Trey Anastasio & Classic TAB 2010 torrents: 2010/02/27 Atlanta

Trey Anastasio & Classic TAB
2010/02/27
The Tabernacle
Atlanta, GA

Set 1:

1. Intro
2. Shine
3. Push On 'Til the Day
4. Words to Wanda
5. Obstacle of Course
6. Night Speaks to a Woman
7. Cayman Review
8. Valentine
9. Let Me Lie
10. Mozambique
11. Money, Love and Change
12. Sultans of Swing
13. Water in the Sky
14. Backwards Down the Number Line
15. Bathtub Gin
16. The Inlaw Josie Wales
17. Wilson

Set 2:

1. Intro
2. Gotta Jibboo
3. Alaska
4. The Birdwatcher
5. Sand
6. Windora Bug
7. Alive Again
8. Drifting
9. Goodbye Head
10. Mr. Completely
11. Black Dog
12. crowd/banter

Encore:

1. Heavy Things
2. Show of Life
3. First Tube

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Grace Potter and the Nocturnals: "White Rabbit" video, new album in June

Rock band Grace Potter and the Nocturnals perform White Rabbit at their 2009 concert at the Waterfront in Burlington, VT. A studio version can be found on Almost Alice, a collection of tracks inspired by Tim Burton's movie Alice In Wonderland.

Video: Grace Potter and the Nocturnals - White Rabbit

Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, their third self-titled studio album drops June 18 and will be released on Hollywood Records. The lead single Tiny Light will be accompanied by a video directed by Paul Minor.

Tracks:

1. Paris
2. Oasis
3. Medicine
4. Goodbye Kiss
5. Tiny Light
6. Colors
7. Only Love
8. Money
9. One Short Night
10. Low Road
11. That Phone
12. Hot Summer Night
13. Things I Never Needed

Grace Potter and the Nocturnals keep a buys live schedule, often sitting in with other acts ike Gov't Mule. The current five-piece line-up consists of singer and Hammond B3 player Grace Potter, lead guitarist Scott Tournet, drummer Matt Burr, bassist Catherine Popper (Ryan Adams & the Cardinals, Hem) and rhythm guitarist Benny Yurco.

Live dates:

• 03/11 North Adams, MA @ Mass MoCa
• 03/12 Ridgefield, CT @ Ridgefield Playhouse
• 03/13 Sugarloaf, ME @ Sugarloaf Ski Resort
• 03/18 Austin, TX @ Antone's - SXSW
• 03/21 Aspen, CO @ Snowmass Mountain
• 03/27 Jackson Hole, WY @ Jackson Hole Mountain Resort
• 04/25 Phoenix, AZ @ McDowell Mountain Music Festival
• 05/14 Richmond, VA @ Browns Island

» gracepotter.com

John Cale: interview on BBC6 February 28

John Cale has yet another interview on the BBC. About the possibility of releasing a new album:

What's next for you?
When I'm finished with this series of concerts in July I'll go back into the studio and finish these songs. I have 28 songs at the moment, but I've got to finish them. I haven't figured out how to release them, that's a bit of a conundrum.

Do you still believe in the album as a concept?
I'm not sure that I do. Todd Rundgren gave a concert in New York the other day and immediately after you could get a memory stick of what you'd just experienced. I thought that was a very shrewd idea and wondered if there are any variations of that I could do.

The full interview will be on The Music Week on 6 Music on Sunday from 1300-1400 GMT.

» news.bbc.co.uk

Trey Anastasio & Classic TAB 2010 torrents: 2010/02/25 Nashville

Trey Anastasio & Classic TAB
2010/02/25
Ryman Auditorium
Nashville, TN

Disc One

1. Intro
2. Shine
3. Push On Till The Day
4. Cayman Review
5. Valentine
6. Night Speaks To A Woman
7. Mozambique
8. Let Me Lie
9. Drifting
10. The Birdwatcher
11. Money, Love And Change

Disc Two

1. Backwards Down The Numberline *
2. Wilson *
3. Blue And Lonesome ^
4. Beauty Of My Dreams ^
5. Foggy Mountain Special $
6. Gotta Jibboo
7. Liquid Time

Disc Three

1. Sand
2. Tuesday
3. Goodbye Head >
4. Mr. Completely
5. Sultans Of Swing
6. Black Dog
7. Encore Break
8. Show Of Life
9. First Tube

* solo acoustic
^ with Del McCoury, Ronnie McCoury, Rob McCoury & Alan Bertram; Trey on acoustic
$ full band plus all DMB members; Alan & Tony switch mid-song

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The Low Anthem: live video "Apothecary"

French blog La Blogotheque is the home of Les Concerts à Emporter (Take Away Shows), capturing bands playing their songs in unusual places. Adam Hall directed a video of The Low Anthem performing Apothecary. It was filmed in the Great Hall at Grand Central Station in New York.

We connected with The Low Anthem in the middle of the Great Hall at Grand Central Station. The band had been on the road for the mostly all of 2009; their hair was long and their were eyes a little bleary. The one thing that comforted them was their instruments which be it Ben's guitar, Matt's accordion, Jocie's shaker made out of pill bottles and rubber bands, or Jeff's bass drum, was never out of their hands. It was here where The Low Anthem warmed up with "Apothecary" a song that has yet to appear on any of their albums. Security being what it is these days in New York City, it's hard to get away with too much in public spaces before the authorities shut you down. Perhaps it was the season, but somehow the officers let the band play, let us roll our camera, and let the passersby watch. For a moment we were all on the same path.

Video: The Low Anthem - Apothecary

» lowanthem.com

(Thru Hidden Track)

Lotus: "Live @ Schuba's, Chicago, IL 2010/02/22" MP3s

photo: Chad Smith

Experimental jam band Lotus included three post-rock covers into their first set at Schuba's, Chicago, IL - 2010/02/22: Seneca (Tortoise), A Three-Legged Workhorse (his Will Destroy You) and Obscene Strategies (Trans Am).

HCTF has soundboard matrix recordings of two of them as well the Lotus original Destroyer.

MP3: Lotus - A Three-Legged Workhorse
MP3: Lotus - Seneca
MP3: Lotus - Destroyer

Lotus will be playing all the major Summer Festivals in the USA, alternated by theater and club gigs:

• 02/26 Water Street Music Hall (w/ Filthy Funk), Rochester, New York
• 02/27 Opera House (w/ Chameleon Project), Toronto, Ontario
• 03/26 Ultra Music Festival at Bicentennial Park, Miami, Florida
• 04/15 The Aggie Theatre (w/ Beats Antique), Ft Collins, Colorado
• 04/16 Boulder Theater, Boulder, Colorado
• 04/17 Boulder Theater, Boulder, Colorado
• 04/20 George’s Majestic w/ Woodhands, Fayetteville, Arkansas
• 04/21 House of Blues - Cambridge Room (w/ Woodhands), Dallas, Texas
• 04/22 Wired Live - formerly The Meridian (w/ Woodhands), Houston, Texas
• 04/23 Emo’s (w/ Woodhands), Austin, Texas
• 04/24 Tipitina’s (w/ Woodhands), New Orleans, Louisiana
• 04/27 Lyric Theatre Oxford, Oxford, Mississippi
• 04/28 Workplay Theatre, Birmingham, Alabama
• 04/29 New Earth Music Hall, Athens, Georgia
• 04/30 The Valarium, Knoxville, Tennessee
• 05/01 Lincoln Theatre, Raleigh, North Carolina
• 05/02 Jefferson Theater, Charlottesville, Virginia
• 06/04 Wakarusa at Mulberry Mountain, Ozark, Arkansas
• 06/05 Starscape Festival - Ft. Armistead Park, Baltimore, Maryland
• 06/10 Bonnaroo, Manchester, Tennessee
• 07/01 Nateva Festival - Oxford Fairgrounds, Oxford, Maine
• 07/08 All Good Festival - Marvin’s Mountaintop, Masontown, West

» lotusvibes.com

Evelyn Evelyn: Evelyn Evelyn

Amanda Palmer (of The Dresden Dolls) and former busker Jason Webley invented the fictional duo Evelyn Evelyn, supposedly conjoined twin sisters sharing a passion for show tunes and Americana. They want us to believe that Eva and Lynn were born on September 11, 1985, on a small farm in Western Kansas, their mother dying within minutes after giving birth. The twins end up in a freak show before being saved, in a way, by music.

In truth it is a musical sideshow cabaret act that sounds vintage due to the prominent role of the piano and the call-and-response vocals. They poke fun at the hipsters and critics (A Campaign of Shock and Awe) who take their cues from Rolling Stone and Pitchfork. All jokes and mystifying aside the self-titled full length is a grab bag of old time good time music (Have You Seen My Sister Evelyn?), running commentary about the fictional protagonists (Tragic Events Part I-III) and feeling lonely on the web (My Space - with backing vocals supplied by "Weird Al" Yankovic, Andrew W.K., and Amanda's fiancé, comic artist Neil Gaiman). Ending the album with a cover of the Joy Division classic Love Will Tear Us Apart using a ukulele, the musical weapon of choice of the twins, is a sly musical joke. Recommended if you like Weill and Brecht, or their modern day counter parts such as Vagabond Opera.

Evelyn Evelyn is released on Eleven Records & 8ft. records Available on CD and as a double 10" vinyl set. Release date: March 30, 2010.

Tracks:

1. Evelyn Evelyn
2. A Campaign of Shock and Awe
3. The Tragic Events of September Part I
4. Have You Seen My Sister Evelyn?
5. Chicken Man
6. Tragic Events Part II
7. Sandy Fishnets
8. Elephant Elephant
9. You Only Want Me 'Cause You Want My Sister
10. Tragic Events Part III
11. My Space
12. Love Will Tear Us Apart

Live dates:

• 04/12 Boston, MA – Club Oberon
• 04/12 Boston, MA - Club Oberon
• 04/17 Glasgow, UK - Òran Mór
• 04/19 Dublin, Ireland - The Academy
• 04/22 London, UK - Koko
• 04/23 London, UK - Bush Hall
• 04/24 London, UK - Bush Hall
• 04/25 London, UK - Bush Hall
• 04/27 Paris, France - L’Européen
• 04/28 Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Melkweg
• 04/29 Hamburg, Germany - Kampnagel
• 05/01 Berline, Germany - Babylon
• 05/03 Cologne, Germany - Gloria
• 05/04 Antwerp, Belgium - Arenbergschouwburg

» myspace.com/evelynevelyn
» twitter.com/Evelynevelyn

John Cale: "Paris 1919" interview on the BBC World Service

Listen to a John Cale interview on the BBC World Service discussing the performance of Paris 1919 in London at the Southbank Centre - March 5.

» BBC World Service

(Thanks: Fraser Allen)

Trey Anastasio to induct Genesis into the Hall of Fame

Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio will do the honors for the induction of Genesis into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in New York:

Trey Anastasio will induct Genesis into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next month, according to the Associated Press.
(...) The 2010 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony is set for March 15 at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City. The ceremony will air live on Fuse TV. Genesis’ The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway was one of the final albums “left alive” for Phish to cover at Festival 8, and the band’s 2004 release Undermind was mixed in Genesis co-founder Peter Gabriel’s studio.

It is highly unlikely that Peter Gabriel will attend. And will Phil Collins try to play he drums after an operation to repair dislocated vertebrae in his neck has left him unable to hold his drumsticks?

(Thru jambands.com)

John Cale: performing at the Norfolk and Norwich Festival in May

John Cale will be performing at the Norfolk and Norwich Festival May 14th, perforrming his Paris 1919 album in full.

• 05/14 Theatre Royal, Norwich, UK

Highlights of the festival, which will run from May 7 to 22, include Velvet Underground's John Cale and a world premiere of a composition written to be performed by ice cream vans.

» More
» nnfestival.org.uk
» John Cale tour dates

(Thanks: Isabel & Gary - photo: Peter Andrew)

Polar Bear: Peepers

photo: Steve Gullick

UK experimental jazz quintet Polar Bear are on the forefront of the rejuvenation of jazz as a musical force that can cross-over to music lovers of other genres, or at least ot people who can handle buckets full of ideas that come splashing out of the speakers. Led by drummer and main composer Sebastian Rochford their new album Peepers kicks off with Happy For You, with a rock beat and the tenor tandem edging each other on, a foreboding of what's the come next.

The uninitiated will have a hard time swallowing tracks like Drunken Pharoah and the twosome Bump and Scream, two short free jazz tracks that could be mistaken for the sound of a train derailing at top speed. As Frank Zappa would say: "Make a jazz noise here". The percussion of Hope Every Day Is A Happy New Year may remind you of Want To Believe Everything by The Who. For the title track Peepers the Stones' Honky Tonk Women comes to mind. Remember, jazz was invented as dance music and the Polar Bear members are aware of that.

Recorded quickly with the musicians in a room without separation, the instruments sometimes bleed over the tracks, which adds to the live feel. The band did not use headphones themselves whilst in the studio, but it is recommended to don a pair of good ones to appreciate Peepers to the fullest.

Polar Bear:
Tom Herbert: double bass
Mark Lockheart: tenor sax
Leafcutter John: mandolin and electronics
Sebastian Rochford: drums
Pete Wareham: tenor sax

Peepers is released on The Leaf Label. Also available on vinyl. Release date: March 1.

Tracks:

1. Happy For You
2. Bap Bap Bap
3. Drunken Pharoah
4. The Love Didn't Go Anywhere
5. A New Morning Will Come
6. Peepers
7. Bump
8. Scream
9. Hope Every Day Is A Happy New Year
10. Want To Believe Everything
11. Finding Our Feet
12. All Here (CD only)

Live dates:

• 02/26 Paradox, Tilburg, The Netherlands
• 03/02 The Garage, London, UK
• 03/26 The Firestation, Windsor, UK
• 05/03 Cheltenham Jazz Festival, Cheltenham, UK
• 05/20 Hnita Jazz, Heist-op-den-Berg, Belgium
• 05/21 Recyclart, Brussels, Belgium
• 05/22 LVC, Leiden, The Netherlands
• 07/03 Mostly Jazz Festival, Birmingham, UK
• 07/09 Pohoda Festival, Trencin, Slovakia
• 08/29 Aeon Festival, Devon, UK

» polarbearmusic.com
» myspace.com/sebastianrochford

Savoir Adore: tour dates

Brooklyn indie pop duo Savoir Faire hit the road in March. Deidre Muro and Paul Hammer are joined on stage by David Perlick-Molinari, Sasha Brown and Tim McCoy.

Live dates:

• 03/04 Princeton, NJ - Princeton University - Terrace F Club (11pm) *
• 03/05 Pittsburgh, PA - Howler's (9pm) *
• 03/06 Cincinatti, OH - Mayday (9pm) *
• 03/08 Bloomington, IN - The Bishop (8pm) *
• 03/09 Louisville, KY - Zanzabar (9pm) *
• 03/10 Lexington, KY - Al's Bar ( 9pm) *
• 03/12 Nashville, TN - The End (10pm) *
• 03/13 New Orleans, LA - Dragons Den (10pm) *
• 03/17 Austin, TX - SXSW - Tba
• 03/18 Austin, TX - SXSW - Sitcom Serf Party @ Fado (6pm)
• 03/19 Austin, TX - SXSW - Cantora Records Official Showcase @ Maggie Mae's Gibson Room (11pm)
• 03/20 Austin, TX - SXSW - WXPN/This Side Up Party @ Red Eyed Fly (12pm)
• 03/22 Houston, TX - Walters On Washington (10pm) *
• 03/24 Chapel Hill, Nc - Nightlight (9pm) *
• 03/25 Washington Dc - Velvet Lounge (8pm) *
• 03/26 Ewing, NJ - New Jersey College (w/ Love Like DeLoreans) (5pm)
• 03/27 Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Bowl (w/ The Grates) (8pm)

* w/ Mon Khmer

» myspace.com/savoiradore

DeVotchKa: recording in Tucson, AZ

DeVotchKa are in the studio in Tucson, AZ, recording their new album. /p>

» devotchka.net
» myspace.com/devotchkamusic

(Thru twitter.com/devotchkamusic)

Laura Siersema: Talon of the Blackwater

photo: Tanit Sakakini

Laura Siersema (Greenfield, MA) needed some time to discover that she could write songs. After being a nurse she enrolled at the Berklee College of Music All, picking up here piano lessons and focusing on songwriting. She worked on her voice in the process, going for the classical approach with clear vowels and consonants.

Her latest labum Talon of the Blackwater may sound bit new age, but successfully sidesteps the vagueness associated with that genre - she keeps grounded in music and her stories open up a bit more after each time you have heard them. The fretless bass of Michael Farquharson is like a tug boat steering the rest of the musical crew safely through the rapids and cascades.

Stand out track is the album's closer Along the Fenway, which is just Laura on vocals and piano, Eugen Friesen (cello) and Alastair Moock (additional vocals). The three of them embark on a journey that grows into epic 13 minute plus song that gets under you skin.

Talon of the Blackwater is a self-released album. Buy it from CD Baby.

Tracks:

1. Mother Mary Rose
2. Talon of the Blackwater and Graces
3. Go Children Slow
4. Wade in the Water
5. I Was Once a Sailor
6. This Train
7. Jumping Off the Big Board
8. My Eye This Flower in Julep Runs
9. Who Will Pass This On
10. All My Trials
11. Along the Fenway

Live dates:

• 03/05 Burrito Rojo, Turners Falls, MA
• 04/07 All Soul’s Church, Greenfield, MA
• 05/08 Caffe Vivaldi, New York, NY
• 06/05 Studio 99, Nashua, NH
• 07/09 The Buttonwood Tree Performing Arts & Cultural Center, Middletown, CT

» laurasiersema.com
» myspace.com/laurasiersema

Trey Anastasio & Classic TAB 2010 torrents: 2010/02/23 St. Louis

Trey Anastasio & Classic TAB
2010/02/23
The Pageant
St. Louis, MO

Set One

1. intro
2. Shine
3. Push On Til The Day
4. Cayman Review
5. Night Speaks to a Woman
6. Valentine
7. Alaska
8. Mozambique
9. Gotta Jibboo
10. Tuesday
11. Kill Devil Falls*
12. Bathtub Gin*
13. Backwards Down The Number Line*
14. Wilson*

Set Two

1. Simple Twist Up Dave
2. The Birdwatcher
3. Drifting
4. Sand
5. Let Me Lie
6. Liquid Time
7. Money Love and Change
8. Goodbye Head
9. Mr. Completely
10. Black Dog
11. E: Show of Life
12. First Tube

* Trey solo acoustic

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Kevn Kinney: Q-Bus, Leiden, The Netherlands 2010-02-23

photo: HCTF

Singer-songwriter Kevn Kinney performed at the Q-Bus, Leiden, The Netherlands. With Aaron Lee Tasjan on guitar and Jesse on violin.

» kevnkinney.com
» More photos on Flickr

Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine: tour dates

Jello Biafra hits both coasts of the USA with his new band The Guantanamo School of Medicine, promoting their new album The Audacity of Hype. And yes, he will be playing Dead Kennedys stuff.

• 02/27 Phoenix Theatre, Petaluma, CA
• 03/03 Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco, CA
• 03/25 Brooklyn Masonic Temple, Brooklyn, NY
• 03/26 Trocadero, Philadelphia, PA
• 03/27 The NorVa, Norfolk, VA
• 03/28 Ottobar, Baltimore, MD
• 03/30 Black Cat, Washington, D.C.
• 03/31 Canal Club, Richmond, VA

» myspace.com/j ellobiafraandthegsm

Trey Anastasio & Classic TAB 2010 torrents: 2010/02/21 Kansas City

Trey Anastasio & Classic TAB
2010/02/21
Uptown Theatre
Kansas City, M0

Disc I/Set Ia

1. Shine
2. Push On To The Day *
3. Alive Again
4. Birdwatcher
5. Mozambique
6. Cayman Review
7. Dragonfly
8. Night Speaks To A Woman
9. Valentine
10. Let Me Lie

Disc II/Set Ib

1. Sweet Dreams Melinda
2. Money Love & Change
3. Tuesday
4. Backwards Down The Nuber Line @
5. Brian & Robert @
6. Back On The Train @
7. Sample In A Jar @
8. Wilson @
   Set IIa
9. Gotta Jibbo
10. Liquid Time
11. Sand

Disc III/Set IIb

1. Goodbye Head
2. Mr. Completely
3. Alaska
4. Sultans Of Swing
5. E: Show Of Life
6. First Tube

* w/ Trey spinning in a circle during solo
@ Trey solo acoustic

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Thot: Fig.1: The apple trees lover

Live @ Boutik Rock, Brussels 2009 - photo: Fred

Noise rock from Brussels. Belgian band Thot are into heavy sounds, a rock assault that is augmented by visuals at their live concerts.

Band leader Grégoire Fray calls it "vegetal noise music" and he is right about that: the music grows on you. Their new EP Fig.1: The apple trees lover has two versions of Solid Insecure Flower. The original is in-your-face mayhem, while the remix kicks off with an oriental theme that shows up again for the backing vocals.

A noticeable French accent softens the blow, but both tracks will appeal to the alt.dance rock crowd.

Live band:
Grégoire Fray: guitars, vocals, keyboards
Gil de Chevigné: drums, electronics
Barto La Punzina: bass
Hugo Peeters: piano, keyboards
Arielle Moens: live visuals

The Fig.1: The apple trees lover EP is available as a free download in various formats from thot.bandcamp.com.

Live dates:

• 04/02 La Louvière, La Taverne du Théatre, Belgium
• 04/24 Kortrijk, Boscorock Festival, Belgium

» thotweb.net

Lucky Soul: "A Coming of Age" drops April 19th

A Coming of Age, the new Lucky Soul album drops April 19th on Ruffalane Records. The London pop band offer the title track as a free download.

Their next single - an official release of radio fave Woah Billy!- will hit stores on April 12th. A full UK and European tour will be announced shortly.

Tracks:

1. Woah Billy!
2. White Russian Doll
3. Up In Flames
4. Love3
5. Upon Hilly Fields
6. A Coming of Age
7. Warm Water
8. Ain't Nothin' Like A Shame
9. That's When Trouble Begins
10. Southern Melancholy
11. Our Heart
12. Could Be I Just Don't Belong

» luckysoul.co.uk
» myspace.com/luckysoulluckysoul

John Cale: Toronto 1977/02/19 poster

Colin Brunton (thelastpogo.net) has posted memorabilia and a short description of the John Cale show at The New Yorker, Toronto, Canada - February 19, 1977.

» Live review of The New Yorker show

Trey Anastasio & Classic TAB 2010 torrents: 2010/02/18 Milwaukee & 2010/02/19 Chicago

Trey Anastasio & Classic TAB
2010/02/18
Pabst Theater
Milwaukee, WN

Set 1

1. Shine
2. What’s Done
3. Push On Til the Day
4. Let Me Lie
5. Sleep Again+
6. Birdwatcher
7. Valentine
8. Cayman Review
9. Gotta Jibboo
10. Band introductions
11. Sultans of Swing
12. Stealing Time From The Faulty Plan#
13. Water in the Sky#
14. Back On The Train#
15. Bathtub Gin#
16. Backwards down the number line#

Set 2

1. Curlew's Call
2. Sand
3. Night Speaks To A Woman
4. Goodbye Head
5. Words To Wanda
6. Money Love and Change
7. Small Axe
8. All That Almost Was
9. Spin
10. Tuesday
11. E: Magilla
12. Band introductions reprise
13. First Tube

+ Fire alarm briefly goes off
# Trey solo acoustic

» Grab your torrent

Trey Anastasio & Classic TAB
2010/02/19
The Riviera Theater
Chicago, IL

Set 1

1. Shine
2. Cayman Review
3. Push On Til The Day
4. Sweet Dreams Melinda
5. Mozambique
6. Alive Again >
7. Gotta Jibboo
8. Small Axe
9. All That Almost Was
10. Alaska
11. Valentine
12. Tuesday
13. Brian and Robert*
14. Driver*
15. Sample In A Jar*
16. Wilson*

Set 2

1. Dragonfly
2. Night Speaks to a Woman
3. Sand
4. Let Me Lie
5. Mr. Completely
6. Plasma
7. The Birdwatcher
8. The Way I Feel
9. Last Tube
10. Black Dog
11. E: callback
12. Sultans of Swing
13. First Tube

* Trey solo acoustic

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Bettie Serveert: Pharmacy of Love

Few indie rock bands have the longevity of Bettie Serveert, founded in 1986... The Dutch trio return to their roots with Pharmacy of Love. With Joppe Molenaar (of the Dutch band Voicst) on drums, they tackle the songs with renewed vigour. The edge is back, an element that had gone missing on their latest stutio album Attagirl and the acoustic Bare Stripped Naked live album.

With guitar player Peter Visser dominating the mix and singer Carol van Dyk sounding confident Pharmacy of Love is as close to "rawk" as they are able to get. Named after Dutch tennis player Betty Stöve they scored an ace when they needed it. Bring on the next set.

Bettie Serveert:
Carol van Dyk: vocals, guitar
Peter Visser: guitar
Herman Bunskoeke: bass

Pharmacy of Love is released on Second Motion Records in th USA (release date March 23). The Deny All EP is available on iTunes, which in addition to lead single "Deny All," also includes a long version of "Calling (XL)," a small version of "Souls Travel," and "Waiting for Control," a non-album bonus track.

Tracks:

1. Deny All
2. Semaphore
3. Love Lee
4. Mossie ('previously unreleased' by Moss)
5. The Pharmacy
6. Souls Travel
7. Calling
8. Change4Me
9. What They Call Love

» bettieserveert.com

Trey Anastasio & Classic TAB 2010 torrents: 2010/02/16 New York

Trey Anastasio & Classic TAB
2010/02/16
Terminal 5
New York, NY

Disc 1:

1. Shine
2. Cayman Review
3. Push On `Til the Day
4. Alaska
5. Mozambique
6. Gotta Jibboo
7. All That Almost Was

Disc 2:

1. Drifting
2. Liquid Time
3. The Birdwatcher
4. Night Speaks to a Woman
5. Tuesday
6. Brian and Robert*
7. Strange Design*
8. Sample in a Jar*
9. Chalkdust Torture*
10. Wilson*

Disc 3:

1. Sand
2. Alive Again
3. Last Tube
4. Show of Life
5. Sultans of Swing
6. Ether Sunday
7. Black Dog
8. E: Magilla
9. First Tube

* Trey solo acoustic

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Johnny Dowd: European tour dates

Lef field singer-songwriter Johnny Dowd has an European tour coming up in May. He plays with Dutch avant-trashers Stuurbaard Bakkebaard during a couple of shows in The Netherlands. His new album Wake Up The Snakes will be released in March.

• 05/11 Eindhoven, The Netherlands - Altstadt #
• 05/12 The Hague, The Netherlands - Paard van Troje (w/ Mark Lotterman)
• 05/13 Haarlem, The Netherlands - Patronaat
• 05/14 Utrecht, The Netherlands - Ekko #
• 05/17 Nijmegen, The Netherlands - Merleyn
• 05/18 Rotterdam, The Netherlands - Watt #
• 05/19 Zurich, Switzerland - El Lokal
• 05/20 Vienna, Autria - Chelsea
• 05/21 Basel, Switzerland - The Satisfactory
• 05/22 Neuchatel, Switzerland - Queen Kong Club
• 05/24 Nancy, France - Festival Musique Action
• 05/26 Sheffield, UK - Boardwalk
• 05/27 Norwich, UK - Arts Centre
• 05/28 Leicester, UK - The Musician
• 05/29 York, UK - Duchess of York
• 05/30 London, UK - The Borderline

# with Stuurbaard Bakkebaard

» johnnydowd.com
» myspace.com/johnnydowd

The Greatcoats: The Greatcoats

Multi-instrumentalist David Tenczar from Austin, TX, was born in the wrong era, and maybe even the wrong country. Taking his inspiration from British and American Sixties pop bands, he builds his song around the vocals. His band The Greatcoats is a basically a one-man affair, with a bunch of friends helping out on drums, keyboards, trumpet, mellotron and piano.

Sounding like vocalist Allan Clarke of The Hollies his self-titled debut album name checks Paul McCartney crossing Abbey Road while he turns to George Harrison for his guitar tone. His lyrics deal mostly with women, with inspired lines like "The way that you move could be considered a crime" setting him apart from the "moon/june" crap that holds court in pop. It's all be done before, but that's not a problem if it sounds good.

David Tenczar is currently busy preparing for a couple of SXSW performances in March.

The Greatcoats is a self-released album. Buy it from the band's website. Release date: March 9th.

Tracks:

1. Birdsong
2. Come Up and See
3. In England
4. All Over
5. Slow Me Down
6. Face
7. The One In The Sun
8. My Dear
9. Lady Lampshade
10. Stop
11. The Scarce Few

» thegreatcoats.com
» myspace.com/thegreatcoats

Joe Satriani: design your guitar competition

You play guitar and you are graphics wizard? Design your own Ibanez Specialty Guitar courtesy of Joe Satriani and Ibanez and you might end up owning one. The winner will get also get the Vox Satchurator pedal, a Planet Waves strap, and his new CD & DVD Live In Paris: I Just Wanna Rock!

» Design your guitar
» satriani.com

HCTF review of Live In Paris: I Just Wanna Rock!

The Hangout Beach, Music and Arts Festival: Trey Anastasio, Black Crowes, Flaming Lips, Gov't Mule ...

The Black Crowes, Gov't Mule, North Mississippi Allstars and Trey Anastasio and Classic TAB are among the confiormed artist for the first edition of The Hangout Beach, Music and Arts Festival.

Further notable acts: The Flaming Lips, Funky Meters Ray LaMontagne and Keller Williams.

The Hangout Beach, Music and Arts Festival
The Hangout and nearby Gulf Shores Public Beach
May 14-16
101 East Beach Boulevard
Gulf Shores, AL 36542

A.A. Bondy A.L.O. Alison Krauss and Union Station Featuring Jerry Douglas Ben Harper and Relentless7 Black Joe Lewis and the Honey Bears Blind Boys of Alabama Brett Dennen Davy Knowles and Back Door Slam El Cantador Flaming Lips Funky Meters Girl Talk Gov't Mule Guster Jerry Jeff Walker John Legend Keller Williams

Kristy Lee Mat Hires Matisyahu Michael Franti and Spearhead Moon Taxi North Mississippi Allstars OK GO Orianthi Ozomatli Pnuma Trio Rachel Goodrich Ray LaMontagne Rodrigo Y Gabriela Roman Street The Black Crowes The Whigs Toubab Krewe Trey Anastasio and TAB Zac Brown Band

» hangoutmusicfest.com

Escape from MySpace #25: Oh! Gunquit

photo: Justin McDermott

Escape from MySpace
Want to get out of the hell called MySpace? You can't. The posts are still up though. The section as such is closed.

Neo-surf rockers Oh! Gunquit are a quartet from London who bring back the sex of the B=52s and The Cramps. They have a four track demo that sounds almost finished, although they could bring the trumpet and saxophone bit more to the front.

They have the fast-paced 4/4 rhythm down, added just enough echo to the vocals and the reverb on the guitar is definitely old-school.

Oh! Gunquit:
Wanda Smacksome: vocals, trumpet
Manchine: guitar, vocals
Sam Bam Leadfoot: drums
Dr Zoom: saxophone

MP3: Oh! Gunquit - Cherry Jam
MP3: Oh! Gunquit - Cindy's Got a Tiger

UK live dates:

• 02/26 Whoreditch (w/ The Good The Bad), London
• 02/27 Biddle Brothers, Clapton, London
• 02/28 Butterfly Stitches, Camden Head, London
• 03/20 The Bleep Test Club (w/ Six Nation State), Oakford Social, Reading
• 03/31 Wang Dang Doodle, Lock Tavern, London

» myspace.com/ohgunquit

Malcolm Holcombe: Q-Bus, Leiden, The Netherlands 2010-02-16

photo: HCTF

Singer-songwriter Malcolm Holcombe performed at the Q-Bus, Leiden, The Netherlands. He focused on songs from his most recent studio albums Gamblin' House and For The Mission Baby.

» malcolmholcombe.com
» More Malcolm Holcombe photos on Flickr

Felili: The Moon

live @ the Tap-In, Grapevine, TX - 2010/02/01 - photo: Joseph Klaus

Dallas singer Felili operates in the left-field of female vocalists. With a voice straining to reach the higher notes her music needs an open ear and also a bit of patience to absorb the nuances supplied by her guitarist/keyboard player/programmer/producer Zach Landreneau.

Her debut album The Moon is a crossroads of indie musings and soul, with a tendency to bury the songs in superfluous sound effects (No Way To Know), but the adventurous rhythms come to the rescue most of the time. Think The Asteroids Galaxy Tour meet Bjork (sans the fairy tale imagery).

The Moon is a self-released album. Buy it from the band's website.

Tracks:

1. Hotel
2. Far Away
3. How Hard I Try
4. Butterscotch
5. Paradise
6. No Way To Know
7. I See
8. A Little
9. Maribelle
10. The Moon

Live dates:

• 02/16 The Cavern (The Moon CD release show), Dallas, TX
• 02/17 Sound Pony Lounge, Tulsa, OK
• 02/18 Vintage Stock (in-store), Joplin, MO
• 02/19 Full Circle Bookstore, Oklahoma City, OK
• 02/20 Front Porch Coffee, Springfield, MO
• 02/23 Elbo Room, Chicago, IL
• 02/25 The Frequency, Madison, WN
• 03/03 Fred’s Six Feet Under, St. Louis, MO
• 03/06 Bill’s Records (in-store), Dallas, TX

» felili.com
» myspace.com/felilirincon

Hill Country Revue: tour dates

photo: Todd Roeth

Rock band Hill Country Revue will open for the The North Mississippi Allstars. It will be a long night for Chris Chew and Cody Dickinson who are in both bands,

Live dates:

• 03/11 Bottleneck, Lawrence, KS #
• 03/12 The Pageant, St. Louis, MO #
• 03/13 Revolution Music Room, Little Rock, Arkansas #
• 04/09 Shedd Fest, Sylavania, GA

» hillcountryrevue.com
» myspace.com/hillcountryrevue

HCTF review of Make A Move.

The Decemberists: covers archive

photo: Autumn DeWilde

You Ain't No Picasso has put together a collection of dozens of covers played by The Decemberists and their lead singer Colin Meloy. They take on Pink Floyd, The Velvet Underground, Cheap Trick, Kate Bush and lots, lots more.

» The Decemberists covers archive
» decemberists.com

Hugh Cornwell: tour dates

After a one-off appearance in Zagreb UK puck rocker Huge Cornwell is off to North America to teach the folks about DIY music. Next stop: South America, before wrapping things up with a lengthy UK tour.

His latest album Hooverdam is available as a free download.

• 03/13 Club Tvornica, Zagreb, Croatia

North American tour dates:

• 03/24 Club Congress, Tucson, AZ
• 03/25 The Platinum Room @ SKYE, Peoria / Phoenix, AZ
• 03/27 Alex’s Bar, Long Beach, CA
• 03/30 Spaceland, Los Angeles, CA
• 03/31 Red Devil, San Francisco, CA
• 04/02 Media Club, Vancouver, BC
• 04/03 Doug Fir Lounge, Portland, OR
• 04/04 The Tractor, Seattle, Washington
• 04/06 The State Room, Salt Lake City, Utah
• 04/07 Soiled Dove Underground, Denver, Colorado
• 04/08 Knickerbockers, Lincoln, Nebraska
• 04/09 Off Broadway, St Louis, Montana
• 04/10 The Abbey, Chicago, IL

South American tour dates:

• 04/29 Barranco Bar, Lima, Peru
• 04/30 Niceto Club, Buneos Aires, Argentina
• 05/01 CB Bar, Sao Paolo, Brasil

UK tour dates:

• 05/07 The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen, Scotland
• 05/08 Liquid Rooms, Edinburgh, Scotland
• 05/14 Guild Hall, Gloucester, England
• 05/15 53 Degrees, Preston, England
• 05/21 Rescue Rooms, Nottingham, England
• 05/22 Komedia, Brighton, England
• 05/28 Cockpit, Leeds, England
• 05/29 The Robin, Bilston, England

MP3: Hugh Cornwell - The Pleasure Of Your Company
MP3: Hugh Cornwell - Rain On The River

» hughcornwell.com
» myspace.com/hughcornwell

HCTF review of Hooverdam.

Coming soon in Utrecht: Absynthe Minded, Katzenjammer, Kaki King ...

A couple of nice acts will be playing the Tivoli and Tivoli De Helling in Utrecht, The Netherlands.

• 02/21 Yasmin Levy
  Updated traditional Jewish music
• 03/09 Katzenjammer *
  All female Norwegian pop with brass
• 03/21 Mintzkov *
  Indie guitar band from Belgium
• 03/28 Absynthe Minded *
  Melodic guitar band from Belgium
• 04/02 Luka Bloom
  Ireland's leading singer-songwriter
• 04/03 Rigby *
  Dutch pop with a show-off lead vocalist
• 04/03 New Cool Collective Big Band
  Jazz that you can dance too
• 04/05 Kaki King *
  Six string magic
• 04/14 Moss *
  Dreamy pop with a punk dressing
• 04/26 The Proclaimers *
  Scotland's finest folk rock band
• 04/28 Dick Dale *
  Undisputed king of surf guitar

* Tivoli De Helling

» tivoli.nl

Trey Anastasio & Classic TAB 2010 torrents: 2010/02/14 Red Bank

Trey Anastasio & Classic TAB
2010/02/14
Count Basie Theater
Red Bank, NJ

Set One:

1. Valentine
2. Cayman Review
3. Shine
4. Drifting
5. Curlew's Call
6. Tube Top Flop
7. Obstacle of Course
8. Night Speaks to a Woman
9. Goodbye Head >
10. Gotta Jiboo
11. Tuesday

Set Two:

1. Sand*
2. Push On Til The Day
3. Mr. Completely
4. The Way I Feel
5. Money Love and Change
6. Last Tube
7. (encore break)
8. E: Sultans of Swing
9. First Tube

* Lights come on and PA cuts out due to some idiot triggering the fire alarm. Un-amped horns and percussion jam fills in the lull till PA is turned back on.

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Gov't Mule 2010 torrents: 2010/02/09 Davenport

photo: Rick Keiner mule.net

Gov't Mule
2010/02/09
Capitol Theater
Davenport, IA

Set 1

1. Bad Little Doggie
2. Broke Down on the Brazos
3. Lay Your Burden Down
4. Bad Man Walking
5. Mr. Man
6. Time to Confess
7. Stay With Me
8. Scenes From A Troubled Mind*
9. Thorazine Shuffle

Set 2

1. Lola Leave Your Light On >
2. Mother Earth
3. Any Open Window >
4. Streamline Woman >
5. Drums
6. Forevermore
7. Mule >
8. Soulshine

Encores

1. callback/Jeff Massey Intro
2. The Hunter% >
3. 32/20 Blues%

* First time played
% w/ Jeff Massey (The Steepwater Band) on guitar

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Doug Fieger: 1952-2010

Doug Fieger, lead singer of The Knack, succumbed to lung cancer. He died at his home in Woodland Hills, California, on February 14.

Video: The Knack - My Sharona

John Cale: "Life Along the Borderline: a Tribute to Nico" in Wroclaw

A third edition of Life Along the Borderline: a Tribute to Nico is organised by John Cale in Wroclaw:

• 03/27 Teatr Muzyczny Capitol, Wroclaw, Poland

The show was performed in London in 2008 and Ferrara in 2009.

» John Cale tour dates

(Thanks: Gary Fox - photo: Peter Andrew)

Thrushes: new album "Night Falls" drops March 10th

photo: Jamie Onderdonk

Baltimore shoegaze band Thrushes will release their new album Night Fall March 10th on Birdnote Records. They offer Crystals as a free taste of what's inside.

Live date:

• 03/05 Metro Gallery ("Night Falls" release party), Baltimore, MD

» thrushesrule.com
» myspace.com/thrushes

HCTF review of Sun Come Undone.

Trey Anastasio & Classic TAB 2010 torrents: 2010/02/13 Wallingford

Trey Anastasio & Classic TAB
2010/02/13
Oakdale Theater
Wallingford, CT

Disc 1/Set 1:

1. Alive Again
2. Shine
3. All That Almost Was
4. Mozambique
5. Push On Til The Day
6. Words to Wanda
7. Sand
8. Tuesday
9. Alaska
10. Liquid Time

Disc 2

1. Show of Life
   Set 2:
2. Cayman Review
3. Gotta Jibboo
4. What’s Done
5. The Birdwatcher
6. Love Is Freedom >
7. Simple Twist Up Dave
8. Flock of Words
9. Drifting

Disc 3

1. First Tube
2. - encore break-
3. At The Gazebo
4. Valentine
5. Dragonfly

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Page McConnell: interview in Keyboard Magazine

Keyboard Magazine has an exclusive preview of Page McConnell discussing, among aother things, the "polyphonic portamento on his vintage Yamaha CS-60 analog synth".

» keyboardmag.com

(Thru week4paug.net)

Trey Anastasio & Classic TAB 2010 torrents: 2010/02/12 Boston

Trey Anastasio & Classic TAB
2010/02/12
House of Blues
Boston, MA

Set I:

1. Shine
2. ayman Review
3. Push On Til the Day
4. What's Done
5. Birdwatcher
6. Mozambique
7. Night Speaks to a Woman
8. Alaska
9. Let Me Lie
10. Plasma
11. Tuesday

Set II:

1. Drifting
2. All That Almost Was
3. Sand
4. Goodbye Head
5. Gotta Jibboo
6. Small Axe
7. Valentine
8. Money, Love and Change
9. Show of Life
10. Dragonfly

Encore:

1. Sultans of Swing
2. First Tube

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