Martin Savage Gang Italian tourdates updated!

Yass!
18/01 FRI - Arci Dallo' - Castiglione delle Stiviere (MN)
19/01 SAT - Fanfulla - Roma
20/01 SUN - Available
21/01 MON - Spectre Club - Bucine (AR)
22/01 TUE - Available
23/01 WED - TBA - Cesena
24/01 THU - Jack the Ripper - Verona
25/01 FRI - Ex Fila - Firenze
26/01 SAT - Taun - Fidenza (PR)
27/01 SUN - Atomic Waste - Milano

MERRY X-MAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Martin Savage Gang on Facebook!

Simon made a Facebook-page for the Gang!! Get in there and like it!!!

Martin Savage Sampler

For the upcoming Martin Savage Gang italian tour I put together a sampler of Martin Savage hits (that we're gonna do live). Just follow the link and enjoy!!

Photo: Annika Berglund (http://annikaberglund.tumblr.com/)

Logo: Simon Ferner (http://zoomainenzombie.blogg.se/)

Download

Tracks:

1. Black Lips (the Humans. From 7" on Ken Rock Records)
2. I'll Be Gone (Murder By Guitar. From 7" on Alien Snatch)
3. Subway Man (Murder By Guitar. Previously unreleased)
4. Tracy (Murder By Guitar. From On Parade LP on Sounds Of Subterrania)
5. Still Dreamin' (Murder By Guitar. From MGB LP on Jeet Kune)
6. I'm A Rocket (Tokyo Knives. From 7" on Wrench)
7. Stockholm City (Dixie Buzzards. From 7" on Valentina Records)
8. Tell Her (Locomotions. From 7" on Savage and LP on Alien Snatch)
9. Too Cool For You (Locomotions. Unreleased version)
10. Leave Me Alone (Playmobils. From International Lifestyle LP on P.Trash)
11. Shake That Monkey (Same as above. Song originally by Dixie Buzzards)
12. I Gotta Go Now (the Blacks. From 7" on Savage)

Martin Savage Gang

Yeah, I've got a new band. We're going on tour in Italy in january and these are the shows so far
January
18 - Arci Dallo´- Castiglione delle Stiviere, Italy
19 - Fanfulla - Roma, Italy
20 - TBA
21 - Spectre Club - Bucine, Italy
22 - TBA
23 - Cesena, Italy
24 - Verona, Italy
25 - TBA
26 - Taun - Fidenza, Italy
27 - TBA

www.otistours.com is doing the booking

We'll be playing hit songs from my prosperous career and besides me on guitar and vocals there's Henrik Appel (of Kilroy and Wild Fangs) on bass and Simon Ferner (of Mind Traps) on drums.

Pictures and sounds hopefully coming soon!

Albert Ayler vs Mats Gustavsson via Don Cherry Duh!

Been diggin' on some Albert Ayler records lately and i just thought i'd let you in on the fun. Got the classic "Spiritual Unity". A repress from 2009 on ESP-disk. Don't know if this is still available on the market. This is the Albert Ayler trio in brainfrying form! Everything from the sleeve to the sound is just so cool and perfet this is bound to be a classic and Ayler's playing is just waaay out. It has a diy punk feeling to it that I love. Tough!  Recorded july 10, 1964.
     Just a few months after recording "Spiritual Unity" the trio hooked up with Don Cherry and recorded the amazing "Vibrations" in Copenhagen. I've been looking for this one for a while and recently scored a reissued copy on Arista from 1975 that was in my price range. "Ghosts" is on both these records but every version of every song is always different coming from Ayler. That's free jazz for ya! Cherry pushing and backing Ayler's saxophone with his trumpet works just great and i'll be damned if this isn't a notch above "Spiritual Unity" sans the great sleeve (cuz this one is ugly).
     In the end of his career Albert Ayler tried to fuse his free jazz with gospel, r'n'b and soul influences. Stuff he's played before riding the jazz train. Out came "New Grass" from 1968 where he plays with an electric band. Weird is just the beginning. When it came out Ayler was accused of selling out but listening to it now I can just see it alienating everyone. Electricity and a horn section and the result is interesting although I'm not sure he succeeded with the idea. It grows on you however and being recorded in the late 60s the sound is great. The saxophone is just growling in your headphones. Toot-a-toot! Wish his freejazz stuff would have had that saxophone sound.

It's time to pick another cherry. 44 years later Don Cherry's stepdaughter Neneh Cherry (do the Buffalo Stance!) record an album with Swedish freejazz/punk saxophoneplayer Mats Gustavssons trio the Thing as the Cherry Thing. And what does that have to do with "New Grass"? Well, here comes a fusion (brrrr... hate that word) of freejazz and, for lack of a better description, popular music. And to tell you the truth it works a lot better this time. They run through some originals and covers of Ornette Coleman, the Stooges, Suicide, don Cherry and a couple of others I'm not familiar with. I love this album, especially the beginning of it. The way Mats Gustavsson plays riffs with his saxophone is totally inspiring. This is a world that can do with less virtuosic workout. The version of Suicides "Dream Baby  Dream" hits you right in the heart. I've heard some music from the Thing before and seen them live wich is a very intense experience but this record is where they really matter. a brave move for Neneh Cherry too and she comes out as the winner.

Listen and download on bandcamp!

Yes, we've got a bandcamp page now so you can listen and download. Check it out here: www.humanaudio.bandcamp.com

Figures Of Light "Drop Dead"

I'm planning on posting some reviews and musical writings here and this revew of the Figures Of Light is the first one. Enjoy.

FIGURES OF LIGHT

”Drop Dead” (Norton Records)

The world found out about the Figures Of Light a few years ago when Norton reissued their debut 7” from 1972. A proto-punk garage gem that had been hidden from the world for ages. Then the band released a whole LP with material including that first 7”, some other vintage recordings  mixed with new stuff. I’m sure there were more people than me who didn’t believe the new stuff would cut it but it actually sounded great and not at all different from the 70’s recordings. So now, here’s the first album with all new recordings and it’s definitely a more cohesive record than the first one. Produced by Mick Collins (Gories, Dirtbombs) and the band is backed up by Collins och guitar, Miriam Linna (Cramps, A-bones) on drums and Marcus ”The Carcass”  Natale on bass. The team crank out some really cool primitive garage punk. Mick Collins gets the sound just right and his guitar really lift the songs. The Figures Of Light really know what was good about their music in the first place and don’t try to complicate things that are best left simple and primal. The stanout track to me is definitely ”World Of Pain” where they get a nasty repetitious Cheater Slicks vibe going. My only complaints is that sometimes the songs tend to drag out for a bit too long and they could have easily skipped a couple of tracks to get a more solid whole I think. That’s just small stuff though because it’s a really good album and people who dig that primal garage thud should definitely check it out. -Martin
Check out my interview with the Figures Of Light here:
http://www.savagemagazine.com/magazine/foliview/

New 7" EPs by Strawberry Savage and Murder By Guitar are out now! Check out these hot new videos and order them from the shop!!!

Finally new records on Human Audio!

We got two new 7" EPs coming out in about one month with Strawberry Savage and the final release by Murder By Guitar. More info soon...