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:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNS30RW9p6Q[/youtube]

Part 2:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_qJIdHtONU[/youtube]

Part 3:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cl18yqc6uk[/youtube]

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.)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8yVIqWPfKI[/youtube]

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.

The two things I learned at Bonnaroo this year are that I love the Scott Amendola Band and that Nels Cline is one of my favorite guitarists. This happened during a late night set in the Blue Note sponsored Somethin’ Else tent. The tent was tricked out like a dark jazz club with large round tables and air conditioning and table service for your beverage needs. (I know a/c and waitresses don’t sound special but, remember this was at a massive 4-day outdoor festival. This was practically luxurious.)

So this band features Scott Amendola on drums (he’s played with a ton of folks from Nora Jones to Charlie Hunter to Phil Lesh to Pat Martino) and John Shifflett on bass. Both were amazing.

The mesmerizing Jenny Scheinman on violin. (I sat directly in front of her so, she dominated my perspective as you can see below.)

And, of course, the previously mentioned Nels Cline. This guy just blows me away in his work with Wilco, Scott Amendola Band and his own solo projects.

Anyway, today I found this video clip of the show. Check it out below. If you really like it, you can grab the whole thing on bt.etree.

[googlevideo]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5134920472511192120[/googlevideo]

Well, It’s June 1st and that means the Bonnaroo Fest is just around the corner. 13 days 3 hours… and counting, actually. This year I’m actually going.My ticket arrived yesterday

And well, this is going to be a good time.

I’ll be back soon to tell you more!