Mint Biscuit: Circadian Thoughts

Welsh musician Richard Thomas keeps mum on Circadian Thoughts, the latest album by his Mint Biscuit project, a collection of instrumentals inspired by his immediate surroundings (Tumble Dryer Tumble, Coffee Stains) and ailments. The latter features most prominently in Skip The Light Lumbago (yes, that is reference to Procol Harum's A White Shade of Pale, an acoustic excursion with a persistent rhythm about his back giving him a really hard time.

He contemplates going to the motions of everyday life - "circadian" is a fancy name for the 24-hour cycle - counting his blessings and being haunted by worries as well. It is a snapshot of stories without using actual words, just letting his guitars and amps do the talking. Thomas is a brutally honest chronicler, who uses subtle rhythm changes to indicate a change of mood (or scenery). Only countless hours of practice and perseverance can accomplish that.

Phish 2026 Fall tour SBD + torrents: 2026/10/07 Richmond, VA

Richmond, VA 2026 poster by Ryan Besch

Phish
2026/10/07
Allianz Amphitheater at Riverfront
Richmond, VA

Set 1:

1. Gumbo
2. The Curtain With
3. Hey Stranger
4. Llama
5. Roggae
6. Tube[1] >
7. Timber (Jerry the Mule)
8. Most Events Aren't Planned

Marianne Faithfull: "Eye Communication: Live at The Wax Museum" Black Friday release

An unreleased Marianne Faithfull concert will be released as a 2LP (1800 copies worldwide) on Black Friday (November 27). Eye Communication: Live at The Wax Museum was recorded in Washington D.C. on October 2, 1983 and features songs from Broken English, Dangerous Acquaintances and A Child's Adventure. They could have included a couple of filler tracks fro Side D from another show from that tour instead of "an etching in Marianne’s handwriting of an excerpt from William Blake's poem The Tyger, which she recites in Eye Communication."

Side A
1. Times Square [4:53] 2. Tenderness [4:05] 3. Brain Drain [5:58] 4. Blue Millionaire [6:00]

Side B:
1. Guilt [6:28 2. Falling From Grace [3:37] 3. Eye Communication [4:28]

Side C:
1. Working Class Hero [6:48] 2. Rising (MF Fernando Saunders) [7:25] 3. Broken English [5:57]

Side D:
Etched

» mariannefaithfull.org.uk

Swansea Sound: On Our Own

Jangling pop quintet Swansea Sound have written a bittersweet song about a beloved live music venue that got demolished to make room for office spaces. Suffice to say that new building now sits empty, after the jobs got automated. On Our Own is not a downer, but also a call to get back to businness and keep art alive, which is needed and can be a lot fun too. It is a track from their forthcoming album Pre-post-truth.

Phish: New Year's Run at MSG 12/30-31/2026 + 01/01-02/2027

Phish takes over NYC's Madison Square Garden again for a four-night New Year’s Run (12/30-31/2026 + 01/01-02/2027). January 2 marks their 100th show at the venue:

Request tickets now through Monday, October 12 at Noon ET → tickets.phish.com. Tickets go on sale to the general public October 16 at Noon ET. Travel Packages go on sale tomorrow, October 8 at Noon ET.

» phish.com