Les Filles de Illighadad @ Hugh's Room, Friday

Don't miss Niger's Les Filles de Illighadad playing their own entrancing style of Sahel soul starting at 8:30pm.  

RIP Kelan Phil Cohran, 1927-2017

Remembering multi-instrumentalist, Sun Ra sideman & AACM founder who died at the age of 90 on Wednesday.

Happy Birthday Walter Daniels!

Here's Walter's cover of Daniel Johnston's "Almost Got Hit By A Truck" off his Spacecase single followed by the original.

Kingston All-Stars meet & greet @ Invisible City, Sunday

Meet some of the reggae legends behind the Kingston All-Stars project at 165 Geary - Unit 2 from 3:30 pm to 6 pm. 

Jim Thirlwell gets busy with some robots at The Whitney

Jim Thirlwell's new musical project Xordox debuts with the Neospection album on Editions Mego June 30th.

Hear Steven McDonald's new tune with The Melvins

Check out Steven's new song "What's Wrong With You" off The Melvins' A Walk With Love & Death album out July 7. 

P.E.I.'s Catherine MacLellan honours her legendary father Gene MacLellan on new album

If It's Alright With You: The Songs Of Gene MacLellan is out June 30th. Listen to the title track and Snowbird.

One For The Weekend: Roy Richards

Can't think of a better way to kick off the first weekend of summer than with this Roy Richards gem from 1968. 

Watch DJ Format & Abdominal's new video for We're Back

Check out Ludo Jaccard's  clip for "We're Back" off DJ Format & Abdominal's Still Hungry album.

Hear the epic title track for The Dream Syndicate's new album

The Dream Syndicate's How Did I Find Myself Here? is out Sept 8. Check the title track & Filter Me Through You.

Happy Birthday Ray Davies!

Here's The Kinks performing two Village Green songs on the Julie Felix show in 1969. 

Ethiopian keyboard great Hailu Mergia @ Jam Factory, Wednesday

Here's a rare chance to see  ሀይሉ መርጊያ in Toronto with Fake Humans and DJ Dan Vila at 2 Matilda. $18. Show at 9 pm.  

Happy Birthday Nick Drake

Remembering Nick Drake on his day with a live version of River Man recorded for the John Peel show.

The Cookers Quintet @ The Rex, Monday

Tim Hamel, Alex Coleman, Ryan Oliver, Joel Haynes & Richard Whiteman hit the stage at 6:30 pm tonight.  

One For The Weekend: Shina Williams & His African Percussionists

Here's the 12-inch mix of Shina Williams' Nigerian disco destroyer Agb'oju L'ogun available here.

Public Animal @ Grace O'Malley's, Friday

Check out the clip for Public Animal's latest single 20th Century Strategies. They're on at 12 midnight. 

Friday, June 16th: 
9:00pm - DJ HUNX
11:00pm - Pkew Pkew Pkew
12:00am - Public Animal
1am-3am - DJ HUNX

Saturday, June 17th: 
9:00pm - DJ Fisher Pryce 
11:00pm - Billy Moon 
12:00am – Wildlife 
1am-3am - DJ Fisher Pryce

14 Duncan St. Doors at 9PM. $15 Cover. 

Mudhoney releases new song for AmRep's BASH 17 comp

Happy Birthday Eddie Hinton!

Remembering the great Eddie Hinton on his day with a track off Very Extremely Dangerous album.

Watch Jad Fair & Kramer's new video for I'll Give You The Moon

Jad Fair & Kramer's new album The History Of Crying is out now on Shimmy 500.

B-Side wins again: Dave Hamilton

Dave Hamilton's dope instro Marriage Is A State Of Vibes is out now on Colemine's Remined subsidiary. 

Hugh Masekela vs. Howard Tate

Listen to Hugh Masekela get down with Henry Franklin on Howard Tate's soul swinger "Stop" co-written by Jerry Ragovoy.

Watch The Fleshtones' wigged out video for "Ama Como Un Hombre"

Peter Zaremba directed the kooky new clip starring Jimmy García. See The Fleshtones across Europe in July. 

RIP Adam West, 1928-2017

Remembering Adam West in his iconic role as Batman dancing the Batusi with Jill St. John as Molly. 

Watch the trailer for the Sweet Daddy Siki documentary

Check out the trailer for the new film about wrestling great and country crooner Sweet Daddy Siki below. 

One For The Weekend: Matt "Guitar" Murphy

Here's Matt "Guitar" Murphy's Sufferin' Soul (Part 2) originally issued on Billy "The Kid" Emerson's Tarpon label. 

Happy Birthday Jad Fair!

Cheers to singer/songwriter, guitarist and graphic artist deluxe Jad Fair who turns 63 today!

Jad's new album with Kramer The History Of Crying (out now on Shimmy 500) is limited to 500 copies on red vinyl. 

Watch Dan Auerbach play King Of A One Horse Town with Duane Eddy

Dan Auerbach's new album Waiting On A Song is out now.

Lindi Ortega vs. Townes Van Zandt

Check out Lindi Ortega's version of Townes Van Zandt's Waiting 'Round To Die off her "Til The Goin' Gets Gone" EP

Tickets are on sale now for all of Lindi Ortega's upcoming tour dates right here.

Ed Cherry Trio @ Lula Lounge, Thursday

Jazz guitar great Ed Cherry will be joined by bassist Roberto Occhipinti and drummer Mark Kelso from 7-9 pm.

Watch the MC5 tear up Wayne State University in July 1970

Here's the best quality footage you'll ever see of the MC5's memorable Tartar Field performance. 

Watch the dark short film made for Juana Molina's new Halo album

Check out Mariano Ramis' unsettling video for Juana Molina's Lentísimo Halo off her new Halo album out now.

Cabaret Voltaire vs. The Seeds

Back in 1979, Sheffield electro whumpers Cabaret Voltaire put their synthetic spin on "No Escape" by The Seeds. 

Garage Sale Gold!

Moonchild, Jill Peacock, Lazula @ The Drake Underground, Sunday

L.A. soul jazz trio Moonchild present their just-released Voyager (Tru Thoughts) album tonight at The Drake. 

Whaddya mean you don't know Babe Wallace

Singer, composer and actor, Emmett "Babe" Wallace was known to knock out a swingin' Yiddish tune now and again. 

Watch recently uncovered MC5 footage from Paris Gibus Club, 1972

Check out the rare performance clip of the mighty MC5 with guitarist Fred Smith (right) in his "Sonic Suit"

One For The Weekend: Unsane

Unsane launch their new AmRep single "Fix It"  at Grumpy's in Minneapolis on July 21, 2017.  

Can singles anthology The Singles 3 LP set due June 16

The Singles  – available on triple vinyl, CD, digital download and via streaming services on June 16th – is a collection of all of CAN's single releases presented together for the first time including such well-loved tracks as “Halleluwah,” “Vitamin C” and “I Want More” to more obscure singles such as “Silent Night” and "Turtles Have Short Legs." The anthology also includes the non-LP track “Shikako Maru Ten” (listen below), originally issued as the B-side of CAN's “Spoon” single which was a Top 10 hit in Germany in 1972. The songs on this compilation are all presented in their original 7-inch edits.

CAN, founded in 1967, released their debut album Monster Movie (1969) which set them apart from the mainstream, carving out a sound that transcended the boundaries of experimental electronic, jazz and modern classical music. CAN’s influence extends from post-punk musicians such as Joy Division and Primal Scream, through avant-garde composers including Bernhard Lang and Radiohead. CAN mainman Irmin Schmidt began his musical career as a pupil of Stockhausen and Ligeti, and conducted numerous high-profile orchestras in his native Germany and abroad. Hearing the sounds of Jimi Hendrix and Frank Zappa in the ‘60s led to the formation of CAN, yet Schmidt never lost touch with his avant-garde classical upbringing.

The Barbican in London recently hosted a very special event to mark CAN’s 50th anniversary year: Irmin Schmidt conducted the London Symphony Orchestra, presenting the world premiere of an original orchestral work composed by Schmidt and Gregor Schwellenbach called CAN Dialog while a specially curated supergroup brought together by Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore and featuring CAN’s first singer Malcolm Mooney performed a set of CAN tracks, including “She Brings The Rain,” “Yoo Doo Right” and “Mother Sky.”

In spring 2018, Faber & Faber will publish a new book devoted to CAN titled All Gates Open. The special edition will come in two volumes: one will be the first complete, authorized biography of the band written by Wire contributor Rob Young (who wrote a Wire cover story on CAN in April 1997 and recalled his time spent with drummer Jaki Liebezeit here) and the second, CAN Kiosk by Irmin Schmidt, is a collage of thoughts, visuals and interviews collated by Max Dax and Robert Defcon.



CAN – THE SINGLES (Mute)
1. Soul Desert
2. She Brings The Rain
3. Spoon
4. Shikako Maru Ten
5. Turtles Have Short Legs
6. Halleluwah (Edit)
7. Vitamin C
8. I’m So Green
9. Mushroom
10. Moonshake
11. Future Days (Edit)
12. Dizzy Dizzy (Edit)
13. Splash (Edit)
14. Hunters And Collectors (Edit)
15. Vernal Equinox (Edit)
16. I Want More
17. ...And More
18. Silent Night
19. Cascade Waltz
20. Don’t Say No (Edit)
21. Return
22. Can Can
23. Hoolah Hoolah (Edit)