Alice Coltrane - Journey In Satchindananda (1970)

This record (her fourth solo LP and maybe the best) seems to be getting more and more geek love as the years go by, and as more and more people are realising Alice should in no way be completely in John's shadow. It's got the ever mighty Pharoah Sanders pushing out some of his best work alongside her, plus it's very accessible whilst also being a real revelation to people who aren't really into this sort of thing. Totally a gateway record. Oh and of course Caribou sampled it on last year's exceptional Swim. Sweet cover too.



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Hi Kids

Hey folks. Who knows how long i'll keep this going for (seem to have less and less time nowadays for things like this), but I decided to do some more blogging on here. Not as non-stop as in this blog's heyday, but just to use it as a place to highlight whatever music i'm listening to (plus maybe some film stuff too).

As I just moved into a new flat and have very little money to spend on records, I decided that I'd listen to my entire record collection and filter out some of the crap and refamiliarise myself with some stuff I've ignored for a while. As part of that I might possibly do some Prindle/Christgau style mini album reviews on here too. But as I said, don't expect consistency!

For now, as part of the Reeling In The Years feature on Sweeping The Nation I recently did a playlist focusing on music from 1971 so check that out here as it's pretty ace and features some great Bill Fay (him up there ^).

Afghan Whigs Rarities muxtape + stuff

Hi all, long time no type. As you might have guessed from my lengthy lengthy absence, i've got far less time to devote to blogging nowadays. I'm working full time in the music 'biz' for totally amazing promoters All Tomorrow's Parties, and so what with spending most of my day doing music stuff in front of the PC it's hard to devote time to this place.

However i'll still be on every now and then to stick some stuff up. Tonight i've got a link to a muxtape of rare Afghan Whigs/Twilight Singers covers for you, including some ace Kate Bush, My Bloody Valentine, Prince and PJ Harvey tunes. So click here for that, if you're interested.

I'll sign off with a quick jag for ATP. We've got the following stuff coming up (mostly in London) and you'd be a fool to miss any of it! Full details at http://www.atpfestival.com/!

Gigs

28/8: BIG STAR + ROBYN HITCHCOCK - SHEPHERDS BUSH EMPIRE
11/10: CALEXICO - FORUM
15/10: INDIAN JEWELRY + GENTLE FRIENDLY - LUMINAIRE
23/10: MOGWAI + FUCK BUTTONS + ERRORS - MANCHESTER ACADEMY
24/10: MOGWAI + FUCK BUTTONS + ERRORS - HAMMERSMITH APOLLO
30/10: RELEASE THE BATS - SHELLAC, LES SAVY FAV, OM, WOODEN SHJIPS, PISSED JEANS, LIGHTNING BOLT + DJ Andy Weatherall - LONDON FORUM
31/10: RELEASE THE BATS - LONDON FORUM (SOLD OUT)
1/11: RELEASE THE BATS - SHELLAC, OM, WOODEN SHJIPS, PISSED JEANS, LIGHTNING BOLT + DJ Andy Weatherall - BIRMINGHAM CUSTARD FACTORY
4/11: BUILT TO SPILL perform 'Perfect From Now On' + DISCO DOOM - KOKO
19/11: LOW: A Christmas Concert - KOKO

Festivals

ATP NEW YORK - CURATED BY ATP & MY BLOODY VALENTINE
19-21st September. Kutsher Country Club, Monticello, New York

Lineup so far:

MY BLOODY VALENTINE / BUILT TO SPILL performing PERFECT FROM NOW ON / MEAT PUPPETS performing MEAT PUPPETS II / TORTOISE performing MILLIONS NOW LIVING WILL NEVER DIE / THURSTON MOORE performing PSYCHIC HEARTS / BARDO POND performing LAPSED / FUCK BUTTONS / POLVO / LOW / EDAN WITH GUEST DAGHA / MOGWAI / THE DRONES / WOODEN SHJIPS / SHELLAC / YO LA TENGO / THEE SILVER MOUNT ZION ORCHESTRA / DINOSAUR JR / MERCURY REV / HARMONIA / LILYS / GROWING / YO LA TENGO / OM / LE VOLUME COURBE / APSE / LES SAVY FAV / BOB MOULD / GEMMA HAYES / SPECTRUM / THE WOUNDED KNEES / ALEXANDER TUCKER / LIGHTNING BOLT / ROBIN GUTHRIE / BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE / EPMD

+ COMEDY CURATED BY AND FEATURING PATTON OSWALT
+ CINEMA CURATED BY CRITERION
+ GAMES ROOM WITH STEVE ALBINI AT THE CARDS TABLE

ATP NIGHTMARE BEFORE XMAS 2008 curated by MELVINS & MIKE PATTON
5th-7th December. Butlins Holiday Centre, Minehead, England.

Lineup so far:

MELVINS / ISIS / NEIL HAMBURGER / DäLEK / BIG BUSINESS / THE BLACK HEART PROCESSION / TORCHE / KILL ME TOMORROW / J.G. THIRLWELL's MANOREXIA / THE DIRTBOMBS / FANTôMAS PERFORM THE DIRECTOR'S CUT / THE LOCUST / ZU / BOHREN UND DER CLUB OF GORE / MASTODON / FARMERS MARKET / BUTTHOLE SURFERS / SQUAREPUSHER

APPEAL: STOOGES GEAR STOLEN

if anyone has information, ANY INFORMATION!
please, please, PLEASE as soon as possible contact
Eric Fischer at:
nycentral13@gmail.com
cell phone: +1 646 932 1907

PLEASE FORWARD AS FAR AND WIDE AND AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE!!!

IGGY AND THE STOOGES
EQUIPMENT STOLEN ON AUGUST 4, 2008
OUTSIDE THE EMBASSY SUITES HOTEL
208 SAINT ANTOINE OUEST,
MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA

all equipment was in a rented penske 15 foot yellow truck
with u.s. (michigan) license plate number AC46493
and the theft had to have happened in the morning, between 6:30 and 7:30 am

there's a web page at:

http://www.hootpage.com/stoogesstolenstuff/stoogesstolenstuff.html
that will soon have pictures and updates to more stuff found missing

Item, Country of Origin, Serial Number

Red roadcase containing: USA No serial number
Red Gibson 1963 EB-3 bass (this is mike watt's bass!) USA
No serial number

Black roadcase containing: USA No serial number
Reverend Flying V guitar - Volcano black USA #08001

Black roadcase containing: USA No serial number
Reverend Orange guitar USA 03416 ZSL7

Black fibre case containing: USA No serial number
Gibson red SG short scale bass USA No serial number

Black roadcase containing: USA No serial number
Marshall Vintage/Modern Amplifier UK M-2007-07-0926-2 RoHS

Black roadcase containing: USA No serial number
Marshall Vintage/Modern Amplifier UK M-2007-07-0927-2 RoHS

4x Marshall 4x12 Cabinets (with Tuki cover) UK #1 Slant:
M-2007-05-0149-0

4x Marshall 4x12 Cabinets (with Tuki cover) UK #2 Straight:
M-2006-49-0380-0

4x Marshall 4x12 Cabinets (with Tuki cover) UK #3 Slant:
M-2007-05-0150-0

4x Marshall 4x12 Cabinets (with Tuki cover) UK #4 Straight:
M-2006-49-0381-0

Orange Calzone road case containing:
Guitar pedal board and pedals USA/Japan No serial number
Assorted leads USA/UK No serial number
2x mic stands Germany No serial number
Assorted strings and spares USA No serial number
plus:
2x Boss TU2 Chromatic Tuner
Boss CH1 Super Chorus
Fulltone OCD Overdrive
Crybaby Wah
Peterson Strobo-Stomp Tuner Pedal
Whirlwind A/B Boxes
Whirlwind Cable Tester
and many many instrument cables
various tools ( screwdrivers, soldering iron, pliers, etc... )
tambourine and maracas

Cardboard box containing:
Assorted replacement drum heads USA No serial number
Gretsch Silver Sparkle Catalina drum kit USA No serial number
26" Kick Drum No serial number
13" Rack Tom No serial number
18" Floor Tom No serial number
4x Cymbal Stands No serial number
1x Snare Stand No serial number
1x Hi Hat Stand No serial number
1x Drum Throne No serial number

Eden D810 Bass cabinet USA D810RP4 0703E5001

Eden D810 Bass cabinet USA D810RP4 0703E5002

Cardboard box containing:
Eden VT300 Bass amplifier USA 0601E5115

Cardboard box contaning:
Eden VT300 Bass amplifier USA 0507E5033

Floor Fan CHINA No serial number

Floor Fan CHINA No serial number

Green clamshell suitcase containing:
Yamaha snare drum JAPAN No serial number
Yahama kick pedal JAPAN No serial number
Zildjian Mega Bell cymbal USA No serial number
Zildjian 15" Hi-Hats USA No serial number
3x Zildjian 18" 19" 20" crash medium cymbals USA No serial number

Brown Epiphone guitar case:
Black Epiphone EB3 short scale bass KOREA F300503

PLEASE FORWARD AS FAR AND WIDE AND AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE!!!

if anyone has information, ANY INFORMATION!
please, please, PLEASE as soon as possible contact
Eric Fischer at:
nycentral13@gmail.com
cell phone: +1 646 932 1907

Muxtape from Me to You

Hi folks, here's a little pressie: a mixtape of 12 songs, using the excellent new Muxtape site.

Wolf Eyes & Andrew WK - Fortune Dove EP (2000)

Hi folks. Sorry for the massive break in posting. I moved to London a few weeks back and had trouble getting my internet connected (deja vu), and what with having a new job it looks like i'm not going to have quite as much spare time as I used to to post on here. So i'll try my best to stick up exciting stuff every now and then, but don't expect it to be as regular as it used to be!


Today's mp3s come from Wolf Eyes and Andrew WK. It's a little known fact that a few years before his major label debut I Get Wet, Andrew WK was releasing tracks on noise labels like Bulb and playing shows with artists like To Live And Shave In LA, Wolf Eyes and others of their ilk. Indeed many live reviews from the late 90s/early 2000s on Blastitude often mention him as a highly charged supporting act on many noise bills. Now that he's expanding his activity into session work and production (working with Sightings, Current 93, Baby Dee), I thought it would be fun to take a look back at the early part of his career. The four tracks on this EP are from a split 12". Side one, the first three tracks, is credited to Wolf Eyes. Side two is just one song, credited to Wolf Eyes remixed by AWK, but is quite clearly just Andrew himself with a self penned tribute to the act he shares the release with. It rulez.

Wolf Eyes - 01 Fortune Dove
Wolf Eyes - 02 Skull and Bone
Wolf Eyes - 03 My Recipe is Lust
Wolf Eyes w/ Andrew WK - 04 Wolf Eyes Rules

Truckers Of Husk - Physical Education EP

Now this is mightily good fun. I think you can always tell (and i've probably said this on here before) whether a band is good or not if they arrive on the scene at the same time that lots of other slightly similar bands are ploughing the same metaphorical musical fields, and yet they still sound good. So Truckers Of Husk gain points for being a post-rockish Tortoisey band that don't bore me (hi Foals!) and also because their name reminds me of Archers Of Loaf. Which I hope it's meant to. They're a four piece based in Wales (and probably Welsh I expect, though their press-release won't confirm or deny that). This track is from their debut EP, which is a 5 track affair on My Kung Fu. More info on the band is available at their official site. Enjoy!

Truckers Of Husk - This Odd Modern

Note to promo people: Moving house!

This is a quick note to people at promo companies and record companies that I will be moving from Chichester to London in a week, so don't send any more stuff to my old address or it'll be a waste of your time and money. Email me if you want a new address. Cheers!