Pigeon Park: Pigeon Park

Vancouver is a rock city, housing countless hard working bands. Pigeon Park is one of them and their self-titled debut EP is a resume for their music: blues rock with a hint of funk and even some reggae. Opening track Lovelight hits the ground running, but they run out of steam during Figures, a rather boring rock ballad. Don't give up on them just yet- It's Not That Likely is a tender acoustic folk song and Statues of Feathers proofs that they can do ballads without putting the audience to sleep. Only Us Fools pays tribute to The Guess Who. They go out on a high note. with singer Nick Weber digging out his falsetto for the intro.

Pigeon Park sounds tight like a well-oiled machine. Go see 'em live - this is the kind of band that opens up on stage. With a two guitar front line things may get loud.

Pigeon Park:
Nick Weber: vocals
Kevin Okabe: guitars
Logan Pacholok: guitars, vocals
Artur Lepert: bass
Hunter Elliott: drums

Pigeon Park is a self-released EP. Buy it from the band's website.

Tracks:

1. Lovelight
2. Figures
3. It's Not That Likely
4. Statues of Feathers
5. Only Us Fools
6. Hopeless

Live dates:

• 08/31 The Media Club (w/ The Grand & Community Trees), Vancouver, BC
• 09/20 Logans Pub (w/ The Revival, The Solution, Swamp Music Players), Victoria, BC
• 09/21 Phoenix Bar, Victoria, B.C
• 09/22 Felicita's UVIC (w/ Compassion Gorilla) @ Victoria, BC

Video: Pigeon Park - Lovelight

» pigeonparkmusic.com

JAN: Work For The City

photo: Emma Kathan

Singer Kim Talon launches a solo project called Jan. Her self-titled debut album drops November 13 in the USA (October 15th in the rest of the world) on Biakka Records. She recorded it in Seattle’s London Bridge Studios, with John Goodmanson (Blonde Redhead, The Gossip, Sleater-Kinney) Leading a hand The lead single Work For The City has her singing pensively on top of a rock band with art.rock inklings.

Work For The City is a free download.

» janforthepeople.com

EndAnd: Adventures of Hi-Fi in Space + Adventures of Lo-Fi in Space

Brooklyn based alt punk rock trio EndAnd can be loud as fuck in one song and surprisingly tender in the next one. They have released two EPs in a single swoop - Adventures of Hi-Fi in Space and Adventures of Lo-Fi in Space they go back to quiet-loud basics that were once championed by Nirvana and The Pixies. They are coming up short to match those band's left-field lyricism, but their DIY approach of the power trio makes for enjoyable listening experience. The noisier College rock may have fallen of the radar of the mainstream, but it is still very much alive.

With a Kickstarter campaign for their full-length Mechanics & Energetics of Stilt-Running the band is hoping to catch a wave out of obscurity. For now settle for a short loud rock song like Commando or the Sixties inspired pop ditty Sweet

EndAnd:
Daniel Fern: vocals guitars
Bill Fitzgerald: bass, vocals
Mike 'Mikopolis' Morales: drums, percussion

Adventures of Hi-Fi in Space and Adventures of Lo-Fi in Space are self-released EPs. Buy them from the band's website.

Tracks "Adventures of Hi-Fi in Space":

1. Far in Between
2. Labor Force
3. So What Now
4. Commando
5. Death Song

Tracks "Adventures of Lo-Fi in Space":

1. Dawi
2. Legend
3. Sweet
4. When and There

Video: EndAnd - Commando

» EndAnd on Facebook

Chickenfoot: debut album re-release with bonus live tracks

photo: Bryan Adams

Rock supergroup Chickenfoot will release their 2009 debut album in expanded format. It's the third version after the regular album and the DeLuxe Edition. their record went bust and after securign the masters it will be in the shops once again with a handful of live tracks recorded during the "Different Devil" tour this past Spring.

CD Avenida Revolution Soap On A Rope Sexy Little Thing Oh Yeah Runnin' Out Get It Up Down The Drain My Kinda Girl Learning To Fall Turnin' Left Future In The Past

Bonus CD Bitten By The Wolf (initially on vinyl only, also included the DeLuxe Edition) Lighten Up (Live in Chicago 5/12/12) Big Foot (Live in Seattle 6/6/12) Last Temptation (Live in Seattle 6/6/12) Something Going Wrong (Live in Boston 5/16/12)

» chickenfoot.us

HCTF review of Chickenfoot.

John Cale: "Face To The Sky" video

Watch the new John Cale video for Face to the Sky. Director: Tom Scholefeild (a.k.a. Kon Om Pax). Available on iTunes as of now. On 7" from September 24 with Living With You (Organic Mix) as the B-side.

Phish 2012 Summer tour SBD + torrents: Oklahoma City 2012/08/29

Official 8/29/2012 St. Louis Poster by Drew Millward

Phish
2012/08/29
Oklahoma City Zoo Amphitheatre, Oklahoma City, OK

Set 1:

1. Kill Devil Falls
2. Rift
3. Wilson >
4. Backwards Down the Number Line
5. The Moma Dance >
6. Divided Sky
7. Wolfman's Brother >
8. Axilla >
9. 46 Days
10. Ya Mar
11. Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan >
12. Run Like an Antelope

Set 2:

1. Down with Disease >
2. Birds of a Feather >
3. My Friend, My Friend >
4. Rock and Roll >
5. Twist
6. If I Could >
7. Light >
8. Harry Hood >
9. Character Zero >
10. Suzy Greenberg

Encore:

1. Slave to the Traffic Light
2. Loving Cup

» Buy the official LivePhish 2012/08/29 release
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John Cale: new single "Face to the Sky"

The new John Cale single Face to the Sky is available on iTunes. The B-side is Living With You (Organic Mix).

The new album Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood drops October 1st on Double Six.

Phish 2012 Summer tour SBD + torrents: St. Louis 2012/08/28

Official 8/28/2012 St. Louis Poster by Andrew Vastagh

Phish
2012/08/28
Chaifetz Arena, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO

Set 1:

1. Punch You In the Eye >
2. Runaway Jim
3. Ocelot >
4. Reba
5. I Didn't Know[1]
6. The Curtain >
7. Peaches en Regalia >
8. Mound >
9. Sample in a Jar
10. The Sloth
11. Camel Walk
12. Possum >
13. Quinn the Eskimo

Set 2:

1. Chalk Dust Torture >
2. Frankie Says ->
3. Undermind ->
4. Sand ->
5. Walk Away
6. Limb By Limb >
7. Julius >
8. Also Sprach Zarathustra
9. You Enjoy Myself

Encore:

1. Shine a Light

Notes from phish.net:
[1][1] Trey introduced Fish as "The John Coltrane of the vacuum cleaner."

» Buy the official LivePhish 2012/08/28 release
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Trey Anastasio: new album "Traveler" available for pre-order

The new Trey Anastasio album Traveler is available for pre-order. It's a mixed bag of new stuff and road tested songs from Phish and TAB, including the Gorillaz cover Clint Eastwood. The LP version of the album has a bonus track, Greyhound Rising, on 7". Download card for the vinyl challenged.

Tracks:

1. Corona
2. Let Me Lie
3. Frost
4. Land of Nod
5. Pigtail
6. Scabbard
7. Clint Eastwood
8. Architect
9. Valentine
10. Traveler

The album will be released on October 16th, just in time for the Fall tour.

Live dates:

• 10/18 Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore
• 10/19 Chicago, IL @ Chicago Theatre
• 10/20 Columbus, OH @ LC Pavilion
• 10/22 Stroudsburg, PA @ Sherman Theater
• 10/23 Richmond, VA @ The National
• 10/24 Silver Springs, MD @ The Fillmore Silver Spring
• 10/26 New York, NY @ Beacon Theatre
• 10/27 Boston, MA @ Orpheum Theatre
• 10/28 Port Chester, NY @ Capitol Theatre

» trey.com

Tame Impala: "Elephant" remix by Todd Rundgren, tour dates

Aussie indie darlings Tame Impala get the Todd Rundgren treatment with a remix by the legendary producer of their song Elephant, a track from the new album Lonerism, out Oct 5th (AUS), Oct 8th (UK/EU), Oct 9th (USA) on Modular Recordings.

Australian live dates:

• 09/29 Parklife, Brisbane
• 09/30 Parklife, Sydney
• 10/01 Parklife, Perth
• 10/06 Parklife, Melbourne
• 10/07 Parklife, Adelaide

USA live dates:

• 11/07 Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NU
• 11/08 Union Transfer, Philadelphia, PA
• 11/09 Royale Night Club, Boston, MA
• 11/10 Webster Hall, New York, NY
• 11/13 Metro, Chicago, IL
• 11/15 The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA
• 11/17 The Fonda Theatre, Los Angeles, CA

» tameimpala.com

museum: traces of

photo: Marius Stapelfeldt

Berlin indie rock quartet museum took their time building a following on the internet. Their previous two EPs became quite popular on last.fm and with the release of their first full-length traces of they are trying to attain some notoriety outside of Germany. They go for a big yet clean sound mostly, especially on the vocals, taking cues from Suede, Blur and Robbie Williams. For a band with two guitars they are missing out on the opportunity to take more risks.

A change of pace within song can be most welcome and they deliver during Flowers And Dust. Inserting quirky sounds (The Law) can save them from becoming another well meaning powerpop band. Naming yourself museum doesn't mean you have to be frozen in time musically.

museum:
Tobias Hermes: voice, computers, guitars, piano
Söhnke Grothusen: guitars, vocals
Hagen Hamm: bass
Florian Bolzau: drums

traces of is a self-released album. Buy it from the band's website.

Tracks:

1. A Feast Is A Feast
2. For The Very First Time
3. With Love
4. To Have Or To Be
5. The Law
6. And Now
7. Eden
8. Calm
9. Flowers And Dust
10. Midwinter
11. Uncorrupted

Video: museum - for the very first time

» binarymuseum.net

Phish: Denver 08/21-09/01-02 pay-per-view webcasts

photo: Autumn DeWilde

The three Phish shows at Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Denver, CO on August 31, September 1 and 2 are offered as pay-per-view webcasts.

» livephish.com

DeWolff: tour dates

Dutch neo classic rock trio DeWolff are gearing up for another club tour in The Netherlands. Also: one-off shows in Belgium and Italy.

Live dates:

• 09/09 Antwerp Street Kicks, Antwerpen, Belgium
• 09/13 Tivoli Oudegracht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
• 09/21 Vera, Groningen, The Netherlands
• 09/22 Freeze Festival, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands
• 09/29 Hedon, Zwolle, The Netherlands
• 10/05 Paard van Troje, Den Haag, The Netherlands
• 10/11 Doornroosje, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
• 10/13 Melkweg - The Max, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• 10/19 013 - Dommelsch zaal, Tilburg, The Netherlands
• 10/20 Atak, Enschede, The Netherlands
• 10/26 Parkstad Theater, Heerlen, The Netherlands
• 11/02 Luxor Live, Arnhem, The Netherlands
• 11/03 Patronaat, Haarlem, The Netherlands
• 11/29 Bloom di Mezzago, Milan, Italy

Video: DeWolff - Evil And The Midnight Sun

» dewolff.nu

Thot: "Grueenn" video ft. Colin H van Eeckhout

Watch the Thot video forGrueenn, the lead single for their forthcoming EP The Fall of the Water Towers (September 25th, on White Leaves Music.). The experimental rockers from Brussels have teamed up with Colin H van Eeckhout (Amenra, Kingdom), who wrote the lyrics and handles the vocals on this track. It's a piano driven slow song about heartbreak. The single can be bought (pay-what-you-want) from their website.

» thotweb.net

Phish 2012 Summer tour SBD + torrents: Charlotte 2012/08/26

Official 8/26/2012 Charlotte Poster by Matt Huynh

Phish
2012/08/26
Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, Charlotte, NC

Set 1:

1. AC/DC Bag >
2. The Moma Dance >
3. Heavy Things
4. Ocelot
5. Funky Bitch >
6. Bathtub Gin >
7. Fluffhead >
8. Alumni Blues >
9. Letter to Jimmy Page >
10. Alumni Blues
11. Tube
12. My Sweet One
13. David Bowie

Set 2:

1. Crosseyed and Painless >
2. McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters >
3. Mike's Song[1] >
4. Bouncing Around the Room
5. Axilla >
6. Tweezer >
7. Harry Hood >
8. The Horse >
9. Silent in the Morning >
10. Weekapaug Groove
11. Suzy Greenberg[1]

Encore:

1. Big Black Furry Creature from Mars
2. Tweezer Reprise

Notes from phish.net:
[1] Crosseyed tease from Trey.
Notes: During Alumni, Fish stated he didn't have a degree and later said he did. After Alumni, Trey said that Fish did have a degree, adding that they met in 1983 at UVM and that Fish held a very interesting record: the lowest grade point average ever recorded at UVM. Fish added "for a non-fraternity student" and both Trey and Fish joked about Fish's GPA (giving low numbers). Trey added that they were both saved by Page at Goddard and that Page earned $100 for recruiting them to Goddard. Trey introduced Tube and My Sweet One as Fishman songs, asking the crowd to count the number of times "you" appeared in the song. There was a delay in starting My Sweet One until Page said they have a lot of interesting stories (about Fishman), prompting Fishman to immediately start the song. Mike's and Suzy contained a Crosseyed teases from Trey.

» Buy the official LivePhish 2012/08/26 release
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Phish 2012 Summer tour SBD + torrents: Atlanta 2012/08/25

Official 08/25 Official Poster by Mike Davis of Burlesque of North America

Phish
2012/08/25
Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood, Atlanta, GA

Set 1:

1. Cars Trucks Buses
2. Wolfman's Brother
3. Runaway Jim
4. Ya Mar
5. Alaska
6. My Soul
7. Wilson
8. Maze
9. Roses Are Free >
10. Backwards Down the Number Line >
11. Character Zero

Set 2:

1. Kill Devil Falls >
2. Golden Age >
3. Free >
4. Light >
5. Wading in the Velvet Sea >
6. Chalk Dust Torture[1] >
7. What's the Use? >
8. Joy >
9. Run Like an Antelope

Encore:

1. A Day in the Life

Notes from phish.net:
[1] Unfinished.

» Buy the official LivePhish 2012/08/25 release
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Black Country Communion: new album "Afterglow" 10/30

The third Black Country Communion studio album Afterglow drops October 30th. Pre-order starts September 11th.

Vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple Black Sabbath, Trapeze), drummer Jason Bonham, keyboard player Derek Sherinian (Dream Theater, Alice Cooper) and guitarist Joe Bonamassa founded the band in 2010 as a side-project. It has evolved into a full blown supergroup. Once again the album is produced by Kevin Shirley.

» bccommunion.com

HCTF review of "2".

John Cale: "Dead or Alive" video + interview

Watch a rare John Cale documentary of sorts, with snippets of the seldom seen Dead or Alive promo video interspersed with an interview. Produced & directed by Michael Branton & Joe Ohliger III.

(Thanks:Carmen)

The Ploctones: on tour in The Netherlands & Switzerland

photo: Ron Beenen

Dutch eclectic funky jazz The Ploctones are on tour in The Netherlands before they go to Switzerland to perform three shows with stunt vocalist Andreas Schaerer.

Dutch live dates:

• 04/10 Amstelveen @ P60
• 05/10 Den Haag @ Paard van Troje
• 09/11 Vlissingen @ De Piek
• 10/11 Amsterdam @ Jazzfestival Amsterdam
• 18/11 Alkmaar @ Cheezztown Jazz Parade

Swiss live dates w/ Andreas Schaerer:

• 01/11 Zürich @ Rümli
• 02/11 Bern @ BeJazz
• 03/11 Rifferswil @ Rifferswil Jazz

» ploctones.com
» pandreasschaerer.ch

Phish 2012 Summer tour SBD + torrents: Birmingham 2012/08/24

Official 08/24 Official Pelham/Birmingham poster by James Flames

Phish
2012/08/24
Oak Mountain Amphitheatre, Birmingham, AL

Set 1:

1. Cities >
2. Sample in a Jar
3. Timber (Jerry) >
4. Back on the Train
5. Lawn Boy
6. Down with Disease
7. Gumbo
8. Ginseng Sullivan >
9. The Wedge
10. Julius >
11. Cavern
12. While My Guitar Gently Weeps

Set 2:

1. The Lizards
2. Halley's Comet >
3. Sand >
4. Twist[1] >
5. Birds of a Feather
6. Boogie On Reggae Woman >
7. Also Sprach Zarathustra >
8. Waste >
9. Slave to the Traffic Light

Encore:

1. Good Times Bad Times

Notes from phish.net:
[1] Oye Como Va jam.

» Buy the official LivePhish 2012/08/24 release
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Bambi Lee Savage: new album "Darkness Overshadowed" 11/13

Singer-songwriter Bambi Lee Savage releases her new solo album Darkness Overshadowed on November 13. Savage is best known for her work with Daniel Lanois and Mick Harvey, who now acts as producer for the album.

Her music is best descibed as dark Americana. It features guitarist and keyboardist James Cruickshank, double bassist Rosie Westbrook, and Mick Harvey on drums, bass, keyboards, guitars and percussion. Most of the album was recorded in Melbourne, Australia. One of the tracks, Oh Loneliness, is up on bandcamp.com. Pay what you want.

» bambileesavage.com

Frank Zappa: second batch of the re-releases

photo: Heinrich Klaffs

The second batch of the re-releases of the Frank Zappa catalog is making its way to a friendly record store near you.

• Orchestral Favorites
• Joe's Garage Acts 1, 2 & 3
• Tinsel Town Rebellion
• Shut Up 'N' Play Yer Guitar
• You Are What You Is
• Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch
• The Man From Utopia
• Baby Snakes
• London Symphony Orchestra, Vols. I & II
• Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger
• Them Or Us
• THING-FISH

There will be some previously unreleased stuff in round three ...

» zappa.com

The Rockids: C'mon Everybody

NYC musicians Wayne Olivieri and Gar Francis have revived The Rockids, a DIY rock band that originally founded in 1973 who played dozens of times at legendary venues like CBGB's and Max's Kansas City. They never got a break or a recording deal back then. When Olivieri called on Francis this year he suggested to record the first song they played at their first jam session, a cover of Eddie Cochran's C'mon Everybody.

They stick close to the original with the guitars more upfront to show off their garage rock roots - it's obvious that they had a ball in the studio. The Rockids pay tribute to a hugely influential pioneer of rock 'n' roll. A good song never gets old.

C'mon Everybody is released on Bongo Boy Records. Buy it (digital only) from CD Baby.

Video: C'mon Everybody trailer

» The Rockids on Facebook

The Cult: "Honey From A Knife" video

Watch the video for Honey From A Knife , the next single by UK rockers The Cult from their Choice of Weapon.

» thecult.us

HCTF review of Choice of Weapon album.

Phish: "Tweezer > Twist > Wading In The Velvet Sea" video @ Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, CA - 2012/08/17

Watch Phish perform the Tweezer > Twist > Wading In The Velvet Sea @ Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, CA - 2012/08/17.

The Who: North American "Quadrophenia" tour

The Who will perform their mod rock opera Quadrophenia plus a healthy dose of classics from their catalog during a lengthy North American tour.

Live dates:

• 11/01 BankAtlantic Center, Sunrise, FL
• 11/03 Amway Center, Orlando, FL
• 11/05 The Arena at Gwinnett Center, Duluth, GA
• 11/08 Bi-Lo Center, Greenville, SC
• 11/09 Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, NC
• 11/11 CONSOL Energy Center, Pittsburgh, PA
• 11/13 Verizon Center, Washington, DC
• 11/14 Barclays Center, New York, NY
• 11/16 TD Garden, Boston, MA
• 11/20 Bell Center, Montreal, QC
• 11/21 Scotiabank Place, Ottawa, ON
• 11/23 Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON
• 11/24 Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI
• 11/27 Target Center, Minneapolis, MN
• 11/29 Allstate Arena, Rosemont, IL
• 11/30 Allstate Arena, Rosemont, IL
• 12/02 Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, TN
• 12/05 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
• 12/06 Prudential Center, Newark, NJ
• 12/08 Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, PA
• 12/09 Mohegan Sun Resort and Casino, Uncasville, CT
• 01/28 Honda Center, Anaheim, CA
• 01/30 STAPLES Center, Los Angeles, CA
• 02/01 Oracle Arena, Oakland, CA
• 02/02 Reno Events Center, Reno, NV
• 02/05 Valley View Casino Center, San Diego, CA
• 02/06 Jobing.com Arena, Glendale, AZ
• 02/08 The Joint, Las Vegas, NV
• 02/12 Pepsi Center, Denver, CO
• 02/14 BOK Center, Tulsa, OK
• 02/16 KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, KY
• 02/17 Schottenstein Center, Columbus, OH
• 02/19 Copps Coliseum, Hamilton, ON
• 02/21 Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY
• 02/22 Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, NJ
• 02/24 Verizon Wireless Arena, Manchester, NH
• 02/26 Dunkin’ Donuts Center, Providence, RI

» thewho.com

Starlight Girls: show @ Delinquency, Brooklyn 08/24

photo: Sarah Lovrie

The Starlight Girls, retro vaudeville pop band from NYC, are part of a four band line-up playing a hometown show at Delinquency:

• 08/24 Delinquency, Brooklyn, NY (w/ Tiny Victories, Neighbors, Ghost Beach)

» starlightgirls.net

HCTF review of the Starlight Girls EP.

Phish 2012 Summer tour SBD + torrents: Kansas City 2012/08/22

Official 08/22 Kansas City poster by Sei Rey Ho at Us & Them

Phish
2012/08/22
Starlight Theatre, Kansas City, MO

Set 1:

1. Chalk Dust Torture
2. Skin It Back
3. The Moma Dance
4. Rift
5. Bathtub Gin
6. Stash
7. The Ballad of Curtis Loew
8. Kill Devil Falls
9. Funky Bitch
10. Run Like an Antelope

Set 2:

1. Tweezer
2. Piper
3. Mike's Song
4. Bouncing Around the Room >
5. Backwards Down the Number Line >
6. Heavy Things
7. If I Could >
8. Weekapaug Groove
9. Harry Hood >
10. Suzy Greenberg[1]

Encore:

1. Loving Cup >
2. Tweezer Reprise

Notes from phish.net:
[1] Stairway to Heaven Tease

» Buy the official LivePhish 2012/08/22 release
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Wild Wax Combo: Space Invaders

Garage rockabilly from Copenhagen, Denmark. The Wild Wax Combo were founded in 1996 and have released six albums celebrating the roots of rock 'n' roll.

Keeping it short and sweet their new single Space Invaders with the double treat Josephine and How About Me, Pretty Baby? the trio needs only six minutes to proof their point. They conjure up images of seeing a B-movie shown at the drive-in during the title track, use a sexy sax to sign the praise of Josephine and apply wall-to-wall echo to the vocals of How About Me, Pretty Baby?. HelL yeah, this sounds dated, but it is a labour of love that will make you consider buying a jukebox.

Wild Wax Combo:
Andre Preuthun: guitar
Mikael Findanis: drums
Rene Karlsson: bass

Space Invaders is released on 7" vinyl by Swedish specialty label HepTown Records.

Side A

1. Space Invaders

Side B

1. Josephine
2. How About Me, Pretty Baby?

Live dates:

• 08/24 Sin City, Copenhagen, Denmark
• 09/07-09 Odin Cruising and Meet 2012, Langeskov, Denmark
• 09/22 Snapphane Cruisers, Knislinge, Sweden
• 09/23 Havnehytten, Lyngby, Denmark
• 10/20 Knust, Hamburg, Germany
• 10/27 South Island Rock 2012, Kalvehave, Denmark
• 11/09-10 Rock at Sea, M/S Viking Cinderella

» wildwaxcombo.dk

UngdomSkulen: "Askefast" video & MP3

Watch video the new UngdomSkulen for Askefast, The Norwegian trio plays early Eighties influenced dark prog rock, with an avant-garde math twist. The single is a forerunner for their fourth studio album Secrecy drops September 25th.

Frode Kvinge Flatland, Kristian Stockhaus and Øyvind Solheim met in school in 1998, which explains the name of the band.

» ungdomskulen.com

Phish: Birmingham (08/24) webcast

photo: Autumn DeWilde

Phish offers a pay-per-view webcast of their sold out show @ Oak Mountain Amphitheatre in Birmingham, Alabama (08/24):

This Friday, August 24, Phish will play a sold out show at Oak Mountain Amphitheatre in Birmingham, Alabama. The show will be webcast live at LivePhish.com. The webcast is available for pre-order now, along with a Summer 2012 Tour t-shirt (a brand new color variation that's not available on the road).

LivePhish.com will broadcast a 9-camera, high definition shoot with high quality audio mixed live. You can tune in on your large screen TVs via HDMI-equipped PCs or Macs, as well as on Android devices.

» livephish.com

Her Vanished Grace: Star-Crossed

Long time followers of NYC dream pop quartet Her Vanished Grace are in for a bit of a surprise. The new album Star-Crossed kicks off with an angry bit of rock percussion introducing Car Crash, a loud and rather fast song that sidesteps their usual midtempo shoegaze psychedelica. After that it's business as usual, touching base with the Beatles, and a newly found fondness U2 (Fade Away sounds a lot like With or Without You) and the deep bass sound of The Cure.

Her Vanished Grace won't get out of the underground with this new release, but they are still growing and expanding their sound. They are band for the inner circle of the music geeks, but the general public will have trouble digesting their idiosyncratic progressive post-rock approach. When David Lynch stops fucking around trying to write his own music and go back to directing, he must consider giving them a call for a prominent place on the soundtrack. A song like the meandering Earth Stood Still and vocals by Charles and Nance Nieland during Turn It Over deserve to be heard in glorious 5.1.

Her Vanished Grace:
Nance Nieland: guitar, vocals
Charles Nieland: guitar, vocals
Maria Theodosiadou: bass
Billy Loose: drums

Star-Crossed is a self-released album. Buy it from the band's website.

1. Car Crash
2. Fade Away
3. Bridge Of Sighs
4. Break Down
5. Midnight Sun
6. Turn It Over
7. Hungry
8. Star-Crossed
9. Dawning
10. Earth Stood Still

Live dates:

• 09/08 Bar Matchless, 557 Manhattan Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11222
• 10/06 Everything Louder Than Everything Else showcase at the STPP Festival at Mellow Mushroom, 2436 18th Street Northwest Washington, DC 20009

» hervanishedgrace.com

HCTF review of See The Moon.

Kin remixes The Sugarettes: Destroyers of Worlds (Malocclusion Mix)

Clash of the Dutch indie geeks. Alt electro band Kin created a pretty weird but innocent sounding remix of Destroyers of Worlds, the title track of the latest album by The Sugarettes. Easy tune meets kids music. Download it (pay-what-you-want) from their website.

» kinbuzz.moonfruit.com
» facebook.com/TheSugarettes

Phish 2012 Summer tour SBD + torrents: San Francisco 2012/08/19

Official 08/17-19 San Francisco poster by Ken Taylor

Phish
2012/08/19
Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, CA

Set 1:

1. Crowd Control
2. Party Time
3. Axilla
4. Reba
5. Free
6. Mound >
7. Walk Away
8. NICU
9. Back on the Train
10. Gotta Jibboo >
11. Roggae
12. David Bowie[1]

Set 2:

1. Crosseyed and Painless >
2. Light[2] ->
3. Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley[2] ->
4. Crosseyed and Painless Reprise >
5. Theme From the Bottom >
6. Rocky Top
7. Boogie On Reggae Woman >
8. Meatstick[3]
9. Bug
10. You Enjoy Myself

Encore:

1. Ride Captain Ride >
2. Tweezer Reprise

Notes from phish.net:
[1] Mind Left Body tease
[2] Crosseyed and Painless tease
[3] Japanese lyrics.
This was the third of three pay per view performances. The intro to David Bowie included Mind Left Body teases by Mike. Light and Sneakin' Sally both included Crosseyed and Painless teases. Meatstick included Japanese lyrics. Alumni Blues was teased prior to Bug. Prior to Ride Captain Ride, Page said, "We had a lot of fun tonight. Thank you guys. I hope we can come back here and play again."

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Freedom Fry: Jesse James

Watch the Freedom Fry video for Jesse James, a track from their Outlaws EP. The clip was shot on location in Chloride, AZ. Directed by Mark Maggiori and Petecia LeFawnhawk.

Freedom Fry are a French & American duo. Singer Marie Seyrat resides in Paris and Bruce Driscoll lives in Los Angeles. With this single they have turned a legendary Wild West villain into an evasive dreampop figure. Free download.

» Freedom Fry on Facebook

Phish: "Long Beach Jam" video @ Long Beach Arena in Long Beach, CA - 2012/08/15

Watch Phish perform the Long Beach Jam @ Long Beach Arena in Long Beach, CA - 2012/08/15.

John Cale: Trutnov 2012/08/18 setlist

photo: Jirí Janda

John Cale performed at Trutnov Festival, Trutnov, Czech Republic - August 18, 2012. He joined the protest against the conviction of Russian punk trio Pussy Riot. Hard rocking setlist. Satellite Walk was played twice, the second time around even louder than the first one.

The band:
John Cale: vocals, guitar, keyboards
Dustin Boyer: lead guitar
Alex Thomas drums
Joey Maramba: bass

Setlist:

1. Captain Hook
2. Bluetooth Swings
3. Praetorian Underground
4. Cry
5. Helen Of Troy > I've Got The Power
6. Catastrofuk #
7. Things
8. The Hanging
9. Satellite Walk
10. Satellite Walk (again)
11. Dirty Ass Rock 'n' Roll
12. Waiting For The Man
13. Gun > Pablo Picasso

# no bass for a while due to some cable issues

photo: Vilém Fischl

» John Cale setlists

(Thanks: David Mácha, Marek Koudelka, Ondra, and Carmen)

Don Airey: tour dates

Live @ De Boerderij, Zoetermeer, The Netherlands - 2009/01/22 - photo: HCTF

Keyboardist Don Airey embarks on short European tour in September, playing songs from his recent solo albums.

Live dates:

• 09/13 Kubana, Siegburg, Germany
• 09/14 Boerderij, Zoetermeer, The Netherlands
• 09/15 The Rock Temple, Kerkrade, The Netherlands
• 09/17 Quasimodo, Berlin, Germany
• 09/19 Colos Saal, Aschaffenburg, Germany
• 09/20 Garage Deluxe, München, Germany
• 09/21 Reigen, Wien, Austria
• 09/22 Šeríkovka, Plzen, Czech Republic
• 09/23 A38, Budapest, Hungary
• 09/27 Konzertfabrik Z7, Pratteln, Switzerland
• 09/28 Kikas, Aigen, Austria
• 09/29 Uhlenspiegel, Leonberg, Germany

» donairey.com

HCTF review of All Out.

Re-Machined - A Tribute to Deep Purple's Machine Head EPK

Watch Lars Ullrich, Joe Satriani, Zakk Wylde, Joe Elliott and others about recording a song for Re-Machined, the tribute album covering the Deep Purple classic record Machine Head.

Re-Machined is due 3rd September (UK Classic Rock exclusive) and then globally on 1st October.

Phish 2012 Summer tour SBD + torrents: San Francisco 2012/08/18

Official 08/17-19 San Francisco poster by Ken Taylor

Phish
2012/08/18
Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, CA

Set 1:

1. Runaway Jim
2. Wolfman's Brother[1]
3. Nellie Kane
4. Beauty of a Broken Heart
5. Ocelot
6. Maze
7. I Didn't Know >
8. 46 Days
9. Tube
10. When the Circus Comes
11. Sugar Shack
12. Split Open and Melt
13. Cavern

Set 2:

1. Golden Age >
2. Piper >
3. Mike's Song >
4. Simple >
5. Backwards Down the Number Line >
6. Carini >
7. Wilson>
8. Weekapaug Groove
9. The Horse >
10. Silent in the Morning >
11. Also Sprach Zarathustra
12. Fluffhead >
13. Loving Cup

Encore:

1. Encore: Show of Life
2. Character Zero

Notes from phish.net:
[1] Vocal jam.
Notes: "Shine a Light" contained a brief "Wading in the Velvet Sea" tease. At the beginning of the encore, Page thanked the crowd and mentioned how happy they were to be playing in San Francisco and "this room."

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Audience sources:

Haven't surfaced yet.

Marco Benevento: new album "TigerFace", tour dates

Photo: Michael-Weintrob

NYC piano experimentalist Marco Benevento releases his fourth studio TigerFace on September 11 thru The Royal Potato Family. It's his first album featuring vocals. Kalmia Traver (Rubblebucket) sings on two of the tracks.

Live dates:

• 09/14 Terrapin Crossroads | San Rafael, CA
• 09/19 Water Street Music Hall | Rochester, NY ^
• 09/20 Nietzsche's | Buffalo, NY ^
• 09/21 Beachland Ballroom | Cleveland, OH
• 09/22 Martyr's | Chicago, IL ^
• 09/23 Cafe Paradiso | Fairfield, IA ^
• 09/24 Vaudeville Mews | Des Moines, IA ^
• 09/25 Record Bar | Kansas City, MO ^
• 09/26 Old Rock House | St. Louis, MO ^
• 09/27 Headliner's Music Hall | Louisville, KY ^
• 09/28 Woodland's Tavern | Columbus, OH ^
• 09/29 Rex Theatre | Pittsburgh, PA ^
• 10/11 TT & The Bears | Boston, MA
• 10/12 Bowery Ballroom | New York, NY
• 10/13 The Blockley | Philadelphia, PA
• 10/14 Bridge Street Live | Collinsville, CT
• 10/17 The Press Room | Portsmouth, NH
• 10/18 The Press Room | Portsmouth, NH
• 10/19 Higher Ground | Burlington, VT #
• 10/20 The Iron Horse | Northampton, MA #
• 11/07 The Southern | Charlottesville, VA
• 11/08 Pisgah Brewery | Black Mountain, NC
• 11/09 Ciderhouse | Knoxville, TN
• 11/10 New Earth Music Hall | Athens, GA
• 11/11 The Pour House Music Hall | Raleigh, NC
• 11/12 Casbah | Charlotte, NC
• 11/13 The Soapbox | Wilmington, NC
• 11/14 Jewish Mother | Virginia Beach, VA
• 11/15 Capital Ale House | Richmond, VA
• 11/16 U Street Music Hall | Washington, DC
• 11/17 8x10 | Baltimore, MD

^ support Mike Dillon Band
# support Superhuman Happiness

» marcobenevento.com

Phish 2012 Summer tour SBD + torrents: San Francisco 2012/08/17

Official 08/17-19 San Francisco poster by Ken Taylor

Phish
2012/08/17
Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, CA

Set 1:

1. AC/DC Bag
2. The Moma Dance
3. Possum
4. Corinna
5. Sand
6. Halley's Comet >
7. Funky Bitch >
8. Sample in a Jar
9. Roses Are Free >
10. My Friend, My Friend
11. Slave to the Traffic Light

Set 2:

1. Down with Disease >
2. Birds of a Feather
3. Tweezer >
4. Twist
5. Wading in the Velvet Sea >
6. Chalk Dust Torture
7. Joy
8. Run Like an Antelope
9. Shine a Light[1]

Encore:

1. First Tube

Notes from phish.net:
[1] Contained a brief "Wading in the Velvet Sea" tease.
Notes: "Shine a Light" contained a brief "Wading in the Velvet Sea" tease. At the beginning of the encore, Page thanked the crowd and mentioned how happy they were to be playing in San Francisco and "this room."

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Audience sources:

» Grab your torrent (Schoeps CCM4V'S)

Trey Anastasio: "Scabbard" on red vinyl

The new Trey Anastasio single Scabbard is available on red vinyl at the merch stand of the current Phish tour. Zappa-esque, with an indie production flavor that might get in the way of your listening pleasure.

Trey's brand new single "Scabbard" from his upcoming album Traveler, is now available on 7" blazing red vinyl, exclusively on the road (...) It will be unleashed to the rest of the world on August 21. Stop by the Dry Goods merch stands to pick up a copy!

» trey.com
» Trey Anastasio on Facebook

Phish 2012 Summer tour SBD + torrents: Long Beach 2012/08/15

Official 08/15 Long Beach poster by Michael Michael Motorcycle

Phish
2012/08/15
Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA

Set 1:

1. Suzy Greenberg
2. Cities >
3. Kill Devil Falls[1]
4. Guelah Papyrus
5. Cool It Down
6. Rift
7. Stash
8. Bouncing Around the Room >
9. Bathtub Gin
10. Quinn the Eskimo

Set 2:

1. Rock and Roll >
2. Ghost[2] >
3. Limb By Limb
4. Guyute
5. Dirt
6. Harry Hood >
7. Good Times Bad Times

Encore:

1. Julius

Notes from phish.net:
[1] Whole Lotta Love tease.
[2] Roggae tease and quote.
Kill Devil Falls contained a tease from Trey of Whole Lotta Love. The jam at the end of Ghost included a Roggae tease and (vocal) quote from Fish.

» Buy the official LivePhish 2012/08/15 release
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Audience sources:

» Grab your torrent (Schoeps mk4v's)

Bombay Show Pig: tour dates

Dutch indie rock duo Bombay Show Pig embark on Dutch club Fall tour, promoting their Vulture/Provider album.

Live dates:

• 08/25 Pleinpop, Schijndel
• 09/08 De Stad als Podium, Haarlem
• 09/16 Breda Barst, Breda
• 10/24 013, Tilburg
• 10/15 Rotown, Rotterdam
• 11/02 Supermarkt, Den Haag
• 11/03 Ekko, Utrecht
• 11/08 Paradiso, Amsterdam
• 11/10 Merleyn, Nijmegen
• 12/14 Fenix, Sittard
• 12/21 Groene Engel, Oss

» bombayshowpig.com

HCTF review of Vulture/Provider.

Trey Anastasio: new solo album "Traveler" 10/16, tour dates

Guitarist Trey Anastasio hits the road in October, promoting his new solo album Traveler:

Traveler, Trey Anastasio's forthcoming solo album, will be released on October 16 via Rubber Jungle Records / ATO Records. Anastasio co-produced the album with Peter Katis (The National, Interpol, Jónsi) last fall in Katis' Tarquin Studios in Bridgeport, CT.

The first single on the album, Scabbard, will be released August 21.

Live dates:

• 10/18 Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore
• 10/19 Chicago, IL @ Chicago Theatre
• 10/20 Columbus, OH @ LC Pavilion
• 10/22 Stroudsburg, PA @ Sherman Theater
• 10/23 Richmond, VA @ The National
• 10/24 Silver Springs, MD @ The Fillmore Silver Spring
• 10/26 New York, NY @ Beacon Theatre
• 10/27 Boston, MA @ Orpheum Theatre
• 10/28 Port Chester, NY @ Capitol Theatre

» trey.com

Nobody Beats The Drum: free "L.O.W.L.A.N.D.S" MP3

Dutch electro trio Nobody Beats The Drum plays at the Lowlands Festival this Saturday. They made a special track for the occasion and are offering it as a free dwonload.

We are SO MUCH looking forward to our show at Lowlands Festival this weekend that we made a special track to celebrate. Download it for free and enjoy!

Live dates:

• 08/18 Lowland, Biddinghuizen, The Netherlands
• 08/24 Westerpop, Delft, The Netherlands
• 09/25 Mysteryland (333"), Hoofddorp, The Netherlands
• 09/22 Sunset Festival, Lille, Belgium

» nobodybeatsthedrum.com

HCTF review of Currents.

John Cale: "Shifty Adventures In Nookie Wood" promo pix

photo: Shawn Brackbill

Chicago based Pitch Perfect PR is handling publicity for the new John Cale album Shifty Adventures In Nookie Wood. Seven press photos by NYC fashion photographer Shawn Brackbill.

(Thanks: Carmen)

Neonfaith: Tied Together

The intro of Tied Together could use a bit of work, but as a whole the new single by Queens (NYC) indie electronic band Neonfatih is an interesting take on mixing up hip-hop beats with an indie melody. Tabla dub out of the laptop courtesy of Lay and Fef with the dreamy vocals of Megan Faye as the icing on the cake.

The trio is working on a 6-song EP. Some new music to be released within the next two weeks.

» Neonfaith on Facebook

Jimmy Barnes & Joe Bonamassa: recording "Lazy" for "Re-Machined"

Watch a video of Jimmy Barnes and Joe Bonamassa discussing recording Lazy for the Re-Machined, the tribute album covering the Deep Purple classic record Machine Head.

Re-Machined is due 3rd September (UK Classic Rock exclusive) and then globally on 1st October.

Train Company: The Remains Of An Effort

After two years of hard work, Chicago quintet Train Company have finished their The Remains Of An Effort album. There is a bit of Elvis Costello inspired rock (City Down By The Shoreline, Still Can Feel The Heat), electric blues (Myself In Two), joyful NOLA funky jazz rock vibe (Steve) and the echo of the Beatles' Abbey Road shines through quite a lot. Think Eric Margan & The Red Lions with funk as an added bonus.

These guys are all about the melody and smart arrangements, carefully applying textures with string and woodwinds and sexy "woo-hoo" backing vocalists . They can even come up with a big-band showstopper like Face In The Crowd. The freebie City Down By The Shoreline is the kind of song that will Bruce Springsteen sit up and take notice. The Remains Of An Effort is bursting at the seams with smart hooks and so catchy that it will be stuck in your CD player for hours on end.

Train Company:
John Zozzaro: guitar, vocals
Mark Alletag: saxophone, guitar, flute, clarinet
Rob Lejman: drums
Mike DeWitte: bass, vocals
Samuel Wyatt: Keyboards

The Remains Of An Effort is a self-released album. Buy it from the band's website.

Tracks:

1. October
2. City Down By The Shoreline
3. Leavin'
4. Look At You
5. Still Can Feel The Heat
6. The Otherside
7. Real Digital
8. Banister
9. Myself In Two
10. Steve
11. Face In The Crowd
12. The Remains Of An Effort

Live dates:

• 08/14 Audiotree Live - Chicago, IL (Live studio performance)
• 08/17 Arcada Theater - St. Charles, IL (Album Release Party)
• 08/18 Oddfest (Raise funds for the Make a Wish and Juvenile Diabetes Foundations) - Sycamore, IL

» traincompany.net

Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra: free "The Killing Type" MP3

Amanda Palmer The Killing Type from her forthcoming album Theatre Is Evil with The Grand Theft Orchestra on NPR. She wrote the song in Amsterdam:

All the songs on the album were written over the past four or five years, and "The Killing Type" is the most recent one. Its origins are unique — I wrote it entirely in my head on a walk, as opposed to sitting at the piano. I'd been out to dinner with my sister in Amsterdam and couldn't find a cab back to my hotel, which was about 15 blocks away. I decided to just walk and my phone was dead (otherwise I probably would have made a call). And with a long walk and no phone to distract, the song descended and I wrote the whole thing in about 20 minutes. When I got home I banged out the chords on the ukulele I had with me and finished up the final verse. It's a good argument for ukuleles. And a good argument against phones. But what to do? This is the future.

» amandapalmer.net

John Cale: pre-order "Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood" on vinyl and CD

photo: John Cale's Facebook

The new John Cale album Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood is available for pre-order. The vinyl version (2LP) comes with an exclusive bonus 7" containing a mystery track:

Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood is a title to set tongues wagging and minds wondering, but for an album that seems born of a return to John’s youth it seems safely apt in its mischievousness.

» doublesixrecords.com

John Cale: Brussels 2012/08/10 setlist

photo: John Cale's Facebook

John Cale performed at the Brussels Summer Festival, Brussels, Belgium - August 10, 2012. Besides his core band, he was joined on stage by four backing singers and a string quartet.

The band:
John Cale: vocals, guitar, keyboards
Dustin Boyer: lead guitar
Alex Thomas drums
Joey Maramba: bass

Setlist:

1. Captain Hook
2. Bluetooth Swings
3. Hey Ray
4. Riverbank
   (Strings and Backing vocals leaving stage)
5. Look Horizon
6. Perfection
7. Praetorian Underground
8. Cry
9. Gun
10. Helen Of Troy
11. Catastrofuk
12. I Wanna Talk 2 U
13. Things
14. Guts
15. The Hanging
16. Whaddya Mean By That
    (Backing vocals coming back)
17. Satellite Walk
18. Sold Motel
19. Dirty Ass Rock 'n' Roll
    (Strings coming back)
20. Chorale

Photos from the show.

» John Cale setlists

(Thanks: Regis, Marc Wambeke & Maria Wilkinson)