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Gov't Mule: 2010 Winter tour dates

Here Comes The Flood — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:44:00 GMT

photo: HCTF

Gov't Mule have announced the dates for their Winter 2010 By A Tread tour:

01/20 Fort Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution
01/21 Tampa, FL @ The Ritz
01/22 Lake Buena Vista, FL @ House of Blues
01/23 Mobile, AL @ Saenger Theatre
01/26 Charleston, SC @ The Music Farm
01/27 Oxford, MS @ The Lyric Theatre
01/29 Cincinnati, OH @ Taft Theatre
01/30 Grand Rapids, MI @ Orbit Room
02/02 Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues

MP3: Gov't Mule - Inside Outside Woman Blues #3
(live at the The Majestic Ventura Theater, Ventura, CA - 2009/09/24)

» mule.net
» myspace.com/govtmule

HCTF review of By A Thread.

Phish Fall 2009 SBD + torrents: 2009/11/20 Cincinnati

Here Comes The Flood — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:37:00 GMT

Phish
2009/11/20
U.S. Bank Arena
Cincinnati, OH

Set One

Chalk Dust Torture
The Moma Dance
The Divided Sky
Alaska
Water In The Sky
Fast Enough For You
Time Turns Elastic
Gotta Jibboo
Fluffhead

Set Two

Punch You in the Eye
Tweezer >
Light >
Back On The Train >
Possum
Slave To The Traffic Light
You Enjoy Myself

Encore

Joy
Golgi Apparatus
Tweezer Reprise

» Buy the official LivePhish 2009/11/20 release (FLAC | FLAC-HD | MP3)
» fromtheroad.phish.com

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Jacob Vanags: Pulses Are Pluses

Here Comes The Flood — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:49:00 GMT

Jacob Vanags, a Kent (OH) native who spend most of his time in New York, is labeled as a piano rocker and he tries to live up to that tag. On his new EP Pulses Are Pluses he is aided by drummer and trumpet player, Zach Periharos on drums and trumpet and Nick Cantatore on bass. But something went wrong - there is no connection between the three. In the opening track All That You Have Vangags enthusiastically "woo-woo's" when they come to the bridge, but they other guys ars just standing there, hitting the occasional drum or strumming the bass. And Vanags reacts by singing even louder for the remainder of the song.

The other tracks are uneven too. Toss Up gets drowned in a militaristic back beat. Antarctica suffers from a cheap keyboard sound and Antarctica is a song that should have ended up on the floor during the recording of Robbie Williams inspired tribute album. He has trouble with cramming all the words into a song (Stuck and Speak Up Now). The slow closer Jonah's Dream is the only song that comes into his own. There is no rush and he doesn't want to proof anything, except singing the song well and using the piano as a melodic and percussive instrument. Vanags can sing, but he should stop trying so hard and keep it simple. As it stands he is no more than a second tier Billy Joel impersonator.

Pulses Are Pluses is a self-released album. Buy it from his website.

Tracks:

All That You Have
Toss Up
Antarctica
Stuck
Speak Up Now
Jonah's Dream

» myspace.com/jacobvanags

iPod vs. old school hi-fi

Here Comes The Flood — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:46:00 GMT

Is the iPod generation missing out? Yes, they are. The BBC put it to the test. An second hand h-ifi beats the iPod into a bloody pulp.

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(Thru Cabasse_uk)

Chickenfoot: Chickenfoot (DeLuxe Edition)

Here Comes The Flood — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:50:00 GMT

photo: Bryan Adams

Chickenfoot are seasoned musicians who know how the businnes works. Release an album and then - just in time for Christmas - release it again as a DeLuxe Edition. First things first: Michael Anthony (bass), Sammy Hagar (vocals), Joe Satriani (guitar) and Chad Smith (drums) are a super tight rock band that can bring the house down. You can see for yourself on this edition of Chickenfoot. It comes with a documentary DVD featuring live footage of a show at the Montreux Jazz Festival on the 4th of July this year.

HCTF Exclusive
Photo gallery of Sammy Hagar performing with Chickenfoot @ Beacon Theatre in New York City - 2009/08/17. Photo credit: © Paul Bachman

Of course there is a lot of behind the scenes giggling as the band introduces each song of the album. There a few things that are nice to know - Chad Smith and Mark Anthony explaining that Down The Drain was a one-take wonder recording, and Sammy Hagar reminiscing about a surprised Joe Satriani who never woulg have that he would be singing in that particular spot of the song. And it's nice to have the promo videos for the singles Oh Yeah, Soap on a Rope and Sexy Little Thing. All in all one hour of solid family entertainment.

Make no mistake. Chickenfoot is a good band where famous guys overcome their egos to create a few monster riffs and anthemic rock songs and ballads. The CD and DVD of the Deluxe Edition come with one previously unreleased track Bitten By The Wolf, a NOLA blues stomp and a change for Satriani to show off his acoustic guitar playing.

The band will play their last show of 2009 in Las Vegas:

12/05 The Joint, Las Vegas, NV

The DeLuxe Edition of Chickenfoot is released on earMusic.

Video: Chickenfoot- Sexy Little Thing
Video: Chickenfoot - Soap On A Rope

Avenida Revolution
Soap On A Rope
Sexy Little Thing
Oh Yeah
Runnin' Out
Get It Up
Down The Drain
My Kinda Girl
Learning To Fall
Turnin' Left
Future In The Past
Bitten By The Wolf

DVD

Avenida Revolution
Soap On A Rope (live)
Sexy Little Thing (live)
Oh Yeah (promo video)
Runnin' Out
Get It Up
Down The Drain (live)
My Kinda Girl
Learning To Fall
Turnin' Left
Future In The Past
Bitten By The Wolf
Bonus: Soap On A Rope (promo video)

» chickenfoot.us
» myspace.com/thechickenfoot

HCTF review of Chickenfoot.

Gov't Mule: Melkweg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2009/11/18

Here Comes The Flood — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:11:00 GMT

photo: HCTF

Gov't Mule performed at the Melkweg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands - 2009/11/18.

Set 1

Blind Man In The Dark
Bad Little Doggie
Stepping Lightly
Endless Parade
Broke Down On The Brazos
Slackjaw Jezebel
The Letter
So Weak, So Strong
30 Days In The Hole

Set 2

Lucky
Banks of The Deep End
Brighter Days
Like Flies
Drums>
Amsterjam
Railroad Boy
Monday Mourning Meltdown
Mule >
3rd Stone Jam >
Mule

Encore:

Forevermore
Soulshine

» More photos on Flickr
» mule.net

Phish Fall 2009 SBD + torrents: 2009/11/18 Detroit

Here Comes The Flood — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:21:00 GMT

Phish
2009/11/18
Cobo Arena
Detroit, MI

Set One

AC/DC Bag
Foam
Stealing Time From The Faulty Plan
Bouncing Around The Room
Sample In A Jar
Kill Devil Falls
It's Ice
Horn
Mountains in the Mist
Poor Heart
46 Days
David Bowie

Set Two

Runaway Jim
Down With Disease >
Free
Waste
Taste
Bug
Wading In The Velvet Sea
Mike's Song >
I Am Hydrogen >
Weekapaug Groove
Cavern

Encore

Character Zero

» Buy the official LivePhish 2009/11/18 release (FLAC | FLAC-HD | MP3)
» fromtheroad.phish.com

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Deep Purple w/ Warren Haynes: "Black Night" in Amsterdam

Here Comes The Flood — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:51:00 GMT

Steve Morse & Warren Haynes on stage in Amsterdam 2009/11/17
photo: toofonky

Gov't Mule guitar player Warren Haynes joined Deep Purple on stage at the Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam for the Black Night encore. The songs was kicked of by a Roger Glover and Ian Paice bass and drums duet.

EOTO: Fire The Lazers!!!

Here Comes The Flood — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:06:00 GMT

For some reason tons of electronic music takes its inspiration form science fiction. Blame Star trek, Star Wars, Dr. Who, Red Dwarf and Douglas Adams. EOTO the electronic progressive duo formed by Michael Travis and Jason Hann that rose from the ashes of the String Cheese Incident have made a concept album of sorts called Fire The Lazers!!! filled with space opera soundscapes based on loops and beats that are trippy and percussive. This is not the kind of music that would be recommended on a first date, unless some stimulants were used.

For an album with such an aggressive title the tracks are mellow - the kind of after party stuff that music geeks claim to love. For less advanced listeners it is wise to sample this collection with care, let's say no more than three tracks at the time. Best experienced live with a light show that may be hazardous for people who are suffer from epileptic seizures.

Fire The Lazers!! is released on SCI Fidelity.

Tracks:

Flying Red
Time Saw
Are We Dead?
Contact
Comrade Down
Make My Day!
Spare Parts
Autopsy
Circuit Bent
Valeria Victrix
Externity (Reprise)

MP3: EOTO - Flying Red
MP3: EOTO - Are We Dead?

» eotomusic.com
» myspace.com/eotomusic

Pleasure Mob: new single "So Hard"

Here Comes The Flood — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:31:00 GMT

Watch the Pleasure Mob video for So Hard, their new single that will be released in early January on iTunes (it's free if you sing up for their mailing list). The video is made from over 1000 hand drawn images drawn by Nathan Von Boventor in Germany. The London band are part of the Bangers & Mash’s club night December 5th:

Saturday 5th December 2009 Stage Time: 11pm
Times: 10pm-4am
Dress Code: Express yourself like Madonna
Priority guest list or with flyer £5 before 11pm / £8 / Walk up £10 all night. Tables are available to book.
Address: Relentless Garage, 20-22 Highbury Corner, N5 1RD (Opposite Highbury & Islington Tube)

» myspace.com/pleasuremob

Carly Simon: Never Been Gone

Here Comes The Flood — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:11:00 GMT

Carly Simon was huge in the Seventies and the Eighties - a singer who could sing nasty lyrics over a lush mainstream pop backing. You're So Vain is one of the all time great put-down songs and Nobody Does It Better is pretty near the top of memorable James Bond songs. She fell off the radar in the Nineties, writing occasional film scores and came back to the spostlight when she wrote the theme songs for the Disney Winnie the Pooh films Piglet's Big Movie in 2003 and Pooh's Heffalump Movie in 2005. Her 2008 album This Kind of Love shipped a respectable amount of copies, although she fell out with her label claiming that the promotion was below par.

For her latest offering Never Been Gone Simon looks back with acoustic versions of her back catalog. Recorded in her Martha's Vineyard home she has found joy in singing the oldies, rearranging and dropping her vocals with an octave. It's a warts-and-all recording at times - giggling at the start of It Happens Everyday and re-enacting the Saturday Night Live "More Cowbell" skit at the end of You're So Vain.

Two new songs have made the cut. No Freedom has loops that sound as if they were recorded in a trashcan and adding tons of echo to her vocals wasn't such a great idea, but the lyrics are classic Simon: "Hey now, you might have a hit On the radio / Success might scoop you up / And never let you go / But there ain’t no freedom / When you got a worryin’ mind". Songbird is a rather murky sounding demo with the piano drowning her out until she reaches the final bars of to end the song with a flourish.

Never Been Gone is released on Iris Records.

Tracks:

The Right Thing To Do
It Happens Everyday
Never Been Gone
Boys In The Trees
Let the River Run
You're So Vain
You Belong To Me
No Freedom
That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be
Coming Around Again
Anticipation
Songbird

MP3: Carly Simon - Let The Riverrun

» carlysimon.com

High On Stress: A Tribute To The Replacements in Minneapolis

Here Comes The Flood — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:40:00 GMT

Minneapolis trio High On Stress participate in a special show celebrating the 25th Anniversary of The Replacements' Let It Be album and the paperback release of "The Replacements: All Over But The Shouting".

The show is a benefit for the Twin Cities Music Community Trust.

A Tribute To The Replacements:
Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Let It Be
2009/11/27
First Avenue, Minneapolis

Line-up:

Ashleigh Still
Brianna Lane
Eliza Blue
Erik Koskinen & Molly Maher & Her Disbelievers
featuring
Gospel Gossip
High On Stress
In The Entry
Jennifer Markey
Jeremy Messersmith
John Swardson
Martin Devaney
Patches and Gretchen
Sons of Gloria
St Dominic's Trio
Stook!
Story of The Sea with David Campbell
The Bottom Forty
The Hard Left
The Idle Hands
The Tisdales

» first-avenue.com
» highonstressband.com

Gov't Mule: "By A Thread" vinyl 11/24

Here Comes The Flood — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:19:00 GMT

The 2LP vinyl version of the new Gov't Mule album By A Thread will be in stores on November 24th.

The set is pressed on two 180 gram audiophile-grade yellow vinyl discs. Inside Outside Woman Blues #1 is a vinyl-only track(not available on the CD version).

SIDE 1:

Broke Down on the Brazos
Steppin’ Lightly
Any Open Window

SIDE 2:

Railroad Boy
Monday Mourning Meltdown
Gordon James

SIDE 3:

Frozen Fear
Forevermore
Inside Outside Woman Blues #1

SIDE 4:

Scenes From A Troubled Mind
World Wake Up

Pre-order By A Thread on vinyl.

» mule.net
» myspace.com/govtmule

HCTF review of By A Thread.