LAST WEEK AT BURNING AMBULANCE

Only four days' worth of new content at BurningAmbulance.com last week, because of Thanksgiving. Here are the links.

Monday: an interview with Secret Society bandleader Darcy James Argue
Tuesday: Dan Tepfer Trio, Five Pedals Deep (by new BA contributor R. Emmet Sweeney)
Wednesday: Ghost, Opus Eponymous
Thursday: William S. Burroughs' "Thanksgiving Prayer," plus video of W.C. Fields and Ricky Jay

I LIKE COLDPLAY

From the Guardian:

Coldplay's next album will apparently be influenced by New York graffiti artists and the anti-Nazi resistance. According to Chris Martin, these different sets of non-conformists have inspired songs about "[being] free to yourself" and "[following] your passion".

Despite two charity gigs booked for next month, Coldplay are still hard at work in their London studio, preparing the follow-up to Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends. No release date has been set, but the end seems to be in sight – in a new interview with Q magazine, Martin speculated about a possible album title. "It will probably begin with an M," he revealed. "Two words."

Ten quick guesses:

More Coldplay
Mmmmm Pizza
Mrs. Paltrow
Mmmkay Computer
Mandatory Disclaimer
Mediafire Link
'Member "Clocks"?
Motion, Lateral
Minor Chords
Motörhead Rules

THANKSGIVING AMG UPDATE

Here's something for you to be thankful for: I've reviewed 10 more albums for All Music Guide! (Yay?) Here are the links:

Atheist, Jupiter
Chord, Progression
Crimson Glory, In Dark Places...1986-2000
Deathspell Omega, Paracletus
Evil Survives, Powerkiller
Place of Skulls, As a Dog Returns
Salome, Terminal
Sargeist, Let the Devil In
Supersilent, 10
War from a Harlots Mouth, MMX

THIS WEEK AT BURNING AMBULANCE

Lots of activity on BurningAmbulance.com this week:

• The first two issues are now available digitally on Scribd.com for $5 each
• You can get 20% off the print or digital version at Lulu.com through Nov. 21, using the promo code DONE305

Also, online-only reviews of the following ran:

Monday: Autechre, Oversteps and Move of Ten
Tuesday: Don Omar, Meet the Orphans
Wednesday: Crystal Viper, Legends (that's the cover above)
Thursday: The Fania All-Stars, Ponte Duro: The Fania All-Stars Story
Friday: Ehnahre, Taming the Cannibals

TODAY ON VILLAGEVOICE.COM

Strictly for the online edition, I review Friday night's Monarch/Tinsel Teeth (I left before the final band, Bloody Panda, came onstage) show at New York's Cake Shop. Here's a link.

I met Monarch vocalist Emilie Bresson (that's her in the crappy photo—also by me—above) running the group's merch table, and bought two CDs from her: Mer Morte (out now on Crucial Blast) and Sabbat Noir (out now on Heathen Skulls). Each is a single long track, heavy on feedback and atmosphere, and each is highly recommended.

WE'RE ALL DOOMED

Now that's a sinkhole:

THIS WEEK AT BURNING AMBULANCE

No particular theme this week, just five more reviews:

Monday: Motorpsycho, Timothy's Monster
Tuesday: Wadada Leo Smith and Ed Blackwell, The Blue Mountain's Sun Drummer
Wednesday: Voltax, Fugitive State of Mind
Thursday: Cecil Taylor and Tony Oxley, Ailanthus/Altissima (Bilateral Dimensions of 2 Root Songs)
Friday: Jerome Sabbagh/Ben Monder/Daniel Humair, I Will Follow You

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NOVEMBER AMG UPDATE

Another fortnight, another ten AMG reviews...

Nik Bärtsch's Ronin, Llyria
Circle II Circle, Consequence of Power
The Ocean, Anthropocentric
Oceano, Contagion
Powerglove, Saturday Morning Apocalypse
Ross the Boss, Hailstorm
Shadows Fall, Madness in Manila: Shadows Fall Live in the Philippines 2009
Stargazer, A Great Work of Ages
Tank, War Machine
UnSun, Clinic for Dolls

TALKIN' LOUD & SAYIN' NOTHIN'

I was on the radio yesterday, jabbering about Led Zeppelin (and, briefly, Manowar). If you want to listen to that (and really, why would you?), here's a link.

BURNING AMBULANCE UPDATE

This was Metal Week at BurningAmbulance.com: I reviewed five recent metal releases, covering exceptional work in various subgenres. Here are the links:

Monday: Blind Guardian, At the Edge of Time
Tuesday: Electric Wizard, Black Masses
Wednesday: Kill the Client, Set for Extinction
Thursday: Grand Magus, Hammer of the North
Friday: Interment, Into the Crypts of Blasphemy

The third issue of Burning Ambulance is progressing rapidly toward the finish line, so now's a perfect time to pick up issues 1 and 2. You can do that here.