Chris Spedding: interview with Guitar World

Chris Spedding on stage with John Cale in 1975

English guitarist Chris Spedding has been a well-respected session player and sideman for 50 years. He picked some highlights for an interview with Guitar World. On working with John Cale:

I liked John because he was one of the few people who'd take a chance. He'd change tempos, keys and the order of songs because he was interested in improvising. Some of the other members of the band were kind of freaked out by that because it's not the rock 'n' roll thing.

Phish: Las Vegas run SBD + torrents: 2026/04/17

Official Las Vegas 2026 poster by Jessica Seamans + Dan Black

Phish
2026/04/17
Sphere, Las Vegas, NV

Set 1:

1. Free
2. Birds of a Feather
3. Martian Monster
4. Guelah Papyrus
5. Divided Sky
6. Hey Stranger
7. Mull
8. Limb By Limb
9. Suzy Greenberg

It's Record Store Day

It's Record Store Day, so get off your couch and buy some music from your local independent record store. Have a chat with fellow music lovers and agree to disagree about taste, sell-outs, rarities, remasters, and such. Is this year's list of special releases is even worse than last year? Is it getting really fucking expensive to buy stuff? Of course it is. Only in hindsight, it won't look as bad, because in 2027 there will be brand new all time low.

» recordstoreday.com

Colonel Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade: "Return of the Live Frogs: Volume 1" EP in May

Colonel Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade will release a new live EP Return of the Live Frogs: Volume 1 on May 22. The four tracks were recorded during the Hunt For Green October Tour in 2023.

State Power: Schizoscene

Utrecht gave birth to legendary hardcore band John Coffey in 2005 and now has to face competition from within the city limits. The members of State Power have all the energy, the speed and the attitude to make a splash. They have made two EPs so far - The Year of the Harvest and Final Hour, which were received quite well. Their new single Schizoscene hits hard and will likely start a quite lot of moshpits during their Spring festival appearances - club shows will bring back stage diving for sure.