MOTHER OF CURSES

D. Rider is a new rock band founded and fronted by guitarist/singer Todd Albert Rittmann. Founding member of U.S. Maple, Singer (both Drag City), and Robert Johnson and the Browns, T. Rittmann is also an occasional member of Cheer-Accident and has played with many other avant-music notables including cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm and Rhys Chatham. In March of 2008 Todd recruited a 5-piece band to perform some songs he was working on. The lineup included keyboardist/cornet player Andrea Faught, who also works with Cheer-Accident, and saxophonist/singer Noah Tabakin, who is a member of punk marching band, Mucca Pazza.

USA. Heavy prog rock.