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Originated as a personal process to combat his own native guitar playing instincts, Ben Chasny's concepts have morphed into a system of composition that approaches the guitar seeking surprise and transcendence in random tonal relationships, touching on musical and philosophical inspirations that have existed for thousands of years. Six Organs of Admitance's Hexadic release this past February utilized the Hexadic System in its composition, execution and production, and since then Ben has toured the US and Europe in support of not only the... (read more)

The breeze blowing through your hair, making you feel fine, yeah...blowing through the jasmine in your mind. It's summertime, the perfect season for pouring some blue-eyed soul through your speakers while you chill down at the marina.

Inspired by such laid back duos as Loggins & Messina, Seals & Crofts, Becker & Fagan and England Dan and John Ford Coley and well-versed in the "Lido Shuffle," to boot, The Blue Jean Committee were the proud products of the late 70's Northampton, Massachusetts music... (read more)

Oh, WE'LL show you a hero! Let's talk about Bill Callahan, drover in the true American maverick tradition! Over the years, his music has grown from sparse heart made-and-homefelt expressions into its epic present state of deft and lustrous compositions and back again! His nuanced baritone vocals exude a careful soulfulness that allows for  loss, love and all the other ambiguities in the stretch of a single song. Bill's plain-spoken delivery is the exquisite center of his gift, transcending our concepts of songs... (read more)

The music never sleeps in Al Cisneros' OM-world - it moves and grooves eternally, a repetitive vibration of heaviness ever growing. With a vibe this constant, any time is a great time for a tour, any place on Jehovah's green Earth! Thus, a globe was spun deep, and a finger extended to stop it - landing somewhere in the fields of Europe - eureka, huzzah and salaam! The destination continent. And so, making their way forthwith to cities and villages all across Europe... (read more)

Dope Body's new album, Kunk, (which drops on August 28th) will hit you like a ton of bricks. Kunk tones are that of a pure, unfiltered primitive nature, like a funky predator stalking its prey. Comprised of the unhinged jams and riffs muscled around between takes recording last year's Lifer, Kunk is a toxic mutation of a record, compiled and edited into songs of the most elastic, loose variety. While Lifer presents an uneasy, blackened cloak shrouding tightly composed rock anthems, Kunk... (read more)

What's more all-American than a hamburger? Neil Hamburger, of course! This month, America's Funnyman is making the rounds at a dirty (but laff-filled) dive bar near you! That's right; the world's hardest working comedian is headed out on the road again, delivering all-new jokes alongside his classic routines, which over the years have produced side-splitting laughter (as well as rage from some paying customers who don't appear to understand what "comedy" is...fucking assholes!)! Neil's latest effort, First of Dismay, merged jocular comedy segments... (read more)

Chicago motorik devotees CAVE are synergistic, energetic, and easily identifiable with their upfront and repeti-grooving sonics. Yet so far in 2015, a CAVE sighting has been totally rare, the band seemingly gone enigmatic. Finally, the echoing cries of deprived CAVE-ovotees have bounced around enough for the guys to awaken, strap on their gear, and fire up the caravan - CAVE are goin' on tour!

Known for their rolling funk minimalism, thickly laid out with sax-and-flutatious flourishes and pulsations, CAVE are the REAL... (read more)

Remember the Alamo? The Texas Revolution? If you do, congratulations: you're the oldest living human being on Earth! Sure to cause fewer casualties than those historical events but guaranteed to be equally as thrilling, Texans should prepare to experience a little more Death! Pull up your boots and strap on your spurs, Detroit proto-punk legends Death are headed to the Lone Star State once more next month!

In the eight years since the rediscovery and release of their classic, proto-punk, never-saw-the-light-of-day LP,... (read more)

If you're looking to cure the summertime blues with some fodder for your noggin' AND you live on the West Coast - GOOD NEWS! Ben Chasny will be in selected coastal towns playing acoustic Hexadic music, as well as lecturing on The Hexadic System at bookstores in Seattle, Portland, San Francisco and Los Angeles!

Chasny conceived of The Hexadic System as a new approach to playing and composing music, using it to create Six Organs of Admittance's Hexadic album, released in February... (read more)