Bill Orcutt
bill orcutt tears through guitar with the unhinged logic of blues filtered through punk fury and open improvisation
Bill Orcutt (born February 2, 1962) is an American guitarist and composer whose work combines elements of blues, punk, and free improvisation. wikipedia →
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almost waking collaboration
- Mabe Fratti / Bill Orcutt: Almost Waking Album Review - Pitchfork
- Bill Orcutt & Mabe Fratti - "Almost Waking" | Album Review - POST-TRASH
- "El inicio es cuestión de suerte" by Bill Orcutt & Mabe Fratti - Northern Transmissions
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music in continuous motion
- Bill Orcutt: Music in Continuous Motion Album Review - Pitchfork
- Bill Orcutt: Music in Continuous Motion - Sun 13
- The Four Seasons: Bill Orcutt’s Music In Continuous Motion - The Quietus
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orcutt shelley miller project
- Orcutt Shelley Miller Share Captain Beefheart Cover With David Yow, Half-Joking Neil Young Cover - Stereogum
- Triple Threat: An Interview with Orcutt Shelley Miller - The Quietus
- Orcutt Shelley Miller - “Orcutt Shelley Miller” | Album Review - POST-TRASH
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bill orcutt guitar quartet
- Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet - Tone Glow
- Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet - HausLive4 (HAUSMO148 - TAPE / DIG, 2025) - The Free Jazz Collective
- Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet Wrest Melody Out of Noise - PopMatters
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solo work and interviews
- Bill Orcutt - Four Louies (Part One) - YouTube
- Olaf Rupp’s Latest Adventure in Avant-Garde Solo Guitar - PopMatters
- Weirdo Rippers #23 - Sun 13
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festival and tour announcements
- Geese tap billy woods, Julianna Barwick, Bill Orcutt, Cold Court & more to open fall shows - BrooklynVegan
- Pitchfork Festival London 2026 Announces Lineup - Pitchfork
- 5125, New Releases, March 2026 | New Sounds - WNYC Studios | Podcasts
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critical essays and features
- FR 184: Terra Incognita - by Philip Sherburne - Futurism Restated
- FR 172: Hexagons Everywhere - by Philip Sherburne - Futurism Restated
- ‘It was an exorcism’: how heartbreak, queer rebirth and finding love over Only Connect shaped Wendy Eisenberg’s stunning new album - The Guardian
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