Powersolo: Bloodskinbones

photo: Rasmus Weng Karlsen

Powersolo is Atomic Child & Kim Kix, two Danes from Aarhus who like to hurt their guitars trying to create garage tinged dance rock with a rockablly twist. Bloodskinbones is an upbeat album with off kilter lyrics. With the aid of JC Benz on drums they bring back Adam and The Ants (Busses) and The Stray Cats (Elvin D Jerk (part 2)). Singer Kim Kix sounds a bit like Zappatika's frontman McInnes - relaxed but slightly unnerving. The kind of guy that cool kids will dig, much to the dismay of their uncool parents.

Bloodskinbones is released on Crunchy Frog.

Tracks:

1. Murder in SFAX
2. Busses
3. Psych Demons
4. Gimme the Drugz
5. Pirates of the Oblivion
6. 4-3-2-1
7. Coco
8. Elvin D Jerk (part 2)
9. Elvin D Jerk (part 1)
10. Canned Love
11. Yeah! Yeah!
12. Nineteen Ninety-Six

» powersolo.dk
» myspace.com/powersolo

Neil Young w/ Paul McCartney: "A Day in the Life"

How's that for an encore? Paul McCartney joins Neil Young for A Day in the Life at Hyde Park, London - 2009-06-27.

Blueheels: The Only Dance You Know (Live)

Blueheels, a rock/progressive roots band from Madison Wisconsin, are releasing their The Only Dance You Know (Live) album. Think bluesy rock songs served with a country twang, best enjoyed bobbing your head up and down, holding a beer. The album was recorded live in Neenah, Wisconsin - November 28 & 29, 2008.

Tracks:

1. Intro
2. Red Pajamas
3. Lion And The Lamb
4. The Hands That Harmed You
5. Keep Your Mouth Shut
6. Before The Fall
7. Girl
8. Magnifying Glass
9. Sleeping In The Driveway
10. Tennessee
11. Fistfulls Of Cash
12. The Drunk
13. Twist & Toil
14. Special Sauce
15. Stupid Little Smile
16. Where's Carl
17. On A Wire
18. Rock N Roll Haircut

They play a handful of CD release party shows:

• 06/30 The Frequency (w/ Deleted Scenes/Pezzettino) Madison, Wisconsin
• 07/01 Summerfest (Cascio Interstate Groove Garage), Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• 07/02 Cranky Pats , Neenah, Wisconsin
• 07/03 Club Pi, Green Bay, Wisconsin
• 07/04 University Of Wisconsin Terrace Madison, Wisconsin
• 07/08 Kryptonite, Rockford, Illinois
• 07/10 The Empty Bottle (w/ The Record Low), Chicago, Illinois
• 07/11 Linneman's River West Inn, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

» blueheels.net
» myspace.com/blueheelsrocknroll

Gov't Mule 2009 torrents: 2009/06/27 Järvenpää, Finland

photo: Chris Rushin mule.net

Gov't Mule
2009/06/27
Puistoblues Festival at Vanhankylänniemi
Järvenpää, Finland

Disc 1:

1. Bad Little Doggie
2. Brand New Angel
3. Blind Man In The Dark
4. Streamline Woman
5. Mother Earth
6. Banks Of The Deep End
7. Come On In My Kitchen >
8. 32-20 Blues
9. Beautifully Broken
10. Thorazine Shuffle

Disc 2:

1. Since I've Been Loving You
2. I'm A Ram
3. Mule
4. E1: Long Distance Call
5. Look On Younder Wall
6. E2: Keyboard Intro > Soulshine

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Hollands: Faces

Hollands is a duo from NYC consisting of multi-instrumentalist John-Paul Norpoth and violinist Jannina Barefield whose EP Faces has been bubbling under since Fall 2008. They have played on Akron/Family albums, albeit on two different ones and never as a twosome. Well orchestrated and crytstal clear recorded the five tracks on the EP features upbeat rock (Strong Arm), dreamy folk (Anomie) and the delicate (Coughing Boy).

Recorded March 2005 - August 2007 at various studios and homes the question that comes to mind the most is: why only five songs?

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

Tracks:

1. Strong Arm
2. Anomie
3. Over and Out
4. Coughing Boy
5. High Class

Live dates:

• 07/09 New York, NY @ Fontana's (w/ In Cadeo)
• 07/11 Brooklyn, NY @ Lovin' Cup
• 07/25 Rochester, NY @ Boulder Festival
• 08/01 Brooklyn, NY @ Public Assembly
• 08/21 Brooklyn, NY @ Pete's Candy Store

» hollandsss.com
» myspace.com/hollandsss

Words about music (203): Paul Simon

I question what emotion Manilow touches. People are entertained by him. But are they emotionally moved? I don't believe anything that Barry Manilow sings.

Paul Simon

Phish Festival: 10/30-01/11

A three day Phish Festival - 10/30-01/11. No further details yet, but it appears that States will be blacked one at the time. Until there is only one left where ....

» phish.com/savethedate

Urban Preacher: Urban Preacher

The six tracks on the self-titled Urban Preacher EP are a showcase for the band's versatility. They play southern rock, blues, soul, funk and singer Myrrhine Faller even throws in some rap in the vein of Blondie's Rapture.

The Toronto band feels most at ease when they can rock out in bluesy tracks like On The Rooftop and Moanin' The Blues. The new single Vintage Girl is a powerful ballad name checking Deep Purple's Smoke On The Water. With a sound that is firmly rooted in the Seventies the sextet thrives in a live setting. No wonder that they recorded the EP "from the floor".

Urban Preacher:
Myrrhine Faller: vocals
Jordan Safer: keys, guitar, harp
Neil Hendry: lead guitar
Henrigues: bass
Justin Ruppel: drums
Anthony Rinaldi: saxophone

Urban Preacher is a self-released album. Buy it from the band's website.

Tracks:

1. On The Rooftop
2. Vintage Girl
3. Strange Obsession
4. Moanin' The Blues
5. Lady Luck
6. It's A Living

Urban Preacher is on the road Canada this summer:

• 06/27 Maxwell’s Music House, Waterloo, Ontario
• 06/30 Cadillac Lounge, Toronto, Ontario
• 07/04 The Central, Toronto, Ontario
• 07/05 The Central, Toronto, Ontario
• 08/22 Boo Radley’s Bar & Grill, Toronto, Ontario
• 08/25 Johny B, Whitby, Ontario
• 08/26 Brutopia, Montreal, Quebec
• 08/27 Paul’s Wharf, St. George, New Brunswick
• 08/29 Fibbers, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
• 08/30 5 Points Lounge, Moncton, New Brunswick
• 09/01 Gus’ Pub, Halifax
• 09/02 Tribeca, Halifax, Nova Scotia
• 09/03 Baba’s Lounge, Charlottetown, Prince Edward
• 09/05 Le Vieux Poele, Edmundston, New Brunswick
• 09/23 The Cameron House, Toronto, Ontario
• 09/24 The Rainbow, Ottawa, Ontario
• 09/26 Brutopia, Montreal, Quebec

» urbanpreacher.ca
» myspace.com/urbanpreacher

Bishop Allen: European Tour Dates

Left field indie pop trio Bishop Allen from Brooklyn, NY, play a string of dates in Europe in July, promoting their Grrr... album.

Live dates:

• 07/16 Guimaraes, Portugal - Manta Festival
• 07/18 Dornstadt, Germany - Obstwiesenfestival
• 07/19 Nijmegen, The Netherlands - Valkhof Affaire
• 07/20 Barcelona, Spain - Be Cool
• 07/21 Vic, Spain - Jazz Cava
• 07/22 Sevilla, Spain - Nocturama
• 07/23 Son Servera, Spain - S'Esglesia Nova
• 07/24 Sonneger See, Austria - Acoustic Lakeside

» bishopallen.com
» myspace.com/bishopallen

UH OHs: "I Can't Wait" b/w "I Am Underdog"

photo: Andy Slade

The UH OHs are an alt.powerpop trio from Norwich, England. Singer Naomi can scream like she means it and their new double A-side single I Can't Wait / I Am Underdog was made to be played really, really loud. The UH OHs' jumpy stop-start music is addictive enough to be illegal.

UH OHs:
Naomi: bass, vocals
Paul: guitar, vocals
Lee: drums, vocals

I Can't Wait / I Am Underdog is released through Little Power Records. Release date: June 29th.

UK live dates:

• 07/08 Hot City Sounds @ Arts Centre, Norwich
• 07/24 Science and Magick @ The Voodoo Lounge, Stamford
• 07/29 The Tilting Sky @ The Waterfront, Norwich
• 08/06 Club NME @ Remix, Hitchin
• 10/07 Catapult @ Start the Bus, Bristol

» myspace.com/uhohs1

Secret Pop Band: Pardon the Solar Interruption

Washington DC trio Secret Pop Band are into brisk riffs. With little over half an hour worth of post-punk tunes Pardon the Solar Interruption has a very late eighties sound - a mix of The Pixies and REM. They name the Apples in Stereo as an influence, but they are bit looser than the composed math rock of that band. Definitely a band with college music geeks appeal they sing about perennial themes as the smell of Week Old Beer and breaking up with your girlfriend (Sunday's Hard Rock Fall).

J. Forté's nasal vocals are an acquired taste - think Weezer with a cold, but the Secret Pop Band can carve a niche for themselves. It won't be a big place, but it will be found by those who have a penchant for lo-fi geeks making on-a-shoestring budget albums.

Secret Pop Band:
J. Forté: vocals, guitars
Greg Gendron: drums
Ody Leonard: bass

Pardon the Solar Interruption is a self-released album. Buy it thru the band's website.

Tracks:

1. Soft Rock, Pillow Talk
2. Your New England Winter
3. Solar Interruption
4. Knobs and Switches
5. Week Old Beer
6. Saccharine Smile
7. Sunday's Hard Rock Falls
8. Listening to the Tiger
9. First Time Radio
10. Rachel Harmony

MP3: Secret Pop Band - Soft Rock, Pillow Talk
MP3: Secret Pop Band - Week Old Beer

Live dates:

• 06/28 Velvet Lounge, Washington, DC
• 07/19 Galaxy Hut (w/ The Worries), Washington, DC

» secretpopmusic.com
» myspace.com/secretpopband

Phish: track listing for new album "Joy"

It's official: the track listing for the new Phish studio album Joy.

Phish will be releasing Joy, their first studio album in five years, later this summer on JEMP Records. The record was recorded in New York City this spring with producer Steve Lillywhite. Stay tuned for further details and pre-order information in the coming weeks! The last track, Time Turns Elastic, is available now at iTunes.

Tracks:

1. Twenty Years Later
2. Backwards Down the Number Line
3. Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan
4. Light
5. Joy
6. Sugar Shack
7. Ocelot
8. Kill Devil Falls
9. I've Been Around
10. Time Turns Elastic

All songs except I've Been Around have been played live this year.

» phish.com

John Cale: Best Song Mojo Award for Elbow

John Cale presented the Mojo award for best song of the year to Elbow - 2009/06/11.

Watch the video for One Day Like This.

» mojo4music.com

Trey Anastasio: "Time Turns Elastic" acoustic demo

Watch Trey Anastasio laying down an acoustic demo Time Turns Elastic at The Barn near Burlingon, Vermont.

» trey.com

Assembly of Dust: "All That I Am Now" MP3

New York roots rock band Assembly of Dust continue their freebie scheme. They have upped All That I Am Now (featuring Richie Havens), the opening track of their forthcoming album Some Assembly Required.

MP3: Assembly of Dust - All That I Am Now

» aodust.com
» myspace.com/assemblyofdust

San Francisco's Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival - 08/28-30

San Francisco's Golden Gate Park is the location for the Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival.. The festival lasts three days (August 28-30). Some big names will enter the stage, but it's get more interesting if further down the bill.

Friday 08/28

• Pearl Jam
• Incubus
• Thievery Corporation
• Tom Jones
• Silversun Pickups
• The National
• Q-Tip
• Built To Spill
• Midnite
• Kinky
• Tea Leaf Green
• Autolux
• The Dodos
• Los Campesinos!
• Akron/Family
• The Duke Spirit
• Zee Avi
• Blind Pilot
• SambaDa
• West Indian Girl

Saturday 08/29

• Dave Matthews Band
• Black Eyed Peas
• The Mars Volta
• Jason Mraz
• TV on the Radio
• Conor Oberst & The Mystic Valley Band
• Mastodon
• Raphael Saadiq
• Os Mutantes
• Street Sweeper Social Club
• JJ Grey & Mofro
• Deerhunter
• Lila Downs
• Zion I
• Bat For Lashes
• Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
• Groundation
• Dengue Fever
• The Dirtbombs
• Portugal. The Man
• Ryan Bingham
• Extra Golden
• Infantree

Sunday 08/30

• M.I.A.
• Ween
• Modest Mouse
• Band of Horses
• The Dead Weather
• Atmosphere
• Lucinda Williams
• Robert Randolph & The Family Band
• Alpha Blondy
• Brett Dennen
• The Avett Brothers
• Calexico
• Bettye LaVette
• Heartless Bastards
• Cage The Elephant
• Lenka
• John Vanderslice
• Matt & Kim
• The Morning Benders
• Darondo with Nino Moschella
• Big Light

» sfoutsidelands.com

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 Kleveland: "Go To Hell" live video

Watch rawk quartet Kleveland perform "Go To Hell" - live @ Barbati's Pan, Portland, OR - 2009/06/06.

» klevelandmusic.com
» myspace.com/kleveland

HCTF review of Harder.

Hugh Cornwell: Hooverdam

At 59 Hugh Cornwell still has the DIY punk attitude. His new album Hooverdam is available as a free download. The former main man of The Stranglers has embraced internet technology in a big way as a means to communicate with his fans - his website is available in twelve languages.

Cornwell writes rollicking melodies, with a vintage rock 'n' roll beat mashed with his trademark street cool vocals. He knows that he is Banging On At The Same Old Beat, but there's no need to change a good thing.

Hooverdam is released on Invisible Hands Music. Physical copies will be available on vinyl and as a triple-sleeved digi-pak CD/DVD, which will contain Hugh’s film “Blueprint,” featuring live studio performance inter-spliced with an interview with Hugh at the Tate Gallery in London. Release date: September 8.

Tracks:

1. Please Don't Put Me On A Slow Boat To Trowbridge
2. Going To The City
3. Delightful Nightmare
4. Within You Or Without You
5. Rain On The River
6. Beat Of My Heart
7. Philip K. Ridiculous
8. The Pleasure Of Your Company
9. Wrong Side Of The Tracks
10. Banging On At The Same Old Beat

North American tour:

• 09/08 Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda's
• 09/09 Long Branch, NJ @ Brighton Bar
• 09/10 Washington, DC @ Black Cat
• 09/11 Bordentown, NJ @ The Record Collector
• 09/12 New York, NY @ Highline Ballroom
• 09/13 Boston, MA @ TT The Bear's Place
• 09/15 Montreal, PQ @ TBA
• 09/16 Hamilton, ON @ This Ain't Hollywood
• 09/17 Toronto, ON @ The Mod Club
• 09/18 Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom
• 09/19 Milwaukee, WI @ Shank Hall
• 09/20 Chicago, IL @ The Abbey

European tour:

• 06/10 Frankfurt @ Nachtleben
• 07/10 Köln @, Luxor
• 08/10 Hamburg @ Grunspan
• 09/10 Berlin @ Quasimodo
• 10/10 Amsterdam @ Paradiso
• 15/10 Vilnius @ New York
• 13/11 Newcastle @ O2 Academy Newcastle
• 14/11 Glasgow @ Abc Glasgow
• 20/11 London @ O2 Academy Islington
• 21/11 Oxford @ O2 Academy Oxford
• 27/11 Manchester @ Manchester Academy 1
• 28/11 Birmingham @ O2 Academy Birmingham

» hughcornwell.com
» myspace.com/hughcornwell

Welcome To Ashley: Absent Man

photo: Zoran Orlic

Welcome To Ashley have tried to cram all of their musical heroes into a four-track EP called Absent Man. This Chicago band has internalized all the major all the cool vintage UK New Wave bands with singer Coley Kennedy channeling the trembling vocalization of Johnny Rotten in his PIL-phase.

With their Nashville roots this band it's no wonder that they get it just right with the backbeat - dry laidback drums courtesy of Sherrlia Bailey and crawling bass by Jeremy Barett. With guitar player Pete Javier waving jangling soundscapes a la Johnny Marr - yes, with quite a lot of treble - Absent Man is a serious contender for the late night programming of alternative radio stations.

Coley Kennedy: vocals
Pete Javier: guitar
Jeremy Barrett: bass
Sherrlia Bailey: drums

Absent Man is a self-released EP. Buy it from the band's website.

Tracks:

1. Absent Man
2. Trust In Me
3. Nothing But Grey Skies Ahead
4. Band, You're Dead

Live dates:

• 06/26 Cedars Lounge, Youngstown, OH
• 06/28 Arlenes Grocery, New York, NY
• 06/29 Goodbye Blue Monday, Brooklyn, NY
• 06/30 Lit Lounge, New York, NY
• 07/01 The Khyber, Philadelphia, PA
• 07/08 Double Door (free show), Chicago, Illinois
• 08/12 Schuba’s (JMA Showcase), Chicago, Illinois

» myspace.com/welcometoashley

Living Colour: new album "The Chair In The Doorway" 09/15

photo: Bill Bernstein

Legendary rock band Living Colour have finished recording their new studio album The Chair In The Doorway. Release date: September 15th.

Living Colour will release their first new studio album in five years entitled The Chair In The Doorway on September 15 via Megaforce Records. The legendary downtown NYC rock band, who exploded out of CBGB’s in the late ’80s, landing all over MTV, the cover of Rolling Stone and stadium stages around the world with their Grammy Award-winning, multi-platinum debut album Vivid, are back and “fierce” as ever.

Original members Vernon Reid, Corey Glover, Will Calhoun and (since 1993) Doug Wimbish gathered at Sono Studios outside of Prague in The Czech Republic during the fall of 2008 and spring of 2009 to write and record what would become The Chair In The Doorway. The results stretch from the modern soul anthem “Behind The Sun” to the politically-charged, heavy rock of “DecaDance” to the sacred steel blues of “Bless Those.” The artwork for The Chair In The Doorway was compiled from thousands of contest entries by fans from around the world.

Tracks:

1. Burned Bridges
2. The Chair
3. DecaDance
4. Young Man
5. Method
6. Behind The Sun
7. Bless Those
8. Hard Times
9. Taught Me
10. Out Of Mind
11. Not Tomorrow

Live dates:

• 08/14 Patronaat, Haarlem
• 08/15 Pinkpop Classic, Landgraaf

A world tour is currently being planned.

» blogs.myspace.com/livingcolourmusic

(Thanks: Triple-B)

Phish Summer 2009 SBD + torrents: 2009/06/21 East Troy

Phish
2009/06/21
Alpine Valley, East Troy, WI

Set One

1. Brother
2. Wolfman's Brother
3. Funky Bitch >
4. The Divided Sky
5. Joy
6. Back On The Train
7. Taste
8. Poor Heart
9. The Horse >
10. Silent in the Morning
11. The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday >
12. Avenu Malkanu >
13. The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday
14. Time Turns Elastic

Set Two

1. Crosseyed and Paiinless >
2. Down With Disease >
3. Bug >
4. Piper >
5. Wading In The Velvet Sea
6. Boogie On Reggae Woman
7. Slave To The Traffic Light

Encore

1. Grind
2. Frankenstein *

* w/ Trey on 5 neck guitar, Page on Keytar, and Mike on Flaming bass

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Set 1 | Set 2

Phish Summer 2009 SBD + torrents: 2009/06/20 East Troy

Phish
2009/06/20
Alpine Valley, East Troy, WI

Set One

1. Punch You in the Eye
2. Runaway Jim
3. Stash
4. Ya Mar
5. Bathtub Gin
6. Kill Devil Falls
7. Train Song
8. Farmhouse
9. Sparkle
10. Run Like An Antelope

Set Two

1. Waves >
2. Sample In A Jar
3. Maze
4. Makisupa Policeman
5. Ghost >
6. The Lizards
7. You Enjoy Myself >
8. NICU >
9. Prince Caspian >
10. Waste >
11. Fire

Encore

1. Character Zero

» Buy the official LivePhish 2009/06/20 release (FLAC | MP3)

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Set 1 | Set 2

Words about music (202): Peter Hook

photo: James Sheridan

I think that you have to bear in mind that music is about escape, and it's not unreasonable to think the music business would be based around escapism.

Peter Hook

Phish Summer 2009 SBD + torrents: 2009/06/19 Noblesville

Phish
2009/06/19
Verizon Wireless Music Center, Noblesville, IN

Set One

1. Backwards Down the Number Line
2. AC/DC Bag
3. Limb By Limb
4. The Moma Dance
5. Water In The Sky
6. Split Open and Melt
7. Lawn Boy
8. The Wedge
9. Stealing Time From The Faulty Plan
10. The Connection
11. Ocelot
12. Fluffhead

Set Two

1. A Song I Heard The Ocean Sing >
2. Drowned >
3. Twist
4. Let Me Lie
5. Tweezer >
6. 2001 >
7. Suzy Greenberg >
8. Possum

Encore

1. Sleeping Monkey >
2. Tweezer Reprise

» Buy the official LivePhish 2009/06/19 release (FLAC | MP3)
» fromtheroad.phish.com

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Set 1 | Set 2

The Lonely H: tour dates

photo: Steven Walter

The Lonely H from Port Angeles, Washington, take their update of classic rock on the road, promoting their Concrete Class album.

Live dates:

• 06/19 The Filling Station – Bozeman, MT
• 06/20 The Murray – Livingston, MT
• 06/22 The Red Barn – Williston, ND
• 06/23 Pangea House – Minot, ND
• 06/24 The Nestor Tavern – Fargo, ND
• 06/25 Lee’s Liquor Lounge (w/ A Night in the Box) – Minneapolis, MN
• 06/26 Nutty’s – Sioux Falls, SD
• 06/27 O’Leaver’s Pub – Omaha, NE
• 06/28 Jerry’s Bait Shop – Lenexa, KS
• 06/30 The Whitewater Tavern – Little Rock, AR
• 07/01 Two Stick Sushi – Oxford, MS
• 07/02 The Saint – New Orleans, LA
• 07/03 Government Street Grocery – Ocean Springs, MS
• 07/06 Jackrabbits – Jacksonville, FL
• 07/07 Back Booth – Orlando, FL
• 07/08 New World Brewery – Tampa, FL
• 07/09 SoHo – Columbus, GA
• 07/11 Tin Roof * – Charleston, SC
• 07/12 Slims * – Raleigh, NC
• 07/13 The Rock Shop * – Fayetteville, NC
• 07/14 The Cave * – Chapel Hill, NC
• 07/15 The Garage * – Winston Salem, NC
• 07/17 V-Club – Huntington, WV
• 07/18 Dantes – Frostburg, MD
• 07/19 Fennario’s @ – West Chester, PA
• 07/22 The Dover Brick House @ – Dover, NH
• 07/24 Pianos – New York, NY
• 07/27 The Bug Jar – Rochester, NY
• 07/28 The Strutt – Kalamazoo, MI
• 07/30 Martyr’s # – Chicago, IL
• 07/31 Up and Under # – Milwaukee, WI
• 08/01 Ballyhoos # – Merrill, WI
• 08/05 Cicero’s – University City, MO
• 08/07 The Basement – Nashville, TN
• 08/12 Stafford Main Street – Bryan, TX
• 08/13 Trophy’s – Austin, TX
• 08/14 Rudyards – Houston, TX
• 08/15 Bill’s Records (Instore) – Dallas, TX
• 08/15 The Chat Room – Fort Worth, TX
• 08/18 Casbah – San Diego, CA
• 08/19 The Hemlock (w/ Stone Foxes) – San Francisco, CA
• 08/20 Old Ironsides – Sacramento, CA
• 08/21 Cattleman’s – Rogue River, OR
• 08/27 Concert on the Dock – Port Townsend, WA
• 09/04 The Tractor – Seattle, WA
• 09/18 Ash Street Saloon (MusicFEST NW) – Portland, OR

* w/ Caleb Caudle and the Bayonets
@ w/ Riverwinds
# w/ Steepwater Band

» myspace.com/thelonelyh

HCTF review of Concrete Class.

Snake & Jet's Amazing Bullit Band: Peace Boat

photo: Simon Højbo Hansen

The Danes have been adding a little spice to dance rock recently. The Asteroids Galaxy Tour are the best known act to come out of Denmark, but there are plenty more. Snake & Jet's Amazing Bullit Band is a duo who mix raw guitar with old school keyboards. Thor Rasmussen and Thomas Teilmann Frederiksen have a good ear for danceable chord progressions and cheesy laptop programming sounds that will work as an instant floor-filler.

Their album Peace Boat is a half hour escape from the credit crunch and global warming. Matt Verta-Ray and Jon Spencer were enlisted to add the guitar mayhem. The deadpan vocals make a nice contrast with the bouncy back beat.

Peace Boat is released on Crunchy Frog.

Tracks:

1. A Dinner With
2. Introducing
3. Eat My Rolex
4. Hydrophone
5. Smiling Makes Bitter
6. The Many Colours of Mr. Van X
7. Sleeping Turtleneck
8. Washed Out
9. Modernist Road Trip
10. Sea Greens
11. Show And Tell
12. Quietron

Live dates:

• 07/06 CPH Jazz Festival @ M/S Stubnitz (Locomusic), Copenhagen, Denmark
• 08/02 Sommarscen Malmö Malmö, Sweden
• 08/08 InMusic Festival, Beijing, China

» snakeandjet.dk
» myspace.com/snakeandjet

Phish Summer 2009 SBD + torrents: 2009/06/18 Burgettstown

Phish @ the Post Gazette Pavilion, Burgettstown 2009/06/18 photo: antelope19

Phish
2009/06/18
Post Gazette Pavilion, Burgettstown, PA

Set One

1. Golgi Apparatus
2. Chalk Dust Torture
3. Bouncing Around The Room
4. Wolfman's Brother
5. The Divided Sky
6. Heavy Things
7. Walk Away
8. Wilson
9. Tube
10. Alaska
11. David Bowie

Set Two

1. Down With Disease >
2. Free
3. Guyute
4. Piper >
5. When The Circus Comes To Town
6. Harry Hood >
7. The Squirming Coil
8. You Enjoy Myself

Encore

1. Grind
2. Hello My Baby
3. Hold Your Head Up >
4. Bike >
5. Hold Your Head Up
6. Loving Cup

» Buy the official LivePhish 2009/06/18 release (FLAC | MP3)
» fromtheroad.phish.com

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Set 1 | Set 2

Live Jambands in Holland #107: The Black Crowes Amsterdam 2009-05-13 (part#03)

photo: courtesy of Wolf Trap

Episode 107 in the podcasts section Live Jambands in Holland. Part #03 of The Black Crowes 2009 show in Amsterdam:

Live Jambands in Holland #107:
The Black Crowes
Heineken Music Hall
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2009-05-13 (part#03) (click to download)
Running time: 25:27 -- 128 kbit
Taper : wisertime206
SP-CMC-8 > SP Battery Module > R-09 (48 khz/16bit)
SD card > PC > Goldwave (44.1khz conversion + splitting tracks) > TLH Level 8
Note: applied crowd noise fades with Audacity before and after.

1. Remedy
2. Wounded Bird
3. Shape of Things To Come
4. Slow Down *
5. Thick n' Thin

* first time played

Notes: there were some French guys near the taper who had trouble shutting the fuck up. The show was taped on Luther Dickinson's side so he's very high in the mix.

» blackcrowes.com

Bombadil: Tarpits and Canyonlands

Naming your band after a Tolkien character is a very sixties thing to do. The members of Bombadil first met in Bolivia and hit it off immediately The band is based in Durham, NC, and is as quirky and whimsical as that evasive fellow who might more powerful than he looks

Their new album Tarpits and Canyonlands is a folk album that gets under your skin. With vocal counter melodies they tell stories about a Sad Birthday, the urge to build a Pyramid for their loved ones and a cool kid Matthew who finds Jesus (no more all night LAN partties or listening to Aphex Twin) and they can sing in a Mariachi meets the Far East style about Kuala Lumpur. Want to dance - try following the cues of Oto The Bear, which sounds a lot like early Genesis.

Bombadil are best described as prog-folk band with some pop drenched melodies thrown in for good measure. Too bad that there will be no live shows in the near future, since one of its members is currently unable to perform:

Daniel has been dealing with severe tendonitis in his hands since 2007. Things have gotten progressively worse and have reached a point where he cannot brush his teeth without feeling pain, much less perform with the rest of the band.

Bombadil:
Daniel Michalak, James Phillips, Stuart Robinson, and Bryan Rahija.

Tarpits and Canyonlands is released on Ramseur Records. Release date: July 7th. Pre-order from the band's website.

Tracks:

1. I Am
2. Sad Birthday
3. Honeymoon
4. Reasons
5. Cold Runway
6. Oto the Bear
7. Prologue
8. So Many Ways to Die
9. Marriage
10. Laurita
11. Kuala Lumpur
12. Pyramid
13. 25 Daniels
14. Matthew
15. Kate and Kelsey

» bombadilmusic.com
» myspace.com/bombadil

Bonnaroo 2009: a photo gallery (2009/06/14)

Photos of the performances at the Bonnaroo Festival, Manchester, TN.

Andrew Bird - photo: Karen Dunbar

The Mars Volta - photo: Karen Dunbar

Merle Haggard - photo: Karen Dunbar

Wilco - photo: Karen Dunbar

Assembly of Dust: new album "Some Assembly Required", free MP3s

photo: C. Taylor Crothers

New York roots rock band Assembly of Dust has been flying under the radar for years, respected by fellow musicians and a hardcore fan base. Their new album Some Assembly Required (release July 21 on Missing Piece/Rock Ridge Music) is a guests extravaganza, including David Grisman, Al Schnier, Richie Havens, Grace Potter and Mike Gordon. The Phish bass player dug out his four string to add some bottom to Arc of the Sun. The band offers a free track from the album on a weekly basis.

Tracks:

1. All That I Am Now - feat. Richie Havens
2. Pedal Down - feat. Zach and Andrew Gabbard (Buffalo Killers)
3. Cold Coffee - feat. David Grisman
4. Arc of the Sun - feat. Mike Gordon (Phish)
5. The Second Song - feat. Keller Williams
6. Light Blue Lover - feat. Grace Potter and Tony Rice
7. Edges - feat. Béla Fleck
8. Leadbelly - feat. Jerry Douglas
9. Borrowed Feet - feat. John Scofield
10. Revelry - feat. Martin Sexton and Tony Rice
11. Straight - feat. Theresa Andersson
12. High Brow - feat. Al Schnier (moe.)
13. You Lay The Dust - feat. Jeff Pevar

More freebies coming up:

• 06/23 All That I Am Now
• 06/30 Borrowed Feet
• 07/07 Straight
• 07/14 Pedal Down

» aodust.com
» myspace.com/assemblyofdust

The Honey Brothers: Demonstration

NY indie folk band The Honey Brothers are not afraid to use "uncool" instruments. Their new EP Demonstration features once again the band's signature sounds of the ukelele and the banjo. It's quite possible to "rawk" with those folk strings, especially when the band throws in rhythms from the New Wave era.

Demonstration is a digital release. Get it from iTunes or Amazon.

Tracks:

1. Demonstration
2. Moonlight
3. Won't Last Long
4. Perfect Parent

Live dates:

• 07/24 Lake Tahoe, CA - Wanderlust Festival
• 08/01 Jersey City, NJ - All Points West Festival
• 08/02 Montreal, Quebec - Osheaga Festival
• 09/06 Seattle, WA - Bumbershoot Festival

» thehoneybrothers.com
» myspace.com/thehoneybrothers

DeVotchKa: European tour dates

DeVotchKa, the Balkan influenced band from Denver, have announced their European tour dates.

Live dates:

• 08/06 Zambujeira do Mar, Portugal, Sudoeste Festival
• 08/08 Inverness, Scotland, Belladrum
• 08/09 Belfast, Ireland, Spring & Airbrake
• 08/10 Dublin, Ireland, Crawdaddy
• 08/12 Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Watt
• 08/13 Avenches, Switzerland, Rock Oz' Arenes
• 08/14 Munich, Germany, Ampere
• 08/15 Vienna, Austria, Arena Vienna
• 08/17 Copenhagen, Denmark, Vega
• 08/18 Malmo, Sweeden, Malmo Festival
• 08/19 Berlin, Germany, Knaack Club
• 08/20 Hasselt, Belgium, Pukkelpop Festival
• 08/22 Biddinghuizen, The Netherlands, Lowlands Festival
• 08/23 Groningen, The Netherlands, Noorderzon Festival

» devotchka.net
» myspace.com/devotchkamusic

Phish Summer 2009 SBD + torrents: 2009/06/16 St. Louis

Phish
2009/06/16
Fabulous Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO

Set One

1. Kill Devil Falls
2. Ocelot
3. Brian And Robert
4. Sample In A Jar
5. Rift
6. Yamar
7. Reba
8. Train Song
9. Horn
10. Possum
11. Slave To The Traffic Light

Set Two

1. Halley's Comet >
2. Runaway Jim
3. Frankie Says
4. Time Turns Elastic
5. Sleep
6. Mike's Song >
7. I Am Hydrogen >
8. Weekapaug Groove
9. Boogie On Reggae Woman
10. Character Zero

Encore

1. The Star-Spangled Banner
2. McGrupp And The Watchful Hosemasters
3. While My Guitar Gently Weeps

» Buy the official LivePhish 2009/06/16 release (FLAC | MP3)

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Set 1 | Set 2

Englishman: Taxidermy

Andrew English is a singer-songwriter based in from Lexington, KT, who picked Englishman as his nom de plume for his recordings. Taxidermy, a leftfield lo-fi folk EP is his first foray and it's a quiet affair that pulls the listener in. His lyrics are about growing up ("It's time to sell your He-Man Dolls/and paint over your rock 'n' roll walls") and trouble of finding a nice person to play Horseshoes with. Hints of Richard Thompson and Bonnie "Prince" Billy are plentiful.

Taxidermy is a delicate youngthe boys album written by a man who refuses to become a sensible adult. Andrew English has a busy tour schedule (with Justin Craig and Matthew Duncan joining him on stage). Let's hope he finds an appreciative audience who will refrain from inane banter when he plays his songs.

Taxidermy is a self-released album. Buy it his website.

Tracks:

1. Double Torch
2. Horseshoes
3. Ugly Rainbow
4. Boy T.Rex
5. He-Man Dolls

Live dates:

• 06/17 Pete’s Candy Store, Brooklyn, New York
• 06/18 Parkside Lounge, New York, New York
• 06/22 Cabin In The Woods, Upstate, NY
• 06/23 The Treehouse (w/ Couch Forts / Matt Monta), Columbus, OH
• 06/24 Daytrotter Session!, Rock Island, IL
• 06/25 Southgate House Parlour (w/ Cari Clara / Matthew Shelton), Newport, KY
• 06/26 Al’s Bar (w/ Killer Meteor / Bro. Stephen), Lexington, KY
• 07/13 Al’s Bar (w/ Deer Tick / Dawes), Lexington, KY
• 07/18 The Morris Book Shop 1st Anniversary!, Lexington, KY
• 07/30 The Green Lantern (w/ The Great White Jenkins), Lexington, KY

» englishmansounds.com
» myspace.com/englishmansounds

Gov't Mule 2009 torrents: 2009/06/13 Bonnaroo

photo: Chris Rushin mule.net

Gov't Mule
2009/06/13
Bonnaroo Music Festival, Manchester, TN

1. Brighter Days
2. Don't Step on the Grass, Sam
3. Banks of the Deep End
4. Trane
5. Helter Skelter (The Beatles)
6. Creep (Radiohead)
7. Beautifully Broken
8. One (U2)
9. ... Grace Potter, Scott Tournet introduction
10. Southern Man (Neil Young) $
11. Bad Little Doggie
12. How Many More Years (Chester Burnett aka Howlin' Wolf) > Higher Ground (Stevie Wonder) tease
13. Soulshine #

$ w/ Grace Potter and Scott Tournet
# w/ John Ginty of Citizen Cope

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John Cale: on heroin for BBC Wales 06/16

John Cale is on BBC Wales TV program Week In Week Out, discussing heroin:

Rock star John Cale is no stranger to drugs - years of cocaine, heroin and alcohol abuse could have killed him.

Now the former Velvet Underground star returns to Wales to find heroin causing havoc in our communities.

He meets addicts, drugs workers and politicians - and asks why help is sometimes hard to find.

Tue 16 Jun 2009
22:35
BBC One (Wales only)

» bbc.co.uk

Thanks: Christopher Butcher
Photo: Maurice (Haags Uitburo)

Phish Summer 2009 SBD + torrents: 2009/06/14 Bonnaroo

Phish w/ Bruce Springsteen - photo: wyep

Phish
2009/06/14
Bonnaroo Music Festival, Manchester, TN

Set One

1. AC/DC Bag
2. NICU
3. Gotta Jibboo
4. Punch You in the Eye >
5. Sparkle >
6. Bathtub Gin
7. Character Zero >
8. Tweezer >
9. The Horse >
10. Sillent In The Morning
11. Run Like An Antelope
12. Mustang Sally ^*
13. Bobby Jean > #*
14. Glory Days #*

Set Two

1. Rock & Roll >
2. Manchester Jam >
3. Light >
4. 46 Days
5. Limb By Limb
6. Farmhouse
7. Backards Down The Number Line >
8. Prince Caspian
9. First Tube

Encore

1. Suzy Greenberg >
2. Tweezer Reprise

^ Last played 1988/06/21
# First time played
* w/ Bruce Springsteen

» Buy the official LivePhish 2009/06/14 release (FLAC | MP3)

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Set 1 | Set 2

Bonnaroo 2009: a photo gallery (2009/06/12-13)

Photos of the performances at the Bonnaroo Festival, Manchester, TN.

Al Green - photo: Karen Dunbar

Trey Anastasio (Phish) - photo: Karen Dunbar

Mike Gordon (Phish) - photo: Karen Dunbar

Béla Fleck & Toumani Diabate - photo: Karen Dunbar

Grace Potter - photo: Karen Dunbar

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - photo: Karen Dunbar

David Byrne - photo: Karen Dunbar