taking a little trip downriver to see Phew. Saw her once in Yoshihide's New Jazz Orchestra. Among my favorite weird female vocalists, along with Jarboe, Diamanda, Haco, C Carter, Sachiko M, Junko, La Barbera, M Monk,Klein....bring em on

it's good to know people in the music scene. lustmord is playing the planetarium and i'm getting the $40 ticket for free cuz i'm friends with the promoter.

re: paz. i saw her play the violin with papa m (david pajo of slint, zwan). she was falling over drunk and her playing was strangely erotic.

Damn, that makes me jealous. I would love to see her playing the violin live!

this month:
suzuki junzo/ikuro takahashi duo
brotzmann / leigh / haino
toshiji mikawa

later:
autechre
mbv

Junzo is a true Road Warrior and an amazing person and an incredible guitarist. Anyone would do well to see him at any opportunity.

indeed, stunning guitarist. with takahashi he was really elevated, helps that he was playing with someone who's quite easily one of the finest drummers this planet's ever seen but even solo junzo is just a cut above, truly deserves to be mentioned in that pantheon of great japanese guitarists with jutok, mizutani, haino, kawaguchi, miura et al

Flying Horseman tonight. Ticket price is only three euros. Three Euros to see the best motherfucking band of the woooooooooooooooooooooooooorld !!!!
What, really? Well, no. But best band of Netherlands and Belgium together, yes for sure!

Did someone already post this at some point? Venus in Furs cover, solo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhVNZp3ckhY

Oh shit! Here's an entire show.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TNsdr-tRb0

<3 Paz

Sometime soon I will be uploading an improvisation session that our band did with him at our space a few years ago. He's really cool and it was a privilege to do that with him on one of his stops through town. He's definitely one of the greats.

The:pEx
on Sunday


and in June:

Currently barrelling down the highway on a group road trip to Chicago to see White Hills and Ufomammut tomorrow. Having seen them each once before, I know seeing them both on one bill will be well worth the mileage. Very excited.

Michael Gira acoustic

So my wife suggested for our anniversary weekend we go see the Foo Fighters and Dinosaur Jr. I think I married well.

Hoping to get to at least one day of the two day Cropped Out Festival in Louisville, which is on October 5 and 6. I hate most music festivals but this one is great: well organized, not too crowded, and a lot of acts (not all rock) that don't seem to tour that often, or around where I live at least. This year's big names ("Bog" being a relative term here) are Half Japanese, Anthony Braxton and Michael Hurley.

Bongzilla - Levontin 7, Tel Aviv
Ozzy Osbourne - Live Park, Rishon LeZion
Assif Tsahar, William Parker, Hamid Drake - Levontin 7, Tel Aviv
Mark Almond - Caesarea Amphitheatre , Caesarea
Eleanor Friedberger - Loppen, Copenhagen
Imarhan - Bathsøen Festival, Copenhagen
Mad Professor - Bathsøen Festival, Copenhagen‎
Anna von Hausswolff - Bathsøen Festival, Copenhagen
Yo La tengo - Bathsøen Festival, Copenhagen
Pere Ubu - Barby, Tel Aviv
Hawkwind (with Orchestra) - Palladium, London‎
Meg Baird & Mary Lattimore - O2 Shepherds Bush Empire, London
Kurt Vile & the Violators - O2 Shepherds Bush Empire, London

......I’m at the Pavilion now and it’s freaking 98’
There are several other bands on the list, but I don’t know a thing about them. Tonight will be my 5th time seeing Willie :D

Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians
Sturgill Simpson
Willie Nelson

Yob/Bell Witch/Former Worlds, this coming Tuesday.

Yob might be one of the best bands to ever live, and this will be my third time seeing them. Third for Bell Witch also, who are most impressive live.
So glad Mike lived to record and tour!!!

Helmet is visiting my hometown this monday, in a relatively small venue (550 max) where I've actually never been to since it's been rebuilt because it's mainly loud metal and R&B/rap music that's played there.

So I'll probably go if it isn't still so fucking hot as now