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2012-04-19: Black Twig Pickers, Brighton, UK, The Prince Albert 2012-04-20: Black Twig Pickers, Antwerp, Belgium, Scheld’apen 2012-04-21: Black Twig Pickers, Brussels, Belgium, Le Viaduc 2012-04-22: Black Twig Pickers, London, UK, The Slaughtered Lamb 2012-04-23: Black Twig Pickers, Edinburgh, Scotland (w/SIR RICHARD BISHOP), The Banshee Labyringth 2012-04-24: Black Twig Pickers, Newcastle, UK, Morden Tower 2012-04-25: Black [...]

Finally available, this deluxe triple pack brings two of the band’s classic jams back into print and adds on a 50 minute bonus disc with the 4 contemporaneous singles. Full details after the jump. 3xCD $18, Buy It!!!

“Doubles” is the first widely-available release by Irish guitarist Cian Nugent, a showcase of major talent in an audacious setting of two side-long epics. Clearly inspired by the Takoma-classics and the recent generation of greats (Rose, Jones, etc), Cian delivers two perfectly formed takes on the classic steel-string sound, one (mostly) unaccompanied, the other an [...]

This massive double from 2001 is one of their all time joints and has been out of print for several years. Electric and acoustic (like the Dead ca. 1970). Can’t go wrong. Get it

Sixty Strings is an album of two epic duets by Eric Carbonara (22-string upright Chaturangui guitar) and Jesse Sparhawk (38 string lever harp). While Eric has studied Chaturangui extensively with Pandit Debashish Bhattacharya in Kolkata, and Jesse was classically trained by major figures of the harp world in his formative years, the music here is [...]

Third VHF album from this young New York-based guitarist/composer who continues to forge his own radical style to create a very resonant and enveloping acoustic sound, full of beautiful harmonic overtone interplay, all instruments sustained. Alex’s guitar approach revolves around a prodigious right-hand technique and a minimalist slant on composition that separates him from the [...]

Monday, May 16 IOTA Club and Cafe 2832 Wilson Blvd Arlington, VA 22201 Garland of Hours Fern Knight Arborea 8 pm $12

Supporting the new jam “Hallway of Mirrors” May 6 Historical Laboratory Hudson New York May 13 Hudson Opera House Hudson New York May 14 Random Tea Room Philadelphia, PA May 15 Garfield Art Works Pittsburgh Pennsylvania May 17 Cameo Gallery Brooklyn New York May 18 Trash Bar Brooklyn New York

June 2 2011 Bush Hall, London, UK June 3 2011 The Kazimier, Liverpool, UK June 4 2011 Islington Mill, Manchester, UK June 5 2011 Classic Grand, Glasgow, UK’ June 6 2011 The Fleece, Bristol, UK

The boys on tour ahead of the release of their vhf jam “Sixty Strings” (vhf#129) in April. Wednesday, March 16, Bera, Spain @ Casa de Cultura Thursday, March 17, Bayonne, France @ Maison a Boucau Sunday, March 20, Castellon de la Plana, Spain @ SONS Tuesday, March 22, Zamora, Spain @ Sala Berlin Friday, March [...]

Massive and already widely acclaimed new jam in stores, online, etc everywhere. You can probably download it from some blog, but you’ll miss out on saying “huh” when you see that the insides of the jackets are printed solid blue. Elegant card-folio CD and deluxe white vinyl dbl LP. Buy it! “Crystalline and intoxicating: an [...]

Steve Noble, Daniel O’Sullivan, Stephen O’Malley ÆTHENOR Italia tour December 2010 7 Chateau Rouge / Prague / CZ 8 Arena / Vienna / AU 9 Unwound / Padova / IT 10 Teatro Rasi / Ravenna / IT 11 Sala Teatro Espace / Torino / IT 12 La Casa / Milano / IT 13 Mono Spazio [...]

Third vhf release of lovely psych/folk by this East coast quartet, written, arranged, and performed with the now expected quality and verve. Somewhat less fastidious than 2008′s exquisitely arranged Fern Knight cd (vhf110), Castings has a warm, analog feel, with looser and louder performances from the quartet. Led as always by Margaret Ayre’s voice, guitar, [...]

A small eternity in the making, the Richard and Simon “20 Years” set is now available. I have NO IDEA what the level of interest in this set is going to be, but be aware that due the rather high cost (by our standards) of putting it together, it’s a rather limited edition. “20 Years” [...]

These two classix are available again on CD – small, modern, convenient! FSA Jack “Kensington”

Available again after several years of out-of-printness. This is exactly the same as the previous pressing, cept’ for a fix to the original CD label art, which was lost – it was sorta messed up anyway. This was greeted with complete mystification when released, being decidedly non-riffy. 14 years on from release, it seems a [...]

Æthenor @ Blå Oslo, Oslo Thursday, Apr 1 2010, 8:00 PM Æthenor @ Blå Oslo, Oslo Tuesday, Apr 27 2010, 8:00 PM Æthenor @ Blå Oslo, Oslo Wednesday, Jun 2 2010, 8:00 PM

Slightly behind the curve on posting about this, but the three new Vibracathedral LP’s are available now and going fast. Go to it, degenerate small run vinyl collectors! Vibracathedral Orchestra Joka Baya LP Vibracathedral Orchestra The Secret Base LP Vibracathedral Orchestra Smoke Song LP

I’m still processing the news about Jack – I couldn’t believe it until I heard the sound of Mike Gangloff’s barely audible voice on the phone. Jack was a character in a world of dullards, funny, loyal, loud, friendly, smartass, sometimes irascible – and he handled himself with a sureness and certainty that was the [...]