Neighbour Club: Only Fractions

English slacker rockers Neighbour Club got a lot of alcohol in them to come to terms with a relationship that was doomed from the start. Pretty hung over and a bit confused is the mood they wanted to project on their single Only Fractions, now that they realise that the involved party was only looking for a good time during the night and nothing more. It is a track from their debut EP Snail Mail, due for release on September 25th.

Jumble Hole Clough: "And The Sun Shall Set" (actually "Everybody Bloody Day") video

The powers that be at YouTube might have taken umbrage, so Colin Robinson changed the title of Everybody Bloody Day to And The Sun Shall Set for the video. It is a track from I'm Waiting for My Mam, the latest album by his one-man avant-garde project Jumble Hole Clough: "The title track, an obvious pun on the Velvet Underground song about scoring heroin, finds him waiting for his mother to bring him bread and jam, although there might be a shady character about who might want to sell him some substances that are not exactly legal. Robinson however heeds no stimulants to create an alternate universe. Tapping into his own imagination - 52 albums and counting - has never let him down."

The footage was shot by Robinson in 2016 by at the Sandtoft Trolley Bus Museum in Lincolnshire.

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HCTF review of I'm Waiting for My Mam

The Spacelords: Uranus Omnibus Sanctus

German neo-psychedelic trio The Spacelords offer equal billing to heavy rock influenced instrumentals and meandering sci-fi excursions on their new album Uranus Omnibus Sanctus. The four long form tracks allow them to dig deep, with Marcus Schnitzler's and Ekhar Kazmaier subtle rhythm shifts in order to provide a safety net when Matthias Wettstein lets rip on his guitar, trying to defy gravity and fly off to the great unknown. Didi Holzner guests on the title track, with an old school organ part.

Part Hawkwind and early Porcupine Tree, they have come up with a kind of middle ground that sounds familiar, but with plenty of twists and turns that come close to showing off it's an album for like-minded musicians and progressive rock fans who want to venture into uncharted waters, without losing sight of a safe harbour, never mind the band's love for sounding like they are playing beneath the surface of the sea.

Karlijn Langendijk: tour dates

Dutch classical acoustic guitarist Karlijn Langendijk will be on the road in The Netherlands and Germany. Expect original material and rearranged familiar pop songs. Most shows are part of the MusiSHEans Guitar Tour, with Ali Tod, Valeria Galimova & Judith Beckedorf.

Naïm Amor and Kid Congo Powers: show in Pioneertown, CA

A rare opportunity to catch two rather good guitarists sharing the stage happens on September 1 at Pappy & Harriet’s in Pioneertown, CA. Naïm Amor and Kid Congo Powers bring along punk-rock quartet Hot Patooties.

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HCTF review of Stories (Naïm Amor)