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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)

Watch Phish at their final night of their NYE run @ Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - 2011/12/31.

Phish
2011/12/31
Madison Square Garden
New York, NY

1. AC/DC Bag >
2. Wolfman's Brother
3. Scent of a Mule
4. Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan
5. Lawn Boy
6. Gotta Jibboo
7. Farmhouse
8. Pebbles and Marbles
9. Ocelot
10. Fluffhead[1]

1. Party Time
2. Light >
3. Golden Age
4. Theme From the Bottom
5. Heavy Things
6. Ghost
7. Sneakin' Sally through the Alley
8. 46 Days
9. Suzy Greenberg

1. Cavern
2. Steam[2] >
3. Auld Lang Syne >
4. Down with Disease[3]
5. The Wedge
6. Alaska
7. Wading in the Velvet Sea
8. First Tube

1. Slave to the Traffic Light

Notes from phish.net:
Fluffhead contained an Auld Lang Syne tease from Trey. Prior to Steam, a steam kettle and hot plate went off on stage, with Trey acting like he was attempting to put out the steam. Shortly after the song began, steam also came from the floor near the soundboard area. An amp (with the steam kettle on it), a keytar, a bass, a vacuum, and a few lights were then lifted off the stage. A woman in the front of the stage tossed a “Steam” sign into the front row, then rose with a barricade and security guard before eventually being lifted up over the band. Several other aerialists (clothed in various casual attire, equipped with black backpacks emitting smoke and lights on their backs) subsequently rose up from the crowd and ascended and descended several times. The first aerialist counted down to midnight, at which point balloons were released from the ceiling. The aerialists later returned with lights in their hands for Down with Disease, which also featured Trey and Mike being raised up and back down a few times before finally rising several feet on hydraulic lifts. Disease was unfinished.
[1] Auld Lang Syne tease
[2] with gag
[3] gag reprise

» phish.com

Proof I Exist is the stage name of singer and multi-instrumentalist Paul Kulis a. His full-length Suburban Sci-Fi was put together piece-by-piece over the years. Starting out in 2033 he gradually applied new layers and instruments to his songs resulting in a surprisingly cohesive sound. He sounds like a full band, switching from pop to reggae to funk.

A couple of songs were picked by college rock stations In Ohio, but the Cleveland base musician could break out of the cognoscenti niche. Trespassing in Heaven is a pop song that could by covered a new boy band if he isn't careful, the rollicking Misbehave will get you a speeding ticket and the slightly proggie Time Bomb is a hipster anthem in the making.

Suburban Sci-Fi is a self-released album on his label Scatterbrainiac Records. Download it from his website.

1. Modern Day Love Song
2. Season of Make-Believe
3. Ghost Rider
4. Twentynothing
5. Songbird
6. Trespassing in Heaven
7. Misbehave/li>
8. Remote-Controlled
9. Time Bomb
10. Euphoria at 4 AM
11. Waiting for Paradise
12. Out of Reach

» proofiexist.com
» Proof I Exist on Facebook

photo: Robert Leslie

Lou Reed will be playing songs from his entire back catalog during his European Summer tour. Expect some VU stuff and even songs from the critical disaster Lulu, his joint effort with Metallica. The tour will feature a five-piece band, including Lou Reed, Tony ‘Thunder’ Smith (drums), Rob Wasserman (bass), Kevin Hearn (keyboards), and Aram Bajakian (guitar).

• 06/06 Luxembourg, Luxembourg @ Rockhal
• 06/08 Nyon, Switzerland @ Caribana Festival
• 06/09 Montereau Festival, France @ Montereau Festival
• 06/11 Paris, France @ Olympia
• 06/12 Lille, France @ L'Aeronef
• 06/14 Amsterdam, The Netherlands @ Heineken Music Hall
• 06/15 Brussels, Belgium @ Ancienne Belgique
• 06/18 Copenhagen, Denmark @ Falconer Salen
• 06/20 Berlin, Germany @ Citadel Music Festival
• 06/23 Mainz, Germany @ Zollhafen/Nordmole
• 06/25 Clermont Ferrand, France @ Cooperative de Mai
• 06/26 Bordeaux, France @ Fete le Vin
• 06/29 Bonn, Germany @ Kunst!Rasen
• 06/30 Dresden, Germany @ Filmnächte am Elbufer
• 07/01 Munich @ Tollwood Festival, Olympic Park
• 07/05 Trencin, Slovakia @ Pohoda Festival

» loureed.com