Happy Birthday Roy Babbington!

Celebrating the birthday of bass boss Roy Babbington with a few performances with Soft Machine and one with Mike Cooper.   

Ruthann Friedman's 'lost' recordings getting vinyl release July 17

Originally released on CD in 2006, Ruthann Friedman's fab Hurried Life demos set is being issued on vinyl by Tompkins Square.

Here's the scoop from Tompkins Square...

In 1967, the folk-pop group The Association had a massive hit with a song called “Windy” penned by an unknown young woman named Ruthann Friedman. Two years later, she released her own album Constant Companion on Warner/Reprise Records that sounded nothing like “Windy” – it had more in common with her labelmate Joni Mitchell or cult-hero Linda Perhacs. Decades later, Ruthann would be declared an “astral folk goddess” and championed by the likes of Devendra Banhart.

Around that time, reissue producer Pat Thomas compiled a collection of previously unreleased demos, home recordings, and lost songs circa 1965-1971 from Ruthann's personal archive including the original version of "Windy." 

Titled Hurried Life, Ruthann recently declared, “That’s the one that I really like - that was the first time going back into the archives to find songs that might be reissued. I think those were representative of me.”

Listen to Ruthann's original demo of her song "Windy" along with the title track from the Hurried Life compilation below. 

Ruthann Friedman – Hurried Life: Lost Recordings 1965-1971

1. Hurried Life

2. That's All Right

3. Sky Is Moving South

4. Looking Glass

5. Silver Bird

6. Between the Lines

7. I'm Askin'

8. Windy

9. Typical Sunday

10. Southern Comfortable

11. Alone At Last

12. Boy Took A Ticket

13. Method Madness

14. Little Girl Lost & Found

15. To Treat A Friend

Q107's Bob Mackowycz reviews Teenage Head show in June 1978

Here's Bob's discussion of Teenage Head's Horseshoe gig with Suicide & Destroy All Monsters broadcast on Q107 June 2, 1978. 

Jason Jagel designs alternate sleeve for Madlib's Sound Ancestors

The Jason Jagel-designed silk-screened sleeve edition of Madlib's Sound Ancestors is available for pre-order right here.

David Yow stars in video for OFF! cover of Metallica's "Holier Than Thou"

OFF!'s version of "Holier Than Thou" appears on The Metallica Blacklist tribute comp out Sept 10th. Pre-order it right here. 

Here's the scoop from OFF!...

Recording this song was a catalyst in us putting together a new lineup. When Metallica asked us to be a part of this project, we accepted without knowing who would round out the rhythm section. This track will always be special to us for that reason.

We chose to donate our portion of the profits to Running Strong for American Indian Youth so please share and keep listening! And thank you for all the overwhelmingly positive support!

Watch Chris Grismer's video for "Holier Than Thou" below. 

Link to listen here: https://smarturl.it/TMB-HTT-OFF

Pre-Order / Pre-Save / Pre-Add The Metallica Blacklist here: https://smarturl.it/MetallicaBlacklist

All profits from this song go to Metallica’s All Within My Hands Foundation and Indian Youth.

 

Sonny Vincent administers Snake Pit Therapy

Check out Sonny Vincent's chat with Rocker Mike & Rob about his new album Snake Pit Therapy and more. 

Here's the scoop on Snake Pit Therapy from Svart HQ...

Living legend Sonny Vincent (Testors/The Limit) celebrates raw incendiary ROCK, leaving pretenders in the dust with his new album Snake Pit Therapy unleashed via Finland’s Svart Records on September 17,  2021. 

Born in New York City and raised on its streets and in its clubs, Sonny Vincent made his rep with NYC Punk firestarters The Testors, who were fixtures on the CBGBs and Max’s Kansas City scenes from 1975 to 1979. 

Vincent’s new album Snake Pit Therapy is raw, blazing proto-punk with lashings of psychedelia and hard rock, all taken to the limit with Sonny’s Vincent’s main weapons, the naked aggression in his passionate voice and his trademark caustic guitar. There is an honesty at the core of Snake Pit Therapy because Sonny Vincent’s life and antics are more than legend, they are real, as documented in his recent book bearing the same title as this very album. In and out of homes for bad kids, committed to the psych ward for observation and forcibly conscripted into a tour of duty in Vietnam courtesy of the U.S. Marine Corp, Sonny Vincent’s experience of wild and tough living has awarded his songs hardness with humanity. Sincerity without mawkishness, Snake Pit Therapy is a glorious testament to real rock ‘n’ roll.

15 tracks of electrifying shock-treatment, with catchy, primal screams and searing melody, Snake Pit Therapy is just what the doctor ordered. Songs like “The End of Light” and “Never Tired” with their heart-ripped open choruses are visceral, vital and urgent. Sonny Vincent has venom in his fangs, and his song-writing is razor sharp.

Burning with underground spirit, never standing still, Sonny Vincent is the ultimate survivor, most recently with his heavy new metalloid punk band The Limit, featuring Bobby Liebling of Pentagram, and garnering glowing reviews worldwide. While playing with some of the genre’s most influential names during a career which has spanned over 3 decades and 28 albums without compromise, Vincent’s music remains die hard, high octane, high voltage and high class.

Snake Pit Therapy rocks with a heart-heavy passion, savage smarts, and tunes that can reunite you with your own bastard youth. Are you ready to get your head rearranged by a man whose music mixes irresistible melody with a powerful and raw sound that’s more potent than a cornered king cobra? If so, you’re in urgent need of Snake Pit Therapy!

Pre-order a copy of Sonny's Snake Pit Therapy album right here. Check out the interview after the video for "The End Of Light" below.

 

Midweek Mixdown: Breakin' Bread's New Music Show

Here's Skeg & Steve The Sleeve's fab 2 hour guided tour of recent 45 releases including two joints from MF Doom (RIP). 

Breakin' Bread's Skeg and Steve The Sleeve present the best new music and reissues from recent weeks. From soul to funk to disco to hip hop and back again via breaks and beats. Check it out on Mixcloud right here. Tracklist below. 

TRACKLIST 

Sapria - Strain 

Mitzi - I’ll Do More 

Delores Fuller - One More Chance Lord 

The Soulmates - People We Got To Do Better 

Jackie Stoudemire - Flying High 

Hiatus Kaiyote ft. Arthur Verocai - Get Sun 

Lito Barrientos Y Su Orquestra - Cumbia En Do Menor 

Jo Ann Hamilton & The Fingier Collective - I Love Without A Love 

PM Warson - Don’t Hold Me Down 

The Bamboos - Power Without Greed

Black Market Brass - Sagat Theme 

The Winston Brothers - Boiling Pot 

Smokin Shades Of Black - Grease Wheels 

Galt McDermott - Coffee Cold 

The Alchemist - Loose Change (Instrumental) 

Evidence - Sharks Smell Blood 

CZARFACE & MF DOOM - Break In The Action 

Your Old Droog ft. MF DOOM - Dropout Boogie 

The Avalanches - Tonight May Have To Last Me All My Life (Edan Remix) 

Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band - Raise It Up 

Altered Tapes - The Breakdown (Easy goes to Memphis) 

Chaka Khan - It Aint All Good (Daytoner Remix) 

Steve Miller Band - Westchester Eagle (Jim Sharp Mix) 

Paul Older - Bye Sun

Palace - Rude Movements (Kenny Dope O’Gutta Remix) 

Patchouli Brothers - Lead Astray 

The Fantastics - Hey Mister (Art Of Tones Mix) 

Love Drop - We’ve Got To Get Our Shit Together 

Jahari Massamba Unit - Merde (Basse-cour) 

Soul Supreme - Raid 

Emma-Jean Thackray - Our People 

The Allergies - Move On Baby 

Jimi Tenor - Mysterion 

Vanessa Kendricks - 90% Of Me 

Jeb Loy Nichols with Cold Diamond & Mink – Can't Cheat The Dance

Mato - Summer Madness