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David Thomas of Pere Ubu

 

David Thomas  is an American singer, songwriter and musician.He was one of the founding members of the short-lived proto-punkers Rocket from the Tombs (1974–1975), in which he played under the moniker "Crocus Behemoth," and of post-punk group Pere Ubu (1975–present, intermittently). He has also released several solo albums.

Though primarily a singer, he sometimes plays melodeon, trombone, musette, guitar or other instruments.Thomas has described his artistic focus as being the "gestalt of culture, geography and sound" Common themes crop up throughout much of his work, such as the US Interstate Highway system, images of roadside or "junk" tourist culture, Brian Wilson, AM radio, and many others.Thomas has a distinctive, high pitched voice; Emerson Dameron described Thomas's singing as "James Stewart trapped in an oboe",and Greil Marcus writes, "Mr Thomas's voice is that of a man muttering in a crowd. You think he's talking to himself until you realize he's talking to you

 

Pere Ubu is an American rock group formed in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1975. Despite a variety of long-term and recurring band members, singer David Thomas is the only constant. They released their debut album The Modern Dance in 1978 and followed with several more LPs before disbanding in 1982. Thomas reformed the group in 1987, continuing to record and tour. Describing their sound as "avant-garage," Pere Ubu's work drew inspiration from sources such as musique concrète, 60s rock, performance art, and the industrial environments of the American Midwest.While the band achieved little commercial success, they have exerted a wide influence on subsequent underground music.

 

Pere Ubu / David's Info http://www.ubuprojex.com/

DPK TV http://www.ubuprojex.com/dpk.html

MEDIA

https://www.facebook.com/official.ubu/

https://twitter.com/ubuprojex?lang=en

MUSIC

https://pereubumusic.bandcamp.com/ https://open.spotify.com/artist/3V4FPipSnuYjtHnnAw9cZd?si=CbD2AfJwRH2IT7G29Y7l3g

Pete Francis

Zig At The Gig with Pete Francis formerly of Dispatch interview 2021

 

Pete Francis is a songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist. In 1995, he founded the band Dispatch, who became the first ever independent band to sell out Madison Square Garden. They went on to tour through other major venues across the country, including Red Rocks, TD Garden, and The Greek Theaters in both San Francisco and LA. Over the course of their career, they have also brought their live show to audiences in Europe and Australia. Pete has released eight solo records and has toured with such diverse acts as Ziggy Marley, Blues Traveler, and G Love and Special Sauce. One of his favorite gigs was on stage in Sun Valley, Idaho shredding guitar riffs with Steve Miller on “Fly Like An Eagle.”

 

In the Spring of 2021, Pete will be releasing two new EPs, Humble Down and Sun Fuzz. This new work brings together Pete’s love for a broad range of musical styles. Humble Down is a record of self reflection and reveals his strong belief that love between two people should be simple, humble, and kind. On vocals he is joined by his wife, Katie. Their two voices and the stories they tell in these new songs have a heartfelt honesty and charm to them. Musically there are hints of Van Morrison, Mark Knopfler, Tom Waits, and John Lennon. On the track, Gimme Some Lovin’, guitar blues master, Duke Robillard, adds his beautiful tremolo rhythm guitar and a searing and a down right dirty solo that only Duke can pull off. Break out your tie dyes and bell bottoms then simply hit play on the Sun Fuzz EP.

On the title track you are swept into a funk exploratorium, a journey that feels like riding an electric wave into a multi-color sunset. The groove is infectious and the hook, “All the Lives that you’re living, all the love that you’re giving,” will be in your head as you drive to the beach. There are some great blues moments on the track “Love me in the Morning.” The song has a pumping and tight groove reminiscent of early Clapton. “Can’t Tame a Lion” is a nasty concoction of Hendrix in a blender with, White Stripes, and Blacks Keys. A distorted guitar mash-up of fuzz and friction.

 

These two new Pete Francis EPs offer moments of calm and pensive introspection as well as the feeling of strapping on a jet pack and ripping through the outer regions of of your imagination. As usual, Pete has assembled the best musicians in the New York area. Pete’s sound is the real deal. Like a homemade bowl of soup or a perfect glass of lemonade on a scorching hot day in July. In these songs you can hear his soul. The lyrics are fresh, the grooves are blessed. Humble Down and Sun Fuzz are original works of art - composed for people who care about the craft of music and words that have true meaning.

 

Pete will be co-teaching a songwriting class at Middlebury College for the Spring semester of 2021. Having a degree in English and Poetry at Middlebury, he is thrilled to share his expertise in the process of song creation and composition.

 

Pete's Info https://www.petefrancis.com/about https://www.petefrancis.com/music-1 https://open.spotify.com/artist/4i2YWHj4EYKYxQaG1qwRnY https://www.facebook.com/petefrancismusic/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXgyVdz4z6GHSxgPfcj2bhg

C-Level on Watt from Pedro Show

C-Level On the Watt from Pedro Show (Interview bits) 2021

Mike Watt Interviews Dave ( Ziggy D ) Ya host and Coda from C-Level

Here the whole radio broadcast here https://www.twfps.com/past-episodes/o...

Check out C-Level here 

https://www.c-level44.com

https://open.spotify.com/album/3YjbCoeFcIJFcxJH43qoHx

 

Steve Almaas of Suicide Commandos, Beat Rodeo

Singer/songwriter Steve Almaas rose from New York City punk of the late '70s into a well-respected artist during the '80s and '90s. Almaas wasn't a part of the whole corporate scheme of things, having played in various bands during the decade of big-hair metal and warming synth pop. Born to Scandinavian parents who emigrated to Minnesota, Almaas' adolescent years were spent exploring the Minneapolis post-punk scene, making music with the Suicide Commandos long before the haven days of Hüsker Dü, the Replacements, and Soul Asylum. Beat Rodeo followed in the mid-'80s, shortly after his stint with the alt-country trio the Crackers. Beat Rodeo scored a deal with I.R.S. and released Staying out Late with Beat Rodeo (1985) and Home in the Heart of the Beat (1986), as well as successfully touring across Europe and the U.S. A collaboration with George Usher resulted in the Gornack Brothers toward the end of the decade and a solo career for Almaas was about due. His gigs at the Ludlow Street Cafe in New York City allowed Almaas' tweaking rock to mold into his own creation. East River Blues marked his debut in 1993; Bridge Songs followed in 1995 and Human, All Too Human, which featured backing by the Ministers of Sound, was issued in 1998. However, his hometown still shared love for Almaas' original rock posse. In 1996, Minneapolis welcomed the Suicide Commandos in for one reunion show, where the group played to more than 10,000 people.

 

 

Steve's Info

https://www.facebook.com/Steve-Almaas-50639262420/

https://twitter.com/salmaas?lang=en

https://open.spotify.com/artist/71lIJX595JRAn6RZZkZGoB

 

Avery Mandeville of Little Hag

Interview with Avery Mandeville of Little Hag.

 

This was a great conversation , but due to file corruption the audio isn't 100% . Don't let that steer you away because this was a very inspiring conversation!!

 

 

Little Hag, the artist formerly known as Avery Mandeville, was conceived in a New Jersey basement and born again in quarantine. Under the Mandeville mantle she released a number of EPs and put many miles on other people’s vans touring the US. What started as a sarcastic Instagram handle (@littlehag) slowly became serious and somehow a small, vulgar crone took over all of Avery’s social media accounts. Signed by Bar/None Records just as everything was shutting down, Little Hag emerged with “Tetris”, a 2:17​ slice of pure pop pugnaciousness with a bummer end of summer vibe. “Tetris” was written in the dog days of quarantine, where you still can’t legally kiss anybody but at least you can get a sunburn. The truth is blistering, as she whimpers: “Everyone wants to fuck me / No one wants to see me cry”. The song is as confident as it is pathetic, a glimpse at a sane and totally chill person who lives to be tormented by things they can’t change. Following this release is a compilation of older tracks titled “Whatever Happened to Avery Jane?” The album chronicles Mandeville’s many pleasures and pains, from insulting your ex to calling out your abuser. She’s a songwriter with a penchant for brutal honesty, imagery, profanity, and the taboo. Many old men have said "I don't get it". In her previous incarnation she was named one of 8 New Jersey musicians you need to know by the Asbury Park Press and the #5 Best album of 2018 by NJ.com. Passion of the Weiss calls Little Hag “…a thrilling songwriter, untethered from time and place, sending DMs and shade, not greetings, from Asbury Park.” Little Hag is Avery on guitar and complaining, Matt Fernicola on guitar, Owen Flanagan on drums, Chris Dubrow on bass, and Noah Rauchwerk on keys and emotional support.

 

Avery's Info !

https://www.littlehag.com/​

http://www.bar-none.com/little-hag​

https://www.instagram.com/littlehag/?...​

https://littlehag.bandcamp.com​

https://www.facebook.com/littlehagmusic​

Dustin Galish of Tree No Leaves

Zig At The Gig With Dustin Galish of Tree No Leaves

Based in Bowling Green, OH, Tree No Leaves is a quintet that flows between genres and eras of psychedelic rock and soul. Dustin Galish Joins Zig to talk about Tree No Leave's new album Eyes of Xylem which is a multi media release including music, comic, and film. follow link for more info.

https://treenoleaves.com/

Keith Kenny

 

 

 

Keith Kenny the 

One-Man Rock Band 

 

Lifetime Ago Motel is the fifth album from veteran New Jersey-based band-of-one, KEITH KENNY. It was written over a three-year period and recorded at his Studio 303 facility in Monroe, New Jersey, self-produced by Kenny. Among special guests contributing is drummer Sim Cain (Regressive Aid, Gone, Rollins Band, Dean Ween Group). Lifetime Ago Motel is being released by iNtuRecords April 2nd as a digital download, physical CD, 12” vinyl LP and via streaming platforms.

Keith's Info 

https://keithkenny.bandcamp.com/community

https://www.youtube.com/c/KeithKennyMusic

https://www.keithkenny.com/

https://www.facebook.com/KEITHKENNYMUSIC/

https://open.spotify.com/artist/7gKa4kfIHc1Jt6poBB4DK1?si=AqPQ2JRvTOaCre4ivUxWqQ&nd=1

 

Alison Self

Alison was born and raised in Petersburg, VA in a working class family that was void of musical talent. Alison is an only child and isn’t aware of any musicians in her family, (she thinks her grandpa looked at a guitar once,)but swears that she has been singing since she learned to talk. 

Alison plays a mix of honky tonk and old time country on the guitar. Her influences range from The Louvin Brothers and Kitty Wells to Roger Miller and Bessie Smith. She has a strong stage presence and her lyrics might make you cry, but you’re more than likely to laugh.

Sometime in 2006 Alison decided to buy a ukulele, by the next year she was playing small DIY gigs around Richmond VA and also spending a good amount of time busking on the street for tips.

Alison spent about 10 years based out of Richmond, Virginia where she was described as Richmond’s chanteuse “with a huge voice unlike any other female singer in Richmond” and until the end of her time living in the region (2015), became a well known musician who booked other acts in town, had side projects and toured the US.

Alison traveled west in a ’96 Oldsmobile with no working windows for most of 2015, with a stint in Southwest VA then Nashville TN, until her car broke down outside of Denver. She played some shows and worked for a few months, decided it was time to go and drunkenly bought a $20 plane ticket to Austin TX. Figuring she had nothing to lose she sold her car for $200 and got rid of mostly everything she had carried with her and made the move. She didn’t even take her guitar. Austin was home for Alison for the past two years until she decided to uproot once again and make the move to Portland OR back in October 2018. 

Alison was diagnosed with colon cancer in the winter of 2018, went through surgery and chemotherapy and finished all that in June 2019. Alison has been cancer free for almost 2 years.

Traveling and restlessness have been strong themes in Alison’s songs which are influenced strongly by her early 20s spent hitch hiking and hopping a few freight trains here and there. Simply put, Alison writes from lived experiences. Thematically her songs run along the same lines of most honky tonk singers, past and present: working class upbringing, death, trains, bad decisions and too much booze. 

 

 

 

Alison Info 

https://alisonself.com/

https://alisonself.bandcamp.com/album/honky-tonk-haze-deluxe-version

Klashing Black

Klashing Black is comprised of twin brothers Kane and Kyle Benner. Since 2006, they've been writing, recording, and performing original music together, developing their sound in every iteration of the group.

In 2017, they became a duo and released their first EP as a two-piece, called "You". The next year started with the release of their single "Nights Like These", and throughout Spring and Summer, Klashing Black brought their energetic live show to multiple states in the midwest.

August 2018 saw the release of their debut album "Who We Were. Who We Are." According to Indientry blog, their debut album, along with it's singles "Today", "In a Spin" and "Emptiness" and their companion music videos, has proven that Klashing Black have a "clear mastery of the alternative pop genre"

 

Klashing Black Info 

https://www.klashingblack.com/

https://www.instagram.com/klashingblack/

https://www.facebook.com/KlashingBlack/

https://soundcloud.com/klashingblack

https://twitter.com/KlashingBlack

 

 

Andrew Toy

Andrew Toy is a session drummer/percussionist and solo performer based in the Washington DC area. He uses percussion as the starting point for composition and sonic exploration. Using live production techniques, Andrew twists, distorts, and re-arranges the sound of the drums to create soundscapes that are at times cinematic and introspective, at other times intense and driving. By re-imagining the process that music is typically created, Andrew has crafted a sound that is inspired by IDM, minimalism, ambient, post-rock, and experimental music, yet has a life of its own.

 

 

Andrew's Info

https://www.andrewtoy.net/

See Andrew

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcRar-_yl6QoWZNNvPD1xTQ

Hear Guardrails 

https://open.spotify.com/album/7z8xUJUnwDDUkps6IXcqEw?si=zk2QKPGsRFudMsm1j29SKQ

https://www.facebook.com/atoydrummer