THE MALLEUS ART LABEL

The Orange Factory brought me to the Malleus Art Label, who designs the posters for the Orange Factory gigs.

https://www.malleusdelic.com/home/

ORANGE FACTORY CELEBRATES 25TH ANNIVERSARY

The Orange Factory non-profit organization has been organizing concerts in Belgium for 25 years.
Since 2000 Orange Factory focuses on stoner, psychedelic and heavy rock bands.

The celebration party will take place at Het Depot in Leuven, BE.

https://www.hetdepot.be/OrangeFactorypresents

23/9 - Motorpsycho

24/9 - Ufomammut / Monkey3 / Elephant9 / Hypnos69

Motorpsycho

PIERRE VERVLOESEM - 30 YEARS OF SUCCESS

• pierre vervloesem: 30 years of success
      (2021, cd, japan, belle antique)

Keeping track of Pierre Vervloesem's musical output isn't always the easiest task.
However, it is worth the effort as Pierre has released another gem.

"30 Years Of Success" got released in Japan by the Belle Antique record label. Fortunately, it's also being distributed both in Yurip and in the US.
The album features Pierre on guitar, Bruno Vansina on sax and synth, Nicolas Dechêne on bass and Renaud Van Hooland on drums.

There's a couple of new tunes (at least to my ears) but also quite a number of older pieces performed by this new line-up on this excellent album.
Surprising melodies, energetic, coherent, twisted rhythms... Right up my alley.
I like it. I really like it.

ROCK & FOLK

Flash-back.
Several issues of French magazine Rock & Folk had Frank Zappa on the cover.
Pretty old, but quite nice.

• rock & folk
      (1970/07, magazine, france)
  
  • The July 1970 issue of Rock & Folk magazine featured FZ on the cover.
    FZ is also featured in the 'Une porte s'ouvre' article, about avant-garde music.

• rock & folk
      (1971/07, magazine, france)
  
• The November 1970 issue of French magazine Rock & Folk featured FZ on the cover and included a 11-page article on Zappa's upcoming tour and the 200 motels movie.

• rock & folk
      (1980/06, magazine, france)
  
  • the June 1980 issue of French magazine Rock & Folk had FZ on the cover and featured an 7-page article on the Baby Snakes movie, the Warner Brothers albums, the musicians in his bands, being a composer, etceteras.

PAULINE BUTCHER - FREAK OUT! MY LIFE WITH FRANK ZAPPA AT THE LOG CABIN 1968-1971

Pauline Butcher's book about the time she worked for Frank Zappa will get a re-issue (and a new book cover):

JIMMY CARL BLACK - FEB 1, 1938 - NOV 1, 2008

a tribute to Jimmy Carl Black
by The Muffin Men feat. David Morley Hale
from a couple of years ago.

 

FRED WESLEY & THE NEW JB'S

Fred Wesley & The New JB's are touring.

February 3, 2022, they'll be performing at De Casino in Sint-Niklaas, BE.

200 MOTELS RED VINYL RELEASE POSTPONED

“200 Motels” Original Soundtrack: Exclusive Red Vinyl 2LP - Frank Zappa

The new release date is 17 December 2021.

KELLEN TRYON MILLS

Alex's Hand is no more, so lets welcome Kellen Tryon Mills' latest project :

• Kellen Mills - bass, synth
• Diego Caetano Guerra - drums, additional guitars
• Erik Leuthäuser - vocals
• Ruben Bernges - electric guitar
• Omri Abramov - synth, ewi, tenor sax
• Scott Flynn - trombone
• Agustin Pardo - flute
• Giba Ferraz - piano, synth

"Wasted Time" got released over a year ago and if you haven't heard it yet, you need to check it out.

NEW PHISH ALBUM & COMIC BOOK

"Get On Down", the announced Phish album, got performed live during the second set of Phish' Halloween concert.

Phish wrapped their four-night stay in Las Vegas with a show stopping finale on Halloween, under the guise of 'Sci-Fi Soldier'. During the second set, twelve new tracks were debuted from the highly anticipated new album; Get More Down.

They also made this stunning comic book announcement :

Here's the complete comic book:

https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/assets.livephish.com/78erphish2018456tr4/phish2021scifisoldier.pdf