Oakland Hiero heroes Souls Of Mischief @ The Phoenix, Saturday

Bay Area hip hop legends Souls Of Mischief make a rare T.O. appearance at the Phoenix tonight – get tickets right here. 

Happy Birthday singer/songwriter Evie Sands!

Raising a glass to Evie Sands on her birthday with a few vintage clips and an appearance on Art Fein's Poker Party. 

One For The Weekend: The Huns

Chicago garage-rockers The Huns are in Steven Krakow's Secret History feature for the Reader. Check out "Destination Lonely"

Writes Steven Krakow...

Once again VERY EXCITED to present the tale of a band I SO DIG in the new Secret History of Chicago Music in the Chicago Reader. The Huns told me a lot of their snotty/sublime garage-rockin’ story for the first time! Their suburban history is tied into the legendary club the Cellar AND The Nuge! (Plus opening for Buffalo Springfield and Strawberry Alarm Clock, aka pure gold in my world). 

Their lone 45 "Destination Lonely" b/w "Winning Ticket" is coveted by collector-types, but it’s a DOOZY of primal fuzzed angst and Mersey-like beauty! The legendary Cheater Slicks covered the A-side. 

They’re reforming for a show at Hey Nonny Arlington Heights on Aug. 1 and I WILL BE THERE OR BE SQUARE! 

This will be in the big Aug print issue too, thanks Philip Montoro for doing some heavy lifting while sick, hero!  Read The Huns story in the Chicago Reader right here. Listen to both sides of The Huns single below. 

 

LINKS
Garage Hangover  The Huns "Destination Lonely"

Nichol Robertson y Los Falsos @ The Cameron House, Friday

Nichol Robertson, Vivienne Wilder and their Los Falsos compadres bring a Latin swing to the Cameron tonight at 10 pm. 

Adrian Younge takes aim at dance floors with Afro-Disco Makossa

Adrian Younge launches his new dancefloor assault with "Feel The High Life" off "Afro-Disco Makossa" – time to get down!

Here's the scoop...

What would a Ghanaian producer in ‘76 have made if he set out to create an American disco record for his hometown? Adrian Younge finally answers that question.

The latest single from Afro-Disco Makossa, “Feel the High Life” is out now. Afro-Disco Makossa the first Linear Labs record built purely for the dance floor. Afrobeat, funk, and disco, recorded to tape. Built for the DJ of any era. Get a copy of Afro-Disco Makossa on vinyl from Linear Labs right here. Listen to "Feel The High Life" below. 

Remembering Stooges' guitar great Ron Asheton on his birthday

Remembering Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton on his birthday with a few interview clips you may have missed. 

Jake Xerxes Fussell returns with The Old Beloved Path in September

Durham, North Carolina picker Jake Xerxes Fussell continues to thoughtfully mess with tradition on The Old Beloved Path.

Here's the scoop...

Singer, guitarist, and folk music interpreter Jake Xerxes Fussell returns with his new album, The Old Beloved Path, in stores September 18th. Over six unique and very personal studio albums, Fussell has found his musical future by reimagining, re-orchestrating, and reunifying the past. By combining different traditional music sources in a completely original way, he routinely creates fresh works of art that are at once rooted in history and ingeniously modern. 

Writes Jake... 

"Here are some things about this record. It features Dominic Billet on drums, percussion, & piano, Isa Burke on fiddle, piano, mandolin & harmony singing, Wayne Horvitz on the harmonica, Ben Whiteley on bass & organ, & Ken Whiteley on the bass harmonica. 

"Alli Rogers recorded it at Betty’s near Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Steve Fallone at Sterling Sound did the mastering. Ben Whiteley mixed & produced it. I am fortunate to have worked with such a stellar cast of players & am immensely grateful to all of them. 

"The record cover & jacket layout were  designed by Max Taeuschel & it features a photograph of a street scene from my hometown, Columbus, Georgia, taken in the early 1980s by my dad Fred Coulter Fussell. The album’s title is borrowed from my late friend & guitar teacher Billy Winn, 1938-2026. 

"Like my other albums, this is a collection of mostly traditional songs sourced from a number of contexts, people & situations. More about those soon…!"

'The Old Beloved Path" will be released in full by Fat Possum Records on September 18. You can pre-order it now via your platform of choice right here. Listen to Jake's arrangement of 'Rock Island Line' along with a recent live performance (below). 

The Old Beloved Path – Jake Xerxes Fussell

1. No 1

2. Rock Island Line 

3. Every Time I Go to Town

4. Rosin Some

5. Boney

6. Early Early in the Spring

7. Boll Weevil

8. Sandy Land

9. Of Al the Beast-es in the World