If you’re a regular reader of TMT (subscribe now: $11.99 for one year, $18.99 for thirty), you know we get all wide-eyed about drummer/noise-maker/young cricketer Chris Corsano. Not only has he collaborated with many of our favorite artists — Oren Ambarchi, C. Spencer Yeh, Jim O’Rourke, Paul Flaherty, Evan Parker, Greg Kelley, Michael Flower, Björk, etc. — but he’s also released some stunning solo albums, like The Young Cricketer, Blood Pressure, and Another Dull Dawn, all of which should be, like, sold at Virgin megastores and archived by the Library of Congress or something.
So, of course, our eyes couldn’t be any wider (and I’m Asian!) with the news that Corsano has announced a new album, Cut, due April 24 on Hot Cars Warp Records. The album is 43 minutes long, features 19 tracks, and is all acoustic with no overdubs. According to Corsano, it’s “musically along the lines of The Young Cricketer — drum set augmented by various re-purposed metal objects, modified reed instruments and bowed strings stretched across drums.”
Head over to the Chocolate Grinder for jaw-dropping™ footage of Corsano recording tracks off Cut, and then check below for info on his solo tour, which starts today. The April 15 show in Oberlin, OH, which also features Hubble, sees Corsano collaborating with Aaron Dilloway. Corsano is also planning a tour in late May/early June as Malus (with Hugo Antunes and Nate Wooley) and with Steve Baczkowski and Bill Nace. Details forthcoming.
Solo dates:
04.13.12 - Rochester, NY - The Skylark Lounge !
04.14.12 - Cleveland, OH - Pat’s in the Flats ^
04.15.12 - Oberlin, OH - Fairfield Chapel *
04.16.12 - Toledo, OH - Robinwood Concert House (
04.17.12 - Cincinnati, OH - Ice Cream Factory )
04.18.12 - Columbus, OH - It Looks Like It’s Open &
04.19.12 - Pittsburgh, PA - Garfield Artworks @
04.20.12 - Philadelphia, PA - Brickbat Books +
04.21.12 - Allentown, PA - Good Weekend =
05.03.12 - New York, NY - The Stone
* (Aaron Dilloway-Chris Corsano), Hubble
! Licker, Bloody Noes, Finkbeiner
^ Drake-Henry-Scheible Trio, Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman
( Mike Khoury
) Wasteland Jazz Unit with Ryan Jewell
& Ben Bennett, Scenic Railroads
@ Antithesis (Capa High School’s New Music Ensemble), Satyr/Elfheim
+ Willie Lane
= Brian Douglas, David Sutton, Spinal Honey, Slow Tongued Beauty
• Chris Corsano: http://www.cor-sano.com