The Aristocrats: on tour in Japan; debut album reissued on vinyl for Black Friday;

Jazz fusion prog rock trio The Aristocrats will bring their impressive chops and humorous stage banter to Australia next year

Live dates:

• 03/10 Osaka @ Bigcat
• 03/11 Nagoya @ The Bottom Line/li>
• 03/12 Kawasaki @ Club Citta’

Icarus Phoenix: Homeostasis

Experimental folk band Icarus Phoenix had to kill some of their darlings when they chose the tracks for their I Should Have Known the Things You Never Said album. Homeostasis was one of the tracks that fell by the wayside, but now sees the light of day as a single, with songwriter Drew Danburry being just a bit of tongue-in-cheek about trying to keep his desires under control. Its lighthearted mood comes to the fore more fully with the full band rendition, but is nice to hear his solo acoustic demo as well.

Jimi Hendrix: unreleased demos up for auction in London

In 1973 Patricia “Trixie” Sullivan, assistant to Jimi Hendrix's manager Mike Jeffery, took home a tape with four demos that were recorded in 1968: Up From the Skies, Ain’t No Telling, Little Miss Lover and Stone Free. One lucky buyer with deep pockets will win the live-streamed auction which is to be held in London on 15 November by Propstore, London based specialists in film, TV and music memorabilia. Besides this particular tape there is a wealth of other tapes, press clipping, bills and letters, all from the same haul that bailiffs failed to recognize as valuable back then.

Fingers crossed these recordings don't end up in the vault, but will see the light of day as a proper release. Good luck trying to sort things out with the incompetents that run Experience Hendrix.

» jimihendrix.com

The Fierce & The Dead: "What A Time To Be Alive" live @ Ramsgate Music Hall

Watch English prog experimentalists The Fierce & The Dead perform What A Time To Be Alive @ Music Hall in Ramsgate on May 4, a track from their News From The Invisible World album. msgate on May 4, a track from their The Euphoric album. The video was directed by Lucy Foster. This version can be found on their new album Live at Ramsgate Music Hall '24.

Outer World: Coming Down b/w Superior Washing Results

Richmond, VA based musicians Kenneth Close and Tracy Wilson decided that they needed something special to coincide with their upcoming tour. Their Outer World retro-futuristic pysch-pop project released the rather splendid album Who Does The Music Love? and they enlisted Kenneth Close (keyboards/samples), Tracy Wilson (vocals), Erin O’Hare (bass), Nate Rubin (guitar), and Keith Renna (drums) to be able to replicate the material live. As a thank you to these musicians they recorded Coming Down, a cover of cult psych-punk band The United States of America, and the brand new original Superior Washing Results together. The latter was inspired by a Stereolab laundry bag that has been lying around in their studio for ages.