The show bill called Memorials “The UK’s finest psych Prog Folk Electronic Duo”. Any of those identifiers is accurate, but so are all of them. Hailing from Canterbury, there is certainly a nod to that town’s glorious Prog past, but with so much more on top. The idea of “Soft Machine meets Stereolab” isn’t inaccurate; it’s just reductive. It was Memorials third time at Tubby’s this year, and at least half the room was people who had been at one or both of the previous shows. That should tell you something.

Their new record, “All Clouds Bring Not Rain,” is beautiful and filled with strong songs and what sounds like a million instances of studio trickery layered on top. Going in, I was curious how they would manage all of those overdubs and effects live with just two people. After seeing and hearing it happen, I’m honestly still not sure how they pulled it off. Verity and Matthew each seemed to be doing 3 peoples jobs up there. 

The set started with a short Winged Wheel Duo set of Will and Cory, who were eventually joined by Memorials. I’ve included their intro jam as track one, but things really heated up the second Bell Miner began, and the crowd was treated to Verity’s commanding vocals and Matthew playing one of the best-sounding snare drums I’ve heard all year.

As a Duo, they created such a tremendous amount of sound that it was difficult, on occasion, to tell what was live and what was sampled. The marriage of electronics and sampled material, with the raw emotion they exhibited on stage was really breathtaking. It seems impossible that something as intimate and vulnerable as “Wildly Remote” can exist side by side with the Motrik psych of “Dropped Down the Well,” but it does, and, like I said, I’m honestly still not sure how they pull it off.

I recorded this from the regular spot by the soundboard with the MK22’s and a stellar board feed from FOH engineer Kyle, who had the room sounding great all night.  Memorials have a few more US dates left before heading home from some UK dates.  Don’t miss them!

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Memorials
2026-09-06
Tubby’s
Kingston, NY

Source: Scheops MK22 > KCY > PFA + SDB > SD MixPre 3 > SD (24/48) > Adobe Audition/Izotope 9 > Audacity Flac (lvl8) > Mp3Tag

Thanks to Tubby’s FOH engineer, Kyle, for the board patch!

Recorded and produced by kliked for nyctaper.com

1. Memorial Wing Jam*
2. Bell Miner
3. Cut It Like A Diamond
4. Wildly Remote
5. I Can’t See A Rainbow
6. In The Weeds
7. Cut Glass Hammer
8. Acceptable Experience
9. Reimagined River
10. Lemon Trees
11. Mediocre Demon
12. Dropped Down the Well
13. Life Could Be A Cloud
14. Holy Invisible

• with Will and Cory from Winged Wheel

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Not many bands can brag that Mudhoney covered one of their songs on record. But Cheater Slicks, who have been no-so-quietly slinging garage-sludge tunes since the late 80s, reached immortality in 1998 when Mudhoney covered “Ghost” on Tomorrow Hit Today. Now approaching 40 years as a band, they’re still going at it full-throttle. I confess they’ve only recently come on my radar and I was excited to catch them at Tubby’s a couple weeks back. Of course, “Ghost” was played as were some newer tunes like last year’s “I Am Low.” Show-opener “Apocalypse” hails from the late 90’s (a Y2K premonition perhaps) but is all too punishingly relevant. The band just wrapped up touring, but follow them on Instagram for notice of future action.

Check the Cheater Slicks Bandcamp page for a ton more music!

I recorded this from our usual location at Tubby’s, with a stereo board feed courtesy of FOH Kyle. The sound is excellent. Enjoy!

Stream and download at the Live Music Archive

Cheater Slicks
2026-08-05
Tubby's
Kingston, NY

Recorded and produced by Eric PH for nyctaper.com

Soundboard (engineer: Kyle) + MBHO KA200N/603A > Naiant PFA >> Sound Devices MixPre-6 > WAV (24/48) > Adobe Audition CC + Izotope Ozone 5 > Audacity 2.4.2 > FLAC

Tracks [56:33]
01. Apocalypse
02. No 4
03. Erotic Woman
04. Refried Dreams
05. Ghost
06. Feel Free
07. I Am Low
08. Think I'm Coming Down
09. My Little Red Book
10. Stop Breeding
11. Mystery Ship
12. Crackin' Up
13. Murder

Our coverage of Sunburned Hand of the Man shows now spans almost twelve years—a small fraction of the band’s thirty-plus years spent freaking out anyone who may have wandered into a show unprepared. In that time, we’ve seen many iterations of the band, the personnel being as mutable at the performances themselves. Sunburned Hand of the Man are like Theseus’ ship, whatever pieces you exchange it’s always different and always the same (paging John Peel). This latest stop at Tubby’s features Shannon Ketch (vocals/sax/keyboards), Rob Thomas (bass), Mark Perretta (guitar), Matt Krefting (keyboards/vocals), and Ian St George (drums). Band mainstays or newcomers, the group draws deep from the Sunburned well for this performance of acid-psych free verse, dispatches from inner-space. Listen close enough and you may fall in.

Visit the Sunburned Hand of the Man Bandcamp page for your fix.

I recorded this from our usual location at Tubby’s, room mics combined with a board feed from FOH Kyle. The sound is excellent. Enjoy!

Stream and download at the Live Music Archive.

Sunburned Hand of the Man
2026-08-05
Tubby's
Kingston, NY

Recorded and produced by Eric PH for nyctaper.com

Soundboard (engineer: Kyle) + MBHO KA200N/603A > Naiant PFA >> Sound Devices MixPre-6 > WAV (24/48) > Adobe Audition CC + Izotope Ozone 5 > Audacity 2.4.2 > FLAC

Tracks [35:50]
01. Live at Tubby's 2026-08-05

Shannon Ketch- vocals sax keyboards 
Rob Thomas- bass
Mark Perretta- guitar 
Matt Krefting- keyboards vocals
Ian St George- drums

One of my least favorite things about being the “music guy” in various circles is when I have to try to explain what something sounds like. When you talk with other obsessives, it’s easier; you can talk about specific moments on obscure records or eras of labels to evoke an idea or feeling. But for people without that vocabulary, I generally find myself trying to lean on broad terms or genres, and it always feels like I’m short-changing someone’s vision. Portland’s Silver Triplets of the Rio Hondo seem to recognize this problem and have saved me the hassle by referring to themselves as “ranch house exotica” or “Sci-fi roadhouse for dissociatives.” Both of which feel accurate. 

I was unfamiliar with this band prior to looking over Tubby’s schedule for June. It took all of about 45 seconds of previewing their 2022 record, “Luminous Dial” to know I wanted to catch this show. The listener is immediately dropped into a very stylized and psychedelic version of a western film score. The recordings have the required drench of reverb but are made all the more interesting with curious samples and found sounds that seem to come from nowhere and everywhere and make for a very enjoyable headphone ride. 

The live show was similar. Reverb-soaked vocals courtesy of William Slater that invoke the spookiest version of Mexican poncho-wearing Clint Eastwood backed with Christopher Cook’s superb Tele playing. Big shout out to drummer Haven Multz Matthews for keeping the train on the tracks; there is a lot going on in these songs, and with no traditional rhythm section he is solely responsible for keeping it organized. It’s not easy to have things sound equally appropriate for Bakersfield or a basement avant-garde show. 

The Triplets mentioned they have new studio material on the horizon. You can get a taste via the lead single “Your Love” at their Bandcamp, as well as a version played this evening below. And while you’re over at their Bandcamp, why not grab their 2022 debut, “Luminous Dial? Keep an eye on their instagram for updates on the new record! 

I recorded this front eh usual spot in the back with the Scheops MK22’s and board feed from FOH engineer Wil.  I had to make some decisions while mixing to feature the room mic or the samples which came from the board feed more heavily. My default is always to lean towards the room sound which I did here.  The result is a stronger presence of vocals, drums and telecaster over some of the sampling but overall I think the sound is very good. Enjoy 

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Silver Triplets of The Rio Hondo
2026-06-02
Tubby’s
Kingston, NY

Source: Scheops MK22 > KCY > PFA + SDB > SD MixPre 3 > SD (24/48) > Adobe Audition/Izotope 9 > Audacity Flac (lvl8) > Mp3Tag

Thanks to Tubby’s FOH engineer, Wil Wright, for the board patch!

Recorded and produced by kliked for nyctaper.com

1. Intro
2. Low Rise Flame
3. Diamond teeth
4. Buried in the Sky
5. Polly
6. Your Love
7. The Road
8. Searchin’
9. Dangerous Creeping Moonlight
10. Florida Sharpe
11. Welcome to my World*
12. Silver Sparrow

*written by Winkler/Hathcock

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M. Geddes Gengras is a musical polymath.  Maybe you know him from his time with Akron/Family.  Or maybe from his work with The Congos. Or maybe you’ve seen him DJing. Or maybe…you get the idea.  He is always around doing something. But tonight we got to see him just be Ged.

This show was the release party for his excellent new record “Guest List” which was just released on the also excellent Hausu Mountain records. This album finds Ged accepting the role of “leader” in as much as anything this cosmic can be led.  A stacked line up of musicians take Ged’s compositions and filter it through their own lens before being fully assembled, and synthesized, by Ged himself. The result is a deeply personal excursion through all realms of psychedelic music.

For the live show he assembled a serious wrecking crew of Hudson Valley regulars.  Nick Malken and Ben Seretan on guitar, Jared Ashdown on sax, Otto Hauser and John Thayer on Drums. This ensemble was given extreme freedom to take these compositions to the headiest places possible.  You can find traces of the psychedelic tonal perfection of Tortoise living inside the deep weirdness of a ‘73 “Darkstar” giving way to something that could have been a B side on “ The Orb’s Adventures beyond the Ultraworld”. Like I said, heady shit.  I dare you to make it through “Motore” while maintaining a firm grasp on space and time.

This was recorded from my usual spot by the soundboard with Scheops MK22s and a really great mix by FOH engineer Wil. The separation on the synths is a pretty wild ride with headphones.  Highly recommended. However you listen to it, do it loud!

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M Geddes Gengras
2026-07-02
Tubby’s
Kingston, NY

Source: Scheops MK22 > KCY > PFA + SDB > SD MixPre 3 > SD (24/48) > Adobe Audition/Izotope 9 > Audacity Flac (lvl8) > Mp3Tag

Thanks to Tubby’s FOH engineer, Wil Wright, for the board patch!

Recorded and produced by kliked for nyctaper.com

1. All the Light
2. The List Is Millions Long
3. Motore
4. Little Tonshi
5. “The Weather”
6. In A Silent Way

M. Geddes Gengras – Synths
Ben Seretan – Guitar
Jared Ashdown – Sax
John Thayer – Drums
Nick Malken – Guitar
Otto Hauser – Drums

Record release party for Ged’s new album “Guest List”.

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Picture courtesy of Nico11104

The Messthetics are, in theory, a jazz band.  The center of the band consists of Joe Lally on Bass and Brendan Canty on drums. I’m not going to lean too heavily into the whole Fugazi thing; that’s on you to already know, but I will say that any rhythm section that has operated together for 40 years is serious shit. Rounding out the band, a quintet in this incantation, are Anthony Pirog on guitar and James Brandon Lewis on Sax, both capable of simultaneously summoning Angels and Demons on every note. So while this is, in theory, a jazz band, in reality, it is an absolute monster musical force that you can not avoid.

After some brief housekeeping by Brendan, the set started with “Deface The Currency,” the title track on their new LP (Impulse), where this band’s terrifying force and precision is immediately put on display. Over the course of the evening, we were treated to all the songs from Deface The Currency and several from their previous outing with Lewis, 2024’s aptly titled The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis.

This was not a show that lacked for highlights, but if I had to point out a couple, I’d point out the transition out of “Asthenia” and its build into “Fourth Wall”. By the time Pirog’s guitar solo started, it seemed very plausible that Tubby’s tiny live room might explode. The energy in the room hit genuine nuclear meltdown levels when we were treated with the second face-melting version of Sonny Sharrock’s “Many Manions” of the night.  Two bands, two versions of “Many Mansions.” JFC!

I recorded this from the usual spot in the back with the Schoeps MK22s and an excellent board feed from Tubby’s house engineer, Wil.  The sound quality is excellent.  Play loud!

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The Messthetics
2026-05-04
Tubby’s
Kingston, NY

Source: Scheops MK22 > KCY > PFA + SDB > SD MixPre 3 > SD (24/48) > Adobe Audition/Izotope 9 > Audacity Flac (lvl8) > Mp3Tag

Thanks to Tubby’s FOH engineer, Wil Wright, for the board patch!

Recorded and produced by kliked for nyctaper.com

1. Intro
2. Deface The Currency
3. That Thing
4. 30 Years of Knowing
5. Gestations
6. Emergence
7. Boatly
8. Rules Of The Game
9. Asthenia > Fourth Wall
10. Universal Security
11. Clutch
12. Serpent Tongue (Slight Return)
13. Banter
14. L’Orso
15. Many Mansions *

*Sonny Sharrock

Joe Lally: Bass
Brendan Canty: Drums
Anthony Pirog: Guitars
James Brandon Lewis: Tenor Sax

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I first met Doug Shaw on May 13, 2022, when he played Tubby’s on a bill with Prison and Weak Signal. It takes something special to play solo, introspective acoustic guitar music in a room full of people there to see massive, overdriven, electric guitar music from the likes of Paul Major and Mike Bones. But that’s what this set was, captivating and transporting. He came up to me after the show and asked about getting a copy of the recording. He said he had felt really good on stage and was really happy with the performance, and that he might want to do something with it, so I gave him my email address and never heard from him again.

Eight months later, Doug was back at Tubby’s.  This time, he was opening for Garcia Peoples.  Tom introduced us, and he immediately started talking about the recording from back in May, and I promised to reach out to him again. From that point on, for the rest of the night, Doug was basically my best friend.  It was like we had spent decades hanging out in bars and venues together.

After the show, I gave him my cell phone number. I had a feeling email wasn’t present enough for him, and that the immediacy of text might be more effective. And for the next four months, we exchanged texts – a lot of texts. They were alternatively hilarious, sweet, and frustrating. He was hesitant about releasing it for reasons I didn’t fully understand. I had mixed the set back in May and found it incredibly powerful. There were vague concerns about the amount of reverb on the vocal, whether anyone would listen, and whether it was worth it.

Somewhere in here, I recognized a pattern I’ve known in other artist friends. Undeniable talent that had a hard time getting out of its own way to let people see it. I stuck with it and kept texting him. I even remixed it at least 3 different times and, full disclosure, one of the mixes had no changes, just to see if it mattered.  I don’t remember which version of what mix finally stuck, but on May 5, 2023, he released it as “Sleepy At Tubby’s”.

And then I never heard from Doug again.

In the past few days, as memories of Doug have poured in, I have come to realize that in similar situations with friends I’ve known a long time, I wouldn’t have been as persistent about seeing this recording released.  I would have prompted them a couple of times, then moved on, assuming they were “just not into it”. It saddens me to think of the things the world has been denied just because a friend didn’t try a little harder. 

It’s clear that Doug didn’t lack for people who loved him. But no one is immune to wanting to feel loved.  Maybe I should have sent a random text to say hi or see if he was going to be coming back up to Kingston to play. Maybe I should do that now, with all the people I love who I haven’t spoken to in a while.  Maybe we all should.

The recording below is the set Doug played on January 14, 2023, opening for Garcia Peoples. This is the first time anyone not in the room that night will have heard it.  I present it to all of Doug’s friends and family with love and gratitude for the art he shared with the world, and as a lasting document for future generations to discover.

Safe travels, Doug.

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Doug Shaw
Tubby’s
Kingston, NY
2023-01-14

Source: MBHO 440 + SDB > MixPre3 > SD (24/48) > Adobe Audition/izotope > Audacity > FLAC (lvl8)
Recorded and produced by kliked

Thanks to Tubby’s FOH engineer, Wil, for the patch!

1. Requiem For Rashad
2. Harmonizer > ???
3. Cheated Death/Smoking Ghost
4. The Chalice
5. Apparitions Clear
6. Come Smoke
7. Alliance [Robert Wyatt]

RIP Doug Shaw

Opening for Garcia Peoples

Thanks to Jesse Jarnow and Andy Cush for the setlist help.

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Juma Sultan is a musician, composer, archivist, educator, and proud resident of New York’s Beautiful and Historic Hudson River Valley. He has played with the likes of Pharaoh Sanders, Archie Shepp, and, probably most famously, Jimi Hendrix during the Woodstock concert. On this night, he and his fantastic ensemble were in the back room of Tubby’s as part of Bicycle Day double bill with Owsley’s Owls.

The type of music the Aboriginal Music Society plays is often called “World-Beat Garage Jazz,” which makes sense.  Rhythms and textures from all over the globe coalesce into a beautiful groove. This feels and sounds very New York to me; a true melting pot. It sounds like a sidewalk in any neighborhood where cultures have fused. 

The set started with “Sundance” from the very limited Whispers from the Archive LP, giving us all a glimpse into the relaxed and very soulful grooves we would be spending the next hour swimming in. These are long-form pieces, with no rush to finish, and band members are given the chance to stretch their legs. The set ended with a beautiful take on Pharoah Sanders “The Creator Has a Master Plan.” The sun was shining, and this is perfect music for a beautiful spring day.

I also wanted to take a minute to recognize and hip you to Juma’s work as a taper and archivist.  He spent much of the 70’s documenting the very vibrant loft jazz scene in NYC. A portion of this archive has been released on the always excellent Emerite Records and also served as the primary source material for Michael Heller’s book “Loft Jazz: Improvising New York in the 1970’s.”

I recorded this from the usual spot at the soundboard with the Schoeps MK22s and a really nice board feed from FOH engineer Nic Panken.  Enjoy!

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Juma Sultan’s Aboriginal Music Society
2026-04-18
Tubby’s
Kingston, NY

Source: Scheops MK22 > KCY > PFA + SDB > SD MixPre 3 > SD (24/48) > Adobe Audition/Izotope 9 > Audacity Flac (lvl8) > Mp3Tag

Thanks to Tubby’s FOH engineer, Nic Panken, for the board patch!

Recorded and produced by kliked

1. Sundance
2. Shaking the Blues
3. Circles
4. The Dance
5. The Creator Has a Master Plan

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Yr Knives are the best band you’ve never heard of. You’ve definitely heard of the players in the band, but unless you’re a Chicago-area native, you’ve probably never heard the music. They haven’t played much outside of the Chicago area and, aside from a tour-only CD at the merch desk, currently have no recorded output. But when a band like The Messthetics hand-selects a group to open an East Coast run, you should probably pay attention.

Yr Knives is essentially a supergroup made up of a few of Chicago’s best: Andrew Trim and Brian Sulpizio on guitars, Douglas McCombs on bass, and Quin Kirchner on drums. Readers of this site may recognize Quin and Brian from their work with Ryley Walker, and everyone knows Doug’s work. This project, however, is truly better than the sum of its parts.

I had never heard of these guys before this show and, honestly, didn’t even know there was going to be an opening band for The Messthetics. It’s always a good sign when venue staff start telling you the opening band is good—but when the sound guy tells you the opening band is really good, you’d better pay attention. Opening with “Double A (Start Yr Singing),” the band’s thesis became apparent: tightly orchestrated guitar parts layered over a wide-reaching, free-roaming rhythm section. Did I mention the guitars sound HUGE, too? Giant and overdriven, with interwoven parts that had people bobbing their heads immediately. The set closed with a ripping version of Sonny Sharrock’s “Many Mansions.” Unbelievable.

While speaking with the guys after the set, I was happy to learn they have a debut record finished that will be coming out on Western Vinyl later this year. I’m super excited to see what these compositions turn into with full studio treatment. Sadly, this run of shows is over, but maybe this recording will get them on your radar for the next one.

I recorded this from my normal spot in the back with the Schoeps MK22s and an excellent board feed from Tubby’s FOH engineer Wil, who had the room sounding great all night. If you listen real closely at the end of the recording, you might even hear me turn to Wil and say, “That was fucking good!”; followed by Wil replying, “Yeah, I told you it would be.” Always trust the sound guy.

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YR Knives
2025-05-04
Tubby’s
Kingston, NY

Source: Scheops MK22 > KCY > PFA + SDB > SD MixPre 3 > SD (24/48) > Adobe Audition/Izotope 9 > Audacity Flac (lvl8) > Mp3Tag

Thanks to Tubby’s FOH engineer, Wil Wright, for the board patch!

Recorded and produced by kliked for nyctaper.com

1. intro
2. Double A (Start Yr Singing)
3. Trimnopedie
4. Yr Water
5. These Chords
6. Fear & Trimbling
7. Stretch Bath
8. Many Mansions *

*Sonny Sharrock

Yr Knives is:
Douglas McCombs – Bass
Andrew Trim – Guitar
Quin Kirchner – Drums
Brian Sulpizio – Guitar

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Sure we were disappointed when our old favorites Disappears called it quits. But fortunately most of the group reformed as FACS and leaned even further into experimental impulses of Disappears. FACS sound something like a constellation of Wire fronted by Mark E Smith. I could throw out more comparisons but FACS deserve to stand on their own even from their erstwhile band.

So here we are a decade later from seeing Disappears do Low at Baby’s All Right and FACS have quite a few albums under their belt on Trouble in Mind (RIP). The latest is Wish Defense, released last year and about half of which they played for a sold-out crowd at Tubby’s last week. “North America Endless”—which, let’s take a moment for that title!—is a non-album 7” they released with a Eurythmics cover on the b-side. (I love a band committed to releasing standalone singles.) In addition to songs from the back catalog, it sounds like there some new ones in this set so I hope some more good things are coming from FACS. I promise to not wait another decade to catch them live.

I recorded this from my usual spot in the back with a pair of MBHOs set up in DIN stereo configuration, combined with a board feed from FOH Nic. The sound is excellent!

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FACS
2026-02-11
Tubby’s
Kingston, NY

Recorded and produced by Eric PH

Soundboard (engineer: Nic) + MBHO KA200N/603A > Naiant PFA >> Sound Devices MixPre-6 > WAV (24/48) > Adobe Audition CC + Izotope Ozone 5 > Audacity 2.4.2 > FLAC

Tracks [49:46]

1. Lock and Key
2. A Room
3. North American Endless
4. Returning The Gift
5. When You Say
6. Zero Year
7. Darling of Time
8. Wish Defense
9. Desire Path
10. Parallel Lives
11. Sometimes Only

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