by BBG

Wovenhand at Knitting Factory (more by Greg Cristman)

Though tickets for both Swans/Sir Richard Bishop shows are still available, the second night got a little more attractive with the addition of a third act - David Eugene Edwards, aka Wovenhand has been added to the bill! Wovenhand, who will also open for Swans in Boston on 9/29, will join the already awesome show on 9/28. The 9/27 will reportedly not get any extra bands. Get your tickets for either 9/27 or 9/28, or both. All Swans dates HERE.

photos by Stefan Raduta, words by BBG

Godflesh

Coachella isn't the only heavyweight festival going on this weekend... Roadburn 2011 is in full swing over in Holland. It kicked off on Thursday April 14th, and pictures from that first day in are in this post. They include Alcest, Godflesh (who played all of Streetcleaner), Soilent Green, Year of No Light, Winterfylleth, Pentagram, Wovenhand, Ghost (who are headed to the states soon), Circle, Wardruna, and more. They continue, with some videos too, below...

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photos by Tim Griffin, words by BBG

Slim Cessna's Auto Club at Spiderhouse, March 2010

Directly after the great Dub Trio teams up with CSC Funk Band, alt-country gothabilly band Slim Cessna's Auto Club play the late show at Mercury Lounge TONIGHT (11/10) with The Lingering Doubts. Tickets are still available for both the Dub Trio and the Slim Cessna show. Slim Cessna's appearance is part of a tour of the Northeast that will include Brighton Bar in Long Branch, NJ tomorrow, 11/11 (where Dex Romweber Duo play tonight).

Slim Cessna's Auto Club played the BrooklynVegan/AnSo day party at Spiderhouse in Austin this year, where these belated pics originate from. Check out more below.

Slim Cessna's Auto Club contains members of Delta 72, 16Horsepower, and Wovenhand. Wovenhand recently announced their participation in Roadburn 2011. Roadburn has also added a gang of other awesome additions in the past week or so, including Voivod (who also played a BV party this year), Rwake, Ludicra, Shrinebuilder (who were supposed to play last year, but played NYC instead), Liturgy, Black Mountain (who just played NYC with Black Angels), Cough (who just played the BV-BBG CMJ showcase), and Yob, who will play The Unreal Never Lived in it's entirety! Full lineup is below.

Speaking of Liturgy, the band recently signed with Thrill Jockey Records and will play Acheron on Dec 3rd with Orphan, Dope Body, and Elks. The show will celebrate Orphan and Dope Body's recent split release on Black Tent Press, pick it up. Liturgy are currently on tour, dig on dates below.

Cough and Naam (both of which will be hitting Roadburn) are scheduled to play The Charleston on 12/11 for a BrooklynVegan presented show with Batillus and new addition Sea of Bones. Congrats to Batillus, who recently signed to Seventh Rule for their new and Sanford-Parker-produced LP Furnace. Look for it next year and look for their tour dates below.

More of those Slim Cessna pics, and all tour dates are below.

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photos by Greg Cristman, words by BBG

Wovenhand

I will never again underestimate a Norwegian psychedelic/punk/shoegaze band. The quintet's jackhammer volume was enough to drown out even the odious gaggle of industry back-slappers talking next to the stage...

Headbanded singer Emil Nikolaisen offset his Liam Gallagher sneer with a gleefully destructive sense of showmanship. Midway through a glorious finale built upon a single riff that could have gone on for an hour without exhausting itself, Nikolaisen freaked out, nearly destroying his guitar while he assaulted a monitor with such enthusiasm that the crowd jumped back from the stage...

This was perhaps not the best prelude to Wovenhand's sombre mysticism. David Eugene Edwards is a mesmerizing presence with a granite-carved voice. But whether it was the lingering effect of his tourmates' liberation or a set list that -- at least based on the first 40 minutes -- was far more tension than release, the performance was more claustrophobic and less freeing than his appearance at La Sala Rossa during last year's Pop. -[Montreal Gazette]

The trek is ongoing, closing in New Mexico next weekend. Following that Wovenhand will embark on a European tour of their own in late November that will stretch until middle December, before David Eugene Edwards takes his band back across the pond to play Roadburn 2011, joining an already jaw-dropping lineup of Circle (!!!) and Pharaoh Overlord, Winterfylleth, "heavy 70s legends" Incredible Hog, Year of No Light, Pentagram (now with 100% more Victor Griffin), Soilent Green, Alcest, In Solitude, Ghost, Blood Ceremony, sunn O))), Place of Skulls, and oh, did I mention? Swans.

More pictures from Knitting Factory, where they played with Apse and K-X-P, are below.

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by BBG

DOWNLOAD: Serena Maneesh - I Just Want To See Your Face (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Wovenhand - His Rest (MP3)

Wovenhand (pic by Erwin Verstappen)

Nary a piece on the great Wovenhand goes by without mentioning mastermind David Eugene Edwards' Christian faith. It's an underlying theme that permeates through his riveting work, but doesn't dominate in style and theme like most conventional "worship music". Wovenhand recently landed a slot supporting metal powerhouses Tool; they're just that damn powerful.

And now Wovenhand will hit the road with a wholly (and holy?) different but nonetheless awesome band, Serena Maneesh, for a string of dates which includes an NYC show at Knitting Factory on October 4th. Tickets are on sale. Full dates are below.

Serena Maneesh welcomed their new album No. 2: Abyss in B Minor earlier this year, and....

August 12th will mark the U.S. release of a split 12" single with Toronto's Fucked Up on the Norwegian and Canadian label Best Of Both Records. This will be a limited edition release, with only 1,000 copies being pressed. The Serena-Maneesh side is a 7 minute song called "Opium Priest" and the Fucked Up side is a song called "Here Lies Are"

Tour dates and some video below...

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The lineup is coming together for Pop Montreal 2009 (September 30th to October 4th). Confirmed acts include Butthole Surfers, Fever Ray, Dinosaur Jr., Lou Barlow + The Missingmen, Loudon Wainwright III, Teenage Jesus & the Jerks, Thee Oh Sees, tUnE-YaRdS, to name a few.

Those interesting choices (like Lou Barlow with some configuration of Mike Watt's band?) are just part of the fest's usually-strong lineup. Full lineup so far, below...

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by Black Bubblegum

DOWNLOAD: Wovenhand - "Kicking Bird" (MP3)

The haunting Wovenhand has arrived, floating in to play the first of two shows with Silver Summit & Beat Circus... tommorrow (10/15) at the Middle East in Cambridge, MA and TONIGHT (10/14) at Knitting Factory! (Tickets are still available).

Primarily a solo vehicle for ex-16 Horsepower frontman David Eugene Edwards, Wovenhand is touring as a three piece with Pascal Humbert (bass, also ex-16 Horsepower) and Ordy Garrison (drums) along for the ride. The band recently dropped the Danielson-produced Ten Stones in early September via Danielson's imprint, Sounds Familyre. Check out the tribal rocker "Kicking Bird" from Ten Stones available for download above.

Danielson will be in town on Halloween, also at the Knitting Factory. Tickets are still available.

Wovenhand recently made an appearance at NPR for All Songs Considered, and played the Made Festival in Umeå, Sweden. Check out a video from that show as well as Wovenhand's full tour schedule below...

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