The Whispering Tree: Invisible Forces

Folk music is by default serious genre. Political and satirical, but if executed properly, steering clear of being heavy-handed or pontificating. Franco-American duo The Whispering Tree have found the right mix on their new album Invisible Forces. Whether they sing about depression (Heavy), take aim at a mogul living in a high rise (Fat Cat) or dream of moving West (California) singer/songwriter Eleanor Kleiner and multi-instrumentalist Elie Brangbour always find the best melody and instrumentation to bring the song to life.

They have picked a great band name for their music. It's powerful, deep-rooted and sways gently. Don't surprised when their catchy protest song Bells makes the playlist of many gay marriage ceremonies.

Marty Balin: 1942-2018

Marty Balin, co-founder of the pioneering psychedelic rock band Jefferson Airplane, is dead at 76. The band was at the forefront of the counter-culture movement, with their political stance made clear on their Crown of Creation and Volunteers. He left the Airplane in 1971 and later joined the commercially successful off-shoot Jefferson Starship. That band would sell tons of records but lacked the musical inventiveness.

Cocoa Futures: Big Time

photo: Sara Amroussi-Gilissen

UK electro-pop outfit Cocoa Futures have some serious doubts about making it on their new single Big Tome. Singer Greg Sanderson seems to long for fame, but he knows far too well that there's a downside to it. When push come to shove this serious piece of accessible soul searching doesn't provide a definite answer. Which makes perfect sense, because there isn't one.

Big Time is released thru Lost In The Manor Records.

Lexytron: Blackmail

Lexytron is a Manchester based singer with a soft spot for Sixties psychedelic pop. Her single Blackmail is a tongue-in-cheek love written from the perspective of the Devil, a character known to have excellent taste in music. Plenty of innuendo on this carefully orchestrated song - her training as a classical violinist and pianist came in handy - and a powerful statement about sexual independence. Michael Grice (City Reign) got her back playing guitar.

Calva Louise: I Heard A Cry

London fuzzy garage trio Calva Louise are quick to release a follow-up for their >Outrageous single. I Heard A Cry is a fast-paced, frantic punk rocker pushed forward by Jess Allanic's don't-fuck-with-me vocals.

I Heard A Cry is a self-released single. Buy it from the usual digital outlets

Dead Naked Hippies: "Rare" video

Leeds post-punk trio Dead Naked Hippies have made a video for their latest single Rare. "They took a long hard look at heir bodies and decided they look fine, no matter what other people might think - never mind the beauty products peddled by companies that promising the buyer instead gratification, wealth, fine weather, and quite of bit of sex."

The Joy Formidable: AAARTH

Welsh gnarly art-pop trio >The Joy Formidable have carved their own nice since 2007. Their latest album is called AAARTH, a pun on the Welsh word for bear. It's an apt title for a bunch of songs that are both cuddly and unpredictable. The band likes to build towering tunes, only to soften them a bit with dabs of vocals and chopped riffs.

When they lean towards a bit of mainstream pop, they tend to turn things upside down to ensure that things don't get to comfortable. if they were a couch, the springs would be showing through upholstery.

Phish: New Year's Run at MSG 12-28/12-31

Phish takes over NYC's Madison Square Garden again for a four-night New Year’s Run (12-28/12-31):

Phish will be celebrating New Year’s Eve this year at Madison Square Garden in New York with a four-night run beginning Friday, December 28th through Monday, December 31st. This will bring the band’s total plays at the Garden to 60.

The Wood Brothers: "River Takes the Town" & "Happiness Jones" Dutch TV live videos

Watch roots trio The Wood Brothers perform River Takes the Town and Happiness Jones two tracks from their latest album One Drop Of Truth for Dutch music show Vrije Geluiden. Recorded live @ TivoliVredenburg in Utrecht - 2018/09/23.

Romantic Warriors IV – Krautrock (Part 1) crowdfunding campaign

Film makers Adele Schmidt and José Zegarra Holder have launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo.com to cover the costs of putting the finishing touches on their Romantic Warriors IV – Krautrock (Part 1) documentary. They have set a $20,000 flexible goal:

Developed in Germany in the late 60s and early 70s, and largely divorced from the traditional rock influences of British and American bands, the so-called Krautrock genre contributed to the evolution of electronic music, techno and hip hop, ambient music, minimalism and avant-garde.

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: "From Her To Eternity" live video

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds have a posted a live video of From Her To Eternity , a track from the new Distant Sky EP due for release on 12” vinyl and digitally on September 28. The tracks for the EP were recorded @ Royal Arena in Copenhagen on October 20, 2017.

Side A:

1. Jubilee Street
2. Distant Sky

Side B:

1. From Her To Eternity
2. The Mercy Seat

The Copenhagen show was filmed professionally and had a short run in movie theaters. Changes are a DVD/Blu-ray will hit the shops later this year.

» nickcave.com

Jeditah: Waves

photo: Ard Van Der Veldt

Dutch singer Jeditah covers the middle ground between electronic and dream pop on her debut EP Waves, switching between harsh digital and warm analogue sounds to create tension and release. There is a bit of Björk in there, but it lacks her tiresome self-consciousness.

Jeditah opts for the quirky humour of Fay Lovsky and the evasiveness of Kate Bush, with the daring catch-me-if-you-can protagonist in Horseman as the prime example. Lead single You & Me pokes fun about inner insecurities. She is a musical shapeshifter, following her own path.

Deleyaman: Dublin show added to Irish tour; two shows in Normandy

French dark wave band Deleyaman have added a show in Dublin to their Irish tour in October. sharing the bill with Jules Maxwell. The former Dead Can Dance keyboard player did a remix of Murdered Days, now available as a digital single.

Keith Stone With Red Gravy: Blues With A Taste Of New Orleans

Keith Stone With Red Gravy throw down a set of handsome swamp blues with a funk twist on their new album Blues With A Taste Of New Orleans. It all sounds instantly familiar, but listen more closely and smart mashups reveal themselves. Ever wondered what Tom Petty would have sounded like when he was guest player with Creedence Clearwater revival? Pretty much like this quartet does during You Ain’t Got Nothing.

New Orleans is the city of the cross-over, the proverbial genres melting pot. It shows in the music and the food that is being made in the Big Easy. Listeners who don't feel hungry after hearing Red Gravy should consult a doctor asap.

Words about music (474): Wayne Kramer

Aesthetically, we were enormously successful. Economically... there was no success. It was all about music of the future and unfortunately it was a band that didn't have any future.

Wayne Kramer

I am Oak: Golden Pavilion

I am Oak and Kim Janssen, two leading Dutch indie folk acts, join forces for a short trip to Tokyo in Japan in September. To mark the occasion I am Oak wrote the new single Golden Pavilion. It is a song about searching. Spoiler: happy ending. He also made an animated video.

Golden Pavilion is released on Snowstar Records.

Neil Young: Broken Arrow Magazine Archive is now online

The authoritative Neil Young fan magazine Broken Arrow Magazine, published by the Neil Young Appreciation Society folded in 2014. It had been superseded as a primary information source by sites such as Neil Young News and Sugar Mountain (setlists). It turns out that the people behind the magazine have working hard to build a fully searchable online archive of all issues:

Hi, This is Scott Sandie, your old editor from Broken Arrow. This email is going out to all the old NYAS members who are still in my contact list.

For the past year or so there has been a working party preparing all 134 issues of Broken Arrow magazine for free online release. That project has reached the end of its main stage, and some 8000 magazine pages are now ready for viewing and search. Tom Hambleton has very kindly agreed to host these pages over on Sugar Mountain and has done a really great job in laying it all out in his inimitable fashion.

Black Honey: Black Honey

photo: Harriet Brown

English indie pop band Black Honey manage to sound slick and tough on their self-titled album. Lead singer Izzy B. Phillips sounds a bit like Wendy James (Transvision Vamp), but with the sense of humour of Mette Lindberg (The Asteroids Galaxy Tour) as an added bonus,.

Lyrically it is an education for mainstream pop fans, and production wise a guilty pleasure for the more advanced music fan. If disco-infused pop ever makes a comeback as a serious genre, the Brighton based quartet's self-titled debut album can be pinpointed as a landmark release.

Marianne Faithfull: The Gypsy Faerie Queen (ft. Nick Cave)

The new Marianne Faithful single The Gypsy Faerie Queen was inspired by Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream. The song was co-written with Nick Cave, who also played piano and provided backing vocals.

In memoriam: Jimi Hendrix

Forty-eight years ago Jimi Hendrix died at the Samarkand Hotel, 22 Lansdowne Crescent, Notting Hill in London. Put on some Jimi and turn it up. Your neighbours will thank you, and if not, fuck 'em.

My goal is to be one with the music. I just dedicate my whole life to this art.

Jimi Hendrix

» jimihendrix.com

The Magic Numbers: USA & Canada tour dates

UK neo-folkies The Magic Numbers will play a string of shows on the US West Coast and a one-off show in Canada to promote their new album Outsiders. They were retro before it became fashionable to perform multi-part harmonies again.

Dusty Stray: You Couldn't Wait To See Me Cry

Indie folk singer Jonathan Brown has shared a video for You Couldn't Wait To See Me Cry, a track from the forthcoming album Estranged by his Dusty Stray project. It's a country-tinged song, knee deep in keyboards, about a nasty breakup. The video was made by Arturo Bastón, a Mexican artist living in Barcelona.

Estranged will be released on October 12th thru Great Waters (vinyl, CD, digital). The album was produced by Kramer.

Maggie Brown: Take Flight + Into Motion

photo: Joni Spaan

Amsterdam indie guitar band Maggie Brown have posted two brand new songs, Take Flight and Into Motion on Spotify. As per usual vocal harmonies and melancholy are having a friendly fight for the spotlights.

Live dates:

• 09/21 Popronde - Paddy O'Ryan, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
• 10/06 Popronde - Irrational Library, Haarlem, Netherlands
• 10/06 Popronde - Podium De Lift, Haarlem, Netherlands
• 11/03 Popronde - Mudly's Barbershop, Rotterdam, Netherlands
• 11/15 Popronde - In Kannen & Kruiken, Breda, Netherlands

» maggiebrown.nl

HCTF review of Another Place.

Low Society: European tour dates

photo: Mark Garland

Memphis finest screaming blues band Low Society hit the road in Europe in November, playing shows in Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany and The Netherlands. Husband and wife Sturgis Nikides (guitar) and Mandy Lemons Nikides (vocals) will once again be joined by their Belgian rhythm section Jacky Verstraeten (bass) and Bart De Bruecker (drums), who also feature prominently on their latest album Sanctified.

Words about music (473): Chuck Berry

I wanted to play blues. But I wasn't blue enough. I wasn't like Muddy Waters, people who really had it hard. In our house, we had food on the table. We were doing well compared to many. So I concentrated on this fun and frolic, these novelties.

Chuck Berry

Churn Milk Joan: "Der Traum eines Kindes" movie

English-American duo avant-garde duo Churn Milk Joan have made a movie for Der Traum eines Kindes. The film is 37 minutes long but is being released in 16 episodes (one for each track on the album). Colourful music set to black and white imagery. The first epsiode on now up YouTube:

“Der Traum eines Kindes” is a film by Richard Knutson and Colin Robinson (collectively Churn Milk Joan). It is partially animation and partially live action – and wholly rather odd. Imagine Oliver Postgate getting together with Jan Švankmajer. Richard and Colin did all the filming, the animation, the acting, the editing and the music.

PLNT9: Who Knows

LA based trio PLNT9 channel Queen of the Stone Age on their new single Who Knows. Even faster than their previous one Let Loose it could have turned into a train wreck, but while they keep a firm grip on the proceedings, with producer Fox Fagan and Brian Lucey (mastering) helping them out to get a crunchy, grunge rock feel that spells energy in all-caps.

Town of Saints: Weeds

Dutch/Finnish folk band Town of Saints have released Weeds, the third single from their forthcoming new album, Celebrate. They never came as close to country on this one, when they about the inner demons than can haunt them. The video was shot in the Finnish birthplace of violinist Heta Salkolahti.

The Special Pillow: Sleeping Weird

The Special Pillow play psych-pop music with inroads into roots rock, drones, noise, and West Coast harmonizing. With a resume like that the underground is the place where they will find an audience and they have done so since they were founded in Hoboken, NJ, 20 odd years ago. Their latest album Sleeping Weird finds them exploring their favourite genres, mixing them up, pulling it apart and reassembling it again to create concise songs. They love to jam, but always keep it short.

There is a looseness and free-flowing spirit in the music. Lyrically they take cues from The Kinks and They Might Be Giants. They can be sardonic (All My Exes Live in Vortexes), harsh (Flaming Skull) and in awe of things (A Billion Years Ago). The title track is a mash-up of The Jim Carroll Band and Fairport Convention: energetic garage rock and violin driven folk within the same song. With their sixth album chock full of eclectic goodness they confirm their status as an essential underground band.

Sabatta: tour dates

London rockers Sabatta will be on the road to promote their new album Misfit Music. "Singer and guitarist Yinka Oyewole is one of those rare musicians who conjure up different moods and tempos at the same time, playing catch with his vocals and instrument. Being and outsider by way of rock is almost a lost art nowadays, but Misfit Music is a call to arms for rawkers of all ages. It's melodic, in-your-face, and filled to the rafters with riffs and hooks. Sabatta makes being angry fun again."

Sara Ryan: "Glitter Skies" video

Watch the new Sara Ryan video for Glitter Skies, the title track from her debut EP. The clip was made by Martin Blake and Oliver Fallen. The Irish singer-songwriter is raising funds to cover the costs for her first full-length.

» Sara Ryan on Facebook

HCTF review of Glitter Skies.

Johnny Kills: Seems

photo: Christine Lloyd-Fitt

UK rock trio Johnny Kills get busy with fuzz again on their new single Seems, a falsetto driven garage rocker with a rumbling back beat. These guys can sound certain and totally at ease when they sing about doubt. Not giving a fuck is an essential ingredient for rocking out and they passed the test with flying colours.

Annelie: After Midnight

photo: Mcklin Photography

Dutch pianist Annelie de Vries has been making a living as a highly regarded musician for hire in the pop and dance scene. Her debut album After Midnight has nothing to do with mainstream popular music at all. It's an all instrumental neo-classical record, just her and a piano. She had some sketches lying around and she turned those into full-fledged, subdued excursions, making it a seamless listening exercise.

If there is recurring theme on After Midnight, it's the search for peace and quiet in an increasingly loud and busy world. Annelie has made an album on which note counts, pulling in the listeners with her gentle touch and exquisite timing.

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: "The Mercy Seat " live video

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds have a posted a live video of The Mercy Seat, a track from the new Distant Sky EP due for release on 12” vinyl and digitally on September 28. The tracks for the EP were recorded @ Royal Arena in Copenhagen on October 20, 2017.

Side A:

1. Jubilee Street
2. Distant Sky

Side B:

1. From Her To Eternity
2. The Mercy Seat

The Copenhagen show was filmed professionally and had a short run in movie theaters. Changes are a DVD/Blu-ray will hit the shops later this year.

» nickcave.com

Pale Waves: My Mind Makes Noises

When in need of a dose of breezy emo indie rock, English quartet Pale Waves is just what the doctor ordered. Their new album My Mind Makes Noises has the required sad but cheerful songs about heartbreak, sex, and other relationship issues. Taking cues for the New Romantics and bubblegum pop they will be appeal to youngsters making their way into music. Pretty easy to digest and well-crafted this album can be the first step to get out of the dead end of modern day r&B, but also rather faceless.

Teen rags will describe them as edgy, but they couldn't be more wrong. They are blatantly commercial and need to break free from the safe format when they want to make a more lasting impression. And slap that damn engineer on his fingers when he is messing with the vocals. The only effect he achieves through his meddling is to make it sound instantly dated.

Phish: Riviera Maya 2019 Feb 21-23

Phish follows the lines going South again. The Vermont jam band have announced three shows in Mexico in February 2019:

Phish are going back to Mexico! The return of Phish: Riviera Maya, a 4-night all-inclusive concert vacation, will take place on February 21-23, 2019. The band will perform three nights on the beach in one of the world’s most beautiful spots – Mexico’s Caribbean coastline. The concerts will take place at Barceló Maya, which sits on one of the most beautiful beaches in the Caribbean, with over a mile of fine white sand and crystal clear water.

The League of Assholes: RAW MEAT DIET

The League of Assholes will keep releasing freaky sound collages as long as 45 resides at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. The third in the series is called RAW MEAT DIET and it is a harsh/pastoral/electronic/avant-garde/noise/freejazz extravaganza with some animal noises thrown it to make it even more harrowing. Marcelo Radulovich acted once more as the collector and collator of the project, turning to his LA scene to help him our and inviting everyone who had something to contribute to another musical blast aimed at the Trump administration.

While most listeners won't be able to handle all 30 minutes and 17 seconds in one sitting it is best enjoyed in full (and preferably loud) to fully appreciate the dynamics and smart tension and release created by Radulovich when he stitched the pieces together. It is a towering musical canvas that can flap wildly or flutter surprisingly gently within the space of a couple of bars.

Ike Willis & ZAPPATiKA: on tour in the UK & The Netherlands

Frank Zappa alumnus Ike Willis and Anglo-Dutch band ZAPPATiKA have announced a tour that will take them through the UK and The Netherlands in November. More shows will be added soon.

Live dates:

• 11/09 London (Camden) @ The Black Heart
• 11/10 (TBC)
• 11/11 Plymouth @ The Junction
• 11/12 Porth (Wales) @ The Rhondda Hotel
• 11/13 Southampton @ The 1865
• 11/14 Grimsby @ The Yardbirds Rock
• 11/15 Edinburgh @ Bannermans Bar
• 11/16 Liverpool @ The Zanzibar Club
• 11/17 Oxford (Witney) @ Fat Lil's
• 11/18 Breda, Netherlands @ Sound Dog (early show 8pm)

Sara Ryan: raising funds for her debut album

Irish singer-songwriter Sara Ryan has launched crowdfunding campaign on Fund.it to cover the costs of recording her first full-length album. She is aiming to raise €6000:

This project is helping me to Fund recording my Debut Album. My vocal style is a mixture of folk, blues and soul. I will be working with a brilliant producer and band to help to fully convey the songs written for this album. I love to push the boundaries within genres and create a style that no one has ever heard before. As a songwriter my main goal is to connect with others through my songs through telling stories about my experiences and experiences of those close to me.

Abraham Brody: Judith

Lithuanian-American musician, composer, and performer Abraham Brody loves to mix genres to created something new. His new single Judith has elements of electronic dance and traditional Eastern Europe violin, tied together by his dreamy vocals - he is his own backup singer as well by way of smart loops. Accessible smart pop with an avant-garde undercurrent.

» abrahambrody.com

The Chairman Dances: Child of My Sorrow

Philly indie rockers The Chairman Dances had been flying under the radar for a couple of years until their Time Without Measure album was picked up by a handful of long standing music sites and magazines in 2016. They toured extensively as a result, landed a few high profile support slots and racked up tons of spins on college radio. Between that busy schedule and his day job band leader Eric Krewson found the time to write a fresh stacks of songs that would end up on their new album Child of My Sorrow.

Sadness and weirdness (and sometimes both) percolate through the music and lyrics. This is the kind of left-field melodic, yet complex music that record store clerks like to ram down their clientele's throat. With Child of My Sorrow there is no need for that. Just drop it in the player and the pastoral, psychedelic sounds, topped off with brass, woodwinds and piano, will do the rest.

Words about music (472): Little Richard

I think my legacy should be that when I started in show business, there wasn't no such thing as rock n' roll. When I started with 'Tutti Frutti,' that's when rock really started rocking.

Little Richard

Jeremy Nail: Live Oak

photo: Todd V Wolfson

Austin based singer-songwriter Jeremy Nail got handed a bad set 0f cards when sarcoma cost him left leg. He documented the ordeal on his 2016 album My Mountain. With his new one Live Oak he has turned the page, setting his sights on the future. Like the strong and steady growing tree after which the record is named, Nail is branching out again.

He retained the melancholic country rock vibe, but his lyrics have taken on a more deviant tone. The fear is still there, but hope had the upper hand on this collection of soft-spoken, powerful songs.

Spottiswoode & His Enemies: tour dates; "Lost In The City" release shows

photo: Brian Geltner

English/American septet Spottiswoode & His Enemies will release their new album Lost In The City in November. Lead singer Spottiswoode will perform a couple of solo shows before joining the band for the two release parties in November and December. Expect a blend of of pop and vaudeville with A+ lyrics.

Live dates:

• 09/13 Green Note Basement Bar, Camden, London, UK (with Muller & Gee)
• 09/27 Marie Curie Hospice Hampstead, London, UK
  (An evening of poetry and song. Poems: Leah Fritz, Tamar Yoseloff, Jacob Sam LaRose, Peter Phillips Songs: Spottiswoode)
• 11/07 Venue & Details TBA, Copenhagen, Denmark (Spottiswoode solo)
• 11/08 Venue & Details TBA, Copenhagen, Denmark (Spottiswoode solo)
• 11/30 Joe's Pub, NYC, NY (Spottiswoode & His Enemies)
  (Lost In The City Release show)
• 12/01 The deej, Washington DC (Spottiswoode & His Enemies)
  (Lost In The City Release/The Band's 21st Birthday Party)
• 12/14 Green Note Basement Bar, Camden, London (Spottiswoode with Walter Salas-Humara)

John Cale: shows in Bexhill On Sea and Genk

Two more John Cale shows have been announced. An intimate one in Bexhill On Sea and a festival date (co-headling with the MC50) in Genk

• 11/29 De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill On Sea, UK
• 12/01 Sinner's Day @ Limburghal, Genk in Belgium

» John Cale on Facebook
» John Cale tour dates

Subterranean Street Society: "So Sorry" live video

Amsterdam based Danish singer-songwriter Louis Puggaard-Müller - stage name Subterranean Street Society is working on a new album. He started out as a busker playing his own stuff and released the rather good album I’ll Leave Me Before You Do in 2016.

He surrounded himself with like-minded musicians for his new one. Watch them perform So Sorry, recorded live @ Moon Music Studio’s in Roermond. It's a bluesy stomper about regret with instant singalong appeal.

» Subterranean Street Society on Facebook

HCTF review of I’ll Leave Me Before You Do.

An Eagle in your Mind: tour dates

photo: Anne-Laure Etienne

French nomadic abstract folk duo An Eagle in your Mind have announced a massive tour throughout Eastern Europe to promote their new album Miraculous Weapons. An estimated 10.000 kilometers journey wil keep them busy until December.

Live dates:

• 09/07 POP - Turino, Italy
• 09/08 Gala Hala - Ljubljana, Slovakia
• 09//1 Prulcek - Ljubljana, Slovakia
• 09/19 Vinyl - Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
• 09/20 Ziza - Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
• 09/21 Curry - Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
• 09/22 Undergrounder - Pale, Bosnia and Herzegovina
• 09/25 Club Mladost - Subotica, Serbia
• 09/26 Sofar - Belgrade, Serbia
• 09/27 Kvaka 22 - Belgrade, Serbia
• 09/28 Studio 11 - Subotica, Serbia
• 09/29 UMMUS - Kragujeva, Serbia

John Cale: shows in Rotterdam and Groningen

John Cale will perform two shows in The Netherlands in December.

• 12/03 Theater Rotterdam, Rotterdam in The Netherlands
• 12/04 Oosterpoort, Groningen in The Netherlands

» John Cale on Facebook
» John Cale tour dates

Phish 2018 Summer tour SBD + torrents: 2018/09/02 Commerce City

Official Dick's Sporting Goods Park posters by Drew Millward

Phish
2018/09/01
Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, CO

Set 1:

1. Soul Planet
2. Possum
3. Mellow Mood
4. Tube
5. Funky Bitch
6. Ocelot
7. Keepin' It Real
8. My Friend, My Friend
9. Horn
10. Maze
11. Miss You
12. Run Like an Antelope

FEVA: Uneasy

photo: Daniel Stark

Newcastle based quartet FEVA go dark with the harsh sounding new single Uneasy, a dystopian noise rocker with plenty of distortion, muffled vocals, and the occasional keyboard wail to hammer home the message. Life sucks apparently, but they got a not half bad anthem out of it.

Phish 2018 Summer tour SBD + torrents: 2018/09/01 Commerce City

Official Dick's Sporting Goods Park posters by Drew Millward

Phish
2018/09/01
Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, CO

Set 1:

1. Sand
2. Down with Disease
3. Shade
4. Home
5. Wolfman's Brother
6. Wombat
7. Everything's Right
8. Bathtub Gin

Sascha Osborn: An Unseen Star

English folk singer Sascha Osborn goes jazzy on her new single An Unseen Star, backed be gentle pushing keyboards lifted from the early Seventies, tinkling guitar, and a lazy back beat. It's a change of pace for her, but it turns out that she can be a laidback torch singer as well.

Todd Rundgren: rig rundown

Watch Todd Tundgeren discussing his guitars for a rig rundowwn for Premier Guitar. His band mates Jesse Gress (guitar) and Kasim Sulton (bass) weigh in as well.

For this tour, Todd Rundgren left behind the big stage show and truckloads of gear and opted for a string of streamlined, intimate performances spanning his entire career. To make the show happen, he toured with just two guitars—his longtime No. 1 is this MIJ ’80s Fernandes P-Project “super strat.” As he tells in the video, the industry was much different in the late 1980s. He toured Japan just before the ’90s started, and he was gifted with a pile of Fernandes guitars. He took some of them back to the States and sat on them for years. He eventually got curious and started a tone shootout between all the freebies. This seafoam green model emerged victorious and was bestowed the obvious name, “Foamy.” He never really used tone knob or switches, so he had those disconnected and now it has a single volume control and a 5-way toggle. He uses D’Addario NYXL .010–.046 strings and always tunes to E.

» todd-rundgren.com

Phish 2018 Summer tour SBD + torrents: 2018/08/31 Commerce City

Official Dick's Sporting Goods Park posters by Drew Millward

Phish
2018/08/31
Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, CO

Set 1:

1. Free >
2. Harry Hood
3. What's the Use? >
4. Blaze On
5. Ghost ->
6. Crosseyed and Painless >
7. Simple >
8. Cavern