Pitchfork

Fear not, stoned rich kids, former math-rock theorist and Don Caballero drummer Damon Che-- think of him as indie rock's Neil Peart, but without the misinterpreted objectivist palaver-- will soon return to grace your tweeters with his hyperkinetic fills. Baltimore's Monitor Records imprint, home to such acts as Oxes, Membranaphonics, and Per Mission (the new project from Rodan and Rachel's member Jason Noble) has announced the signing of Bellini, a new project involving Che, Agostino Tilotta and Giovanna Nicosia of Italian experimental group Uzeda, and Matthew Taylor. The band played several U.S. shows this past summer, and earned the following unintentionally backhanded praise from a Don Cab fansite:

"At times it did sound like Don Cab meets Uzeda, but they had some very effective moments also."

Rumor has an album hitting the streets early next year. Stay tuned.