Waterstrider: Way Out

photo: Gabriella Hernandez

Singer Nate Salman turns vulnerability into strength on his new Way Out EP of his Waterstrider project. Preceded by the Weaker On and Way Out singles this small collection of songs is journey to his inner self, a means to escape from being trapped (In Circles) and come out on top in the end (Breed).

His falsetto hovers above blend of triphop and soul, shooing away his demons in a soft buy=t firm stage whisper. Salman has found a way to cope through his music, making Way Out a deeply personal release with a message that might help others as well.

Phish 2019 Summer tour SBD + torrents: 2019/06/29 Camden

Official Camden poster by Dan Mumford

Phish
2019/06/29
BB&T Pavilion
Camden, NJ

Set 1:

1. Mike's Song >
2. I Am Hydrogen >
3. Weekapaug Groove
4. Divided Sky
5. Everything's Right >
6. Guelah Papyrus >
7. Sparkle >
8. Roggae >
9. 46 Days

Custard Flux: Echo

Gregory Curvey is on a roll with his all acoustic psychedelic prog project Custard Flux. The new album Echo is meant to be connected to his sprawling debut album Helium. The CD version should be inserted into the designed space of the deluxe edition of that release, but it can be enjoyed as full-grown independent release as well. With Timothy Prettyman (double bass) and Walt Prettyman (violin) all he had to do was sing and play piano, harmonium, guitars, auto-harp, mouth-harp, and drums.

Curvey has come up with yet another copious set of glorious, multi-faceted tracks. He is a craftsman and sonic wizard, who has put the best things of early pastoral Floyd, Love, and the late Sixties Kinks in a melting pot and added his signature guitar style and treated vocals to create a dazzling, dreamy tapestry of luscious melodies, smart breaks, and the odd bit of spoken word and studio banter. There is one electric guitar solo, because any artist is allowed to disregard his own self-imposed limitations.

Hypergear: Disclosure

Italian alternative electronic rock trio Hypergear take it slow on their new single Disclosure, a prog-influenced song about self-destruction and a crumbling love affair. Muse looms large again, but there is also a likeness with Welsh band Godsticks in their melodic approach> The quiet intensity makes this song about despair a gripping listening experience.

Phish 2019 Summer tour SBD + torrents: 2019/06/28 Camden

Official Camden poster by Dan Mumford

Phish
2019/06/28
BB&T Pavilion
Camden, NJ

Set 1:

1. Set Your Soul Free
2. Strawberry Letter 23
3. My Friend, My Friend
4. Halfway to the Moon
5. The Old Home Place
6. Train Song >
7. Horn
8. Birds of a Feather
9. Wolfman's Brother
10. Wombat >
11. Timber (Jerry The Mule)
12. Drift While You're Sleeping

L.A. Peach: "I Can Remember Where You Are" video

Welshman John James Davies, stage name L.A. Peach, has made a charming no-budget video for I Can Remember Where You Are single: "a totally at ease "carpe diem" vibe, with just a hint of passive aggressiveness to keep it even more interesting".

The track will be included on his new EP Come On Over and Test Me, out on cassette on August 9th via Sad Club Records. Or pick one up at the merch table during his UK tour.

Lian Ray: Mateo

French singer-songwriter Lian Ray now calls Amsterdam home after living in Berlin for some time trying to get away from his demons. That did not quite work out as planned, but it inspired him to record dark, nocturnal pop songs. He signed with Dutch indie Label Snowstar Records. Mateo is his first single, a slice of baroque pop a la Jacco Gardner and Echo & the Bunnymen.

» Lian Ray on Facebook

Olympia: Flamingo

photo: Pierre Toussaint

Art pop act Olympia, the project led by Australian singer Olivia Jayne Bartley, is briiming with ideas on the sophomore release Flamingo. With the aid of Donny Benet (bass), Peter Luscombe (drums), and Ben Hauptman (additional guitar) she kept adding things and more things until she and her producer Burke Reid decided that it would smother the songs if they did one more. The results are a mixed bag of styles, with a rather and sometimes plain boring rhythm tracks holding things in check (case in point: Hounds). Bartley has plenty of issues to write about: love, the tweeting idiot living in a big house at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, guilt, kicks, and what-have-you.

Flamingo looks good, but it has trouble flying. There are some highlights, like the nervous rocker Two Hands, the Eighties New Wave in Shoot To Forget, and the melancholic Nervous Riders as a showcase for her vocal range, but a love song like Won't Say That has downright cheesy lyrics. A bigger budget and more time spend in the recording studio did not pay off. Maybe they should have hired an intern holding up a sign with "kill you darlings" while they were at it.

Phish 2019 Summer tour SBD + torrents: 2019/06/26 Bangor

Official Charlotte poster by Kyle Sauter

Phish
2019/06/26
Darling's Waterfront Pavilion
Bangor, ME

Set 1:

1. Crowd Control
2. Plasma
3. Army of One
4. Alaska
5. Kill Devil Falls >
6. How Many People Are You
7. Petrichor >
8. Saw It Again >
9. Sand

Flare Voyant: "Tunes for the Moods" video

London psych-tinged glam rock 'n' roll quartet Flare Voyant have made a video for their streaming put-down anthem Tunes for the Moods. The clip was directed by Sidney Berthier.

The track is released as part of their new double A-side single Gotta Gotta b/w Tunes for the Moods. "Prepare yourself for a joyful journey through a maze while trying to find your way by looking to a kaleidoscope. Flare Voyant bring back stylish eccentricity to a gray world in dire need of some colour."

Words about music (492): Paul Simon

Having a track record to live up to and the history of successes had become a hindrance. It becomes harder to break out of what people expect you to do.

Paul Simon

An Eagle in your Mind: session for France 3 Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Watch French abstract folk duo An Eagle in your Mind perform a session for France 3 Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. They played Angola Moon (from Miraculous Weapons and Empty sky (from Outside). Sophia (vocals, backing vocals, guitar, shruti box, organ) and Raoul (backing vocals, percussion, guitar) play with quiet intensity. It might look easy, but it is actually quite hard.

Phish 2019 Summer tour SBD + torrents: 2019/06/25 Bangor

Official Charlotte poster by Kyle Sauter

Phish
2019/06/25
Darling's Waterfront Pavilion
Bangor, ME

Set 1:

1. 46 Days >
2. Back on the Train
3. Ass Handed
4. Bathtub Gin
5. The Dogs
6. Waves >
7. Mike's Song >
8. Water in the Sky >
9. Limb By Limb ->
10. Weekapaug Groove >
11. Julius

Cover Me: Miss You

English rhythm & noir quintet Alberteen have posted a warts and all recording of the Rolling Stones classic Miss You, a throwback to their start as a band:

Recorded live in one take last year for an unbroadcast BBC4 music programme following a last minute invitation, this is a very raw version of the Stones disco classic, as reinterpreted by Alberteen. We make no apologies for the quality. One day we might even record it.

Sing Again Syren: Cast Away

photo: Arron Connor Kelly

Classic heavy rock is alive and well in Newcastle Upon Tyne, home of power trio Sing Again Syren. Their latest single Cast Away covers all the bases of the guitar/bass/drums/vocals format that ruled the airwaves in the Seventies.

Eliza Lee (guitar, vocals), Hattie Steel (drums) and Laila Riley (bass) play honest, straight-up rock, channeling the sound of an era where your ass could not be saved by excessive studio tinkering and/or Auto-Tune. Recommended if you like Heart and Haim.

The Aristocrats: European tour dates

Power fusion rock trio The Aristocrats have announced a massive European tour - 40 shows - to promote their new studio album You Know What…?, out on June 28. The album is available for pre-order as a standard CD and deluxe CD/DVD edition via de band's website.

More European dates wil added soon, so there is stil hope for their fans in countries like France and Ireland. Those could be fitted in between the gigs in the Uk and Spain next year.

Women of the Night: Pastel Colors

NYC rock trio Women of the Night covers both sides of the coin on their new album Pastel Colors, with the two sides reflecting light and shade, joy and sadness, and hot and cold. Jordan D’Arsie, the band's resident songwriter, has a sharp eyes for his surroundings and with his in the pocket band mates Kyubae Lee and Grey Watson he turned the songs in rough-edged garage rock with a psychedelic twist.

The big city can be a scary place, but it also a fertile environment for streetwise poets/singers like Jim Carroll and the greatest of them all in this genre, Lou Reed. Women of the Night follow their footsteps, but are confident enough to find their own way. They a bunch of roving reporters telling stories about love, despair, crooks, and brain-dead tv shows. This is the kind of living that is never mentioned in advertising. Pastel Colors is an ironic title for album about reality that is bleak and gray.

Phish 2019 Summer tour SBD + torrents: 2019/06/23 Columbia

Official Charlotte poster by Luke Martin

Phish
2019/06/23
Merriweather Post Pavilion
Columbia, MD

Set 1:

1. Carini >
2. My Soul >
3. Rift
4. Gumbo
5. It's Ice >
6. Winterqueen
7. Yarmouth Road
8. Shade
9. Halfway Home[1] >
10. The Wedge >
11. Run Like an Antelope

Anil Prasad: "Dear Assholes" an open letter to Spotify employees

Anil Prasad, editor of the in-depth music website Innerviews, has posted an open letter to Spotify employees:

Dear Assholes,

I know more about your business than you do. I am in direct contact with musicians at the highest levels, as well as industry executives that hate every fiber of your beings and all you represent. They have explained everything about your business to me. In particular, I know all about your “social media ops manipulation squad” sent to pepper comments in posts made by people like me revealing the truth about what you are.

Today, I removed multiple fake comments from fake accounts created by Spotify employees or agencies posting on your behalf. The language was VERBATIM what you’ve told my musician friends and industry people. The fact that you don’t have the balls to post as yourselves speaks volumes about the pernicious bullshit and lies you spew. I’m on to you.

Youth Sector: Renting Spaces In My World

photo: Julia Nala

Art rock meets post-punk on the new Youth Sector single Renting Spaces In My World, a jittery song with chopped riffs and a cheesy but effective keyboards part. A catchy one-fingered salute to people who think the others are there only to admire their lifestyle, after handing over an admittance fee. Want to bet that they own quite a lot of XTC and Parquet Courts albums?

Phish 2019 Summer tour SBD + torrents: 2019/06/22 Columbia

Official Charlotte poster by Luke Martin

Phish
2019/06/22
Merriweather Post Pavilion
Columbia, MD

Set 1:

1. Undermind >
2. Tube
3. Funky Bitch
4. Steam >
5. My Sweet One >
6. NICU
7. Friend[1]
8. No Men In No Man's Land
9. The Horse >
10. Silent in the Morning
11. David Bowie
12. The Squirming Coil

Tape Runs Out: session @ Islip Mill

Watch Cambridge folk band Tape Runs Out perform an "almost live" session @ Islip Mill. They performed four songs: Friends, Knife, Make It Work and Even Colours Follow The Rule. The session was recorded and edited by Sam Inglis of Sound On Sound.

» Tape Runs Out on Facebook

Phish 2019 Summer tour SBD + torrents: 2019/06/21 Charlotte

Official Charlotte poster by Calvin Laituri

Phish
2019/06/21
PNC Music Pavilion
Charlotte, NC

Set 1:

1. Have Mercy
2. Gotta Jibboo
3. Free
4. Ginseng Sullivan >
5. Tweezer ->
6. Passing Through
7. Ya Mar
8. Mercury >
9. Tweezer >
10. Say it to Me S.A.N.T.O.S.

I am Oak: new album "Osmosis" in September; "Swells" video

Dutch indie folk band I am Oak will release their new studio album Osmosis on September 6th. They changed up their modus operandi for this one and used the piano as the main composing tool. Lead single Swells puts the textures of this instrument to good use, with complex parts playing catch with the vocals. The video was made by Martijn Bastiaans, who got inspired by a lone dark horse during his stay on the Faroe Islands.

LIJO: Elasticity

Dutch avant-pop singer LIJO has released Elasticity, the second part of her My Inner Parts diptych. It's a buzzing, almost hyperactive, song about trying to fit in, but keeping an outsiders perspective at the same time. She sounds like St Vincent backed by Nine Inch Nails: fast but always in control. The video was shot on location in London by Robin Hugers during her UK tour.

The Rev: El Diablo EP

Outlaw country rockers The Rev made their mark with two great singles - El Diablo and Whiskey Rebellion - and now are ready for the next step: a four-track EP with those two tracks and two brand new ones.

Sea Level is a mid-tempo rocker with damn fine guitar work that has late-night jukebox favourite all over it. No wonder they picked this one for their first ever video treatment. Main man and songwriter Eric Meyers has a bit of trouble reaching the high notes in Theory of Everything at first, but he finds his comfort zone and all ends well. The Rev give country rock a much needed kick in the butt, with tons of swagger and lyrics that go far beyond the Moon-June fodder.

The Sorry Kisses: Life's An Illusion

The Sorry Kisses, an UK/US indie pop trio, have reunited for their fifth studio album Life's An Illusion. With their drummer Micah Calabrese still in the States Hayley Hutchinson and guitarist Sam Forrest started the recording process in their home studio in North Yorkshire. With more work done in The Cave Studio in Los Angeles the album is truly a best of both worlds release. They mixed English pastoral pop (New Address) with West Coast melodies (Play It Cool. Now That You're Dreaming) and a bit of rock (One Is One). Stand-out tracks are the quirky title track and stop-and-start psychedelic trickery in Bad Connection and lead single City Rhythm.

Life's An Illusion will sit comfortably next to albums by the Sundays and the Bangles. There are monsters besides the unicorns and rainbows and with two-thirds of Englishness in the band a Hollywood ending is not a given. Recommended if you like happy-sad music after a bad day.

Phish 2019 Summer tour SBD + torrents: 2019/06/19 Cuyahoga Falls

Official Cuyahoga Falls poster by Rosemary Valero-O'Connell.

Phish
2019/06/19
Blossom Music Center
Cuyahoga Falls, OH

Set 1:

1. Soul Planet >
2. The Moma Dance
3. Kill Devil Falls
4. Your Pet Cat >
5. Back on the Train
6. Everything is Hollow
7. About to Run
8. Divided Sky
9. I Didn't Know
10. Walls of the Cave

Cover Me: Yoo Doo Right

Listen to German neo-psychedelic band Karmic Society tackle the Can classic Yoo Doo Right. It lacks the freakish vocal delivery of the original and it''s far more bluesy in a space jam kind of way, but very enjoyable nevertheless. It can be found on their sole album Journey, released in 2007.

Phish: Riviera Maya 2020 Feb 20-23

Phish follows the lines going South again. The Vermont jam band have announced a four-night run in Mexico in February 2020:

Phish will return to Mexico for its fourth Phish: Riviera Maya, an all-inclusive concert vacation experience that will take place February 20-23. The 2020 event will see Phish performing an additional welcome set on Thursday night and a special early evening start time on Sunday in one of the world’s most beautiful locations — Mexico’s Caribbean coastline.

Veecaten: Shoals

Dutch indie duo Veecaten have recorded a water themed debut EP. Shoals, a large number of fish swimming together, reminisces about drowned settlements and neverending power of the tides. Two of the tracks were inspired by places that were overrun by water: Veecaten, a village in Holland after which they named themselves, and Koresand, now just a sand bank in the Danish part of the Wadden Sea, were deserted a long time ago.

It took Lukas Dikker and Johan Kooi quite some time to finish the tracks - they are in demand producers and sidemen in the Dutch indie scene - but the EP sounds like it was recorded in a flow of true inspiration. They played all the instruments themselves, with the notable exception of saxophonist Eddie Visser, whose tone is instantly recognizable in the short instrumental Coral Express and the jazzy Tide Over. Shoals is a carefully polished gem, leaving the listener wanting to hear more.

Phish 2019 Summer tour SBD + torrents: 2019/06/18 Toronto

Official Toronto poster by Rhys Cooper

Phish
2019/06/18
Budweiser Stage
Toronto, ON, Canada

Set 1:

1. AC/DC Bag
2. 555
3. Ocelot
4. Sample in a Jar
5. Stash
6. The Wedge
7. Frost
8. Halley's Comet >
9. Ruby Waves[1]
10. Lawn Boy
11. You Enjoy Myself

The Wood Brothers: Fall tour dates

photo: Mathew Tucciarone

Roots trio extraordinaire The Wood Brothers have announced their USA Fall tour dates: 14 shows in the Midwest and Texas. They are working on two new albums. Details TBA.

Live dates:

• 11/07 Roanoke, VA @ Shaftman Performance Hall
• 11/08 Highlands, NC @ Highlands Food & Wine Festival
• 11/09 Louisville, KY @ Headliners Music Hall
• 11/10 Cincinnati, OH @ Taft Theatre

Rebecca Rego & The Trainmen: Speaking of Witches

Louisville, KY band Rebecca Rego & The Trainmen play soft-spoken, country-tinged, folk songs about heartbreak and other mishaps on their latest album Speaking of Witches. What makes stand out among their peers is their use of cello and the septavo synthesizer, two instruments with distinctive sounds that are not that common in the Americana niche.

Lead singer Rebecca Rego often blends in with her band, foregoing the text book role of the singer's spotlight. Piano lovers will love the extended coda of No One Knows Me. Country lovers get their fix with the title track and Find Something Real.

Broeder Dieleman: theatre tour in 2020

Dutch folk musician Broeder Dieleman will be playing in theatres in 2020. He will present new material, besides songs from his back catalog of songs inspired by his native province Zeeland. He is a free-flowing poet with an uncanny knack for storytelling and a wicked sense of humour.

LOGOUT: N91° live in Amsterdam

Singer, songwriter and producer LOGOUT played most of the tracks of his N91° album @ De Ruimte in Amsterdam on June 9, 2019. The full release show was captured on video: "With minimalistic electronics gentle swaying throughout N91° is a modern day folk record, a fairy tale an journey rolled into one. After he has paid tribute Portugese poet Fernando Pessoa with the delicate wordplay in the avant-ambient song Pessoan Odyssey the album finally makes its to its destination namesake. It is up to the listener if anything of this actually happened. The record is a true desert island disc, with no set rules, making it impossible to pigeonhole. A bewildering trip through the mindset of a kaleidoscopic musician and poet".

» logoutweb.com

HCTF review of N91°.

Phish 2019 Summer tour SBD + torrents: 2019/06/16 Bonnaroo

Phish
2019/06/16
Bonnaroo Festival
Manchester, TN

Set 1:

1. Set Your Soul Free
2. Blaze On
3. Death Don't Hurt Very Long
4. Reba[1]
5. Free >
6. Sand
7. Wolfman's Brother
8. Cavern

Stars On Fire: Blue Skies Above

Cristoph Mark, a California native now living in Seoul, creates hard to pin down indie music as Stars On Fire. His debut EP Blue Skies Above touches base with shoegaze, college rock, dream pop, noise, and much more. That doesn't 'mean that he is all over the place - in fact the overall mood is quite consistent jangling left-field pop

He has put all his influences into a blender and added some spices to give it a crunchy bite. If you ever wondered what Johnny Marr would sound like after spending way too much in the time in the pub, this is it. Rough, mischievous, and utterly charming stuff.

Johnny Dowd and Neon Baptist: live @ State Theater, Ithaca, NY

Watch Neon Baptist tearing it up on stage as part of the Aidswork Benefit at the State Theater in Ithaca, NY - 1990/05/12. Fronted by Johnny Dowd the band consisted of Mike Edmondson (guitar), Max Ormond (guitar), Dave Hinkle (bass), Cally Arthur (vocals, tambourine), and Jennifer Dowd (drums). The set was captured on video (Hi-8) by Kat Dalton.

A double CD in handmade package with Neon Baptist live recordings is for sale on Johnny's website.

» johnnydowd.com

Words about music (491): Steve Vai

Besides being a guitar player, I'm a big fan of the guitar. I love that damn instrument.

Steve Vai

Flare Voyant: Gotta Gotta b/w Tunes for the Moods

London rock 'n' roll quartet Flare Voyant go for psychedelic glam rock on their new double A-side single, with the Marc Bolan-esque Gotta Gotta and the slow burner Tunes for the Moods, a superb tongue-in cheek streaming basher. They use the vocals as the anchoring point, with multi-leyered intricacies galore in the music itself.

Less is more is not a concept they much attention too, but the songs never feel overcrowded. Prepare yourself for a joyful journey through a maze while trying to find your way by looking to a kaleidoscope. Flare Voyant bring back stylish eccentricity to a gray world in dire need of some colour.

Phish 2019 Summer tour SBD + torrents: 2019/06/14 Bonnaroo

Phish
2019/06/14
Bonnaroo Festival
Manchester, TN

Set 1:

1. Carini >
2. Down with Disease[1] >
3. Say it to Me S.A.N.T.O.S.
4. Everything's Right >
5. Mercury >
6. Tweezer >
7. Also Sprach Zarathustra >
8. Steam >
9. Martian Monster
10. More >
11. Harry Hood >
12. Character Zero

Encore:

1. Possum >
2. Tweezer Reprise

Notes from phish.net:
[1] Unfinished.

» Buy the official LivePhish 2019/06/14 release
» (FLAC |FLAC-HD | ALAC | MP3 | CD)

Audience sources:

Audience sources can be found on bt.etree.org.

Mercy John: "This Ain’t New York" acoustic

photo: Sander van den Berg

Dutch singer-songwriter Mercy John will release an acoustic 10" EP, Cruel Love, in September. He revisits tracks from his This Ain’t New York & Let It Go Easy, in pretty much the same form he first played them when he wrote the songs: as acoustic guitar driven songs. The first track, This Ain’t New York is now available on all streaming platforms. Recommended if you like splendid Americana from the low countries.

Cover Me: Perfect Day

Karen O (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) and producer Danger Mouse teamed up for a cover of the Lou Reed classic Perfect Day as part of their appearance on the SiriusXMU Sessions radio show.

» loureed.com

Savoy Brown: City Night

Savoy Brown is a true blues institution. Guitarist Kim Simmonds founded the band in 1965 and although the band went to numerous lineups in the decades that followed thy always stood by their brand of English blues rock - not many bands can hand over a resume listing 40 albums.

Their latest album City Night is as energetic as ever, with twelve well-paced twelve bar blues songs about booze, trouble, and rock ''n' roll. They stick to what they do best, laying down a solid back beat, swinging bass allowing the guitar to roam free. Savoy Brown is here to stay for many more years, as a reminder and continuation of the blues boom that took the world by storm in the Sixties.

Phish 2019 Summer tour SBD + torrents: 2019/06/12 St. Louis

Official St. Louis posters by Brad Klausen

Phish
2019/06/12
Chaifetz Arena, Saint Louis University
St. Louis, MO

Set 1:

1. Chalk Dust Torture
2. The Moma Dance
3. Waves >
4. Bouncing Around the Room
5. Undermind
6. Heavy Things
7. Roggae
8. We Are Come to Outlive Our Brains
9. Funky Bitch
10. Set Your Soul Free
11. Run Like an Antelope

Charly Bliss: "Young Enough" video

Brooklyn based power pop band Charly Bliss have unveiled a video for Young Enough, the title track from their latest album: "songs that would be labeled as bubblegum pop, until the meaning of the lyrics sinks in, and it becomes clear that is a band that doesn't take shit from anybody". The clip was directed by Henry Kaplan.

» charlybliss.com

HCTF review of Young Enough.

Johnny Kills: I Feel Like

Rock trio Johnny Kills offer a gnarly slice of garage Britpop with their new single I Feel Like, with fuzzy stuttering guitars and a short and sweet bass solo a la The Breeders. Skewed distortion and having lots of fun with the effects don't get in the way of the melody that has "earworm" written all over it.

De Staat: "Tie Me Down" video (feat. Luwten)

Dutch rockers De Staat have made a video for Tie Me Down, a track from their latest studio album Bubble Gum. With Tessa Douwstra (LUWTEN) on vocals.

» destaat.net

Phish 2019 Summer tour SBD + torrents: 2019/06/11 St. Louis

Official St. Louis posters by Brad Klausen

Phish
2019/06/11
Chaifetz Arena, Saint Louis University
St. Louis, MO

Set 1:

1. Cool Amber and Mercury
2. 46 Days
3. Stash
4. Nellie Kane >
5. Free >
6. Theme From the Bottom
7. Tube
8. Drift While You're Sleeping[1]

John Cale: Cheorwon 2019/06/09 setlist

John Cale performed at DMZ Peace Train Music Festival in Cheorwon, South Korea - June 9, 2019.

Setlist

1. Heartbreak Hotel
2. Ship of Fools (with So!YoON!)
3. I'm Waiting for the Man
4. Half Past France
5. Dirty Ass Rock 'n' Roll
6. Ghost Story
7. Fear Is a Man's Best Friend
8. Venus in Furs
9. Hatred
10. Gun > Pablo Picasso (with So!YoON!)

Note: he played one song solo , Frozen Warnings, at the same festival on the day before.

» John Cale on Facebook
» John Cale setlists

Radiohead puts archived "OK Computer" recordings up for sale after hack

After being hacked Radiohead put 18 hours of archived OK Computer recording up for sale on Bandcamp as a respones to the ransom the thief hoped to collect. From The Guardian:

Radiohead have released a vast collection of unreleased tracks made during the sessions for 1997 album OK Computer, after a MiniDisc archive owned by frontman Thom Yorke was hacked last week by an unnamed person, who reportedly asked for a $150,000 ransom to return the recordings.

The Aristocrats: "You Know What…?" DVD teaser

Watch a teaser for the You Know What…? DVD comes with of the Deluxe edition of the forthcoming new album by fusion power trio The Aristocrats. The video was shot @ Brotheryn Studios in Ojai, CA, by Jon Luini & Arthur Rosato.

A special show has been added to their extensive American tour. On September 1 guitarist John 5 will be co-headlining at their @ 1720 in Los Angeles.

» the-aristocrats-band.com

HCTF review of Tres Caballeros.

Slight Return feat. Andy Vargas: Vicious Tides

Detroit funky blues band Slight Return released their Vicious Tides album back in 2016, so it's a bit weird that it took them so long to release this video made by Wilson Sarkis Films for the title track. The musicians on this song are all veterans with impressive resumes. Andy Vargas is the lead singer for Santana, guitarist Mark Kassa worked with George Clinton, Dennis Chambers played drums on countless records of the Death Row label, and Tony Green is the Dramatics bass player. All name-dropping aside, Vicious Tides is a hard-hitting and very danceable blues rocker that will be appreciated by Living Colour and Sabatta fans. Play loud.

» slightreturn.com

Sam & Julia: "A Widow's Lullaby" on Dutch TV

Watch Dutch folk duo Sam & Julia perform "A Widow's Lullaby, live @ TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht. It is a track from their So Far, So Good EP. Filmed by Dutch TV show Vrije Geluiden.

Live date:

• 06/15 Vierlingsbeek, Netherlands @ Op De Tôffel

» samandjuliamusic.com

HCTF review of So Far, So Good.

Ships Fly Up: Ghost Kingdom

Russian multi-instrumentalist Egor Fedotov creates multi-layered, post-rock soundscapes with his on-man project Ships Fly Up. His latest album Ghost Kingdom sounds like a hybrid of Steven Wilson and The Fierce And The Dead, the kind of progressive metal that goes through hills and valleys, light and darkness, with some jaw-dropping guitar shredding as the most obvious selling point.

He knows about tension and release, and the overall mood is bleak - the titles of the tracks are a dead giveaway - Ghost Kingdom paints a picture of a country that is still exists as long as people care to remember it.

Bandcamp: Record Store in Oakland

Music platform Bandcamp goes for bricks and mortar with the opening of a record store in Oakland, CA:

We recently opened a record shop and performance space, and hope you’ll come visit. We’re at 1901 Broadway in Oakland, California (right by the 19th Street BART station), and open Monday-Friday from 12pm-7pm.

Phish: Summer tour webcasts

All sixteen Phish Summer tour shows are offered as pay-per-view webcasts. A Webcast Season Pass, MP3 and T-Shirt bundles are available.

Dr John: 1941-2019

Dr John, the legendary musician who played am unique blend of blues, pop, jazz, boogie-woogie and rock 'n' roll, is dead at 77. When trying to capture the sound of New Orleans in a single swoop, a healthy dose of the doctor's medicine would have sufficed. Colourful, swinging, quite a bit of voodoo, and of course plenty of joie de vivre.

Cover Me: Whiskey In The Jar

Watch Thin Lizzy tackle the Irish traditional song Whiskey In The Jar. Performed live on March 21, 1973 for the German TV show Musikladen.

» Thin Lizzy on Wikipedia

We Were Promised Jetpacks: "These Four Walls" 10th Anniversary

photo: Eleanor Petry

Scottish post-rockers We Were Promised Jetpacks are celebrating the 10th anniversary of their These Four Walls album with an expanded reissue of the album and a tour take will take them across the States and Europe: "Claustrophic songs with singer Adam Thompson screaming above the din. The songs are built to last, creating a Hadrian's Wall of Sound. Sean Smith is dropping bombs on his bass, the Mike Palmer and Thompson guitar tandem are locked in a groove, but they all follow the marching drums of Darren Lackie".

Yori Swart: "Riding On The Wind" theater tour

Dutch singer-songwriter Yori Swart has just announced her first theater tour, Riding On The Wind, kicking off in her former hometown Alkmaar:

• 02/13 Theater de Vest, Alkmaar
• 02/14 Philharmonie, Haarlem
• 02/15 Goudse Schouwburg, Gouda
• 02/22 Schouwburg Amphion, Doetichem
• 02/26 Concertgebouw De Vereeniging, NIjmegen
• 02/27 De Oosterpoort, Groningen
• 02/28 Theater Orpheus, Apeldoorn
• 02/29 Theaters Tilburg, Tilburg

L.A. Peach: I Can Remember Where You Are

photo: Neelan Khan Vela

Welshman John James Davies, stage name L.A. Peach, plays soulful Americana. His latest single I Can Remember Where You Are has a totally at ease "carpe diem" vibe, with just a hint of passive aggressiveness to keep it even more interesting. A contender for Summer playlists curated by people who care about music.

The Aristocrats: "You Know What…?" available for pre-order

You Know What…?, the new album by power fusion rock trio The Aristocrats, is now available for pre-order via de band's website:

Pre-orders for both standard and deluxe versions of “You Know What…?” are now available!!! The deluxe version includes a bonus DVD comprising behind the scenes clips and exclusive interview footage, plus a 12-page booklet with artwork for each of the nine compositions.

Trey Anastasio: solo acoustic Fall tour dates

Trey Anastasio will be on the road on his own again in the FalL, playing acoustic shows at select theatres. Tickets will be available through a real-time presale beginning Wed. June 5 at 12PM ET and ending Thu, June 6 at 5PM ET at http://treytickets.shop.ticketstoday.com. General on-sale will start this Fri, June 7 at 10am ET. For show specific on sale times, visit trey.com/tour.

Wilco: North American Fall tour dates

Wilco will be on tour in North America, once they have finished their extensive European club tour.

Live dates:

• 10/08 Toronto, ON @ Budweiser Stage (w/ special guest Lord Huron)
• 10/10 Boston, MA @ Boch Center Wang Theatre
• 10/11 Boston, MA @ Boch Center Wang Theatre
• 10/12 New York, NY @ Radio City Music Hall
• 10/15 Washington, DC @ The Anthem
• 10/16 Cary, NC @ Koka Booth Amphitheatre
• 10/18 Atlanta, GA @ Cadence Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park
• 10/19 Birmingham, AL @ Alabama Theatre
• 10/20 Nashville, TN @ Grand Ole Opry House
• 10/22 Tulsa, OK @ Cain’s Ballroom
• 10/23 Irving, TX @ The Pavilion at the Toyota Music Factory
• 10/25 Houston, TX @ Revention Music Center
• 10/26 Austin, TX @ ACL Live at the Moody Theater
• 10/27 Austin, TX @ ACL Live at the Moody Theater