A rather good interview with John Cale by Marc Maron for the WTF Podcast:
Musical virtuoso John Cale gives Marc details on the formation of The Velvet Underground, the creation of The Stooges’ first album and many other seminal moments in rock history. Plus, John tells Marc why he was disappointed in The Velvet Underground reunion and why his latest project has roots in hip hop.
Stream the full interview through the WTF website, or download it.
Mark Lanegan will be on tour in the USA and Europe this Fall, promoting his new covers album Imitations.
USA dates:
Phish has announced their Fall tour dates:
Phish will head back on the road this fall beginning with three consecutive nights at Hampton Coliseum in Hampton, VA (October 18, 19 and 20). The East Coast run will also take the band to Rochester, NY, Glens Falls, NY, Worcester, MA, Hartford, CT and Reading, PA. Phish will wrap up the outing with a three-night stand at Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ that begins on Halloween night.
An online ticket request period for the tour is currently underway at tickets.phish.com and will end on Sunday, August 4th at 11:59PM ET. Tickets will go on sale to the general public beginning August 8th and continue through the 10th. For complete ticketing details, visit phish.com.
Nothing pleases me more than to go into a room and come out with a piece of music.
Paul McCartney
Phish
2013/07/19
FirstMerit Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island, Chicago, IL
Notes from phish.net:
This show was webcast via LivePhish.com and was announced as a three-set performance the afternoon of the show, as a make-up for the set suspended due to weather the previous night. Twist contained an Oye Como Va tease from Trey. Bowie contained Melt the Guns quotes from Fish. Light featured a Dave's Energy Guide tease.
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Audience sources:
Haven't surfaced yet.
Watch Phish perform Stash @ Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD - 2013/07/14.
Phish
2013/07/19
FirstMerit Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island, Chicago, IL
Notes from phish.net:
[1] Fishman on Marimba Lumina.
[2] Unfinished; the show was cancelled due to severe weather concerns.
Notes: Scent of a Mule featured Fishman on the Marimba Lumina. Prince Caspian was unfinished as the show was cancelled due to severe weather concerns and the venue was immediately evacuated.
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Audience sources:
Haven't surfaced yet.
The art of using iconic album covers to make a point: I Need Nothing - a nearly useless odyssey, a video by Lisbin based artist Cãoceito:
‘Useless’ (...) was the kick-off, and the thought on how album covers (vinyls, in this case) enable people to ‘listen with the eyes’ the main goal of the project. At a time where digital audio files dominate but where traditional mediums still seduce fans, the album covers, being useless for some, stay relevant for others.
After playing a string of date in Spain, Chicago blues quatet are back in the States for the next part of their High and Humble tour. They keep a busy schedule and shows are being added regularly.
A few copies of the 7" for Record Store Day are still available through the band's webshop. The two covers Wake Up and Walk Away (Mark Ford) and Memo From Turner (Jagger/Richards) were recorded during the sessions for their CLAVA album and only available as digital bonus tracks.
HCTF review of CLAVA.
Phish
2013/07/17
VZW Amphitheatre at Encore Park, Alpharetta, GA
Notes from phish.net:
[1] Phish debut
[2] Fish on the Marimba Lumina.
[3] Unfinished; Heartbreaker tease from Trey.
[4] Energy quote.
Notes: Frost was a Phish debut. The jam in Energy featured Fish on the Marimba Lumina. Fluffhead was unfinished and included a Heartbreaker tease from Trey. Piper featured an Energy quote from Trey
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Audience sources:
Haven't surfaced yet.
Phish
2013/07/16
VZW Amphitheatre at Encore Park, Alpharetta, GA
Notes from phish.net:
[1] Horn teases.
[2] Heartbreaker tease.
Possum contained Horn teases. Wilson, Tweezer, Hood and Character Zero all contained Heartbreaker teases. Heartbreaker was performed for the first time since October 30, 2010 (90 Shows).
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Audience sources:
Haven't surfaced yet.
Watch Phish perform Scent Of A Mule @ Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD - 2013/07/14.
Watch the new David Bowie video for his single Valentine's Day. The clip was directed by Indrani and Markus Klinko.
No more solo Thom Yorke and Atoms For Peace on Spotify. The Guardian reports:
Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke has pulled his solo songs and those with his group Atoms For Peace from music streaming service Spotify, complaining that "new artists get paid fuck all with this model".Yorke and producer Nigel Godrich took to Twitter to express their annoyance at the business model for new artists, and explain their reasoning.
"The numbers don't even add up for Spotify yet. But it's not about that. It's about establishing the model which will be extremely valuable," Godrich, whose production credits include albums for Radiohead and Paul McCartney, tweeted. "Meanwhile small labels and new artists can't even keep their lights on. It's just not right."
He continued: "Streaming suits [back] catalogue. But [it] cannot work as a way of supporting new artists' work. Spotify and the like either have to address that fact and change the model for new releases or else all new music producers should be bold and vote with their feet. [Streaming services] have no power without new music."
Spotify offers a limited free streaming service, and an unlimited service at tiers of £5 and £10 a month. But some artists have complained that it is less effective for them to make music available there than to sells CDs and digital downloads because the per-stream payments are comparatively tiny.
The industry average offers slightly less than 0.4p a stream – meaning that 1m streams of a song would generate about £3,800. Most songs receive far fewer streams.
Watch Phish perform The Wedge @ Nikon Theater at Jones Beach in Wantagh, NY - 2013/07/12.
Phish
2013/07/14
Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD
Notes from phish.net:
[1] Fishman on Marimba Lumina.
[2] Third Stone from the Sun teases
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Audience sources:
Haven't surfaced yet.
I was born with music inside me. Music was one of my parts. Like my ribs, my kidneys, my liver, my heart. Like my blood. It was a force already within me when I arrived on the scene. It was a necessity for me-like food or water.
Ray Charles
Phish
2013/07/13
Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD
Notes from phish.net:
[1] BOAF and Divided Sky teases by Trey; Dog Log tease by Mike.
[2] BOAF tease.
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Audience sources:
Haven't surfaced yet.
Afro-beat big band The Brighton Beat can sound really quiet considering the number of people on stage. The fice mellow tracks on Live At The Bean Runner, recorded in Peekskill, NY, are allowed to develop organically. Kicking off wiht a cover of Fela Kuti's Dog Eat Dog theyslip into Giraffe, one of the stand-out tracks from The Brighton Beat LP, throwing quite a few hat tips to the Supertramp classic Bloody Well Right.
Live At The Bean Runner is a mellow album as a whole, flowing gently but picking up up speed every now an then when it looks that they have painted themselves into a corner. Jazz comes to the rescue in Loose Cannon and they end the album on a high note with great percussion and keyboards interplay, a loud guitar solo and a good ol' sax battle during Big Top.
The Brighton Beat:
Jon Bean: tenor Sax
Mark Zaleski: alto/soprano/bari Sax
Mark Cocheo: guitar
Zach Kamins: keyboards/Organs
Ryan Hinchey: Bass
Sammy Wags: drums
Ryan Nava: shekere
Greg Schettino: congas/blocks
Live At The Bean Runner is a self-released album. Buy it (pay-what-you-want) from the band's website.
Tracks:They are on the road, and will perform songs from their upcoming studio release Off We Go.
Live dates:HCTF review of The Brighton Beat LP.
Phish
2013/07/12
Nikon Theatre at Jones Beach, Wantaugh, NY
Notes from phish.net:
[1] Dedicated by Page to people affected by Hurricane Sandy. Alternate lyric by Fish: "my sleeping monkey is redeemed."
Notes: The first set took place during an unlrelenting rain storm. Sleeping Monkey was dedicated by Page to people affected by Hurricane Sandy and contained an alternate lyric by Fish: "my sleeping monkey is redeemed."
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Audience sources:
Haven't surfaced yet.
Montreal based psychedelic prog rockers Wake Island have made a video for, of their forthcoming new EP Use It As A Weapon // UncomfortableB-Sides, collecting the leftovers from the sessions for their Uncomfortable album.
While most outtakes collections suffer from below par musical ideas, this album is EP is actually quite good. Makes you wonder why they previously shelved a track like Your Doctrine. Piano rock meets the Pixies and everybody wins.
Wake Island:
Philippe M: vocals, piano, keyboards
Nadim M: guitars
Derek Koziol: bass
Evan Tighe: drums
Use It As A Weapon // UncomfortableB-Sides is a self-released EP. Buy it from their website. Release date: August 6th.
Tracks:
More Phish from the comfort of your own home. The 3-night run (July 19-21) at FirstMerit Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island in Chicago will be available as pay-per-view webcasts:
On July 19, 20 and 21, Phish will offer live webcasts of their 3-night run from their first shows at FirstMerit Bank Pavilion on Northerly Island, a 91-acre peninsula that juts into Lake Michigan and offers a stunning view of the Chicago skyline. LivePhish.com will broadcast a 10-camera, high definition shoot with high quality audio mixed live.
Fans can tune in on their large screen TVs via HDMI-equipped PCs or Macs, Apple TV via AirPlay, as well as on Android devices and iOS platforms (iPad, iPhone).
Pre-Order the 3 Night Chicago Webcast pass for $39.99 now at livephish.com. You may also purchase individual night webcasts for $14.99 or Webcast+MP3 bundles and Webcast+ event T-shirt bundles.
Chicago based neo-psych rockers Secret Colours have made a video for Blackbird (Only One), the new single of their latest album Peach. The Andy Berlin directed clip is an ode to early Seventies cinematography, motel, violence, guns and cross-dressing included.
Live date:HCTF review of Peach.
Phish
2013/07/10
P.N.C. Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ
Notes from phish.net:
[1] Manteca tease and Maria (West Side Story) tease from Trey.
[2] Maria teases from Trey.
Notes: Light contained a Manteca tease and a Maria (West Side Story) tease from Trey. Maria was teased by Trey again at the end of Cavern, as well as during Possum.
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Audience sources:
Haven't surfaced yet.
Watch Phish perform Tweezer > Sand @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, NY - 2013/07/06.
R&B singer Bettye LaVette hits Europe for a string of dates on the jazz festival circuit. She continues the promotion of her latest album Thankful N’ Thoughtful and her autobiography A Woman Like Me with a North American tour.
Live dates:
No Phish in Toronto last night. Downpours made it unsafe to go ahead:
Due to insurmountable transportation and public safety issues resulting from the power outage in Toronto after severe downpours in the city, Phish's performance tonight at Molson Canadian Amphitheare has been postponed. The show has been moved to Monday, July 22. All tickets will be honored at the new date. Refunds are available at point of purchase for fans who cannot attend. Phish has been greatly looking forward to their first Toronto appearance in nearly 13 years. Everyone involved worked tirelessly throughout the day and exhausted all options, but ultimately, public safety had to come first. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.
A snipppet of what could become part of the forthcoming new John Cale single.
stomp, stomp >>>> kick it - kick it >>>>> up -up - up
Stylish UK punk rockers The Computers will be playing all over Europe, sharing the bill with The Heavy in November. They have made a video for Mr. Saturday Night, the third single from their Love Triangles Hate Squares album.
Live dates:
Awkward band and musician photos. Lots of them. Quit a few depict people trying to spread the word of Lord.
Want to geek out a bit? How about deconstructing Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart Band. The Beatles used two 4-track machines to work their magic. an let's not forget engineer Geoff Emerick and producer George Martin.
Each of four original master tracks is isolated and shown in a different colour.*
(1) GREEN ___________ 0:00
Drums, 2 guitars, and bass
(2) BLUE _____________ 2:24
Horns and punched-in lead guitar
(3) RED ______________ 4:40
Vocals
(4) COMBINED ________ 6:54
[1, Green] + [2, Blue] + [3 Red] + [4 Yellow (Crowd Noise)]
??????????????????????????????
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The following Information is from "The Beatles Recording Sessions" by Mark Lewisohn; and "Recording the Beatles" by Brian Kehew and Kevin Ryan.
This song was recorded in February 1967, using TWO 4-track machines. After recording tracks onto the first tape machine, the recording was then mixed onto the 2nd tape machine.
This technique is called "bouncing". It refers to the use of a second tape machine to combine tracks from the first machine. This freed up one or more tracks to add additional instruments. In those days, this technique was used to overcome a limitation of 4-track recording equipment. Nowadays, modern multi-track and digital recording studios make such efforts unnecessary.
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2nd Tape Machine :
This "bounce" tape is what we are hearing.
Track 1 .. [ GREEN 0:00 ]
Drums, guitars, and bass (From "A", Tracks 1+2)
Track 2 .. [ BLUE 2:24 ]
Horns and punched-in lead guitar
Track 3 .. [ RED 4:40 ]
Vocals (From "A", Track 3+4)
Track 4 .. [ YELLOW 6:54 ]
Audience sounds*
*Note: Audience track (yellow) is not shown alone. The last bit is all four tracks together.
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Additional info
1st Tape Machine : "Recorder (A)"
(Not heard in these clips. Information only.)
Track 1 .. Drums + Guitars
Track 2 .. Bass
Track 3 .. Lead + Harmony Vocals
Track 4 .. Additional Harmony Vocals
Dutch bass player Peter van Straten takes his Street & Stone project on the road, playing three shows to promote his excellent pop album Turn.
Street & Stone:
Peter van Straten: guitar, vocals
Nico Brandsen: keyboards
Wouter Planteijdt: guitar
René van Barneveld: guitar
Hein Offermans: bass
Leon Klaasse: drums
HCTF review of Turn.
Phish
2013/07/07
Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY
Notes from phish.net:
[1] Unfinished.
[2] Jumpin' Jack Flash teases.
[3] DEG tease from Trey.
[4] Lyrics changed to reference Meatstick.
[5] Japanese lyrics.
Notes: Trey teased Call to the Post prior to the start of DWD. DWD was unfinished. Ghost contained Jumpin' Jack Flash teases. Piper contained a DEG tease from Trey. The lyrics to Antelope were changed throughout to reference Meatstick that would ensue. Meatstick included the Japanese lyrics.
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Audience sources:
Haven't surfaced yet.
Phish
2013/07/06
Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY
Notes from phish.net:
[1] Phish debut.
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Audience sources:
Haven't surfaced yet.
Watch Phish perform Wolfman's Brother @ Darling's Waterfront Pavilion in Bangor, ME - 2013/07/03.
Phish
2013/07/05
Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY
Notes from phish.net:
[1] Debut.
[2] No "Myfe" ending.
[3] Phish debut.
[4] Light teases from Trey.
[5] Divided Sky tease from Trey.
[6] Jean Pierre tease from Trey.
Notes: After Birds of a Feather, Page pointed out Ian in the crowd from "Ian's Farm" fame and waxed nostalgic about playing there while also noting that SPAC was one of the band's favorite venues. Yarmouth Road made its debut at this show. Energy made its Phish debut. Trey teased Light in Mango Song, Divided Sky in Drowned, and Jean Pierre in Character Zero.
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Audience sources:
Haven't surfaced yet.
Dutch indie pop with a jazz twist septet Orlando have unveiled the video for Put Me On The Light Box. The clip was made by Gosse de Kort. They will be on the road promoting their The Early Warning Company album. Expect some new songs that they have been working on.
Live dates:HCTF review of The Early Warning Company.
Impressionist pop band Ghost Cousin hail from Edmonton, AB. They are currently putting finishing touches on their new full-length Scotland. They have put up a homemade live video of In Any Place. It's a dreamy song, sounding like a sleepy ambient version of The Decemberists.
The album is mastered at Sterling Sound. It will be released in August. Lead singer and drummer Mathew Letersky took care or the mixing.
A new John Cale single will be released later this Summer. From the Wall Street Journal:
John Cale, 71, is co-founder of the Velvet Underground. His 15th solo album, "Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood," was released last year. He will release a single later this summer.
The future direction of music demands that musicians today lose themselves in technology and learn from their mistakes. In the past, musicians tended to view technology as a nuisance—something someone else did so they could be left alone to create. But technology and music are merging rapidly—forcing musicians to view software as part of their composing and arranging palette.
Performance rock, in particular, is becoming granular—meaning artists must find new ways to make the most of small things. Young bands don't have the gear major bands do, so they will have to focus on getting big sounds out of more meager resources. Performance artists also will have to become sound designers. How you bathe the listener sonically needs to be considered from the start. Technology and risk-taking will be key.
Cale has been posting weird images on his official website. Latest addition: a plastic red rhino lost in a forest of tapes.
I don't care about the rules. In fact, if I don't break the rules at least 10 times in every song then I'm not doing my job properly.
Jeff Beck
Phish
2013/07/03
Darling's Waterfront Pavilion, Bangor, ME
Notes from phish.net:
[1] Divided Sky tease.
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Audience sources:
Haven't surfaced yet.
Umphrey's McGee will play the Milwaukee's Riverside Theatre in Milwaukee on October 31, and November 1 and 2. The Sixth Annual Halloween Mashup is a tradition started by the band in 2008, mixing originals and covers.
A pre-sale for discounted three-show tickets, and umVIP packages, will start on Monday, July 8, at 12:00 p.m. CT via umTicketing. General on-sale kicks off on Friday, July 12 at 12:00 pm CT.
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Watch a Trey Anastasio discussing classical music and being in a jamband in an interview by Jeffrey Brown at the Kennedy Center. Aired on PBS on July 2.
Listen to Vancouver based singer Hilary Grist tackling Tainted Love, composed by Ed Cobb and first released by Gloria Jones in 1965.
Live dates:The Pixies have just announced their European tour. Caveat: no Kim Deal, who has left the band. Kim Shattuck of LA band The Muffs will be holding down the bottom end.
Live dates:
Writing songs has always been hard and easy. It's not always easy when you want it to be, and then sometimes it's just like turning on the faucet. That's just the nature of it.
Jeff Tweedy
Vi Hart doodles and explains the twelve-tone technique system as used by Igor Stravinsky and reinvents Mary Had A Little Lamb, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and Three Blind Mice.
(Thru: Andee Effing Blacksugar)
