rec of the day LES RALLIZES DENUDES "jittoku '76" (temporal drift 2LP) another great archival set from LRD with playing that veers between their explosively-oit avant psych & their more inside-hard-blues-rock stance. a wild and wonderful teeter. lesrallizesdenudes.bandcamp.com/album/jittok...

rec of the day: JORDAN DARBY "follow me up" (hissing objects LP) most blasted effort yet by ventura's answer to the question -- what's yahowha? three guitars spinning their own wigs in a dark room while god tries to tickle you. that's entertainment! hissingobjects.bandcamp.com/album/follow...

rec of the day GARY PANTERS "flycatcher" (smoke signals #44 newspaper) superb new sketchbook sequence from the great garloo, brough to us by the geniuses at desert island. roast your brain & eyes today! www.desertislandbrooklyn.com/smoke-signal

rec of the day: ANN POWERS "traveling: on the path of joni mitchell" (harper collins) played the audio book & it's great i still don't care about any of joni's post-reprise recordings (question of time/place) but now i kinda understand them at least. solid book. www.harpercollins.com/products/tra...

rec of the day: NOISE NOMADS "obsidian shards pooled in silver" (open mouth LP) a decade and a half after his last LP, jeff hartford returns with another monster of unshackled forms. two side-long noise-pulsed blasts of percussive energy. can't beat it, openmouthrecords.bandcamp.com/album/obsidi...

rec of the day: CHRIS BROKAW "ghost ship' (12XU LP) another mesmeric solo album from this boldly eclectic electric string maestro. a bleary-eyed travelogue with shades of the velvets and a noisy take on dream pop that is addictive. an instant classic. chrisbrokaw12xu.bandcamp.com/album/ghost-...

rec of the day: JIM SHEPHARD "panties & perfume" (no label LP) akin to a follow-up to the "wreckage" LP, an incredible journey through the o-mind of big jim -- a collaged bramble of sacred profanities. essential for anyone with a hankering for scum-freakery. siltbreeze.bandcamp.com/album/jim-sh...

rec of the day: PG SIX "the well of memory/lost & live" (amish 2LP) fantastic expanded reissue of PG's 2nd LP, combining both his most traditional folk playing as well as some very outwardly-canted explorations. still one of my faves -- the extras are just superb. pgsix.bandcamp.com/album/the-we...

rec of the day: EVAN PARKER/JEAN MARC FOUSSAT "insolence" (nashazphone LP) one side of splendidly wiggling synth/soprano mystery duets, one bracing tenor by parker & some solo synth explosions by j-m to wind things up. the snake still decides! and then some. nashazphone.bandcamp.com/album/insole...

record the day: BRANIMIR NORAC/BYRON ASHER/ROBBY BOWEN "clarinets & drums" (yes we cannibal LP) 4tet session w/ the titular instruments in a mode making me think of '70s l.a. - john carter & vinny golia's scene - some w/ more moderne percussion. sweet stuff. byronasher.bandcamp.com/album/clarin...

rec of the day WATER DAMAGE "instruments" (12XU 2LP) with grubbs & shiroishi along for the ride, these TX tornadoes swap some of their drones for a psychedelic pulse rumble, creating 4 more sides of instrumental yearning & delivery. bang your head slowly. waterdamage12xu.bandcamp.com/album/instru...

TODAY SUNDAY AUG 31 4 PM AT FEEDING TUBE RECORDS PAUL FLAHERTY/CHRIS CORSANO MARCIA BASSETT the last time they gigged together eggs flew like birds proof that miracles can still happen even in trump's amerikkka

rec of the day CAMILLE DIETRICH "grates of love" (ornette coleman fiend club MC) boss solo debut by a cellist known for her work with the dietrichs. shorn of don's sax squall, the rough textures of CD's strings are raw & powerful but not skreeky! ornettecolemanfiendclubb.bandcamp.com/album/grates...

CAN YOU SPARE A FEW BUCKS TO HELP LOCAL SUB-UNDERGROUND HERO, CONRAD CAPISTRAN, KEEP ROLLING? www.gofundme.com/f/help-conra...

rec of the day HONEY RADAR "reclining psych-out' (no label MLP) swell four song 12" from this brilliant philly quartet, mixing sweet pop stylings with their patented post-paisley downstrokery & an extended instrumental bliss-out. all hits, no misses. honeyradar.bandcamp.com/album/reclin...

rec of the day: CELEBRITY HANDSHAKE "counterfeit head" (eastern prawn LP) another fine slice of the noise-pop pie by this redoubtable maine trio. like a more lafms-damaged zoogz rift crossed w/ an avant-garage band's take on talking blues. just ducky! celebrityhandshake.bandcamp.com/album/counte...

SUNDAY AUG 24 4 PM FEEDING TUBE RECORDS PRESENTS CYCLES INSIDE/BELLTONE SUICIDE 221 PINE ST FLORENCE MA

SUNDAY AUG 24 4 PM FEEDING TUBE RECORDS PRESENTS CYCLES INSIDE/BELLTONE SUICIDE 221 PINE ST FLORENCE MA

rec of the day: EMERGENCY GROUP "mind screen" (big ego LP) same label as watt's great mssv brings us this not-exactly-new-but-still-fresh slab from a brooklyn quartet w/ a post-fusion, post-canterbury ramble with some prickly edges & psych gtr add-ons. emergencygroup.bandcamp.com/album/mind-s...

rec of the day MICHAEL BEACH "big black plume" (goner LP) another ace by this busy australian. guests include joe talia & mick turner. the vibe has a late period VU lilt, mixed w/ lightly outside arrangements recalling ned collette. a total winner. get some. michaelbeach.bandcamp.com/album/big-bl...

TODAY (sun aug 17) 4PM BEN HERSEY / IMPURE LUCK at feeding tube records 221 pine street #141 florence ma

rec of the day: JULIA GORTON & RICK BROWN "beat it!" collected issues of this no wave era 'zine by 2 of the heppest folks around. a great example of the width & depth of then-current fascinations, from the dictators to teenage jesus to the mumps. essential logic! www.juliagorton.com/coming-new-p...

NED COLLETTE HAS A UK TOUR STARTING UP. SHOULD BE A MOST EXCELLENT SERIES OF SHOWS

rec of the day: INTERCOMMUNAL FREE DANCE MUSIC ORCHESTRA "apres la maree noise" (souffle continu LP) '79 LP by tusques's proletarian orchestra is the most ecstatic of their blends of avant & quotidian streams. another great retrieval of lost sounds soufflecontinurecords.bandcamp.com/album/apr-s-...

New podcast episode: the legendary Byron Coley recalls his encounters with Captain Beefheart, talks us through his career from New York Rocker to Forced Exposure and pays tribute to Terry Reid. www.rocksbackpages.com/Podcast/Epis... #TerryReidRIP

nice times obit for terry reid. here iit is without a firewall www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/a...

sun aug 10 (today) 4 pm at feeding tube records ANTHONY PASQUAROSA PG SIX two masters of string-based magic 221 pine st #141 florence ma

rec of the day: KILYNN LUNSFORD "promiscuous genes" (feel it LP) this wonderfully nuts solo LP from the KL (little claw, taiwan housing project) channels their weird energy through late '70s/early '80s post-no/dance-splat constructions & dub plates. yow! kilynnlunsford.bandcamp.com/album/promis...

rec of the day CHEATER SLICKS "don't like you" (in the red 2LP) 30th anniversary reissue of this scrapyard classic, expanded to include an earlier, even scrappier, demo version of the LP. one helluva winning stratagem! if not our greatest garage band, then who? intheredrecords.com/collections/...

R.I.P. TERRY REID one of my all time favoritesl was actually listening to his second LP when jo robertson texted the news. fucking drag. "river" is one of the greatest albums ever, but this is the song that first hooked me back in '70 www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyf9...

rec of the day: SAMARA LUBELSKI "v1/v2" (daksinla LP) insanely great alb of treated violin music that carries some of the heaviest dark-prog vibes i've heard in a while. instrumental shades of many french and german greats of the '70s. coulda been on ohr or futura. decimus.bandcamp.com/album/v1-v2

new on feeding tube records FOOTINGS "the worm moon" LP the new hampshire sub-underground kicks out more folk rock jams with vibes as boss as coffee. feedingtuberecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-wo...

rec of the day: WE JAZZ MAGAZINE "Cosmos" newest issue i've gotten of this great finnish mag, although i hear there's a new one out. great pieces on eun ra, brotzmann, feminist improvising group, BAG and so much more. truly fine reading wejazzrecords.bandcamp.com/merch/we-jaz...

rec of the day: AYAL SENIOR & JEFF FUCCILLO "from 5pm to 5am" (CAN Medusa Editions LP) brilliant, relaxed, spaced gtr duets from this veteran pair of string-form-extenders. and at this moment of all moments it behooves we americans to send some love to canada! ayalsenior.bandcamp.com/album/from-5...

RIP ROBERT WILSON, master of the avant garde stage. "A Letter to Queen Victoria" blew my mind when i saw it back in '75. and he really kept himself deep in good work. no firewall www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/t...

playing at the comfort station tomorrow! show starts at 7:30!

rec of the day: CYRUS PIREH "Thank You Guitar" (Palilalia LP) another great slab by this illinois experimentalist whose use of digital delay is almost like finding an extra tongue inside the mouth of an electric whale. peel slowly & see cyruspireh.bandcamp.com/album/thank-...

rec of the day: CHRIS D Expanded 2025 Edition of Minute to Pray a Second to Die. huge new compendium of lyrics and word spew by one of the form's great masters. www.amazon.com/dp/B0FF59HG3...

RIP MICHAEL OCHS kind of a weird guy, michael was always waiting on the sidewalk outside rhino recs on sunday mornings for me & otis to open up. it was always fun to watch how agitated he'd get when we dawdled around with our morning fat burgers before letting him in www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/o...

RIP TOM LEHRER 1a great iconoclast of the pre-hippie era. a harvard math professor w/ a Mad Magazine sense of humor at a time when that really mattered. 1 of my heroes of the early 60s & a model for everyone from jonathan richman to gregg turner. link has no firewall www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/a...

and LOCULUS

4 PM SUN JULY 27 AT FEEDING TUBE RECORDS presents Andrea C Pensado

mixhael ehlers just sent me pix of three porgram covers for the fire in the valley fest we did -- 29, 28, 27 years ago this. time flies.

THIS SUNDAY JULY 20 4PM AT FEEDING TUBE RECORDS NEW RIDERS OF THE PURPLE DAWN FEATURING RIVKA GEVINSON

great new poem for the day by a.d. winans

Myriam Gendron dans Rolling Stone. Une très belle entrevue réalisée à Petite-Vallée. «Chaque fois que je viens ici, je ne comprends pas pourquoi je vis en ville! dit-elle en riant. L’immensité, ça fait du bien» qc.rollingstone.com/musique/myri...

the great @jaywbabcock.bsky.social‬ has finished loading pdfs of his legendary culture rag, arthur. although i never made a pence, i'm proud to say i wrote for every ish and arthur remains a shockingly solid documentation of sub-underground woofery of an era: 2002-2013 arthurmag.com/read-the-mag...

WELCOME TO HELL JIMMY SWAGGART! MAY YOUR DAYS BE AS ENDLESS AS THEY ARE HOT!