Phish: "Birds of a Feather" live @ Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie, Grand Prairie, TX - 2015/07/29

Watch Phish perform Birds of a Feather @ Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie, Grand Prairie, TX - 2015/07/29.

The Fierce & The Dead: Magnet EP

UK instrumental prog metal experimentalists The Fierce & The Dead explore new ground on their Magnet EP. With only three new three songs it could have pigeonholed as a stop-gap release for the new album they are currently working on, but the two "rehearsal" tracks and the alternate version of Flint from their previous album Spooky Action offer a insightful glimpse of their modus operandi on the studio.

Going for the gut from the get-go the short and heavy Magnet In Your Face contains more interesting bits than many minutes plus prog exploits. Serious air guitar material that is actually far more complex than it seems at first. In Palm Trees they go from pastoral to tension heavy Black Sabbath/King Crimson crescendos and back within the space of a single track plus, big surprise here, their first ever vocals. Well, just screaming the title in unison. Next stop: a revisit of the Spooky Action track Flint, adding a slightly distorted sci-fi feel. Heagphones recommended to pick out the superb drums sound.

Phish: "Simple" live @ Les Schwab Amphitheater, Bend, OR - 2015/07/22

Watch Phish perform Simple @ Les Schwab Amphitheater, Bend, OR - 2015/07/22.

Phish 2015 Summer tour SBD + torrents: Grand Prairie 2015/07/29

Official 7/29 Grand Prairie, TX LE poster by Ken Taylor.

Phish
2015/07/29
Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie, Grand Prairie, TX

Set 1:

1. Tube
2. Guelah Papyrus
3. Punch You In the Eye >
4. Steam >
5. Poor Heart
6. NICU
7. I Didn't Know
8. Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan
9. Divided Sky
10. The Squirming Coil

Set 2:

1. Chalk Dust Torture[1] >
2. Simple ->
3. Silent in the Morning
4. The Line
5. Birds of a Feather
6. Fuego >
7. Julius
8. Harry Hood

Encore:

1. The Connection
2. First Tube

Notes from phish.net:
[1] Unfinished.
This show was webcast via LivePhish. Chalk Dust was unfinished. Simple contained a Magilla tease from Page. BOAF contained a quote of The Birds. The Connection was played for the first time since June 29, 2010 (200 shows).

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Kapok: "Kraslot" video, German dates added to tour

Dutch jazz trio Kapok have unveiled a video for Kraslot, a track from their forthcoming third album Glass to Sand. The track features in your face drums and trippy keyboards. The clip was created by Anne Caesar. Two dates in Germany have been to their tour schedule as well as a couple of extra shows in The Netherlands.

The trio are running a crowdfunding campaign on Voordekunst to cover the costs for mixing, mastering and promotion. Guest players on the album include Niels Broos (keyboards), Mete Erker (saxophone) and K.O.Brass (the horn section of the Kyteman Orchestra).

Live dates:

• 08/15 Rees, Germany @ Haldern Pop
• 08/21 Duisburg-Duissen, Germany @ Lutherkirche
• 08/29 Deventer, The Netherlands @ Rariteitenkabinet
• 09/06 Vlieland, The Netherlands @ Into the Great Wide Open
• 09/24 Utrecht, The Netherlands @ Rasa
• 09/26 Amsterdam, The Netherlands @ Bimhuis
• 09/27 Venlo, The Netherlands @ Take Five
• 10/18 Den Bosch, The Netherlands @ Verkadefabriek
• 10/31 Rotterdam, The Netherlands@ Festival Jazz International

» kapokmusic.com

HCTF review of Kapok.

Phish 2015 Summer tour SBD + torrents: Austin 2015/07/28

Official 7/28 Austin, TX LE poster by Conor Nolan.

Phish
2015/07/28
Austin360 Amfitheater, Austin, TX

Set 1:

1. Party Time
2. Free
3. Halley's Comet >
4. Wolfman's Brother
5. Possum
6. Lawn Boy
7. Bouncing Around the Room
8. Water in the Sky
9. Dirt
10. Devotion To a Dream
11. Sugar Shack
12. Run Like an Antelope

Set 2:

1. 46 Days ->
2. The Dogs ->
3. 46 Days >
4. Piper >
5. Ghost >
6. Shade
7. Gotta Jibboo
8. Waiting All Night
9. Blaze On
10. Wading in the Velvet Sea >
11. David Bowie
12. Suzy Greenberg >
13. Tweezer Reprise

Encore:

1. Loving Cup

Notes from phish.net:
This show was webcast via LivePhish.

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The Jauntee: "Flutterbye" single, new album "Excelsior" 08/07

Boston based jam band The Jauntee have posted a stream of their new single Flutterbye, a track from their forthcoming new album Excelsior. It starts as a gentle love song, but things get interesting when they throw in a bit of Procol Harum inspired old school organ bit before delving into an extensive guitar and keyboards workout that has written jam vehicle all over it, with the bass and drums supporting the melody.

Excelsior will be released on August 7th. The shows in Somerville (08/07) and Newmarket (08/08) are marked as CD release parties.

Keith Richards: "Trouble" video

Keith Richards has released a video for Trouble, the lead single for his forthcoming solo album Crosseyed Heart. The clip was shot in Germano Studios in NYC by Morgan Neville (20 Feet From Stardom. Hints of Can't You Hear Me Knocking and Little T & A abound. Stick around for the short and sweet acoustic guitar coda.

Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/keith-richards-trades-stadiums-for-studios-in-new-trouble-video-20150727#ixzz3hBWksFq2 Follow us: @rollingstone on Twitter | RollingStone on Facebook

Crosseyed Heart will be released on September 18th via Republic Records.

» keithrichards.com

Phish: "Rift" on vinyl

Rift comes to vinyl at the tenth Phish festival Magnaball - (August 21-23, 2015 @ Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, NY:

The JEMP Records Store will return to Magnaball and will feature a vast array of vinyl releases from the band’s catalog from years past including repressings of The White Tape, Junta, Lawn Boy and A Picture of Nectar and side project pressings. Original pressings of Phish’s first live box set, New Year’s Eve 1995, will also be available. The store will be equipped with vinyl listening stations and copies to pick up, open, read, feel and smell (they mostly smell waxy). In addition (and the part we’re most excited for), the JEMP Records Store will also feature an exclusive, brand new Phish vinyl release. Yep, that’s right. Phish’s 1993 album Rift will be available for the first time on vinyl at Magnaball. The festival version will be pressed on 180-gram water-blue vinyl and is packaged with a Limited Edition screen print (a Rift continuation) by David Welker. The remainder of the limited run of “Rift” will be made available at Phish Dry Goods and in Stores (this won’t be on blue vinyl, however) in the middle of September.

» phish.com

John Cale: interview in the Brisbane Times

John Cale discusses his new piece Signal to Noise in an interview with the Brisbane Times:

There's a kind of arc to the piece. There will be some visuals and I want to use combinations of Lisa [Germano]'s voice with horns and I want to use Laurel Halo with strings and various combinations of that.

It's kind of a tapestry that you're looking at. You're going to see different sides of the [old] songs that are there, and there will be new arrangements and some new material.

Phish 2015 Summer tour SBD + torrents: Inglewood 2015/07/25

Official 7/25 LE Inglewood, CA poster by James Flames

Phish
2015/07/25
The Forum, Inglewood, CA

Set 1:

1. Martian Monster
2. Down with Disease
3. Waiting All Night
4. Heavy Things
5. Axilla
6. 555
7. Limb By Limb
8. Ya Mar[1]
9. Fuego >
10. Walls of the Cave

Set 2:

1. No Men In No Man's Land >
2. Carini ->
3. Tweezer >
4. My Friend, My Friend[2] >
5. Roggae
6. Backwards Down the Number Line >
7. Slave to the Traffic Light

Encore:

1. You Enjoy Myself[3]

Notes from phish.net:
[1] Mike and Trey laid on their backs and kicked their feet in the air.
[2] No "Myfe" ending.
[3] Trey held his guitar in front of Mike and played it around Mike's back. Trey later played Mike's bass from around Mike's back and Mike began playing Trey's guitar. Trey also joined Fish on drums during the bass and drums segment.

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Words about music (380): Keith Moon

I love to see people laugh and I love it more if I can make them laugh. I think this comes across in my drumming. I watch a lot of The Marx Brothers' movies and they were doing the same sort of things. You've seen the way [Chico Marx] plays the piano with that certain flair . . . adding something to the music while taking liberties within his own capabilities? It's a question of taking somebody else's music but not sending it up in a derogative sense, just injecting your own personality. [Pete Townshend]'s music allows me to do this.

Keith Moon

Phish: "Twist > Light" live @ Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA - 2015/07/24

Watch Phish perform Twist > Light @ Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA - 2015/07/24.

Phish 2015 Summer tour SBD + torrents: Mountain View 2015/07/24

Official 7/24 Shoreline LE poster by Justin Santora

Phish
2015/07/24
Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA

Set 1:

1. The Line
2. The Moma Dance
3. Kill Devil Falls
4. Yarmouth Road
5. Undermind >
6. Free
7. Reba
8. 46 Days

Set 2:

1. Blaze On >
2. Twist >
3. Light >
4. Joy
5. Harry Hood >
6. Cavern

Encore:

1. Character Zero

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Guthrie Govan: interview in Premier Guitar

Guthrie Govan was interviewed by Premier Guitar. He doesn't himself to be the greatest guitar player. Here's why:

I’m not the world’s greatest guitar player, and I’m not trying to be. I’m just trying to be the best me I can be. I’m really trying to stay away from any of that competitive, Olympic league-table mentality. Given that this is music and it’s such an open-ended universe, you never really get there. And I’m sure if you talk to any committed, serious player, they would tell you something similar. I’m guessing if you ask Allan Holdsworth or Steve Vai or Eric Johnson or any of these people, “So, what’s it like, now that you’ve completely mastered the guitar?” They would say, “Well, I haven’t. I’m still working on it. I’m still learning. I’m still trying to get better.” I think you need that humility. You need that sense of perspective. That’s the thing that allows you to keep getting better and keep polishing your art form. When you start congratulating yourself, that’s where things go wrong and you become stale.

Phish: Live Webcasts of the Texas shows (July 28-29)

The two Phish shows in Austin, TX (July 28) and Grand Prairie, TX (July 29) will be offered as pay-per-view webcasts.

» livephish.com

Blitzen Trapper: "Lonesome Angel" single, new album "All Across This Land'" 10/02

photo: Jason Quigley

Portland, OR roots rohttp://www.photojq.com/zckers Blitzen Trapper will release their new album All Across This Land' thru Vagrant Records on October 2nd. They are offering the lead single Lonesome Angel as a free download from Soundcloud.

A lengthy Fall tour kicks off with a festival set @ Know Good Beer Festival in Richmond on September 19th.

Phish: "Bathtub Gin" live @ Les Schwab Amphitheater, Bend, OR - 2015/07/21

Watch Phish perform Bathtub Gin @ Les Schwab Amphitheater, Bend, OR - 2015/07/21.

Umphrey's McGee: "Plunger (The London Session)" video

Watch progressive jam band Umphrey's McGee recording Plunger, a track from their latest album The London Session - A Day at Abbey Road Studios.

» umphreys.com

HCTF review of The London Session - A Day at Abbey Road Studios.

Phish 2015 Summer tour SBD + torrents: Bend 2015/07/22

Official LE poster for Phish's 7/21&22 Bend, OR shows by Jackson Tupper

Phish
2015/07/22
Les Schwab Amphitheater, Bend, OR

Set 1:

1. Stash
2. How Many People Are You?[1]
3. Winterqueen
4. Heavy Rotation[1]
5. Back on the Train
6. Scabbard[1]
7. Maze
8. Mercury[2]
9. Possum

Set 2:

1. A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing >
2. Waves >
3. Wingsuit
4. Farmhouse
5. Simple
6. First Tube

Encore:

1. Simple

Notes from phish.net:
[1] Phish debut.
[2] Debut.
This show was webcast via LivePhish. This show saw the debut of Mercury, and the Phish debuts of How Many People Are You? (Gordon/Murawski), Heavy Rotation (McConnell), and Scabbard (Anastasio). Do You Feel Like We Do was teased after Maze. Trey teased Little Drummer Boy at the end of Gin.

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The Jauntee: "Good Ol' Boy" single, new album "Excelsior" 08/07

Boston based jam band The Jauntee have posted a stream of their new single Good Ol' Boy, the forerunner for their new album Excelsior. The melancholic lyrics tell the story of a kid who grew up in casino's, while the song slowly picks up speed. No definite peaks as such, but gentle washes of guitar and keys taking turns of delivering the hook.

Excelsior will be released in August. The shows in Somerville (08/07) and Newmarket (08/08) are marked as CD release parties.

Phish 2015 Summer tour SBD + torrents: Bend 2015/07/21

Official LE poster for Phish's 7/21&22 Bend, OR shows by Jackson Tupper

Phish
2015/07/21
Les Schwab Amphitheater, Bend, OR

Set 1:

1. Sample in a Jar
2. Sand
3. 555
4. Rift
5. Halfway to the Moon
6. Horn >
7. Devotion To a Dream
8. Blaze On[1]
9. Tube
10. Wolfman's Brother

Set 2:

1. Ghost >
2. Birds of a Feather,
3. Mike's Song >
4. The Wedge,
5. Fuego >
6. Shade[1]
7. No Men In No Man's Land[1] >
8. Weekapaug Groove >
9. Boogie On Reggae Woman >
10. Chalk Dust Torture

Encore:

1. Theme From the Bottom

Notes from phish.net:
[1] Debut.
Notes: This show was webcast via LivePhish. The Birds was quoted in Birds of a Feather. Blaze On, Shade, and No Men In No Man's Land were all debuts.

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Warren Haynes: Fall tour dates

Guitarist Warren Haynes (Gov’t Mule, Allman Brothers Band, The Dead) has announced Fall tour dates to promote the release of his his new album Ashes and Dust.

USA dates:

• 09/22 Uptown Theatre, Kansas City, MO
• 09/23 Murat Theatre, Indianapolis, IN
• 09/24 LC Pavilion, Columbus, OH
• 09/25 The Pageant, St. Louis, MO
• 09/26 Riviera Theatre, Chicago, IL
• 09/29 Fillmore, Detroit, MI
• 09/30 Stage AE, Pittsburgh, PA w/ Chris Stapleton
• 10/03 State Theatre, Portland, ME
• 10/10 Tabernacle, Atlanta, GA
• 10/22 Fillmore, Miami, FL
• 10/23 Jannus Live, St. Petersburg, FL
• 10/24 Plaza Live, Orlando, FL

Phish: Live Webcasts of the Bend, OR shows (July 21-22)

The two Phish shows in Bend, OR @ Les Schwab Amphitheater (July 21-22) will be offered as pay-per-view webcasts:

Phish’s 2015 Summer Tour begins this coming Tuesday, July 21 in Bend, OR. LivePhish.com will be webcasting the back-to-back shows from Bend on Tuesday and Wednesday. A 2-Night Bend Webcast pass is available for pre-order now at LivePhish.com. You may also purchase individual night webcasts or Webcast+MP3 bundles and Webcast+ event t-Shirt bundles.

» livephish.com

Joe Jackson: new album "Fast Forward" 10/02, stream "A Little Smile"

New Wave legend Joe Jackson will release his new album Fast Forward on October 2. The album features four sets of four songs recorded in four different cities – New York, New Orleans, Berlin and Amsterdam. A Little Smile can be streamed on YouTube. Besides twelve new originals there are covers of Televsion's See No Evil and Good Bye Jonny (from the German film Wasser für Canitoga).

Berlin

9. Junkie Diva
10. If I Could See Your Face
11. The Blue Time
12. Good Bye Jonny (Peter Kreuder and Hans Fritz Beckmann)

New Orleans

13. Neon Rain
14. Satellite
15. Keep On Dreaming
16. Ode To Joy

New York

1. Fast Forward
2. If It Wasn’t For You
3. See No Evil (Tom Verlaine)
4. Kings Of The City

Amsterdam

5. A Little Smile
6. Far Away
7. So You Say
8. Poor Thing

Eilen Jewell: "Rio Grande" video

Alt-country singer Eilen Jewell has unveiled a video for Rio Grande, a track from her new studio album Sundown Over Ghost Town. The clip was directed by film maker Seth Graves.

Dates in the UK and Belgium have been added to her European tour. Look for additional shows in Spain, Sweden and Denmark to be added soon. The USA Summer tour has been expanded with gigs in Northampton, MA (9/11) and Pawling, NY (9/5).

USA Summer tour dates:

• 08/07 Challis, ID @ Braun Brothers Reunion Festival
• 08/09 Bozeman, MT @ Sweet Pea Festival
• 08/21 Boise, ID @ Visual Arts Collective
• 08/22 Liberty, UT @ Ogden Valley Roots & Blues Festival
• 09/03 Collinsville, CT @ Bridge Street
• 09/04 Charlestown, RI @ Rhythm & Roots Festival
• 09/05 Pawling, NY @ Darryl’s House Club
• 09/06 Londonderry, NH @ Tupelo Music Hall
• 09/09 Portland, ME @ Port City Music Hall
• 09/10 North Truro, MA @ Payomet Performing Arts Center
• 09/11 Northampton, MA @ Academy of Music Theatre
• 09-12 Earlville, NY @ Earlville Opera House
• 09/13 Millheim, PA @ Elk Creek Cafe + Aleworks
• 09/15 Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle
• 09/16 Asheville, NC @ The Grey Eagle
• 09/17 Nashville, TN @ Americana Music Festival
• 09/19 Tampa, FL @ Skipper’s Smokehouse
• 09/20 Decatur, GA @ Eddie’s Attic

Phish: Live Bait Vol. 11

Another episode has been added to the Phish Live Bait series. Vol. 11 covers a time span of 21 years. The oldest track, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove was recorded at Ivory Tusk – Tuscaloosa, AL on November 8, 1991, while the most recent one, Prince Caspian > Light, went down at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, CO on September 1, 2012.

Good to see the inclusion of the epic You Enjoy Myself (Austin Music Hall – Austin, TX (October 14, 1995) when the Vermont jam band was joined on stage by Medeski Martin & Wood and Dominic Placco.

Live Bait Vol. 11 is a free download compiled by the band's archivist Kevin Shapiro.

Tracks:

1. Runaway Jim
   (1997-07-31 Shoreline Amphitheatre Mountain View, CA)
2. Tweezer
   (1996-12-01 Pauley Pavilion – University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA)
3. You Enjoy Myself
   (1995-10-14 Austin Music Hall – Austin, TX – with Medeski Martin & Wood and Dominic Placco)
4. Stash > I Didn't Know
   (1995-06-15 Lakewood Amphitheatre – Atlanta, GA)
5. Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove
   (1991-11-08 Ivory Tusk – Tuscaloosa, AL)
6. Bathtub Gin > The Vibration Of Life
   (1996-11-19 Municipal Auditorium – Kansas City, MO)
7. Halley's Comet
   (2000-09-18 Blossom Music Center – Cuyahoga Falls, OH)
8. Reba 1997-08-09
   (Alpine Valley Music Theatre – East Troy, WI)
9. Split Open And Melt
   (2000-06-25 ALLTEL Pavilion at Walnut Creek – Raleigh, NC)
10. Harry Hood 1998-08-08
    (Merriweather Post Pavilion – Columbia, MD)
11. Storage Jam > Sleeping Monkey
    (2011-07-02 SuperBall IX – Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, NY)
12. Prince Caspian > Light
    (2012-09-01 Dick's Sporting Goods Park Commerce City, CO)

The Handsome Family: European Fall tour dates

Dark country folk duo The Handsome Family will be hitting the road again for a European Fall tour, playing shows in Germany, The Netherlands, France and Italy.

Live dates:

• 09/22 cologne, germany @ gebäude 9
• 08/23 hannover, germany @ cafe glocksee
• 09/24 hamburg, germany @ reeperbahn festival
• 09/26 frankfurt, germany @ zoom
• 09/28 berlin, germany @ postbahnhof
• 09/29 munich, germany @ milla
• 10/01 eindhoven, the netherlands @ de kapel
• 10/02 breda, the netherlands @ mezz
• 10/03 groningen, the netherlands @ grand theatre
• 10/04 utrecht, the netherlands @ ekko
• 10/08 paris, le point ephemere
• 10/10 milan, italy @ il maglio
• 10/11 rome, italy @ monk club
• 10/12 ravenna, italy @ bronson
• 10/13 turin, italy @ hiroshima mon amour

» handsomefamily.com

The Aristocrats: Bass Musician Magazine interview

Watch rock fusion metal jazz and-then-some trio The Aristocrats being interviewed by Raul Amador for Bass Musician Magazine . They discuss their third studio album Tres Caballeros and the current tour.

North American dates:

• 07/14 Boise, ID @ Reef
• 07/15 Salt Lake City, UT @ Club X
• 07/17 Denver, CO @ Quixote's True Blue
• 07/19 Omaha, NE @ Slowdown
• 07/20 Des Moines, IA @ The Gaslamp
• 07/21 St. Paul, MN @ The Amsterdam Bar And Hall
• 07/23 Milwaukee, WI @ The Miramar Theater
• 07/24 Chicago, IL @ Reggie's
• 07/25 Indianapolis, IN @ Birdy's
• 07/26 Cincinnati, OH @ The Mad Frog
• 07/28 Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom
• 07/29 Pittsburgh, PA @ Hard Rock Café
• 07/30 Columbus, OH @ Skully's

Kapok: crowdfunding campaign for new album ''Glass to Sand"

photo: Krijn van Noordwijk

Dutch jazz trio Kapok have launched a crowdfunding campaign on Voordekunst for their third album Glass to Sand. Guest players include Niels Broos (keyboards), Mete Erker (saxophone) and K.O.Brass (the horn section of the Kyteman Orchestra). They hope to raise € 6500 for mixing and mastering. Studio Airport will create the promo videos and design something special for the CD packaging.

Live dates:

• 09/06 Vlieland @ Into the Great Wide Open
• 09/24 Utrecht @ Rasa
• 09/26 Amsterdam @ Bimhuis
• 10/18 Den Bosch @ Verkadefabriek

» kapokmusic.com

HCTF review of Kapok.

Jumble Hole Clough: "Escalator? Sue him, jerk" video

Avant-garde guitarist Colin Robinson of one-man project Jumble Hole Clough picked up a camera to shoot a video for Escalator? Sue him, jerk at the White Holme Reservoir and Widdop Reservoir, both located near this home in Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire. The track can be found on his latest album Live at the New Delight 28th June 2015, featuring five improvised free-flowing compositions.

» Jumble Hole Clough on Facebook

HCTF review of Live at the New Delight 28th June 2015.

Fine Points: Hover

Psych duo Fine Points, a side project from San Francisco band Sleepy Sun members Matt Holliman and Evan Reiss, go back to the vintage West Coast sound on their debut album Hover. Jangling surf guitars come first, with reverb heavy vocals riding shotgun.

This is a Summer album filled with infectious, totally at ease melodies. It is a throwback to the dawn of psychedelic pop when bands mostly sang about love and bright colours, while hoping for a better future. The duo's vocals blend together seamlessly, floating above the fuzz drenched soundscapes. The Hover album isn't just a bunch of songs, but the calling card of a full-fledged project that could evolve into an extra outlet for their creativity.

Hover is released on Dine Alone Records. Release date: July 17th.

Tracks:

1. Astral Season
2. Just Like That
3. The Painted Fox
4. Amalia
5. Future Hands
6. These Days
7. In Lavender

Live date:

• 08/21 San Francisco, CA @ Hemlock Tavern/li>

» Fine Points on Facebook

Keith Richards: new solo album "Crosseyed Heart"

It's been 20 years since Keith Richards released a solo album. Crosseyed Heart will be released on September 18th via Republic Records. The album was co-produced by drummer Steve Jordan and features contributions by Waddy Wachtel (guitar), Ivan Neville (keyboards), Larry Campbell (pedal steel), Spooner Oldham (keyboards) and vocalists Sarah Dash, Bernard Fowler, Norah Jones, and Aaron Neville. His partner-in-crime Bobby Keys was on Sax duty.

Keef played acoustic and electric guitar, piano and bass. The first single, Trouble, drops on July 17th.

» keithrichards.com

Words about music (379): Kevin Parker

When I was a young teenager — that was, like, late ’90s, early 2000s — stuff that I used to think I wasn’t meant to like because I was a grunge kid. Not even grunge and rock or whatever. I was a musician and I was a music guy. And music guys aren’t allowed to be into R&B when they are teenagers because all the teenybopper kids blast that shit in their cars, so that would mean I was categorically opposed to it, you know. And I guess it just took me about 15 years to realize that it had nothing to do with the music, it was just the association with people and types of people. So when I learnt that, it was an extremely liberating time because I felt like I could do anything, I could embrace anything.

Kevin Parker

Foxtails Brigade: Far Away and Long Ago

Far Away and Long Ago, the new single by Oakland quintet Foxtails Brigade, is a dreamy song that turns into a nightmare. Bathed in strings lead singer Laura Weinbach sings about the decay and anxiety hiding behind the facade of masked ball in a huge mansion. A slow dance on the volcano. Recommended if you like the Starlight Girls, Kate Bush and Obi Best.

The one-shot video was made with the camera from Jurassic World by the band's drummer Dominic Mercurio.

Foxtails Brigade:
Laura Weinbach: guitar, vocals
Anton Patzner: violin, guitar
Joe Lewis: bass
Josh Pollock: percussion
Dominic Mercurio: percussion

Far Away and Long Ago is released on the OIM: Vol. I Compilation, a 12" sampler album showcasing Oakland indie bands. Free download from Soundcloud.

Live dates:

• 07/29 Las Vegas, NV @ Beauty Bar
• 07/30 Los Angeles, CA @ Harvard & Stone
• 08/01 Davis, CA @ N Street Cohousing
• 08/02 Bend, OR @ Volcanic Theater Pub
• 08/05 Portland, OR @ Holocene
• 08/06 Redding, CA 2 tba
• 09/05 San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill

» foxtailsbrigade.com

Cover Me: Shine On You Crazy Diamond

Watch Umphrey's McGee tackle the Pink Floyd classic Shine On You Crazy Diamond ((Parts I–V) live @ Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison, CO - 2015/07/03. Filmed by TourGigs.

» umphreys.com

HCTF review of The London Session - A Day at Abbey Road Studios.

Prints Jackson: Jazzass Christ

UK pop artist Prints Jackson has released the off-kilter Jazzass Christ, episode 17 of his "one new song each month till the day I die" project. Name dropping galore, with music madness having a row with fun and good times. Make a jazz noise here.

Jazzass Christ is a self-released single. Buy it (pay-what-you-want) from his website.

» printsjackson.com

HCTF review of Beauty of the Living.

Cassette Store Day 2015: October 17th

Remember cassettes? They never went away. In fact, the medium is still pretty big in South Korea and India. Indie bands have discovered the cheap format to distribute their music. To celebrate the third edition of Cassette Store Day happens on October 17th:

Applications to be a part of Cassette Store Day will open for events, shops, and labels on July 11th and close on September 1st. It will be free to list your store or event, with a small admin fee of £5 (or relative amount outside the UK) for labels looking to list an official release.

This year labels will also be able to sell their releases online on Cassette Store Day instead of having to wait a week after. Jen Long explained, “While we still want as many stores as possible involved, we felt there was too much burden on understaffed shops to order from the release list and smaller labels were being left out. We also felt that fans in more remote areas were excluded from the celebrations if they didn’t have a store in their area. Hopefully this way we can include everyone for the best Cassette Store Day yet.

» cassettestoreday.com

Glass Sines: Connected

Brighton based indie band Glass Sines have found a way to mix dance, electronica and rock. Their debut single Connected has an Eighties feel, with a wailing guitar on top of an old school rhythm track. Rockers can relate to it and ravers will appreciate the boldness and straightforwardness.

Glass Sines are Tom Payne, Ian Upfold, Kate Payne and Sam Doctors. The video was made by Ben Cox and Julian Beresford (Gnarled Apple Products).

Connected is a self-released single. Buy it from their website. Release date: August 24th.

Live dates:

• 07/17 Hope & Ruin, Brighton
• 07/31 Hoxton Underbelly, London (Single Launch Party)
• 08/21 The Haunt, Brighton (Single Launch Party)

» glasssines.com

Cover Me: Since You've Been Gone

Watch The Brian May Band tackle the Russ Ballard classic Since You've Been Gone. It can be found on the Live At The Brixton Academy video, recorded in London on June 15, 1993.

» brianmay.com

Public Image Ltd: new album "What The World Needs Now...", stream "Double Trouble", European tour

Public Image Ltd are back with a new self-released album, What The World Needs Now.... Singer John Lydon raves about broken toilets and other mishaps in the lead single Double Trouble. The album will be released on September 4th. Double Trouble drops on August 21st on 10" vinyl, with Bettie Page and the non-album track Turkey Tits on the B-side.

Neil Young and Promise of the Real: The Monsanto Years Film

Watch Neil Young and Promise of the Real documenting the recording of the new album The Monsanto Years. Filmed at the converted movie theater Teatro in Oxnard, CA The Monsanto Years Film follows the musicians tearing it up. Turns out you can bottle anger.

Live dates:

• 07/08 Denver, CO @ Red Rocks
• 07/09 Denver, CO @ Red Rocks
• 07/11 Lincoln, NE @ Pinnacle Bank Arena
• 07/13 Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center
• 07/14 Clarkston, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theatre
• 07/16 Camden, NJ @ Susquehanna Bank Center
• 07/17 Bethel, NY @ Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
• 07/19 Essex Junction, VT @ Champlain Valley Expo
• 07/21 Wantagh, NY @ Jones Beach
• 07/22 Great Woods, MA @ Xfinity Center
• 07/24 Oro-Medonte, ONT @ Wayhome Festival

» neilyoung.com

(thru Neil Young News)

Godsticks: "Below the Belt" video

Watch the new Godsticks video for Below the Belt, the opening track from their forthcoming third studio album Emergence.

Filmed in various locations in deepest darkest Sheffield (England), this is the single edit of the opening track of the new album called ‘Below the Belt’. The album version is actually a little longer featuring a heavy and intense instrumental section.

This song is actually one of the most challenging songs we’ve written, and it took many, many different forms during the *gulp* almost 12 months it took to write (that’s how long it took to finally nail the groove we were looking for). Anyway, this is one of our favourite tracks from the new album; let us know what you think by commenting on YouTube or Facebook.

The Welsh prog rock trio will be supporting Tony MacAlpine in October.

Live dates:

• 08/23 Ystrad Mynach, UK @ Geckgo Festival 2015
• 10/15 Manchester, UK @ Band on the Wall
• 10/16 London, UK @ Underworld

More dates TBA.

Emergence is available for pre-order from the band's website. All pre-ordered CDs will be signed by the band and will include: a free digital version of the album and remixes of two tracks by Bruce Soord (The Pineapple Thief), available for download on the release date.

» godsticks.co.uk

HCTF review of Emergence.

Matt Stevens: the Innerviews interview

An in-depth interview by music journalist Anil Prasad with guitarist Matt Stevens on the Innerviews website. About how he got started as a solo artist with his acoustic and a loop pedal:

I started off very metal then I got into Mahavishnu Orchestra, King Crimson, Hüsker Dü, Bad Brains, The Smiths, Radiohead and Television via the KLF and Portishead. Somewhere in there I also got into Miles Davis and Joe Pass. It’s all had an impact. Having guitar lessons from someone who was very into unusual chords was really useful. If you’re playing anything other than the root note at the bottom of a chord, it’s already different to 99 percent of what most bands are doing. My tutor, Richard Beaumont, had me playing “Dance of Maya” by Mahavishnu Orchestra when most kids were learning “Sweet Child O’ Mine.” After that I spent most of my 20s playing in various London indie rock and metal bands. About 10 years ago, the band I was in split up and I was left with an acoustic guitar and a loop pedal and no transport, so solo guitar loop music seemed like a good plan. I could travel on the tube in London and do gigs. It was a practical solution. I was really into layered guitar like Johnny Marr and I wanted to combine that with the Mahavishnu-type chord progressions. No band I played with wanted to do that, so I thought I’d just do it myself.

The Aristocrats: Milwaukee added to North American tour, venue change for Kansas City

photo: Michael Mesker

Power fusion rock trio The Aristocrats have added a show in Milwaukee @ The Miramar Theater (07/23) to their North American tour. The Kansas City show (08/17) has been moved to VooDoo (in Harrah's Casino):

All tickets purchased in advance for The Scene (previous venue) will be honored, and all remaining tickets will be sold at the door at VooDoo.

The "Tres Caballeros" tour starts on Monday in Sacramento.

» the-aristocrats-band.com

HCTF review of Tres Caballeros.

John Cale: Metz 2015/07/03 setlist

John Cale performed at le Centre Pompidou in Metz, France - July 3, 2015. Part of the Warhol Underground exhibition.

The band:
John Cale: vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards
Dustin Boyer: lead guitar
Deantoni Parks: drums

Setlist:

1. Frozen Warnings > Over Her Head
2. Femme Fatale > Rosegarden Funeral of Sores > Femme Fatale
3. A Dream
4. I'm Waiting For The Man
5. Style It Takes
6. Dancing Undercover
7. I Wanna Talk 2 U
8. Leaving It Up To You
9. Things
10. Catastrofuk
11. Face To The Sky
12. Gun > Pablo Picasso
13. E: (I Keep A) Close Watch

» John Cale setlists

(Thanks: Oliver)

Words about music (378): Lenny Kaye

I got into rock music as a fan. When I was a kid I had the luxury of growing up with rock music. One of the first songs I ever heard on the radio when I was a wee little kid was "Tutti Frutti" by Little Richard and then I kind of grew up with it. And it always gave me a sense of identity, you know, I wasn't like a athletic type, I wasn't particularly cool, but I found in rock 'n' roll a kind of a mutant way of existence and I just kept at it. I never thought I would be a professional musician. I started out as a fan and I guess I still am one.

Lenny Kaye

Jumble Hole Clough: Live at the New Delight 28th June 2015

Anyone who has ever attended a village market selling local products fears the amateur band fumbling their way through horrendous covers before a small crowd of relatives and friends. Not so at the Blackshaw Food Festival in Jack Bridge in West Yorkshire, where Colin Robinson of one-man project Jumble Hole Clough set up shop in front of the New Delight for a set of improvised prog guitar excursions.

Using just his guitar and an assorted array of gizmos and effects Robinson feels his way through the tracks, getting eerie and faerie when the mood strikes him (Jet-cure Kosher Salami) or serving up Robert Fripp inspired patterns (A Joule Cashmere Skirt). He gets a great tone overall, with just the right amount of echo and by foregoing any pre-recorded stuff Robinson's album is an album that will be embraced by fans of Markus Reuter and Marc Ribot.

Live at the New Delight 28th June 2015 is a self-released album. Buy it (pay-what-you-want) from his website.

Tracks:

1. Escalator? Sue him, jerk
2. Jet-cure Kosher Salami
3. A juror likes machetes
4. A Joule Cashmere Skirt
5. Joke Car Amuses Hitler

» Jumble Hole Clough on Facebook

HCTF review of Live at the Three Wise Monkeys.

Expensive toys: Nick Cave plastic dolls

Nick Cave has been turned into a toy by the Plasticgod, nom de plume of LA artist Doug Murphy. Six of Cave's songs have been molded into Playmobil alike grumpy characters. Guess which one is pictured above. The toys are limited editions (200 copies) going for $40.00. Far more expensive on the secondary market.

These dolls are art item of sorts. The Brian Wilson and Freddie Mercury action figures that popped up in 2006 merely served as cash-grabs from their fan bases, cocked up by enterprising sales men.

» nickcave.com

David Corley: "Easy Mistake" live @ Sessions On The River

Watch blues-drenched Americana singer David Corley perform Easy Mistake live @ Sessions On The River in Fort Erie, Canada -2015/06/25. With Hugh Christopher Brown (on keys and background vocals), Gregor Beresford (drums) and Joey Wright (guitar).

His first foray into Europe takes him to Italy, The Netherlands and Ireland. He will be performing with a full band.

Live dates:

• 07/11 Pusiano, Italy @ Buscadero Music Day
• 07/12 Vicenza, Italy @ Giardini Salvi
• 07/13 Como, Italy @ Cortile Di S. Eufemia
• 07/14 Pavia, Italy @ Piazza Della Vittoria
• 08/22 Venlo, The Netherlands @ Zomerparkfeest
• 08/26 Bangor, Ireland @ Open House Festival - Ballyholme Yacht Club
• 08/27 Bangor, Ireland @ Open House Festival - Ballyholme Yacht Club
• 08/28 Waterford, Ireland @ Shortts Bar
• 08/29 Kilkenny, Ireland @ John Cleere's Bar & Theatre
• 08/30 Cork, Ireland @ Coughlan's Live
• 09/12 Groningen, The Netherlands @ Take Root
• 09/14 Zuilen, The Netherlands @ Parel Sessies (solo)

» davidcorleymusic.com

HCTF review of Available Light.

Elika: "Closer" b/w "Watch Over Me" (Girls, Be Serious 7" 3/3)

NY quartet Elika are releasing a new single. Closer b/w Watch Over Me is the third and final part of a trilogy of 7" records called Girls, Be Serious.

With each new release they are slowly drifting to the mainstream. Early Madonna influences galore, but the production is still their forte. The textures wave an exquisite tapestry of pop and shoegaze and complex, out-of-the-box rhythms. Use it as chill-out music after night on the town and let it spin again at breakfast.

Johnny Dowd: on tour with the Mekons, solo dates

Americana outsider Johnny Dowd has announced a couple of solo dates, besides making some noise as a support act for The Mekons in July. Guitarist Mike Edmondson joins him on stage to make it even more interesting.

Live dates:

• 07/16 Cleveland, OH @ Music Box Supper Club #
• 07/17 Harrisburg, PA @ Herr Street Stage #
• 07/18 GrassRoots Festival, Trumansburg, NY
• 07/24 Portsmouth, NH @ 3S Artspace #
• 07/25 Cambridge, MA @ The Middle East Upstairs #
• 07/31 The Nines, Ithaca, NY
• 08/08 The Rongo, Trumansburg, NY
• 08/28 The Dock, Ithaca, NY

# supporting The Mekons

» johnnydowd.com

HCTF review of That's Your Wife on the Back of My Horse.

Mike Dillon: tour dates

Mike Dillon takes his left field vibraphone freak funk on the road again, promoting his latest album Band of Outsiders.

Live dates:

• 07/02 New Orleans, LA @ The Maple Leaf
• 07/17 New Orleans, LA @ Tipitina's
• 07/18 Little Rock, AR @ Midtown Billards
• 07/19 St Louis, MO @ 2720 Cherokee
• 07/20 Fairfield, IA @ Cafe Paradiso
• 07/22 Kansas City, MO @ The Brick
• 07/24 Denver, CO @ Quixotes
• 07/25 Bellevue, NE @ Hullabaloo Music Festival
• 07/26 Tulsa, OK @ Tulsa Shrine
• 07/27 Oklahoma City, OK @ Oklahoma Arts Council- NW 9th Street parking Lot
• 08/07 Jackson, MS @ Martins
• 08/14 Destin, FL @ Funky Blues
• 08/15 Santa Rosa Beach, FL @ Grayton Beer Company
• 08/16 Gulfport, MS @ The Chimneys
• 10/08 Virginia Beach, VA Doc Taylors
• 10/09 Nags Head, NC @ Mustang Island Music Festival
• 10/22 Denton, TX @ Dans Bar
• 10/25 Rockdale, TX @ Art Outside

» Mike Dillon on Facebook

HCTF review of Band of Outsiders.

Mantra Vega: Island

Mantra Vega is a collaborative effort by veterans of the melodic prog rock scene. The core is made up by Heather Findlay and Dave Kerzner. Their debut single Island serves as a taste for their forthcoming debut album The Illusion’s Reckoning.

It is tempting to write them off as neo-hippie fodder, but the musical backing provided by an ace trio of musicians pulls the song safely ashore. The other tracks are more classic prog. Mountain Spring features a Tony Band-inspired keyboard sound and Every Corner is rather New Age-y, telling a story about the concepts of time and infinity on top of a tinkling backdrop.