![]() As the Shivas have been performing together since 2006, they have seven full-length albums of material from which to create a killer setlist, including their most recent, Feels So Good/Feels So Bad, which dropped via local label Tender Loving Empire in 2021. Carrion Kids).” Originally released and performed by Mexico City band Las Pipas de La Paz and named after the Spanish verb meaning “to lose,” the collaboration is an homage to Las Pipas de La Paz member Rulo Pipa, who passed away in April 2021. The Shivas headline the show, surely performing the recent raucous new cover of “Perder (feat. We're hoping for a taste of the so-far unreleased material. Los Angeles act Marni open open the night with experimental folk and dream pop, before audiences can burrow into dark desert- and surf rock-inspired sounds of Plastic Cactus-who are still in the process of working on their next reverb-drenched record. However, fans can catch a Shivas set a little sooner than that, thanks to an upcoming Lollipop Shoppe show. Simply put, Cactus are as prickly, loud, and full of rock and roll juice as they have always have been on Tightrope.In March, Pickathon announced stalwart Portland rock band the Shivas would grace its farm fest stages this August. A country-blues stomp with Pratt’s harmonica out front pushes “Headed For A Fall” forward, while the album closes with “Wear It Out,” one of the heaviest tunes here. At about the four-minute mark, things slow down to an almost Beatlesque middle, with string synths sliding in, descending “aahs,” and bending notes across a trippy soundscape. On the epic slow bluesy “Suite 1 & 2: Everlong, All The Madmen,” Kunes rips through with his well-worn screaming about long-lost pasts only musicians of a certain age can attest to. The deep rock grooving Cactus has always been so well known for is apparent throughout. The interplay continues with Pratt’s wild harmonica, solid harmonies, and Appice’s maracas on a sly cover of “Papa Was A Rolling Stone.” Slicing electric lead blues strikes from Warren drive “Poison In Paradise” home. A vintage live album from the American Led Zeppelin, Cactus, featuring Vanilla Fudge alums Tim Bogert and Carmine Appice plus vocalist Rusty Day from Ted Nugent’s Amboy Dukes now released in a glorious 180 gram 2LP vinyl set Recorded at Ultra Sonic studios in front of a small group of friends and fellow musicians, this live album. A heavy snare, wild riffing, and Caputo’s low-end flumping tear through the title track. McCarty and singer Phil Naro also appear on the record. On Tightrope, Appice, Kunes, and Pratt are joined by guitarist Paul Warren and bassist James Caputo (Bogert, who also played with Appice in Vanilla Fudge, retired in 2008 and died in early 2021). The reunion saw original members Appice, bassist Tim Bogert, and guitarist Jim McCarty joined by former Savoy Brown vocalist Jimmy Kunes and Randy Pratt on harmonica. King Blues Club & Grill in New York City six days prior). The current five-piece was pretty much born out of the band’s reunion, begun in mainstream grand style when they appeared at the Sweden Rock Festival on J(they played a warm-up gig at B.B. This seminal rock band (dubbed the “American Led Zeppelin) has seen lots of changes. ![]() Returning with a heavy-hitting album for 2021, Cactus presents Tightrope, featuring new members, longtime members, and one original member - iconic drummer Carmine Appice.
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