TUBEWAY ARMY: Composer Grant Evans (Quiet Evenings, Hooker Vision) has a new project named Galaxy Tube that already has two releases under its belt. The two-track self-titled debut is split pretty evenly at about 14 minutes per track. These are each good companion pieces as they are both calmly uplifting, featuring drones with identifiable melodies, and are nearly prayer-like. The second release, “2,” is more immediately aggressive, but I think that’s mainly due to the sound being more compressed and out front. This release features a single half-hour track. I don’t hear distinct movements in this, though, as much as I hear audio layering. I will allow that there is a slight move to a darker mood around the 16:45 mark. Take some time to enjoy these over at hookervision.bandcamp.com.
THE PEOPLE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD: A new pop-up supergroup appears on the newest edition of the planned four-volume tribute to Kevn Kinney (Drivin’ N Cryin’), Let’s Go Dancing. They’re named Slightly Famous Somebodies and include Jonathan Spencer and Reid Howland Geisenhof (each of Drum And Wire), Mekenzie Zimmerman (Rumors), actress and singer Laura Slade Wiggins, Vaylor Trucks (yes, Butch Trucks’ son), Kane Stanley (Cosmic Charlie), and Adam McIntyre (The Pinx). While their contribution, “Set In Stone,” is not yet on physical media, all digital files are pointed toward a central repository. The label, Tasty Good Records, is a charitable endeavor that appears to have been created specifically for this project. Other artists of note with tracks now available are Pylon Reenactment Society, Jason Isbell, T. Hardy Morris with David Barbe, Erin Rae with Seth Martin, Patterson Hood with Scott McCaughey and Peter Buck, Parker Gispert, Elf Power and more. Find this all at tastygoodyrecords.com.
TO THE PENNY: It’s difficult to believe, but Nuçi Phillips, for whom our indispensable musician’s resource center Nuçi’s Space is named, would have turned 50 years old in July. In honor of this milestone, the center is hosting a fundraiser whereby folks are encouraged to donate in amounts of 7.21. So, $7.21, $72.10, $721, etc. in recognition of his birth date on July 21. Find all information at nuci.org.
AND HERE’S TWO MORE: Chunklet Industries and its founder-operator Henry Owings has now released a fourth record in its campaign to resurrect the work of short lived early 1980s Athens combo Limbo District. A new two-song 7-inch single called Bombay was named after the similarly short-lived Smyrna studio where the group recorded these tracks. Specifically, they are “Two Of Screams” and “Fetish This.” If you’ve never had the chance to enjoy Limbo District, just imagine the following scenario: You’re on a subway platform somewhere in Soviet-era Eastern Europe, you can hear a raggedy and unsettling tune coming from street musicians somewhere above, and a hobo is yelling at you the whole time. Which isn’t to say, by any measure, that it’s not musical. But it’s in that particularly John Cage-ian way reflected in the composer’s pondering, “Which is more musical, a truck passing by a factory or a truck passing by a music school?” Find this and more Limbo District at chunklet.bandcamp.com.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YA: Rabbit Hole Studios will celebrate its eighth anniversary, and fourth at its current location, on Thursday, Aug. 1 starting at 6 p.m. This coincides with what would normally be its weekly song circle event. Details for this anniversary celebration are sparse, but I guarantee you it involves both music and food in some way. For more details, please see rabbitholestudios.org and facebook.com/whiterabbitproductionsllc.
YOU CAN HAVE WHATEVER YOU LIKE: There are two ways you can, um, stream the new album from hardcore rockers Beer Piss named Summer ’24. These are either from the label (Hard Tack) or the band directly. Cassettes are limited to an edition of 25, so don’t sleep on this. However you choose to rock these five songs, though, you’re in for a treat of classic late ‘80s/early ‘90s hardcore (“Dryer,” “Tucker Song #2” and “You Can’t Grow When You’re Dead”) and a nice couple of unexpected drum and bass tracks (“The Cycle” and “Promo Type”). Find this at beerpiss.bandcamp.com and hardtackk.bandcamp.com.
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