It doesn’t look as if the famed Central London spot The 100 Club, where The Sex Pistols detonated one of its most famed and chaotic live sets during the 1976 Punk Fest, has upgraded the green room much. Earlier this month, a contemporary London slash-burn pop band, The Vaccines, brought a bit of that on-stage chaos back to the heralded stage. Our good pal and rock photographer Pat Graham was on the scene to commemorate the occasion. See more after the jump.
Eivind Opsvik: Overseas IV (Loyal Label, 4/17/12)
Eivind Opsvik, a Brooklyn-by-way-of-Norway crossover jazz musician, returned last week with his band Overseas for the latest installment in the Overseas series, Overseas IV, the fourth in nearly a decade-long span.
This video, directed by experimental filmmaker Iris Piers, is for the album’s closing track, “Youth Hopeth All Things, Believeth All Things,” a down-tempo and dirty jazz-rock piece incorporating rock-’n’-roll guitars and a despairing organ.
Jon Porras: Black Mesa (Thrill Jockey, 4/17/12)
“Into Midnight”
[audio:https://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/01-Into-Midnight.mp3|titles=Jon Porras: “Into Midnight”]Guitarist Jon Porras, otherwise known as one half of drone duo Barn Owl, has returned for his sophomore solo effort via Black Mesa, a concept album of sorts about an outlaw’s desert journey as he comes to discover another universe.