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The Starving Weirdos are doing their first euro tour- here are the dates thus far:UK leg12th---London, The Dome w/Deerhunter and Seabear13th---tba14th---tba15th---tba16th---Glasgow, 13th Note w/Vodka Soap, Nackt Insecten, and Single Helix17th---tba18th---London. Barden's Boudoir w/some rad bandsNetherlands/Belgium stretch20th---ZXZW festival, Tillburg21th---Amsterdam, Occii w/ Religious Knives, Nackt Insecten and GalaDrop22nd--Den Haag, Helbaard w/Burial Hex23rd---Amsterdam, VPRO session24th---tba25th---tba26th---Brussels, Bunker w/LSD March and Ignatz

I made a musique[machine]group at Last.fm, feel free to join.

This year Belgium's avantgarde mavericks celebrate the tenth anniversary of the annual (K-RAA-K)³ Festival. This year another daring program is compiled with artists like Marshall Allen, Bardo Pond, Cherry Blossoms as well as local funeral folk hero Hellvete. As usual also several films will be shown, like Luc Ferrari Devant Sa Tautologie. Take note this year it will not be in Hasselt, but in the country's capital Brussels. Tickets for the event on March 1st (starts at 2 p.m.) are € 22,-.

Roberto Opalio's(one half of My Cat is an Alien) solo art exhibition, 'Frammenti Cosmici', will open on October 19th at Zuni art space in Ferrara, Italy. The gallery will show new Roberto's SPACE-ART paintings, drawings, installations, photos, art-edition records, and videos. On the occasion of the opening the artist will make a special soloist audio visual live performance.Friday October 19th / Sunday November 11th 2007Roberto Opalio - FRAMMENTI COSMICI -curated by Silvia MeneghiniZuni - Ferrara (IT)OPENING LIVE PERFORMANCE Friday October 19th, h.19:00http://www.zuni.it

Benni Hemm Hemm Icelandic popsters - a cross between sufjan stevens and sigur ros will be playing two London datesSunday may 20thBardens Bodudoir,38 - 44 Stoke Newington Road, London, N16 7XJMonday May 21stCatchtech22 Kingsland Road, London E2 8DA£5 on the door

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Tom Waits

Tom Waits will release a CD called Orphans, due out for 21 November. The three CD's called Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards will contain coversongs and material made for film and theaterproductions, 'rough and tender tunes', according to Waits.

First Lord Petrus decided to resurrect Carnivore, now I hear the Crumbsuckers will reunite for a Life Of Dreams, 20th Anniversary Show.

Anathema

Anathema have decided (or were forced by circumstances) to try it without a recordcompany. They offer a song called Everything for download and ask to donate in return, to pay for the recordings of more music, which will be offered for download in the future.

Les Claypool

Primus-bassplayer Les Claypool did his version of the classic rockumentary Spinal Tap called Electric Apricot.

Legendary surrealist experimental act Nurse With Wound have announced their first live dates in over twenty years to take place at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco on 16th & 17th June. Tickets for this event are on sale at www.musichallsf.com. Although previous dates in the US have been cancelled there are high hopes that these ones will go the distance.

Scott Walker

Scott Walker has finished recording the followup to his album Tilt from 1995. It's called The Drift and will be released by 4AD in March.

Not to ruin anyone's holidays, but free improv pioneer Derek Bailey has passed away December 25th. He had been diagnosed with a sclerosis apparently in March 2004, when he stopped playing in Barcelona. The carpal tunnel syndrome was just the first manifestation of the degenerative illness.

Uffe Cederlund has parted ways with Entombed, according to the band's official statement the split with the guitarist has been amicable and will be definite. Entombed will continue as a four-piece.

Buckethead

While many were still waiting for the new Praxis, Buckethead also announced his new solo-album Enter The Chicken which will be released on Serjical Strike, the label run by System Of A Down singer Serj Tankian. Serj will contribute to both albums. In the meanwhile Buckethead keeps on releasing Cornbugs with his buddy Choptop: Skeleton Farm can be pre-ordered already. The whereabouts of the Secret Recipe DVD remains, well... a secret.

Antony and the Johnsons have won the UKs prestigous Mercury music award for their album I am a bird now. Anthony picks up a cheque for £20,000 and said on picking up the award “I think they must have made a mistake, It's kind of like a crazy contest between an orange and a spaceship and a potted plant and a spoon - which one do you like better?" Well done Antony.

Blues great R.L. Burnside has died in a Memphis hospital at the age of 78.

On 22nd August 2005 French avant-garde composer Luc Ferrari passed away. He was a seminal member of the French school of Musique Concrete and pioneered many of the sound art and field recording techniques that are in use in today’s modern music. His album Cellule 75 is reviewed here at MM.

VOIVOD guitarist Denis "Piggy" D'Amour passed away Friday night (August 26) at approximately 11:45 p.m. due to complications from advanced colon cancer — so advanced that the disease had spread to his liver. D'Amour slipped into a coma Thursday night and died less than 24 hours later in the palliative care unit of a Montreal hospital, surrounded by family and friends. He was 45 years old.

Sad news: Robert Moog died at 71, only a few months after brain cancer was diagnosed.

Preceding the release of Dengue Fever's second full-length album Escape From Dragon House a 'digi EP' is made available through iTunes.

New Kingdom

It's old news, but the official site seemed rather dead, but that turned out quite deceptive as I just found out that it has been reported in March already that New Kingdom is in fact alive! Now that's some great news!

Farmers Market

Rumoured for quite some time, but now it seems official: country 'n' eastern heroes Farmers Market signed to Ipecac who will release their fourth album.