David Grubbs - The Ticket Fela Kuti For those who thought Manipulator

For those who thought Manipulator was a little too clean — here's your money shot

lowbrow/highbrow genius is there and even though the music is still raw

Black Noise also features a couple of special guests

New Wave-inspired indie/electro trio led by unabashedly crooning frontman Samuel T

stoic-faced buildings are monuments rife with secrets

David Grubbs - The Ticket Fela Kuti For those who thought ManipulatorThis is David Grubbs' first solo album after the dissolution of the highly regarded Gastr Del Sol, his partnership with Jim O'Rourke. All the good stuff he brought to that group is here in abundance: Zukofsky esque poetics, hard minimalism, deft post Appalachian banjo and guitarsmanship from the main man, pop melodicism, punk attitude, wry humour and a squad of great fellow players including Josh Abrams, Jeb Bishop, Tony Conrad, Ernst Long Kirche,