I'm watching the final episodes of season one of "Heroes" on Netflix.
from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Heroes
From the original soundtrack: 'Fire and Regeneration'
Friday, August 7, 2026
WENDY & LISA PLUS SHENKAR
GOV'T MULE WILL CELEBRATE NEW YEAR'S EVE IN BOSTON
The Gov't Mule NYE Tradition Continues in Boston.
Warren Haynes & Gov't Mule add:
We're bringing our Mule Year's Eve tradition to Boston, MA for the very first time with a special Gov't Mule & Friends performance at MGM Music Hall at Fenway on December 31.
If you've ever spent New Year's with us, you know this isn't just another show. It's a one-night-only celebration filled with incredible music, unforgettable collaborations, and surprises you won't see anywhere else. This year, we are thrilled to welcome an incredible lineup of friends to help us celebrate, including Jaimoe, Marc Quiñones, Reese Wynans, Chuck Leavell, Steve Gorman, Audley Freed, and Kevn Kinney.
“Playing the Beacon Theatre in New York City for New Year’s Eve has been amazing for the past 20 years but now it’s time to try something new,” shares Haynes. “Boston has always been an amazing audience for us. We’re excited to open a new chapter. It’s gonna be fantastic to have a lot of our friends and special guests there with us blowing it out.”
Whether you've been ringing in the New Year with us since the early days or you're joining the tradition for the first time, we can't wait to celebrate with you in a brand-new city.
We're bringing our Mule Year's Eve tradition to Boston, MA for the very first time with a special Gov't Mule & Friends performance at MGM Music Hall at Fenway on December 31.
If you've ever spent New Year's with us, you know this isn't just another show. It's a one-night-only celebration filled with incredible music, unforgettable collaborations, and surprises you won't see anywhere else. This year, we are thrilled to welcome an incredible lineup of friends to help us celebrate, including Jaimoe, Marc Quiñones, Reese Wynans, Chuck Leavell, Steve Gorman, Audley Freed, and Kevn Kinney.
“Playing the Beacon Theatre in New York City for New Year’s Eve has been amazing for the past 20 years but now it’s time to try something new,” shares Haynes. “Boston has always been an amazing audience for us. We’re excited to open a new chapter. It’s gonna be fantastic to have a lot of our friends and special guests there with us blowing it out.”
Whether you've been ringing in the New Year with us since the early days or you're joining the tradition for the first time, we can't wait to celebrate with you in a brand-new city.
A MESSAGE FROM PANZERBALLETT
Something special is coming.
This September, Panzerballett feat. Virgil Donati will be touring Europe. Our goal is to capture this tour in an official live album.
To make it happen, we'll launch our Startnext crowdfunding campaign this Sunday at 12:00 PM (CEST).
You'll find exclusive rewards available only during the campaign, including:
🎸 CD & Tour Shirt Bundle
🤝 Meet & Greet + Concert Ticket
🎤 Official Song Announcer
…and much more.
📅 Launch: Sunday, 12:00 PM (CEST)
We can't wait to share this project with you! 🤘
This September, Panzerballett feat. Virgil Donati will be touring Europe. Our goal is to capture this tour in an official live album.
To make it happen, we'll launch our Startnext crowdfunding campaign this Sunday at 12:00 PM (CEST).
You'll find exclusive rewards available only during the campaign, including:
🎸 CD & Tour Shirt Bundle
🤝 Meet & Greet + Concert Ticket
🎤 Official Song Announcer
…and much more.
📅 Launch: Sunday, 12:00 PM (CEST)
We can't wait to share this project with you! 🤘
Thursday, August 6, 2026
TOM PENAGUIN - TOM PENAGUIN
- Tom Penaguin: Tom Penaguin
(2024, download / streaming, --, bandcamp)
Tom Penaguin.
If the name doesn't ring a bell, you're missing out.
(I only learned about Tom Penaguin last week when I received a digital download of the album.)
This is spectacular.
Contemporary Canterbury scene instrumental progressive rock.
Composed,
played, recorded and mixed by Tom Penaguin...
French multi-instrumentalist Tom Penaguin (known for his work with psych-rockers Djiin and avant space-rock outfit Orgöne) surprised everyone in 2024 with his spectacular self-titled debut solo album.
For this project, Penaguin locked himself away in his home studio, surrounded by a mountain of vintage analog hardware, and recorded every single instrument himself. The resulting thirty-seven minutes of music act as a direct portal back to the golden era of the 1970s Canterbury Scene.
The album kicks off with 'The Stove Viewpoint Introduction', a short, electronics-laden piece full of modulated oscillations that feels very much like an invitation into a strange new landscape.
This effortlessly crossfades into the album's centerpiece, the magnificent 14-minute epic 'Housefly Leg'. Here, Penaguin showcases a staggering grasp of jazz-fusion and progressive interplay, calling to mind Bundles-era Soft Machine, Egg, and Hatfield and the North, while retaining the complex rhythmic vocabulary of Frank Zappa's Waka/Jawaka period. The shifting odd meters, heavy organ pads, and fluid guitar work are brilliantly executed, yet always maintain a playful, melodic accessibility.
'Aborted Long Piece No2', is a tight, classically influenced exercise driven by a syncopated drum beat and a heavy bass line that cuts out right before it overstays its welcome.
It breaks for 'Arrival of the Great Hedgehog', where Penaguin layers beautiful, understated electric piano chords before absolutely tearing into a soaring, emotional guitar solo that nods toward Steve Hillage.
Finally, 'The Stove Packed Up and Left' closes the album with a wonderfully pastoral, acoustic-leaning atmosphere reminiscent of Caravan or Camel.
This is an exceptionally strong, vibrant debut from an artist who doesn't just copy the past, but breathes fresh, imaginative life into it.
Highly recommended for any fan of classic progressive rock, complex jazz-fusion, and vintage Canterbury sounds.
You can listen to and purchase the album directly via the áMARXE Bandcamp page.
RUINS - COSA ? (EXPERIMENTAL WORKS)
- Ruins: Cosa ? (Experimental Works)
(2026, cd, Austria, klanggalerie)
Ruins.
Not the Japanese, Magma-inspired duo, but the Italian duo that has been producing experimental music since 1978.
Featuring Alessandro Pizzin (who you might also know as Alieno de Bootes and who released the exiting "Unconventional Residents" Tribute-To-The-Residents-series) and Piergiuseppe Ciranna.
They have just released a new album on the Klanggalerie record label: "Cosa ? (Experimental Works)
'REFLEKCTIONS II' BY EIDON, DEDICATED TO BILL BRUFORD
'RefleKtions II'
by Eidon
dedicated to Bill Bruford
BOOTES INVISIBLE RADIO SHOW - LA FRANCE
a journey to the French music scene by Alieno De Bootes.
00:06 - 03:24 - Moving Gelatine Plates - Memories (1971)03:24 - 09:28 - Veronique Chalot - La chanson de mai (1978)
09:28 - 13:38 - Noëtra - Mesopotamie (1982)
13:38 - 18:24 - Noir Desir - Le Vent Nous Portera (2001)
18:24 - 21:39 - Robin Fredrick - Been smoking too long (2003)
21:39 - 26:09 - Popera Cosmic - L.S.D (1969)
26:09 - 30:23 - Pierre Bensusan - Nice feeling (1981)
30:23 - 32:56 - Christian Vander Offering - Tïlïm M'Dohm (1986)
32:56 - 37:32 - Aut'Chose - Nancy Beaudoin (1975)
37:32 - 41:42 - Etron Fou Leloublan - Phare plafond (1984)
41:42 - 1:32:19 - Magma - K.A (live 2005)
TUNGU & HENRY KAISER - THE UNEXPLAINED
- Tungu & Henry Kaiser: The Unexplained
(2026, download / streaming, --, bandcamp)
(2026, cd, Austria, klanggalerie)
Adventurous and experimental !!
Wednesday, August 5, 2026
FRANK ZAPPA - ZAPPATITE
Released in different versions, some of which have been slightly delayed.
But the Japanese (SHM)CD is out !
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