In a very busy week for live events in Athens, we had the opportunity to attend last Sunday night a solo performance by Howe Gelb at Faust Club, where the leader of Giant Sand with the help of an old guitar and a piano presented us songs and shared stories from all of his amazing career so far, and on Thursday evening we were at the moving tribute to Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' album "No More Shall We Part" by a select group of musicians including Jim Sclavunos, Eleanor Friedberger, Stef Kamil Carlens (Zita Swoon, dEUS), Illegal Operation with Etten and The Callas at the patio of The Benaki Museum, an event which was the audio part of Stefanos Rokos' exhibition of paintings inspired by Nick Cave's 2001 album. Check out below photos and videos from the two events:
Howe Gelb @ Faust (Athens, May 5th, 2019)
Howe Gelb - Shiver (live @ Faust, May 5th, 2019)
No More Shall We Part: The Concert @ Benaki Museum (Athens, May 9th, 2019)
Eleanor Friedberger with Jim Sclavunos
Eleanor Friedberger
Jim Sclavunos with Illegal Operation
Etten with Illegal Operation
Stef Kamil Carlens
Eleanor Friedberger with Jim Sclavunos - God is in the House (No More Shall We Part: The Concert, live @ Benaki Museum, May 9th, 2019)
Roundup of the most interesting new releases of April 2019, including several Record Store Day exclusives that stood out:
Albums
FONTAINES D.C. - Dogrel PRIESTS - The Seduction Of Kansas ALDOUS HARDING - Designer FAT WHITE FAMILY - Serfs Up! JOSEFIN OHRN AND THE LIBERATION - Sacred Dreams WEYES BLOOD - Titanic Rising KEVIN MORBY - Oh My God THE FLAMING LIPS - King's Mouth KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD - Fishing for Fishies GUIDED BY VOICES - Warp and Woof WAND - Laughing Matter THE PROPER ORNAMENTS - 6 Lenins IDLEWILD - Interview Music SLEEPER - The Modern Age STEALING SHEEP - Big Wows ELVA - Winter Sun LOCAL NATIVES - Violet Street PETER DOHERTY AND THE PUTA MADRES - Peter Doherty and the Puta Madres THE MEKONS - Deserted CRAIG FINN - I Need A New War BAND OF SKULLS - Love Is All You Love ART BRUT / WE ARE SCIENTISTS - Wasabi THE DRUMS - Brutalism MARTHA - Love Keeps Kicking SKINNY GIRL DIET - Ideal Woman WITCHING WAVES - Persistence COWBOY FLYING SAUCER - Travel Lodge W H LUNG - Incidental Music DRUGDEALER - Raw Honey SOAK - Grim Town ROSE ELINOR DOUGALL - A New Illusion MARISSA NADLER AND STEPHEN BRODSKY - Droneflower THE MOUNTAIN GOATS - In League with Dragons FOXYGEN - Seeing Other People THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS - No Geography BIBIO - Ribbons GANG OF FOUR - Happy Now JEFF TWEEDY - Warmer DAMIEN JURADO - In The Shape Of A Storm JOSH RITTER - Fever Breaks CHRIS FORSYTH - All Time Present THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH - I Love You. It’s a Fever Dream. THE LEISURE SOCIETY - Arrivals and Departures SUNN O))) - Life Metal CAGE THE ELEPHANT - Social Cues SCHOOLBOY Q - CrasH Talk ANDERSON .PAAK - Ventura JACK WATERSON - Adrian Younge presents Jack Waterson HANNAH COHEN - Welcome Home HEATHER WOODS BRODERICK - Invitation ROZI PLAIN - What a Boost MAMMOTH PENGUINS - There Is No Fight We Can’t Both Win CONTROL TOP - Covert Contracts REPTALIENS - Vails THE ROCKINGBIRDS - More Rockingbirds THE MINUS 5 - Stroke Manor BIG BUSINESS - The Beast You Are OTOBOKE BEAVER - Itekoma Hits GENESIS BREYER P-ORRIDGE AND CARL ABRAHAMSSON - Loyalty Does Not End With Death VARIOUS ARTISTS - Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records
THE SPECIALS - 10 Commandments / You're Wondering Now ELVIS COSTELLO - Purse IDLES - Meat EP / Meta EP BAD RELIGION - My Sanity / Chaos From Within MEATRAFFLE / MADONNATRON - Bella Ciao / Brigante Se Mor MOURN / CHASTITY - Sun DIALECT / TALKBOY - In My Zone / Wasting Time STRAIGHT ARROWS - Another Day in the City SHIT GIRLFRIEND - Dress Like Cher CARLA DAL FORNO - So Much Better JESSIE WARE - Adore You / Overtime ALL WE ARE & ALEX KAPRANOS - Heart Attack PHENOMENAL HANDCLAP BAND - Jail THE SUNDOWNERS - Ancient Cares / Pig Pen Blues, Stinkeye SAINT ETIENNE - Saturday Boy JAH WOBBLE - The Electro Dub Extravaganza EP TVAM - No Silver Bird / Narcissus (Tunng Remix) TALK SHOW - Fast and Loud DANA GAVANSKI - One By One THE LEISURE SOCIETY - I'll Pay For It Now (featuring Brian Eno)
