys, alientronics Ramona Ponzini – vocals, lyrics taken from Yosano Akiko’s poems, Japanese wind chimes & hand percussion Lee Ranaldo – lyrics and vocals, electric guitar, bells Cover artwork by Roberto Opalio
Sometime in February, Vin Du Select Qualitite records will release VDSQ Solo Acoustic Volume Five : Thurston Moore 12 String Meditations For Jack Rose. Solo, untreated, 12-string compositions in tribute to one of the greats. An album of instrumentals in requiem.
Live stream of Disappears (with steve shelley) performance from La Route De
Rock Festival tonight at 6:45PM CST http://liveweb.arte.tv/fr/video/Disappears_en_direct_de_la_Route_du_Rock/