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DOWNLOAD: Ga'an - "Arms They Speak" (MP3)

Ga'an, clockwise from the top: Tyson Torstensen, Seth Sher, Lindsay Powell

Ga'an (with Lindsay of Fielded) kicks off a trio of NYC dates tonight (5/20) as part of an East Coast tour that lasts through the end of May. Tonight (5/20) at Shea Stadium Ga'an will team with Radio People, Food Pyramid, Bones & Deep Earth as part of "O T H E R • P L A C E S : Midwest Psyche Showcase" at the venue. The show promises to be an "all-night dance party" at the venue, and you can find out more/RSVP at (the Facebook page).

While the following two shows don't offer an all night dance-off, they do offer an excellent sampling of great local bands. Saturday (5/21) will see Ga'an team with Wizardry, The Brooklyn Raga Association, and Mortals for a show at The Charleston that kicks off at 8PM. Sunday will offer Ga'an with La Otracina and Vaura at Death By Audio.

Ga'an will have copies of their new self-titled LP on these dates, which features "Arms They Speak" downloadable above. Check out all of the proggy goodness above as well as all tour dates and some video below.

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DOWNLOAD: Fielded - "Another Time" (MP3)

Kayo Dot at The Stone (more by Paul Birman)

Kayo Dot just celebrated Coyote, and will now show off their new baby Stained Glass (due this fall via Hydra Head) at a show at Bowery Electric TUESDAY (8/24) with Cleric and Bad Girlfriend (who will also play Union Pool with Hallux). The avant garde team will play a pair of sets at Bowery Electric, the second being "an exposé on the bass guitar sound used in Coyote".

For Kayo Dot honcho Toby Driver, the show means two in three days as he played Zebulon last night with as part of Tartar Lamb alongside Seaven Teares (Charlie Looker's new project), and mezzo-soprano Amirtha Kidambi/percussionist Cory Bracken (who performed works by John Cage, Larry Polansky, Morton Feldman and many others). Tartar Lamb recently kickstarted their campaign to record a follow-up to 2006's 60 Metonymies.

Meanwhile, last night at Bruar Falls, Kevin Hufnagel (Gorguts, Dysrhythmia) played a solo show with Religious To Damn (mem A Storm of Light), Fielded, and Psychic Steel. Both Fielded (the solo project of Lindsay Powell of Ga'an/Festival) and Psychic Steel are currently on the road and will loop through Death By Audio TONIGHT to team up with Lichens and Driphouse. Fielded will release Terrageist, the new LP due on September 7th via Catholic Tapes. Dig on "Another Time" above and check out the video/stream some more material below.

Lichens recently supported Hallogallo at Maxwell's, will support Sleep in Chicago (with Ga'an) and is also scheduled to play the now sold-out Sleep show at Brooklyn Masonic Temple on 9/8. Tickets are still available though, for a SECOND (actually first) NYC show for Sleep on 9/6, this time with support from Doomriders and Unearthly Trance (no Lichens).

Dates and videos below...

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