THE RESIDENTS - MUSH-ROOM

• the residents: mush-room
      (2013, cd, usa, rz201301)

The Residents have written the music for a new dance project / performance by Grace Ellen Barkey and Needcompany.

Grace Ellen Barkey: 'In the course of the preparatory work The Residents' The Third Reich 'n' Roll was lying on the table. I have often given a piece of music a central dramaturgical role: John Cage in One (1992), Sonic Youth in Chunking (2005) and Thomas Adès in The Porcelain Project (2007). I want to create a world in which all the elements - dance, images, words and music - are equally necessary. I love The Third Reich 'n' Roll for its hysterical distortion of pop music.'

The music has been released on CD and is available through the Needcompany's website. 

Check out the press dossier for pictures and extra info:

http://www.needcompany.org/pdf/dossiers/MU_Persdossier_EN.pdf

& here are the tourdates

2013/03/22 ESSEN   PACT Zollverein  Premiere

2013/03/23 ESSEN   PACT Zollverein

2013/04/04 STOCKHOLM   Dansens Hus

2013/04/05 STOCKHOLM   Dansens Hus

2013/04/09 LONDON   SPILL Festival

2013/04/19 BRUSSEL   Kaaitheater

2013/04/20 BRUSSEL   Kaaitheater

2013/04/21 BRUSSEL   Kaaitheater

2013/05/10 ERLANGEN   Internationalen Figurentheater-Festivals

2013/05/24 AMSTERDAM   De Brakke Grond

2013/05/27 LEUVEN   Stuk Kunstencentrum vzw

2013/05/28 LEUVEN   Stuk Kunstencentrum vzw

ANOTHER ZAPPA RECORD STORE DAY RELEASE

FRANK ZAPPA : I'm the Slime / Montana

  (2013, 7", ??, ??) - 3000 copies on green slime colored vinyl

To be released at the end of April.

ADRIAN BELEW TO JOIN NINE INCH NAILS

from
http://www.jambands.com/news/2013/02/25/adrian-belew-to-join-nine-inch-nails/

Noted prog-rock guitarist Adrian Belew will join Trent Reznor's revived Nine Inch Nails lineup. Despite repeated claims that he planned to retire the Nine Inch Nails name in 2009, Reznor decided to make music again as Nine Inch Nails after he started working with Belew.

In a statement Reznor said:

I was working with Adrian Belew on some musical ideas, which led to some discussion on performing, which led to some beard-scratching, which (many steps later) led to the decision to re-think the idea of what Nine Inch Nails could be, and the idea of playing a show. Calls were made to some friends, lots of new ideas were discussed, and a show was booked - which led to another, which somehow led to a lot of shows.

The band is reinventing itself from scratch and will be comprised of Eric Avery, Adrian Belew, Alessandro Cortini, Josh Eustis, Ilan Rubin, and me. The first shows will begin this summer, followed by a full-on arena tour of the US this fall, and lots of other dates worldwide to follow through 2014.

Lots of details and dates to come. See you soon.

TR

Belew is best known for his role in the seminal progressive band King Crimson. He has also toured with Talking Heads, Frank Zappa and David Bowie.

STEVEN WILSON - GUTHRIE GOVAN - MARCO MINNEMANN

Steven Wilson's latest album, "Raven That Refused To Sing And Other Stories", features Guthrie Govan, Marco Minnemann and Theo Travis !!

JOHN ADAMS' SHAKER LOOPS

June 1, 2013, The Britten Sinfonia will be performing John Adams' "Shaker Loop" in concert at the Concertgebouw in Brugge (B).
Hypnotizing.

THE RUDY SCHWARTZ PROJECT AT SOUNDCLOUD

I just love this stuff...

https://soundcloud.com/rudy-schwartz/


-- thanks to Ive Hapers for the link

JIMMY CARL BLACK

http://www.jimmycarlblack.com is online again !!

This sure looks promising.

A RESIDENTS UPDATE

The Residents are touring.
April 24, the European leg of the tour will kick off in Leuven (B).
Check out the website for the concert dates.

http://www.residents.com/home/

In the meantime, Mush-Room has hit the Outlet shop, as have 'tour-editions' of Coochie Brake and of Lonely Teenager.

IDIOTS - ORANG UTANG

A fine new Belgian band with members of Ugly Papas - Ozark Henry -- The Smoking Dog -- Eliot Ness Darqo -- Bruce Bherman -- The Sparkling Pistols - Les Bourvil Superstars -- The Whodads etc....

NEW SONG - Orang Utang (2013) produced by Pieterjan Maertens@Bijloke

Luc Dufourmont - vocals
Dick Descamps - bass
Tom Denolf - drums
Wouter Spaens - guitar

THE MUFFIN MEN & CHATO AT THE MOO-AH FESTIVAL

Moo-ah Festival
Raven Hall, Corby
9 March 2013

Thank you Clint !