MIS+RESS: "Nested Infinities" video

Watch the new MIS+RESS video for Nested Infinities, a track from the S/T album.. Guitarist Brian Wenckebach chooses his notes carefully, making sure that each one counts. Dreamy shoegaze for a Sunday brunch.

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HCTF review of S/T.

Words about music (464): Peter Buck

Almost all the fans I meet are pretty cool people. They're intelligent and tend to think about things a bit more than your average rock'n'roll fans: sensible people I wouldn't mind having a drink with.

Peter Buck

The Fisherman & The Sea: Stuck With A Rhyme

photo: Nani Annette.

The Fisherman & The Sea from Helsinki, Finland, serve a mix of power pop and indie rock on their sophomore EP Stuck With A Rhyme. The title track is a tongue-in-cheek upbeat song about hitting a wall while writing lyrics. That is the sole track with earworm potential. The other three songs are hit-and-miss attempts trying to channel Elliot Smith and Nick Drake. The soul-searching Dancing With Daisies is the best one, topped off by a short and sweet guitar solo in the coda.

Phish 2017 NYE run SBD + torrents: New York 2017/12/30

Official MSG 2017 NYE run poster by Rich Kelly

Phish
2017/12/30
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

Set 1:

1. Mike's Song >
2. I Am Hydrogen >
3. Weekapaug Groove
4. Tweezer >
5. Ass Handed
6. Kill Devil Falls
7. Bathtub Gin
8. Brother
9. More

HCTF's best of 2017 (5-1)

• 20-16
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• 15-11
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• 10-6
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• 5-1

» Best of playlist

» Listen here

HCTF's annual list of the 20 albums that will be in regular rotation for many years to come. The long list of memorable releases boasted about 50 albums. Tough decisions were made narrowing it down. As per usual it's a mixed bag of genres: rock in its various incarnations (garage, hard, post, prog), avant-garde, jazz, pop, folk, funk. Also of note: four live albums made the cut.

Today: countdown from number 5 to 1.

Please keep in mind to shop at your local record store, buy directly from the artist, attend live shows. And shut the fuck up while the band is playing.

Phish 2017 NYE run SBD + torrents: New York 2017/12/29

Official MSG 2017 NYE run poster by Matt Taylor

Phish
2017/12/29
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

Set 1:

1. Cavern >
2. Blaze On
3. 555
4. I Always Wanted It This Way >
5. Martian Monster
6. Heavy Things
7. Destiny Unbound
8. Ocelot
9. Walls of the Cave

The Dirty Denims: tour dates

photo: KiiK Photography

Dutch hardrockers The Dirty Denims bring their noise to the bars again, promoting their latest album Back With A Bang.

Live dates:

• 01/13 Leiden @ Rockcafé Lazaru's
• 01/14 Veghel @ CHV Noordkade
• 02/17 Etten-Leur @ Nieuwe Nobelaer - Metal Up for A-T (benefit)

HCTF's best of 2017 (10-6)

• 20-16
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• 15-11
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• 10-6
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• 5-1

» Best of playlist

» Listen here

HCTF's annual list of the 20 albums that will be in regular rotation for many years to come. The long list of memorable releases boasted about 50 albums. Tough decisions were made narrowing it down. As per usual it's a mixed bag of genres: rock in its various incarnations (garage, hard, post, prog), avant-garde, jazz, pop, folk, funk. Also of note: four live albums made the cut.

Today: countdown from number 10 to 6.

Please keep in mind to shop at your local record store, buy directly from the artist, attend live shows. And shut the fuck up while the band is playing.

Phish 2017 NYE run SBD + torrents: New York 2017/12/28

Official MSG 2017 NYE run poster by Your Cinema

Phish
2017/12/28
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

Set 1:

1. AC/DC Bag
2. Wolfman's Brother
3. Roggae
4. Tube >
5. Bouncing Around the Room
6. Back on the Train
7. Your Pet Cat
8. Waking Up Dead >
9. Theme From the Bottom

HCTF's best of 2017 (15-11)

• 20-16
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• 15-11
• |
• 10-6
• |
• 5-1

» Best of playlist

» Listen here

HCTF's annual list of the 20 albums that will be in regular rotation for many years to come. The long list of memorable releases boasted about 50 albums. Tough decisions were made narrowing it down. As per usual it's a mixed bag of genres: rock in its various incarnations (garage, hard, post, prog), avant-garde, jazz, pop, folk, funk. Also of note: four live albums made the cut.

Today: countdown from number 15 to 11.

Please keep in mind to shop at your local record store, buy directly from the artist, attend live shows. And shut the fuck up while the band is playing.

My Name is Prince Exhibition comes to Amsterdam

My Name is Prince - The Official Exhibition comes to Amsterdam @ Beurs van Berlage (March 8 - June 8, 2018). Paisley Park’s Director of Archives Angie Marchese.

At Paisley Park, Prince constructed and inhabited a creative reality that was wholly unique, allowing him to fluidly develop music and artistic works spontaneously and without limitation. He envisioned Paisley Park as one day being opened to the public. Through this exhibition, we are expanding his dream to share with a wider audience, and allow visitors to experience all his greatness through the artefacts direct from his Paisley Park Archive.

Triggerfinger: tour dates

Belgian power trio Triggerfinger have added more shows to their 2018 Winter tour. Also: the first batch of Summer festival shows.

Live dates:

• 01/26 Barcelona, Spain la Sala Bóveda
• 01/27 Madrid, Spain @ la Sala Nazca
• 02/01 Liège, Belgium @ Reflektor
• 02/02 Brussels, Belgium @ Ancienne Belgique
• 02/08 Gent, Belgium @ Kunstencentrum Vooruit

HCTF's best of 2017 (20-16)

• 20-16
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• 15-11
• |
• 10-6
• |
• 5-1

» Best of 2017 playlist

» Listen here

HCTF's annual list of the 20 albums that will be in regular rotation for many years to come. The long list of memorable releases boasted about 50 albums. Tough decisions were made narrowing it down. As per usual it's a mixed bag of genres: rock in its various incarnations (garage, hard, post, prog), avant-garde, jazz, pop, folk, funk. Also of note: four live albums made the cut.

Today: countdown from number 20 to 16.

Please keep in mind to shop at your local record store, buy directly from the artist, attend live shows. And shut the fuck up while the band is playing.

Maggie Herron: In My Life

Jazz singer Maggie Herron tackles The Beatles' classic In My Life, with Larry Koonse on guitar and Dean Tabba on bass. She performs every night at the Lewers Lounge in her hometown Honolulu.

» maggieherron.com

David Byrne: solo tour dates

David Byrne will hit the road for the first time since 2009. He will playing songs from his upcoming new solo album, but Talking Heads fans will be pleased to know that he will dig into his back catalog as well. He us working on a special stage set-up for the American leg of the shows. From Brooklyn Vegan:

Some months ago I went to Clair Bothers in Manheim, PA to test out tech for some new live shows. I had an idea that everyone in the band might be mobile… so there would be no risers, drum platform or any of that stuff. I’d experienced a taste of this on the tour I did with St. Vincent, where all the brass players were mobile.

With everyone mobile, I realized the stage could be completely clear. If we could have the monitors in our ears, the amps off-stage and the lights up high, then we had the possibility of a completely empty space.

El Lago: Colors

Galveston, TX dream pop band El Lago channel the late eighties/early nineties shoegaze on their debut album Colors. Melancholy and hope are struggling to get the upper hand, without a clear winner in the end. Their soothing sad sound is tailor made for a late night spin, with two guitars playing catch and the gentle ebb and flow of the rhythm section

Vocalist Lauren Eddy had listened closely to Dead Can Dance and Clannad counterparts, floating on top of the music. With Steve Christensen (Steve Earle, Bnad of Heathens) acting as both producer and engineer, the band went for an open sound, opting to leave some breathing room in stead of filling every hole with reverb and echo.

El Lago:
Lauren Eddy: guitar, vocals
Charles Eddy: drums
Jaron Hall: guitar
Jacob Villarreal: bass
Austin Sepulvado: synths

Colors is released on cassette via Miss Champagne Records. Digital from the band's website.

Tracks:

1. Tentative Threads
2. Into the Clearing
3. Tell Me How It Ends
4. Room to Room
5. Colors
6. Underneath
7. Devotion
8. Dinner Guests

Live dates:

• 09/01 Houston, TX @ Walter's Downtown
• 03/24 Houston, TX @ In Bloom Music Festival

» El Lago on Facebook

Mutts: tour dates

Chicago organ rock trio Mutts continue to promote their latest EP Stick Together with a string of shows on the East Coat in January and February. "They are raw because they are, not because some PR guy told them to be."

Live dates:

• 01/11 Saint Louis @ Off Broadway
• 01/12 Indianapolis @ Fountain Square Brewing
• 01/13 Louisville @ The Living Room Series
• 01/17 Columbus @ Spacebar
• 01/18 Brooklyn @ The Knitting Factory

Tom Waits: "Tales from a Cracked Jukebox" documentary

Watch Tales from a Cracked Jukebox, a documentary about Tom Waits directed by James Maycock. Waits is one of music's most stubborn iconoclasts, a junkyard poet who defies pigeonholing. Originally aired on BBC Four on February 21 this year:

Tom Waits is one of the most original musicians of the last five decades. Renowned for his gravelly voice and dazzling mix of musical styles, he's also one of modern music's most enigmatic and influential artists.

His songs have been covered by Bruce Springsteen, Rod Stewart and Norah Jones, among many others. But Waits has always pursued his own creative vision, with little concern for musical fashion.

Jumble Hole Clough: Elmet By Moonlight - music for imaginary puppet shows volume three

Colin Robinson has added another album to his "music for imaginary puppet shows" series by his one-man project Jumble Hole Clough. The third one is called Elmet By Moonlight and like its predecessors, This Salty Armada and Moth On A Staircase Window, the short instrumentals are scattered all over the place. Tinkering in his home studio in Hebden Bridge, he picks his instruments with reckless abandon, filtering the sounds through pedal, software and what-not to create snippets that range from faux-Oriental ramblings (Encased In Clotted Dust) to Hammer horror inspired post-rock guitar loops (Her Handbag Was Full Of Cranberry Sauce).

it's easy to picture a colourful pied-piper leading The Carthaginian Army Advances Through Gaul, with Hannibal's elephants gently swaying to the back beat. Enterprising animators and puppeteers are kindly invited to use this music free of charge, as long as Robinson is credited as the composer. So why not use I Was Waiting 36 Hours For Charlie as an alternate interpretation for Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot? Robinson always lets his imagination run free, so he won't mind when others do the same.

Fred Schneider & the Superions: The Vertical Mind

Fred Schneider & the Superions play party music with a wicked sense of humour on their new album The Vertical Mind. Fire up the synths for catchy mix of New Wave and disco,, and add the signature nasal vocals and lyrical dexterity of the former singer of The B52s. Result: songs about a family outing that goes terribly wrong (Stampede At The Petting Zoo), customs going through your stuff and patting you down (Strip Search), kissing, and Australian feral dogs ingesting a whole generation (When The Dingoes Ate The Babies).

They dare to be silly and hedonistic in an age of angst and political correctness. Not giving a fuck and inviting people to dance the night away won't rid the world of Trump, Putin, Erdogan or Assad, but it is just what the doctor ordered to feel better.

Words about music (463): Jerry Garcia

I listen to anything anyone gives me. I always go back to a few basic favorites. I can always listen to Django Reinhardt and hear something I haven't heard before. I like to listen to Art Tatum and Coltrane and Charlie Parker. Those are guys who never seem to run out of ideas.

Jerry Garcia

Have You Ever Seen the Jane Fonda Aerobic VHS?: Bambi Act

Finnish vaudevillian garage punkers Have You Ever Seen the Jane Fonda Aerobic VHS? named themselves after the fabled workout video. Their new single Bambi Actis about a sex change that did not worked out as expected. Things go down hill pretty quickly for the protagonist, but the mood of the song is persistently upbeat.

The single is a taste from their upcoming album Jazzbelle 1984/1988 due to be released on January 19th.

Phish: webcasts of New Year's Run @ Madison Square Garden, NYC

The four Phish shows at New York City's Madison Square Garden (December 28-31) are offered as pay-per-view webcasts.

» livephish.com

Ithaca Musicians Office Party @ The Haunt

A special show @ The Haunt in Ithaca. NY tomorrow when the 11th Annual Ithaca Musicians Office Party happens again. Beverly Stokes, Bronwen Exter, Fae, Jen Cork, Jennie Lowe, Johnny Dowd, Mary Lorson, Park Doing, Pierce Walsh, Steve Gollnick, Tenzin Chopak, Town Squares, Vee Da Bee, Wingnut, and maybe even more special guests. Things are likely to get weird in a good way.

» thehaunt.com

Two Sets Of Eyes: Two Sets Of Eyes

Chicago trio Two Sets Of Eyes to find the middle ground beteween indie pop of They Might Be Giants variety and towering post-rock with progressive leanings, electro pop some jazz, and whiff of hiphop. In other words, their self-titled EP offers something for everyone, but it all comes together nicely in the sprawling closing track Waiting / Reacting. All the other tracks are mere appetizers for this main course. The spicy energy of Sunshine, You're Standing In My Sunlight is a keeper, but the guest rap in Cash Me Out by fellow Windy City musician Bardo never finds its proper bearings.

Two Sets Of Eyes have stumbled upon something good with their improvised electro funk pop that can serve as a floor filler and a standalone piece of musical entertainment. Jamming and letting go is the path they should explore more why stop at ten minutes when they can keep it going for half an hour or so?

Randy Newman: "It's a Jungle Out There" & "Short People" on The Tonight Show

Watch Randy Newman perform It's a Jungle Out There from his latest album Dark Matter on The Tonight Show. As a web exclusive he also performed his classic Short People. He was accompanied by the show's house band The Roots.

Jim White: "Buiten Spelen" session

Watch country noir musician Jim White perform a Buiten Spelen session with Cicada Rhythm, a folk group from Georgia. The set was recorded outside the VPRO building in Utrecht, The Netherlands, for Dutch music show Vrije Geluiden. It was freezing cold.

» jimwhitemusic.net
» cicadarhythm.com

Lavalu: Solitary High

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Dutch singer and pianist Lavalu brings back the chamber music of Schubert and Satie on her new album Solitary High. Her touch matches her vocals, leaving tiny space between notes. Her fluid dexterity fills those meaningful spaces. the album is a study in contemplation and soul-searching, but it it can be enjoyed as tribute to the grand piano, that gentle beast that now is purring like a contented cat.

As a composer and lyricist she is the missing link between classical music and jazzy piano pop, genres that are connected seamlessly on Solitary High. Lavalu's low volume music has inner-circle favourite written all over it, catering to people who have the decency to shut up (and leave their phones in their pockets when she plays.

Chris Robinson Brotherhood: 3-Night NYE Run At Terrapin Crossroads

Roots rock band Chris Robinson Brotherhood will ring out 2017 with a 3-Night NYE run @ Terrapin Crossroads in San Rafael, CA. Tickets go on-sale Monday, December 18, 10am PT at terrapincrossroads.net. They will be back on the road in late January for an USA Winter tour after which they will fly to Europe for a string of rock club shows.

Marco Benevento: Winter tour dates, "Invisible Baby" comes to vinyl

NYC Avant-jazz keyboardist Marco Benevento hits the road for a solo Winter tour. He is working on a new album that will be released in April. Expect some tunes from that album.

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of his solo debut album Invisible Baby his label Royal Potato Family will reissue the album on limited edition splatter color vinyl.

Dusty Stray: USA

Many things can be said about the Donald, but the sole good thing that he has going for him that he has pissed off lots of musicians and inspired them to write protest songs, Jonathan Brown has just released a three-track EP by his Dusty Stray project. USA has a country vibe, thanks to Landon Campbell's lap steel and Brown's relaxed delivery. Not the redneck kind, but the outlaw variety that criticizes blundering elected officials. Trump will surely dismiss in fierce terms should he ever hear it. After one of his cronies has explained the meaning of the lyrics to him, that is.

Trey Anastasio: gear overhaul for NYE run

Phish is preparing for four nights at Madison Square Garden in New York for their annual NYE run. Guitarist Trey Anastasio will be using some new toys as part of a complete overhaul of his set-up. The gear heads at Trey Anastasio's Guitar Equipment have a complete rundown of the cahnges:

The good folks at Custom Audio Electronics, newly relocated in Rock Lititz, PA, released some photos of their rebuild of Trey’s rig in advance of the MSG NYE shows, and it was truly a complete overhaul. The entire midi-switching core of Trey’s rig is brand new, new pedals are in play, and old favorites have returned.

» phish.com

Carey Frank: Something to Remember Him By

Jazz organ and melodica player Carey Frank pays tribute to his musical ancestry on his new album Something to Remember Him By. Working closely with guitarist Bruce Forman the record is a reinvention of crooner classics and smooth jazz. Frank's grandfather Don Cornell was was a singer, and he saw him perform many times as a kid. He inherited his 1938 Gibson L5 and that is the guitar that still sounds great in the capable hands of Forman.

Many of these songs have been downgraded to muzak nowadays, but Frank and Forman play them with a deep understanding and finesse. Highlights are the melancholic September Song and the gently swinging I Remember You. The sole original is Iris Iris, named after hit grandmother. It is an elegant duet for organ and guitar, during which the players take turns at playing lead.

Hayseed Dixie: European tour dates

Rock grass quartet Hayseed Dixie take their good times music to Europe again. Lots of irreverent covers plus not half bad originals.

Umphrey's McGee: Half Delayed

Jam band Umphrey's McGee have posted lyrics video for Half Delayed, a track from their 11th studio album It’s Not Us scheduled for release on January 12th. Prog guitars galore and am ad rather unexpected fade-out that suggests that there could have been an interesting coda.

Daniel Ruiz: A Cup Of Coffee With Two Sugar Cubes, Cream, And A Tiny Drop Of Whiskey

For his new slice of psychedelic pop Barcelona based musician Daniel Ruiz dropped his alias Weinf. A Cup Of Coffee With Two Sugar Cubes, Cream, And A Tiny Drop Of Whiskey hints a Tom Waits and Jacco Gardner.

The protagonist reminisces about a girl who used to know when he sets eyes on a woman who orders the exact same drink. He sits inside the cafe and she is on the terrace. They are separated by the window, close but miles apart. He knows it's not her, but he surely wishes it was.

The Wedding Present: George Best 30

Can you get away with re-recording a cherished debut album by recording it all over again? UK indie heroes The Wedding Present rose to the challenge and George Best 30, produced none other than Steve Albini sounds even more abrasive and in-your-face than the 1987 version. The masters for this release have sitting on the shelf for nearly a decade. The album was recorded in Chicago 2008, shortly after the band had been wrapped up the 20th anniversary tour during which they had been playing the album in full night after night. Why this delay happened, no one knows, but with another anniversary coming up main man David Gedge finally decided that the time was ripe to share these recordings with the outside world.

They tightened up their sound and the big plus are the live drums, making the songs even more manic than they were back then. Sure the players are older, but they know what will works and what doesn't. While the original sounded a bit tinny they now captured the intensity of a live band in full swing. As incurable mavericks, they didn't clean things up. Naming their first album after one of the greatest dribblers of all time was a bold move then (as well as getting the notoriously difficult Best to agree to appear in promo photos).

Words about music (462): Billy Gibbons

The rawness and the richness of music on vinyl almost went away, but it still seems to be on a lot of people's radar, and for good reason. It does something different than more accessible means of music playing, like MP3 players and downloads and whatnot. You get in front of these archaic contraptions that go 'round and 'round.

Billy Gibbons

Galapaghost: Jim Beam

Multi-instrumentalist Casey Chandler have released another single from his Galapaghost project. Jim Beam is a showcase for his vocal range, a mid-tempo powerpop song driven by piano and a hint of electronics. It will be included on his new EP Pulse.

Pulse is available for pre-order. The EP will be released on January 12th.

PRP: Rubber Sun

Finnish progressive rock multi-instrumentalists Petteri Kurki and Rami Turtiainen have created another outlet for their music, besides their Grus Paridae project. Rubber Hands and SunSon, the two tracks they recorded as PRP lean to Steven Wilson's producing skills and David Gilmour's guitar tone.

If they could find a real drummer to keep the beat the tracks would truly come to life. Programming skills can not get past the sterile feel of a drum machine.

Sylvia Brooks: The Arrangement

Jazz singer Sylvia Brooks assembled a couple of well-known arrangers (Kim Richmond, Otmaro Ruiz, Jeff Colella, Christian Jacob, and Quinn Johnson) to find new ways to tackle standards and a handful of new songs for her third studio album. The Arrangement is a multifaceted diamond, highlighting different moods and genres, with her voice smack in the middle of the mix. Latin, big band, late night lounge and more have found to an album that is a celebration of vocal jazz.

Brooks took her phrasing cues from the Fourties and Fifties when this kind of music ruled the world. It is a tall order to add something new to classics such as Body And Soul and Night and Day, but by making some subtle changes while respecting the originals the music gets another lease on life. She doesn't try to be of Billie Holiday or Ella Fitzgerald - there's no point in trying to get that kind of intensity, but she pulls of a kind of understated swing that is nigh impossible to resist. She always close attention to the lyrics of the songs. Her version of Eleanor Rigby focuses on compassion and Midnight Sun even sounds cheerful.

It was 10 years ago today: Led Zeppelin live @ O2 Arena in London

10 years ago Led Zeppelin took the stage at the 02 Arena in London as the headliners for the Ahmet Ertegun Tribute Concert. With Jason Bonham filling the shoes of his father John Bonham, Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones tore through their classics, even throwing in the first ever live performance of For Your Life. The show was released in 2012 in various formats.

Tons of words have been written about the final hurrah (for now) of Led Zeppelin, but for the most in-depth coverage head over to Tight But Loose, run by Zep fan Dave Lewis.

The Altered Hours: Open Wide

Irish psychedelic quintet have released Open Wide, the lead single from On My Tongue. it;s a quietly haunting song, with a bit of the Pixies and Dead Can Dance. Tension without much release, with intricate call-and-response vocals.

On My Tongue will be released on February 24 a Art For Blind/Penske Recordings (digital, limited pink and regular black vinyl).

JamBase Launches Podcast

Live music website Jambase has launched a podcast. In the first episode they talked with bass player Reed Mathis, discussed the fabled Phish Fall 1997 tour, and upcoming music festivals.

Jimi Hendrix: "Both Sides of the Sky" studio recordings

The folks at Experience Hendrix LLC have raided the vaults again for an album of Jimi Hendrix studio recordings. On March 9 next year Both Sides of the Sky (CD, 2LP & digital) will be released, containing thirteen tracks, including ten which have never before been released. The cover art is really ugly. What were they thinking?

Jim White: "Sweet Bird of Mystery" & "Reason To Cry" live videos

Watch country noir musician Jim White perform Sweet Bird of Mystery and Reason To Cry, two tracks from his latest album Waffles, Triangles & Jesus for Dutch music show Vrije Geluiden. Recorded live @ TivoliVredenburg in Utrecht.

Anna Coogan: "The Mortal Tedium of Immortality" video

Singer and guitarist Anna Coogan just posted footage of The Mortal Tedium of Immortality, part of her commissioned score for Jean Cocteau's silent film The Blood of a Poet. She will be on tour in the UK and Germany in January and February after which she will be joining Johnny Dowd as backup vocalist for a couple of his shows (February 7-11) in The Netherlands.

Cascadia Fault Line: Tide To The Moon

UK dream pop trio Cascadia Fault Line have opted for an orchestral feel for their new single Tide To The Moon. As the song's title implies the volume of the music slowly rises, with the twin guitars riding on top of the waves. Folk-like vocals are the icing on the cake once again.

The Clog Hunt Occasional Collapsing Knitting Society: Lunch should always be quietly threatening

Experimental guitar duo The Clog Hunt Occasional Collapsing Knitting Society played a short set on December 1st at the Methodist Church in Hebden Bridge to support The Soup Dragon, a charity that offers soup, sociability and support every Friday. The set is now released on >Lunch should always be quietly threatening. Colin Robinson and Michael Linden West were in an ambient mood for the occasion, going at the deep end for two pastoral excursions and a bit more noisy Coda.

Robinson and West are making it up as they go along, grabbing musical ideas out of thin air. With just two guitars and minimal set of pedals and devices they created a stew that will enjoyed by six string geeks, Krautrock buffs and anyone who can handle meandering musings pouring down into their ears. An acquired taste for most, but a healthy treat for avant-garde fans.

John Cale: performing @ Metronome Festival in Prague

John Cale will perform at the Metronome Festival in Prague, Czech Republic (June 22-23). Exact date TBA.

Update: he is the headliner at the ČT stage on June 22.

» John Cale on Facebook
» John Cale tour dates

Black Operator: Marita

There aren't any swamps in that particular part of The Netherlands that is called home by blues quintet Black Operator, but that did not stop them writing songs that could have written in the wetlands in the south of the USA. Their new single Marita is a smoldering song that gets louder as the track progresses. Note the old school effects that were used for the vocals and keyboard flourishes that sound like a mix of Alan Price and Ray Manzarek. Take Sixties garage and add early Seventies guitar rock for heady blend of blues noir.

Words about music (461): Johnny Ramone

I started doing up-and-down strumming, basically to keep time and to play fast. As time went on, I started realizing other guitar players couldn't do it. I always went against the grain.

Johnny Ramone