Row Knows

Hopefully you dug the stuff from yesterday. If not, this may be a bit rough for you. If so, this still may be a bit rough for you.

On 1996-12-30 Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth) and Nels Cline played a one-off,in-store performance @ Rhino Records in Westwood, CA. The whole thing ran short of an hour and it’s one, long improvisation. Today, we have three clips from that performance.

Part 1:

Part 2:

Part 3:

That very same day they recorded their album Pillow Wand which is similar in the respect that it is a lengthy improvisation… but is actually a bit more at ease. And yes, the performance @ Rhino was released on a small indie label and is, at times, referred to as a bootleg and sold for a lot of money. (Via google, I found it for $92. Ouch.)

Oh, and just so you guys don’t think I’ve gone totally bonkers with noise rock, here’s some sweet music from another of my new favorite bands, Rilo Kiley. This is a captured web-stream of a Live, In-Studio performance of their songs, “Does He Love You” and “It Just Is.” The video is not really well synced but the audio is great (for what it is.)

I absolutely adore that first song, “Does He Love You.” I’m not even sure what it is but it hooks me something strong.

More on them soon.