Shock Radar: The Meaning 2010

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Jimi Hendrix: Valleys of Neptune

Jimi Hendrix’s “Valleys of Neptune,” one of the guitar great’s final recordings before his death in 1970 and the lead single off a compilation of the same name out March 9th, is streaming now on Spinner. While the track has never been officially released, as Rolling Stone previously reported, it did appear on 1990 four-disc set Lifelines: The Jimi Hendrix Story. The “Valleys” single is due out February 2nd. In addition to compiling 12 unearthed recordings, Valleys of Neptune’s artwork will also feature paintings that Hendrix created in high school. (R/S)

Richard Hell at White Columns February 19th

Friday February 19th
7-9pm. Reading: Richard Hell, Dorothea Lasky. Music: Thurston Moore + guest

White Columns
320 West 13th Street
(Horatio Street, between Hudson
and 8th Avenue)

Mission of Burma at Bowery Ballroom, January 29th, 30th

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Pink Skull at LPR last night

(photo taken by TAC)

Haiti Benefit Concert at Le Poisson Rouge, January 19th

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Lee Ranaldo "A Random Collection of Cells"

The Hogar Collection
362 Grand Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY 11211
tel.718.388.5022 info@hogarcollection.com www.hogarcollection.com
Gallery Hours: Thursdays - Mondays 12:00 - 7 pm and by appointment

Lee Ranaldo
A Random Collection of Cells
January 15 – February 22
Opening Reception:
Friday, January 15 from 6 - 9 pm

Johnny Cash: American VI: Ain't No Grave

Johnny Cash’s American VI: Ain’t No Grave, featuring the final recordings the Man in Black ever made before his death in September 2003, will be released via American Recordings and Lost Highway on February 26th, the day that would have marked Cash’s 78th birthday. Like the previous LPs in the American series, Rick Rubin produced the sixth installment.

Clapton joins Plastic Ono Band 2010

Yoko Ono Recruits Clapton for Plastic Ono Band Show

Yoko Ono has recruited Eric Clapton, Paul Simon, Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon, Shock Radar and more artists for the first Plastic Ono Band show in 40 years: a special concert on February 16th at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York. The “new” Plastic Ono Band will be comprised of Ono’s son Sean Lennon plus Japanese musicians like Cibo Matto’s Yuka Honda, Yellow Magic Orchestra’s Haruomi Hosono and Cornelius, who also worked on Ono’s 2009 album Between My Head and the Sky.

Both Clapton and bassist Klaus Voorman, who’s also confirmed for the Brooklyn event, were members of the original Plastic Ono Band that featured on the album Live Peace in Toronto 1969 and the “Cold Turkey” single, while drummer Jim Keltner played on Lennon’s ImagineBreaking artist Harper Simon, Martha Wainwright, Mark Ronson, the Scissor Sisters and Justin Bond. Tickets for the Plastic Ono Band event go on sale tomorrow, January 12th at the BAM website.

Check out the Plastic Ono roster as it stands now:

Yoko Ono
Eric Clapton
Paul Simon
Harper Simon
Thurston Moore
Kim Gordon
Shock Radar
Klaus Voorman
Mark Ronson
Martha Wainwright
Sean Lennon
Cornelius
Yuka Honda
Haruomi Hosono
Jim Keltner
Justin Bond

Arthur Russell "Come to life"

Arthur Russell is overtaking me.

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Soundgarden Reunion: 2010–present

On January 1, 2010 Chris Cornell announced that after a 12 year hiatus Soundgarden will be reuniting. No details regarding a tour or new album have been disclosed.