Ok people, it's been a little while so a few things I wish to mention so hopefully I wont take up too much of your time.

Well last night despite locking myself out the house and taking an unexpected day off as a result was pretty good fun - it was open mic down the Fawcett, my good friend Marsha decided to at the last minute step up for her live singing debut and took to the mic with myself on acoustic guitar along with Nick (Cool Bananna, Spiral Architects, Self Inflicted) on the tenor sax and Paul (Spiral Architects) on conga drum part way through. We played a very short improv set of a bluesy nature and it seemed to go ok so hopefully we can try again another time!

Spiral Architects have also been asked last minute to support Self Inflicted tomorrow night (3rd July) again at the Fawcett. We're planning on playing pretty much all our set I believe, and the last time we did so was the post-solstice party recently to a pub full of people who hadnt slept since arriving back from the previous nights antics up at stone hendge, this also included five of the band. Bizarely from what I can gather we seemed to play really well, for the most part, without the sleep deprived passing out which was a bonus. There is a recording so will advise once available for your listening (dis)pleasure.

More music this weekend also comes in the form of a day on the farm with Neil Young, which I will be attending and is mentioned elsewhere on these pages. Neil Young recently has been playing in the region of 2.5 hour sets combining both acoustic and electric performances, so along with an eclectic mix of other bands playing (Primal Scream, Guillemots, Supergrass, Rufus Wainright and more) it should be a great mini-festival.

The recently attended Ministry gig was, although really good, some what lacking in the cross section of all there material as originally billed - instead focusing mainly on the last three anti-Bush driven albums before ending on the classic NWO. The encore should in my mind pulled out the bag some old school Ministry but instead was a number of covers including What a Wonderful World (which lets face it no-one is ever going to do better than Joey Ramones version!). So fairwell to Ministry.

New music...

Aidan Moffat has released an amazingly depressing yet beautiful album in the form of I Can Hear Your Heart. It's a short story, which you have to read the accompanying book in order to set the scene for the spoken word audio disc. It really is amazing, the guy (who for ten years wrote and performed as one half of scottish miserablists Arab Strab) is a genius and as he is also working on a project with Stuart Braithwaite from Mogwai there can only be more in the pipeline.

I had a copy of No Age passed onto me recently too, they are a great band whom prove you can judge some things on appearances. The cd artwork contains lots of old metal bands albums on tape (remember cassettes kids?) and although not a metal band themselves the rawness and catchy riffs make this an album that I haven't got bored of listening to.

Will Oldam has also released a beautiful masterpiece in Lie Down the Light, again under the guise of Bonnie "Prince" Billy this album provides very stripped down songs yet you almost hear something different with each listen.

Sigur Ros have a new album out, which I can't believe I haven't bought yet... I do believe however it will be damn good. It contains their first track sung in English and is produced by either Flood or Youth (I always get those two confused).

Any way, before I start reviewing albums I am yet to purchase I will sign off.

Peace, love, unity.
Mr Teeth