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A very short (7 seconds) video of John Cale in the studio, working on his new album.

» john-cale.com

UK singer-songwriter Billy Bragg has announced his European tour.

• 05/17 Heimathafen, Berlin, Germany
• 05/18 Fabrik, Hamburg, Germany
• 05/19 Faust, Hanover, Germany
• 05/20 Ringkirche, Wiesbaden, Germany
• 05/22 Zeche, Bochum, Germany
• 05/23 De Duif, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• 05/25 Handelsbeurs, Gent, Belgium
• 05/27 Manufaktur, Schorndorf, Germany
• 05/28 Backstage Halle, München, Germany
• 06/03 The Apple Cart Festival, London, UK
• 08/11 Way Out West, Gothenburg, Sweden
• 08/26 Galtres Festival, York, UK

» billybragg.co.uk

photo: Craig Blankenhorn

NYC singer Terry Radigan broke up with the guy after a 20-uear relationship. Her new labum The Breakdown of a Breakup serves a therapy set to music: eleven songs about grief, loss and anger. Recorded at the Catherine the Great studio Radigan switches between soft-spoken jazzy tunes (Beautiful Lie, brass-driven music hall ( Mistake), country (I Dont'Feel Like That) and even a NOLA vibe (Voodoo).

With her lightly husky voices, sounding as mix between Lucinda Williams and Bonnie Raitt, she analyses what went wrong, being pretty pissed that her guy slept with another woman. The wounds are still healing, but Radigan is ready to move forward, proudly proclaiming that she is Not Giving Up On Love. She picked Valentine's Day as the release date for her album, a nice touch to tell the world she is back in business.

The Breakdown of a Breakup is released on Catherine the Great Records. Buy it from her website. Release date: February 14th.

1. Love Would'n't Lie To Me
2. Emily
3. Beautiful Lie
4. Mistake
5. Voodoo
6. I Dont'Feel Like That
7. Siamese Twin
8. Every Now & Then
9. The Truth
10. Under My Wheels
11. Not Giving Up On Love

(Mistake by Terry Radigan)

• 02/17 New York, NY @ The Dominion Theater

» terryradigan.com

photo: Ole Lauritsen

John Cale performs in Amsterdam in May.

• 05/13 Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

» John Cale tour dates

(Thanks: Gary Fox)

Watch the video for Polly, the new Amanda Palmer single. She recorded this cover of the Nirvana classic with the Grand Theft Orchestra.

Polly is a self-released single. Buy it from her website.

Amanda Palmer: vocals, celeste, glockenspiel, Taurus bass pedal pedal-stepping
Chad Raines: banjo, triangle, tubular bells, Taurus bass pedal knob-fiddling
Michael McQuilken: electric bass, bass drum, sample-hunter, aquaphone, random-sample-sound-wizard, and engineer

» amandapalmer.net

photo: Ole Lauritsen

John Cale performs in Dublin in May.

• 05/04 The Button Factory, Dublin, Ireland

» John Cale tour dates

(Thanks: Isabel Vogt)

Swedish singer and multi-instrumentalist Anders Chriss releases his new single Enough Said on February 29. His hoarse voice melts into his New Wave inspired guitar lines. A mid-tempo rocker slowly picking up speed. He might pay a bit more attention to the mix, enhancing the rather tinny percussion.

Enough Said is released on A Tale Untold.

» anderschriss.com

Watch the short movie Ah Pook Is Here. Narrator: William S. Burroughs. Music: John Cale.

This 1994 stop-frame interpretation of recordings by the late William S. Burroughs, was crafted around a selection of tracks from the album "Dead City Radio" produced by Hal Willner & Nelson Lyon - and featuring music by John Cale.

I don't play a lot of fancy guitar. I don't want to play it. The kind of guitar I want to play is mean, mean licks.

John Lee Hooker

John Cale about his new album on the Clash Music website:

Being my first album in a while I wanted to make sure it was a strong individual effort that was a showcase for my band and my own personal style of playing. (...) There are a number of new bands that apart from their fresh energy also show that awkward musical styles wear very easily on the ears - there are always unnerving new genres popping up but within rock and roll this persistent characteristic is always a sign of longevity.

» john-cale.com

NYC noise rock trio A Place To Bury Strangers Have added another layer of brick to their wall of sound. The Onwards To The Wall sidesteps the cliches of the genre and is dipping its toes more than before into pop like The Jesus and Mary Chain used to do. So Far Away is the prime example of this "new" direction, while a track like Drill It Up and the title track will live up to the expectations of longtime fans.

(A Place To Bury Strangers - So Far Away)

It is challenge to record noise without ending up with a musical quagmire. It's all about texture if you want to get it right and A Place To Bury Strangers pulled it off. The big sound even comes across when played through the cheap speakers of a battered portable radio.

A Place To Bury Strangers:
Oliver Ackermann: guitar, vocals
Dion Lunadon: bass
Jay Space: drums

Onwards To The Wall is released on Dead Oceans.

1. I Lost You
2. So Far Away
3. Onwards To The Wall
4. It'll Be Alright
5. Drill It Up

They will be on the road in North America The Joy Formidable and Exitmusic. An European club tour kicks off in Bologna on April 4.

• 03/08 Toledo, OH @ Frankies
• 03/11 Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
• 03/12 San Francisco, CA @ Independent
• 03/13 San Francisco, CA @ Independent
• 03/14 Los Angeles, CA @ The Music Box
• 03/17 Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theatre
• 03/19 Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line Music Cafe
• 03/20 Madison, WI @ Majestic Theatre
• 03/22 Bloomington, IN @ The Bluebird
• 03/23 Cincinnati, OH @ 20th Century Theatre
• 03/24 Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade
• 03/25 Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel
• 03/26 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
• 03/28 New York, NY @ Terminal 5
• 03/29 Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
• 03/30 Boston, MA @ Paradise
• 03/31 Montreal, QC @ Cabaret Mile-End
• 04/02 Toronto, ON @ Lee's Palace

• 04/05 Bologna, Italy @ Locomotiv
• 04/06 Moncalieri, Italy @ Audiodrome
• 04/07 Milan, Italy @ Mezzago
• 04/08 Saint Jean De Vedas, France @ Secret Police
• 04/09 La Rochelle, France @ La Sirene
• 04/10 Bordeaux, France @ Le Krakatoa
• 04/12 Lyon, France @ Le Ninkasi
• 04/13 Chelle, France @ Les Cuiines
• 04/14 Reims, France @ La Cartonneire
• 04/15 Paris, France @ La Boule Noire
• 04/16 Cologne, Germany @ Gebaude 9
• 04/18 Copenhagen, Denmark @ Loppen
• 04/19 Oslo, Norway @ Blaa
• 04/20 Stockholm, Sweden @ Strand
• 04/21 Malmo, Sweden @ Debaser
• 04/23 Hamburg, Germany @ Hafenklang
• 04/24 Berlin, Germany @ C-Club
• 04/25 Weinheim, Germany @ Cafe Central
• 04/26 Lausanne, Switzerland @ Impetus Festival
• 04/27 Barcelona, Spain @ Sidecar
• 04/28 Murcia, Spain @ 12 & Medio
• 04/29 Madrid, Spain @ Moby Dick
• 05/01 Utrecht, The Netherlands @ Tivoli De Helling
• 05/02 Nijmegen, The Netherlands @ Doornroosje
• 05/04 Antwerp, Belgium @ Trix Club
• 05/05 Courtrai, Belgium @ De Kreun
• 05/06 Amsterdam, The Netherlands @ Paradiso
• 05/08 London, UK @ Cargo
• 05/09 Birmingham, UK @ Hare & Hounds
• 05/10 Manchester, UK @ Sound Control
• 05/11 Glasgow, UK @ King Tuts
• 05/12 Newcastle, UK @ Cluny
• 05/13 Leeds, UK @ Cockpit

Video: A Place To Bury Strangers - So Far Away

» aplacetoburystrangers.com

photo: Ole Lauritsen

John Cale returns to the Royal Festival Hall in London in May.

• 05/25 Royal Festival Hall, London, UK

» John Cale tour dates

(Thanks: Ziggy)