PARTY INTELLECTUALS

PARTY INTELLECTUALS

<b>"Marc Ribot's</b> new power trio, filled out by the remarkable versatile rhythm team of bassist <b>Shahzad Ismaily</b> and drummer <b>Ches Smith</b>, is his rawest band in ages." -- Time Out New York <P>Party Intellectuals is the debut recording from <b>Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog</b>, a post-everything band combining the energies of two masters of downtown New York mayhem: guitarist/vocalist <b>Marc Ribot (Tom Waits, John Zorn, Robert Plant, T-Bone Burnett, Marianne Faithful, Lounge Lizards, Elvis Costello)</b> and bassist <b>Shahzad Ismaily (Laurie Anderson, Will Oldham, Jolie Holland, Secret Chiefs 3)</b>. Also features West Coast indie/experimental genius drummer <b>Ches Smith (Xiu Xiu, Secret Chiefs 3, Trevor Dunn's Trio Convulsant)</b>. Ribot is a widely recognized original on the guitar, with influence across multiple genres including rock, jazz, punk, Latin, soul, '80s no-wave, avant-garde, and noise. <b>Ceramic Dog</b> draws all of this, along with Ismaily and Smith's indie/electronica experimentation, into the power-packed Party Intellectuals.