Tuesday's Dozen

First in months, here is the freshest Tuesday dozen, straight from the oven

Lilliput Orkestra Love this French jazz quartet "who plays personal compositions between jazz, rock, electronic and popular music" (MySpace) [free jazz, post rock, prog]	Droopy Contini shares 2 delicious CDs, Surpriscording (solid, straight forward, hard bop) and Strikes Back! (swinging bop) [jazz, hard bop, swing]	DIY-note - Ruptures several tracks on this warm demo from France have been favorites in our home for years, especially "El Despertar" [post-rock, acoustic rock]
James Kochalka Superstar accomplished American comic book artist and writer who is also a rock musician shares many of his tunes and ramblings [pop, rock]	MonsterK7 in French sounds like monster cassette, "a little indie label fond of beautiful musical objects," dedicated to cassette tape preservation [varied]	Un Ode au Toy Piano MonsterK7 presents an international, 19-song comp celebrating the toy piano with some real pros, such as Twink [rock, pop, post-rock, cabaret]
20 Bands in a Box La Magic Box puts together annual comps of their favorite indie artists, most from France [pop, rock, France]	Brian Ellis Trustworthy CD (2005), myspace, official site [folk, psychedelic, acoustic, electro]	A Découvrir Absolument this magazine shares their own series of comps featuring today's French artists [France, folk, pop, post-rock, electro]
French Comps 01audio-video.com offers up their series of compilations showcasing modern French artists [France, folk, pop, post-rock, electro, chanson]	Aaahh-Records little German netlabel billing itself as offering "free and charming music," and they are right! [folk, acoustic, indie, pop]	Barbagallo busy in Sicily writing and performing "indie; acoustic; low-fi... alternative; experimental; prog; alt folk" check his rearranged Satie works