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ASTUTE PALATE -- No Queen Album out 2020 on Petty Bunco in the US, on Eternal Soundcheck in AUS.
tonight in Philadelphia
The composer of a new movie soundtrack brought her new band along to a film screening.
sat 2/21 in Philadelphia
Soundtrack to The Space Between Attack and Decay by Emily Robb
EMILY ROBB in WHYY
The scorched guitar fuzz and reverb that define Robb's experimental sound anchor Jessica Kourkounis' surreal film.
Soundtrack to The Space Between Attack and Decay, reviewed by Heathen Disco
Temper it: Emily Robb, Charles Tyler, Cemento, more
out January 23rd
There are enough revelatory examples of musicians making solo guitar work for them, but Emily Robb’s work in this space is the most satisfying examples we have out there, quite simply because it is so deeply rooted in the best and grittiest rock music we have. Both of her previous solo albums, and the tapes, CD-Rs, collaborations and downloads that bridge them, find a player that is really indebted to maximalist, uncorked burn in a way that feels forward and righteously liberating, but also gives the impression that she is just warming up. This soundtrack to a short film by Jessica Kourkounis represents her widest vistas yet, another set of levels to play off of through glimpses of acoustic rhythms and leads, vocals, drums, bass, trumpet and piano, in instrumental tracks that sketch characters and intent felt even without the movie. Hearing her rip into Spanish-influenced mandolino style longing and carrying that motif from the subtle ballad it begins with into full on Doug Yule-meets-Hasil Adkins electric riffin’ via the score to Repo Man feels even bigger than the triumph it portends across the suite on side A. Flip it over and you get a better perspective on that block of feedback she’s been carving over the years. Both sides feature that trademark hint of unsteadiness that becomes part of her style, finding ways to both keep the beat and riff around it. Not much else to say, except that a new level is opening up, and it'd be a shame to let it go unrecognized (a new quartet lineup, with members of Writhing Squares and Heavenly Bodies, looks to firm that one up even more).
The Space Between Attack and Decay
The Velvet Underground & Nico - Chrysler Art Museum, Provincetown, Massachusetts, September 1966
Those with their ear to to the (under)ground in the past month or so may have noticed that there's a fresh VU & Nico tape making the rounds in various places — why, there's even a proper vinyl bootleg popping up here and there. Fun stuff for un-fun times.
The first hint of this September 1966 recording arrived a few years ago in the form of a lovely version of "Little Sister," a Nico-led tune that the Velvets had not previously been known to have performed live. Now you can hear much more of the band at the Chrysler Art Museum in Provincetown, MA, including a killer "I'm Not A Young Man Anymore," a masterful "All Tomorrow's Parties" and an absolutely mesmerizing "Heroin." The sound quality? Well, it's a Velvet Underground audience tape, so set your expectations accordingly.
This is indeed the same run of Exploding Plastic Inevitable shows where the famed photo that adorns the back cover of the Banana album was taken. (Ryan H. Walsh has some general info about the gig!) Things may have gotten heated/hectic at one point.
"Somebody had tipped [the police] off that the Velvets had stolen most of the leather braids and whips they were using from a local handicrafts store that afternoon," Andy Warhol remembered. "When the police came in, Mary [Woronov] had just strapped Eric [Emerson] to a post and was doing the S&M whip dance around him. They confiscated the whips and then undid Eric so they could confiscate the straps he was tied with." Oh those crazy kids!
EMILY ROBB record release party 1/31/26 in Philadelphia
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