The Perlich Post: July 2019

Wednesday, July 31, 2019

Gnawa-groove gem from Morocco's Attarazat Addahabia & Faradjallah uncovered by Habibi Funk

Listen to "Al Hadaoui" off Attarazat Addahabia & Faradjallah's unissued 1973 recording out now on Habibi Funk.

Texas R&B dynamo Roy Head gets Quentin Tarantino bump

A re-cut version of Roy Head's 1965 classic "Treat Her Right" feat. Radio Birdman's Deniz Tek is used in the Once Upon A Time in Hollywood

Says Deniz Tek about the updated version of Roy Head's "Treat Her Right"
"A few years ago, I was asked to go to Sugar Hill Studios in Houston, Texas and record a new version of the 1965 hit “Treat Her Right” with Roy Head. The version was true to the original in many ways. Andy “Mort” Bradley engineered and produced the session. The original bass player and songwriter, Gene Kurtz was on hand to play on the track and make sure that we did it right, including specifying the exact tempo. Roy has often said that it was his favorite version of the song."

Watch the trailer for Once Upon A Time in Hollywood below followed by the 2011 version of "Treat Her Right" and a vintage clip of Roy on Hollywood A-Go-Go.

Tuesday, July 30, 2019

Happy Birthday Rosinha de Valença!

Celebrating Rosinha's birthday with her 1966 performance of Baden Powell's Consolação and her version of Summertime.

Oh Sees put stock footage to use in new Heartworm video

Watch Joel Kyack's clip for "Heartworm" off the Oh Sees forthcoming Face Stabber 2LP out Aug 16th on Castle Face.

Watch the Tubby Hayes Quintet on Swedish TV in 1963

Here's Tubby Hayes with Jimmy Deuchar (left), Allan Ganley, Feddie Logan, and Terry Shannon.

Monday, July 29, 2019

Steve Gunn, Matthew "Doc" Dunn, Bill MacKay @ The Horseshoe, Tuesday

Steve Gunn will follow an opening set by Matthew "Doc" Dunn who probably won't have J Mascis sitting in with him.

Ann Magnuson is reissuing Pretty Songs & Ugly Stories

"I Met An Astronaut" is off Ann Magnuson's Pretty Songs & Ugly Stories album, being reissued on Aug 16th.

B-Side Wins Again: Artie Butler

Hidden on the flipside of Artie's "Feelin' Alright" single for Verve is the jazz-funk gem "Alice In Wonderland"

Sunday, July 28, 2019

Happy Birthday Junior Kimbrough!

Remembering the late great Junior Kimbrough with both sides of his "Junior Kimball" single on Philwood from 1967.

Fred Armisen's Comedy For Musicians @ Danforth Music Hall, Sunday

Watch Fred Armisen perform some drummer comedy, chat with Nardwuar and ambush unsuspecting musicians at SXSW back in 1998.

DJ Shadow joins forces with De La Soul for "Rocket Fuel"

DJ Shadow hand-stamped a 300 copy limited edition of the "Rocket Fuel" single which are now being re-sold on Discogs for more than 10 times their initial price.

Watch The Mekons at The Hideout in Chicago

Steve Goulding jumped on the mic to lead the sing-a-long on Gang Of Four's Armalite Rifle at The Mekons show on July 12th.

Saturday, July 27, 2019

Happy 80th Birthday William Eggleston!

Agadez guitar ace Mdou Moctar rocks Feast In The East in Mississauga tonight!

Mdou Moctar aka "The Hendrix of the Sahara" tops the bill at Feast In The East 74 being held in Mississauga on July 27th.

Feast In The East 74

Small Arms Inspection Building

1352 Lakeshore Rd E, Mississauga

Saturday July 27

Doors at 7pm.

ALL AGES

Feast In The East is a food, music, and art installation series originally located in Toronto’s east end. Presented by the City of Mississauga, Feast In The East brings its 74th edition to the Small Arms Inspection Building. The evening features Tuareg musician Mdou Moctar from Niger, kulintang ensemble Pantayo, and a DJ / Live PA set by Raf Reza; with immersive visual art projects by Chloe Lum & Yannick Desranleau, Arezu Salamzadeh, and Khanh Tudo; and a Nigerian Suya-spiced dinner by local Nigerian-inspired caterer, Twins In Kitchen - TIK.

Schedule of events:
7:00pm doors + dinner
8:30pm Pantayo
9:30pm Mdou Moctar
11pm Raf Reza

Limited capacity. Reserve your free ticket right here.

Limited number of $10 (+ service charge) round-trip SHUTTLE BUS seats available for advance purchase at ticketing link.

Departure:
Stop 1: 918 Bathurst Centre for Culture, Arts, Media and Education (918 Bathurst St just north of Bloor), departing at 6:30pm
Stop 2: Queen St W and Triller Ave in Parkdale (by the U-Haul lot), departing at 7pm
Arrival at SAIB approximately 7:30pm
Return:
Midnight from SAIB to Stop 2 (approx 12:15 arrival) and Stop 1 (approx 12:30 arrival)
2:00am from SAIB to Stop 2 (approx 2:15am arrival) and Stop 1 (approx 2:30am arrival)

Free dinner is first come, first served. Reserve your meal, veggie or halal chicken, as part of the registration process. Note: Dinner contains nuts.
Family friendly. Cash bar.
Accessible space, all-gender single-user washrooms available.

MDOU MOCTAR (https://mdoumoctar.bandcamp.com)
Niger based songwriter / guitarist Mdou Moctar brings his contemporary electronic adaptions of traditional Tuareg guitar music to Mississauga. Touring behind his newest studio record, Ilana: The Creator with a full band, Moctar's music has come a long way from the West African trading network of cellphones & memory cards that spurred his fame & his starring role in the Nigerien re-invention of "Purple Rain" aka "Akounak Tedalat Taha Tazoughai," which translates as "Rain the Color of Red with a Little Blue In It." Constantly evolving the forms of Tuareg music Moctar's latest venture sees him dip into psych trance territory. Guitar grooves swirl in a never ending dance with each other, only breaking out into blistered solos over a locked in rhythm section. True desert psych the band prods forward as vocal pattern slip upward into a guitar fuelled heat sink. Merging western rock shredding with the patience & momentum of Tuareg folk tradition, Moctar creates a unique & lasting sonic world.

PANTAYO (https://pantayo.bandcamp.com)
Pantayo is an all-women lo-fi R&B gong punk queer collective based in Toronto, combining percussive metallophones and drums from the kulintang traditions of southern Philippines with synth-based electro grooves

RAF REZA (https://soundcloud.com/rafreza)
DJ / mood masher / creative soul Raf Reza (Cosmic Resonance Records) blends sonic landscapes together with ease, merging dance floor momentos with shifting synth nodes and airy nods. Percussive notes shuffle as organ swells move under sparkling electronic pulses. Though Reza's dance floor sensibilities shine, he also drops in for the long game building kraut inspired synth droners, full of climbing electronic patterns and glowing cosmic hums. Synthetic notes decay in a forest of minimalist inspired beats. Meditative moods grow into distorted grooves, lost post punk guitar licks, busted beats, zapping synths slap back on themselves. Raf brings the party, the choice vibe, the rejuvenation zone & so much more. Hang late for the post vibes party!

Environs by:
Chloë Lum & Yannick Desranleau (http://www.lum-desranleau.com)
Arezu Salamzadeh (https://arezustudio.com)
Khanh Tudo (https://khanh.online)

Dinner Menu (may contain nuts):
Pepper Soup
Suya Chicken* OR Suya Vegetable Skewers
Fried Rice & Coleslaw
Puff Puff & Ice Cream
*halal

Mark de Clive-Lowe assembles Japan's finest in Tokyo's Rōnin Arkestra

The Rōnin Arkestra's new Sonkei album – out Sept 27th – features members of Sleepwaker, Cro-Magnon and Kyoto Jazz Massive. caption

Iggy Pop releases his new album Free on September 6th

It seems like coffee zombie Iggy Pop could've used some of his own signature blend prior to recording his new Free album. Listen to the title track.

Here's the scoop...

Iggy Pop has confirmed the title and release date of his new album, Free, the follow-up to 2016’s Post Pop Depression, will be released on September 6 on Loma Vista and is available for pre-order right here.

While it follows the highest charting album of Iggy’s career, Free has virtually nothing in common sonically with its predecessor—or with any other Iggy Pop album. Free, the eponymously titled first track, is now available to stream and purchase on all platforms. Listen to it below.

On the process that led Iggy and principal players, Leron Thomas and Noveller, to create this uniquely somber and contemplative entry in the Iggy Pop canon, Iggy says,

"This is an album in which other artists speak for me, but I lend my voice... By the end of the tours following Post Pop Depression, I felt sure that I had rid myself of the problem of chronic insecurity that had dogged my life and career for too long. But I also felt drained. And I felt like I wanted to put on shades, turn my back, and walk away. I wanted to be free. I know that’s an illusion, and that freedom is only something you feel, but I have lived my life thus far in the belief that that feeling is all that is worth pursuing; all that you need – not happiness or love necessarily, but the feeling of being free. So this album just kind of happened to me, and I let it happen."

Iggy Pop - Free (Loma Vista)
1. Free
2. Loves Missing
3. Sonali
4. James Bond
5. Dirty Sanchez
6. Glow In The Dark
7. Page
8. We Are The People
9. Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
10. The Dawn

Iggy Pop's signature coffee – created in collaboration with Stumptown Coffee Roasters – is now available right here.

Friday, July 26, 2019

Catl rocks Toronto Island Marina's Upper Deck, August 3

Catl's annual Toronto Island getwaway starts at the Marina's Upper Deck Bar at 8 pm.

'77 Montreal featuring The Avengers @ Montreal's Parc Jean Drapeau, Friday

A rare Canadian appearance by Penelope Houston's legendary Avengers should be a highlight of the '77 Montreal event on Friday.

LINKS
SF Chronicle: Penelope Houston reflects on life as a San Francisco punk icon

One For The Weekend: The Triffids

Here's MGM, an early corker from David McComb and company, off The Triffids' "Son of Dungeon Tape" cassette.

Thursday, July 25, 2019

Davina & The Vagabonds release animated clip for "Devil Horns"

"Devil Horns" appears on Davina & The Vagabonds' forthcoming Sugar Drops album on Red House due August 2nd.

Here's the scoop...

Davina and the Vagabonds have just released a new song called “Devil Horns” with a music video directed by Scottish animator Gordon Howie, who drew inspiration from mid-century animations for the overall style as the heroine of the video matches wits with a suave, cocktail-drinking, rug-cutting Satan. “Devil Horns” comes right before the release of Davina and the Vagabonds' new album, Sugar Drops, out next Friday, August 2nd available right here.

Howie, who’s worked with the likes of BBC and National Geographic, is a huge fan of Davina and the Vagabonds and created a stylish, animated masterpiece that plays like a short film. Watch it below.

“DATV songs always paint a really vivid picture when I listen, and I've always thought they'd work well animated," shares Gordon. "When I heard that the new album was in the works, I chanced my luck and contacted to ask if they'd be interested in an animated music video. 'Devil Horns' was the perfect song to work with, as it has a great rhythm, vibrant energy and fun lyrics. I enlisted the help of Glasgow based character artist, Ioana Tibuleac, to help bring the devil and the heroine designs to life. This was such a fun project to create and I can't wait for everyone to enjoy this exciting collaboration.”

Says Davina, “What an absolute gift to have the opportunity to bring this cheeky story to life through Gordon’s animation. We all have had the Devil drop in unannounced, right? FYI - I got my horns back. They are safely tucked under my bed, in a locked box, only to bring them out when deemed absolutely necessary.”

The recording of Sugar Drops was the first time singer/songwriter/pianist Davina Lozier entered a proper studio to record an album. The Altoona-born, Minneapolis-based artist holed up in Nashville’s Compass Sound Studio with producer (and Compass Records co-founder) Garry West, along with her trumpeter, string arranger and husband, Zack Lozier, and a rotating cast of powerhouse players including bassist Todd Phillips (David Grisman, Robbie Fulks), guitarist Doug Lancio (Patty Griffin, John Hiatt, Tom Jones) and Reese Wynans (Stevie Ray Vaughan, Joe Bonamassa) on Hammond B3.

See Davina and the Vagabonds on tour:
JUL 25 Southbury, CT – Riverview Cinema and Playhouse
JUL 26 Old Lyme, CT - The Side Door
JUL 27 Hiram, ME - Ossipee Valley Music Festival
JUL 28 Shirley, MA - The Bull Run
AUG 2 Johnstown, PA - Flood City Music Festival
AUG 5 Minneapolis, MN - Guthrie Theatre ALBUM RELEASE SHOW
AUG 8 Santa Fe, NM - Santa Fe Bandstand
AUG 10 Colorado Springs, CO - Music on The Mesa
AUG 16 – 17 Gainesville, GA - The Arts Council Smithgall Arts Center
OCT 7 Evanston, IL - SPACE
OCT 12 Red Wing, MN - Sheldon Theatre
SEP 7 Jerusalem, Israel – Ganei Tikva Cultural Center
SEP 9 Herzliya, Israel – Jerusalem Theater
SEP 10 Modiin, Israel – Zappa Club
SEP 11 Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel – Azrieli Mall
SEP 12 Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel – Tel Aviv Museum of Art
SEP 13 Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel – Tel Aviv Museum of Art
SEP 16 Budapest, Hungary – MomKult
SEP 18–19 Paris, France – Duc des Lombards
SEP 20 Czech Republic – Jazz Dock
SEP 21 Vienna, Austria – Porgy & Bess
NOV 9 Porto Alegre - Barra Shopping Sul
NOV 12 São Paulo, Brazil - Teatro Opus

O Lendário Chucrobillyman, Zorton & The Cannibals, The Do-Nothings @ Duggan's Brewery, Friday

Don't miss this rare Toronto appearance of Brazil's O Lendário Chucrobillyman at Duggan's in Parkdale on Friday night.

Irwin Prescott vs. Porter Wagoner

Canadian country great Irwin Prescott and Porter Wagoner both knew a good honky tonk tune and Bill Anderson's "I'll Go Down Swinging" is a classic.

Watch Andy Warhol's colour footage of a Velvet Underground show in 1967

Unfortunately Andy Warhol seemed much more interested in filming the writhing crowd and projectionist than the band on stage.

Wednesday, July 24, 2019

The Fleshtones, Portland TV @ The Horseshoe, Sunday

The Fleshtones will likely be previewing songs from their next album at the Horseshoe on Sunday night.

Midweek Mixdown: Duncan Brooker's Ghana 45 mix

Here's a choice selection of vintage West African highlife, Afro blues and more courtesy of Duncan Brooker.

Tuesday, July 23, 2019

R.I.P. Art Neville, 1937-2019

Art Neville has joined Dr. John, James Booker, Allen Toussaint, Fats & Fess in New Orleans keyboard heaven.

DāM-FunK DJ set, Famous Lee @ Velvet Underground, Friday

Count on DāM-FunK to bring the disco boogie heat to the Velvet Underground on Friday with DJ Famous Lee opening.

Monday, July 22, 2019

Amyl & The Sniffers, Dboy, HEX @ Velvet Underground, Monday

Here's Melbourne's Amy Taylor and her Aussie aces performing at the Burger Boogaloo in Oakland and a show in Utrecht recently.

Catherine MacLellan previews new Coyote album with "Roll With The Wind"

The gorgeous Prince Edward Island landscape gets a co-starring role in Catherine's video for Roll With The Wind. Coyote is due Oct 11th.

Sunday, July 21, 2019

Tuxedo gets unlikely assist from MF Doom on "Dreaming in the Daytime"

Tuxedo's collaboration with MF Doom "Dreaming in the Daytime" is off their new album III. Tuxedo plays the Mod Club with DJ John Kong on Aug 9th.

Red Mass vs. Destroy All Monsters

Destroy All Monsters' lead singer Niagara did the sleeve art for both the original Bored single and the new Red Mass cover version out now.

Saturday, July 20, 2019

Ian Blurton's Future Now record release with Hawkeyes, Espanola, Head @ The Horseshoe, Saturday

Ian Blurton's Future Now cut loose at 11:30 pm with Hawkeyes at 10:40pm, Espanola at 9:50 pm and Head opening at 9 pm sharp.

The Replacements' Dead Man's Pop package reimagines Don't Tell A Soul

The Replacements' Dead Man's Pop 4 CD + LP + cassette box set – including five songs cut with Tom Waits – is due Sept 27 from Rhino.

Here's the scoop from Rhino...
Back in 1987, Minneapolis rock and roll renegades The Replacements famously stole their Twin/Tone master tapes and threw them in the Mississippi River. A year later—while wrapping up work on their Warner Bros. album, Don't Tell A Soul—the group absconded with a collection of their reels from Paisley Park studios. Thankfully, those tapes were spared a watery fate, and instead stashed away for decades by the band. Now they’ve been recovered to form the basis of The Replacements first-ever boxed set, DEAD MAN’S POP.

Although Don’t Tell A Soul ultimately became the group’s best-selling effort, The Replacements were unsatisfied with the sound of the record. The band has radically reimagined Don’t Tell A Soul to create a 4CD/1LP set that features the album mixed as it was originally intended (Don’t Tell A Soul Redux), along with a collection of previously unheard tracks (We Know The Night: Rare & Unreleased), and a classic concert from 1989 (The Complete Inconcerated Live).

The box features a newly completed mix of the album by Don’t Tell A Soul producer Matt Wallace (based on his 1988 Paisley Park mix); a disc of unreleased recordings (including a session with Tom Waits); plus the band’s entire June 2, 1989 show at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. In total, the box includes 60 tracks–58 of which have never been heard before.

Presented in a 12 x 12 hardcover book – loaded with dozens of rarely seen photos - the set features a detailed history of the Don’t Tell A Soul era written by Bob Mehr, who produced the box with Rhino’s Jason Jones, and also authored The New York Times bestseller Trouble Boys: The True Story of the Replacements.

Mehr writes: “While it’s impossible to unhear a record that’s been around for three decades, this version, Don’t Tell A Soul Redux, is the album the band made and intended to release. In addition to Matt Wallace’s mix, Redux also restores several crucial elements from the sessions, including original drums tracks, vocal takes and tempos that were altered in post-production…[and] the band’s original sequence of the album.”

Wallace says: “The true spirit of The Replacements was always there on the recordings we did back in 1988, and now you can hear and feel it clearly…This was the project of a lifetime for me when we recorded it 30-plus years ago, and it’s even truer today as we’ve finally fulfilled our original vision.”

Paul Westerberg, Slim Dunlap, Tommy Stinson and Chris Mars started recording Don’t Tell A Soul in June 1988 with Tony Berg at Bearsville Studios, but the chaotic sessions were cut short and mothballed. Nine unreleased tracks from Bearsville appear on Dead Man’s Pop, including early versions of “I’ll Be You,” “Darlin’ One” and “Achin’ To Be” and the previously unheard “Last Thing in the World.” The collection also features tracks the band recorded with Tom Waits, five of which have never been officially released: among them, “Lowdown Monkey Blues,” “We Know The Night” and a cover of Billy Swan’s “I Can Help.”

The final two CDs of Dead Man’s Pop capture the band performing live in Milwaukee during the “Don’t Tell A Soul Tour.” A few songs from the concert originally appeared on the promo-only EP Inconcerated Live (1989), but the bulk of the 29 tracks included have never been released. The entire show has been newly mixed by Brian Kehew (Ramones, The Faces).

This limited edition and exclusive bundle comes with a 14-track cassette featuring highlights from the box along with two additional unreleased tracks: the outtake “Asking Me Lies” and an instrumental of “I Won’t” (Bearsville Version). The cassette also features the original, unused cover art for Don’t Tell A Soul.

Additionally, Dead Man’s Pop will include Wallace’s Don’t Tell A Soul Redux mix on 180-gram vinyl.

Pre-order The Replacements' Dead Man's Pop package directly from Rhino right here. See the complete track list after the clips.

The Replacements - Dead Man's Pop (Rhino)

Disc One: Don’t Tell A Soul Redux
1. “Talent Show” – Matt Wallace Mix *
2. “I’ll Be You” – Matt Wallace Mix *
3. “We’ll Inherit The Earth” – Matt Wallace Mix *
4. “Achin’ To Be” – Matt Wallace Mix *
5. “Darlin’ One” – Matt Wallace Mix *
6. “Back To Back” – Matt Wallace Mix *
7. “I Won’t” – Matt Wallace Mix *
8. “Asking Me Lies” – Matt Wallace Mix *
9. “They’re Blind” – Matt Wallace Mix *
10. “Anywhere’s Better Than Here” – Matt Wallace Mix *
11. “Rock ’n’ Roll Ghost” – Matt Wallace Mix *

Disc Two: We Know The Night: Rare and Unreleased
1. “Portland” – Alternate Mix (Bearsville Version) *
2. “Achin’ To Be” – Bearsville Version *
3. “I’ll Be You” – Bearsville Version *
4. “Wake Up” – Alternate Mix – Bearsville Version *
5. “We’ll Inherit The Earth” – Bearsville Version *
6. “Last Thing In The World” *
7. “They’re Blind” – Bearsville Version *
8. “Rock ’n’ Roll Ghost” – Bearsville Version *
9. “Darlin’ One” – Bearsville Version *
10. “Talent Show” – Demo Version
11. “Dance On My Planet” *
12. “We Know The Night” – Alternate Outtake *
13. “Ought To Get Love” – Alternate Mix *
14. “Gudbuy T’Jane” – Outtake
15. “Lowdown Monkey Blues” – Featuring Tom Waits *
16. “If Only You Were Lonely” – Featuring Tom Waits *
17. “We Know The Night” – Featuring Tom Waits (Rehearsal) *
18. “We Know The Night” – Featuring Tom Waits (Full Band Version) *
19. “I Can Help” – Featuring Tom Waits *
20. “Date To Church” – Matt Wallace Remix*

Disc Three: The Complete Inconcerated Live, Part One
1. “Alex Chilton” *
2. “Talent Show” *
3. “Back To Back” *
4. “I Don’t Know” *
5. “The Ledge” *
6. “Waitress In The Sky” *
7. “Anywhere’s Better Than Here” *
8. “Nightclub Jitters” *
9. “Cruella De Ville” *
10. “Achin’ To Be” *
11. “Asking Me Lies” *
12. “Bastards Of Young” *
13. “Answering Machine” *
14. “Little Mascara” *
15. “I’ll Be You” *

Disc Four: The Complete Inconcerated Live, Part Two
1. “Darlin’ One” *
2. “I Will Dare” *
3. “Another Girl, Another Planet” *
4. “I Won’t” *
5. “Unsatisfied” *
6. “We’ll Inherit The Earth” *
7. “Can’t Hardly Wait” *
8. “Color Me Impressed” *
9. “Born To Lose” *
10. “Never Mind” *
11. “Here Comes A Regular” *
12. “Valentine” *
13. “Left Of The Dial” *
14. “Black Diamond” *
* previously unreleased

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Friday, July 19, 2019

Nardwuar gets his star on Vancouver's Granville St

You can visit Nardwuar the Human Serviettec's star on the 800 block of Granville St between the Orpheum Theatre and Commodore Ballroom.

"I am honoured! Amazing! Thanks so much to the B.C. Entertainment Hall of Fame for inducting me! My star was placed in the pavement on ‘The Walk of Fame’ on Granville St. in Vancouver, BC Canada! 30 different people nominated me for this and I am so grateful for them ( and you ! ) for believing in me! I would like to dedicate this Star to my Mom who instilled in me a deep love of history. Also, if I, Nardwuar the Human Serviette, can do it ... so can you! Doot doo!"