Jandek

Glasgow Monday

[4/5] For those not keeping tabs, there are two Jandeks: The reclusive Texan who’s released close to 50 positively unclassifiable albums since 1978; and the reclusive Texan who, after 26 years of anonymity, made his concert debut in October 2004. The two-CD Glasgow Monday, like 2005’s Glasgow Sunday, is a live set documenting the latter Jandek. Sounding unusually linear on piano and voice-though uncredited, Richard Youngs (upright bass) and Alexander Neilson (percussion) also appear-Jandek slinks through a depressive, uncharacteristically beautiful nine-part piece titled “The Cell.” It’s one of the gentlest introductions yet to the man’s curious inner world, but for fans still reeling from the 2004 unmasking, it’ll be one of the less-magical releases in Jandek’s catalog. (CORWOOD INDUSTRIES) Aaron Burgess