is there any more music out there?

[Tomcat]

Hi Harry, sounds like a good night-off for babysitting I would be staying in Amsterdam overnight and be there early enough for the complete Tortoise set. We could get in touch via LAST.FM -> click on Tomcat – or can I contact you? I'm in the mid 30s btw.

[miss_t]

For all german jamrock lovers: a young fourpiece with en excellent debute, that will be on tour in November:

[harry]

Hey Tomcat, are you in Amsterdam already.

Hope to see you tonight. Tried your last fm but there a a lot of Tomcats. about 20

send me an sms at

there we go.

[Tomcat]

Hi Harry, thanks for trying – I finally changed plans since it looked I'd be alone, will now go to see Broken with some friends in Berlin tomorrow: Wish you a great night (you'll have it for sure Send some review if you like so, hope to meet for mp next year! ** wrote down your number all the same, you'd now probably better have it deleted

[fillmore]

Yes, that CD by Ginger is fantastic. Great jam rock from Switzerland!

[Un.Chien.d.Espace]

by the way: you can download the upcoming single "rano pano" from the new mogwai album "hardcore will never die, but you will" (wonderful title!)for free here:

http://pitchfork.com/news/40772-new-mogwai-rano-pano/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PitchforkLatestNews+%28Pitchfork%3A+Latest+News%29

[Holle]

the awesome cloudkicker with new stuff

http://cloudkicker.bandcamp.com/album/beacons

8O

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=De1x5DzQfMk

[supernaut]

for mathrock geeks:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-In9kCE62ns etc

[supernaut]

now on tour, go catch 'em! seen them live last night. they're as relevant as always, though only Page is left from the original line up:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgGyX7WPxuQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBfygUiS50g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjPRTW3aOPs&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3a8Ow-DoAw&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w97jV4ys0c :!:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciNMOgIE6DE&feature=related

new album great as ever.

[supernaut]

I like Cloudlicker. Never heard of them till now.

[supernaut]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0ZwErjOEk0&feature=related

[TheOne FormerlyKnownAsDaniel]

New Helmet never as good as the old stuff… What the f*** is Page doing there?! That's almost as worse as what Soundgarden / RATM did with Audioslave. Sorry…

[supernaut]

Way too harsh my friend. For one thing 20 years have passed. Some things have changed. He tries different stuff. But hearing newer and older songs live alongside each other, can one really tell the difference if one wouldn't know? I very much doubt it. Some things only happen in the head of the listener. Some new songs would fit perfectly on Betty or Aftertaste and not all of the classics fly that high above the new songs. Do not be deceived by retro romantics. And they were in a good mood that night. Great show, what more can you ask for?

Cornell and Audioslave, yeah that wasn't necessary. I rather have him back with his old fellows now.

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And last night I've seen Kashmir once again. What a fantastic live band. I admire how they transcend their delicate arrangements onto a live stage with all that extra dirt and life that are a bit missing on the records. Kasper is a gifted singer/performer. Sparks of inspiration and soul everywhere. Very entertaining. Their new album as a super deluxe vinly edition is a treasure btw.

[monomind]

Yay! New album by …and you will know us by the trail of dead to be released February.

First single out now.

Seems promising too, particularly the prog inspiration:

http://pitchfork.com/news/40729-listen-trail-of-dead-summer-of-all-dead-souls/

[TheOne FormerlyKnownAsDaniel]

I haven't seen the "new" Helmet live yet, but the last album and the two songs you posted here I pretty much don't like. To me it's just unsinspired. It sounds like "I want to sing less agressive and with more melody to it above the known Helmet riffing." And it just sounds like this. There's no power or might behind the riffs and the melody is on the edge or sometimes even falls into being corny.

Don't get me wrong, I was and still am a huge Helmet fan, that's why I'm arguing here.

And I'm the least retro romantic. There's alot of bands that are still on and still sound good, like Sonic Youth, the Melvins or even Rolling Stones if you want. And I really love Phanerothyme….

But I'm sorry to say that the new Helmet stuff is just kinda weak and for me has not much soul. Probably that's also why I so much love their old drummer John Stanier who is now in Battles. He just added so much to the style and the sound of the band. Without him the riffs would have been much more loose.

I read an interview with him where he said that after Helmet there was a long time he had no band because he didn't find anything that really inspired and interested him. Then Battles came… That speaks for playing music because of the sake of playing music.

I also watched an interview with Chris Cornell where he swaggered about how pround he was to be in Soundgarden and that they were one of the best bands at that time and influenced so many other bands. Maybe people become like that when they get old but they really can keep these statements to themselves…

Nothing against Page Hamilton. He probably does his music with love and for the sake of playing music but it sounds just weird to me.

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