… is an article on http streaming technology being adopted by apple – behind on the desktop but seemingly ahead on the mobile device …. And a potential bypass of the AT and T dinosaur
Porcupine Tree are happy to announce the forthcoming release of their tenth studio album “The Incident”. The record is set to be released via Roadrunner Records worldwide on 21st September, as a double CD.
The centre-piece is the title track, which takes up the whole of the first disc. The 55-minute work is described as “a slightly surreal song cycle about beginnings and endings and the sense that ‘after this, things will never be the same again’.”
The self-produced album is completed by four standalone compositions that developed out of band writing sessions last December – Flicker, Bonnie The Cat, Black Dahlia, and Remember Me Lover feature on a separate EP length disc to stress their independence from the song cycle.
Video footage of the band in the studio working on The Incident, as well as audio previews, will be available online soon. The band will tour extensively to promote the album from mid September onwards.
You know how you wish you had cover art to go with those MP3s … try this : Cover Art – it is a link to a new page on this site – and the first contribution is in there (CD Covers).
Let me know if you have any other favoured libraries – I will add them to the index.
“Insurgentes, the debut album from Steven Wilson, was released earlier this year on Kscope. The album immediately received a rapturous reception from not just fans and critics but also from fellow artists. Several of these artists have remixed tracks from the album and NSRGNTS RMXS is a collection of some of these remixes.”
“The CD edition of NSRGNTS RMXS opens with a mix of Harmony Korine by David A. Sitek, currently enjoying massive critical acclaim for the new TV On The Radio album. Underground hip-hop pioneers Dalek have created a dark, brooding mix of Get All You Deserve (think Massive Attack meets UNKLE). Engineers, who return on July 6th with their new album Three Fact Fader, have brought their widescreen sound to Abandoner while Pat Mastelotto (King Crimson, XTC) has created a sprawling mix of Salvaging and drone act Fear Falls Burning have also reworked Get All You Deserve.”
So came across the author of this little piece on the island of Maui. Some interesting ideas when you engage in conversation – which I am still trying to distill. Meanwhile, thought you might enjoy a little something called ‘Video Feedback’.
I have a disconnected relation that travel under the name of ‘FIVE‘. He is a guitarist that explores the boundaries of music. Been tracking him for a few years now – for your delectation – I present his recent newsletter:
Three weeks til the summer solstice, and I can feel it coming already. On that day I will be driving back to Los Angeles from San Francisco while Seattle fills up with nude bicyclists… But that is another story.
I’ve just posted the first in a series of three videos from the GLASS GOBLINS show at Where on May 23rd. For that show we had Evan Strauss on bass, Scott Keil on drums, and an array of excellent guests including, for this first 37-minute excerpt, Jym “The Snake” Fahey on harmonica…
It was SO MUCH FUN to play with Evan for a full night – I got spoiled living down the street from him in Seattle and I miss having him around. We played for three and a half hours, the music got very deep, and this first video is of the last four songs we played.
This month there’s a couple of very cool things happening, first of which is that MARC CANTLIN (from the band called BRUCE) will be visiting Los Angeles. We’ll be playing a secret BRUCE show as 5-TRACK & GLASS GOBLINS at the San Pedro Brewing Company in San Pedro, CA, on Saturday June 6. I can’t wait…!!
I will make an effort to record the San Pedro show in some form, most likely to minidisc and then to archive.org
While Marc is in town we will also be playing on the debut recording by The Jasper Dickson Revue (at the auspiciously named CATASONIC studio) and performing a live show with Jasper on Friday, June 5th, at Where in Silverlake.
Later this month I’ll be playing some shows with CRICKET & THE 2:19 …and also a couple of SOLO ACOUSTIC 5-TRACK shows at very cool venues. One acoustic night will be taking place at the Southwest Museum Of The American Indian! I’ll be playing all night so hopefully that will yield some depth. The other solo acoustic show will be at one of my favorite venues, Viento Y Agua in Long Beach, CA. Dates and times are posted at
http://www.5-Track.com
I think that’s all for now… If you haven’t checked out the video page in a while, there’s a very cool one up there (2nd from the top?) from the Santa Fe Cafe at the Fullerton, CA Train Station: http://www.5-Track.com/5/video.php
…And, I’ll be in Vermont at the beginning of July, playing with the band called BRUCE in Charlestown, NH on Saturday the 4th!!! That’s very cool, cos that band only plays together every few years at most. If you’re in the northeast I suggest you check that show out… And tell your friends!
