Norwegian pianist Ketil Bjornstad fronts all star band including Eivind Aarset, Arild Andersen, Per Lindvall and Andy Sheppard. The group tours the UK in March and plays Edinburgh's Queens Hall on the 21st.
Toronto's Broken Social Scene tour their accessible brand of at.rock experimentalism in the uk in Feb. Playing Glasgow's Art School on the 17th.
Skaters, Axolotl, Inca Ore, Astral Social Club (Neil Campbell w/Tirath Singh, Nirmala and Richard Youngs)
Friday April 21st:
Burning Star Core, Prurient, Jessica Rylan
Saturday April 22nd:
Smegma, Joe McPhee & Chris Corsano Duo, Mouthus, Hive Mind, Aaron Dilloway
Saturday 22nd will also feature a special film programme including screenings of the newAlbert Ayler documentary My Name Is Albert Ayler, co-presented by The Wire and a new avant/punk/DIY USA documentary hosted by Mike from Smegma and featuring footage of LAFMS, early Fred Cole, Wipers "and a whole buncha righteous no-counts".
Tropicalia "a major festival of art, music, film, theatre and dance celebrating Tropicalia (the cultural revolution that re-defined Brazilian art, music and fashion in the 1960s and beyond)" takes place at London's Barbican Centre from 13th Feb - 22nd May.
More noise and blither from Volcanic Tongue in the next few weeks:
Ashtray Navigations (line up of Phil Todd, Mel Delaney & Ben Reynolds), Directing Hand (unaccompanied vocal for first half/joined by Phil Todd and Raymond MacDonald for second half)
Lanterns and D. Abraham Turner will perform at Glasgow's 13th Note Café on Saturday 14th.
Yellow Swans and Taurpis Tula appear at Glasgow's Stereo on Feb 7th
Zaimph and Heather Leigh will be touring the UK from 1-7 March