Here Comes The Flood

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I write about music. Covering sonic treats since 2004. Excellent taste. O, and I run a rather good website about John Cale. #music #reviews #tourdates #videos

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Here Comes The Flood@herecomestheflood· 16h

English musician Pete Barnes takes his post-rock project Thistle Sifter on the road again, promoting the Forever The Optimist album. www.herecomestheflood.com/2026/08/this... #thistlesifter #inconcert

Cover art for the Thistle Sifter album "Forever The Optimist"

Here Comes The Flood@herecomestheflood· 7d

Enjoying a Warsaw album on a vintage Akai turntable. Grey vinyl. Limited edition of 300 copies. Contains early versions of songs that would turn up on Joy Division records. www.discogs.com/release/2636... #warsaw #joydivision #vinyl

Playing the Warsaw album on a vintage Akai turntable. The vinyl is grey, one of a limited edition of 300 copies.

Here Comes The Flood@herecomestheflood· 11d

Sound advice from rock band All Them Witches who recorded the 3LP "Live on the Internet" during lockdown in Nashville in December 2020. #allthemwitches #inconcert

Insert from the All Them Witches 3LP "Live on the Internet: "Listen loud, relentless, irresponsibly".

Here Comes The Flood@herecomestheflood· May 27

A beat up copy of "Mothermania", a best of album by The Mothers. German pressing from 1969. Tracks from "Freak Out", "Absolutely Free" and "We're Only In It For The Money". Most of are alternate mixes. The first owner could not resist doodling on the cover, but the LP sounds nice. #zappa #mothers

A copy of "Mothermania", a best of album by The Mothers. German pressing from 1969 in a gatefold sleeve. The album has tracks from "Freak Out", "Absolutely Free" and "We're Only In It For The Money". Most of are alternate mixes.

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Here Comes The Flood@herecomestheflood· Apr 27

It's Kings Day in the Netherlands. The right way to celebrate is to put on some music by a band that deserves that title. King Crimson's "Live - Penn State University 29 June 1974" came out on Record Store Day this year. 2500 copies worldwide. #kingcrimson #inconcert @recordstoreday.bsky.social

Photo of the 2LP "Live - Penn State University 29 June 1974" by King Crimson. The cover is a drawing of the band's guitarist Robert Fripp. 2500 copies were presse for Record Store Day (April 18, 2026).

Here Comes The Flood@herecomestheflood· Apr 10

After years of being an underground insrumental band, they brought in vocals for News From The Invisible World in 2023. The press all over it, and for all the right reasons. For a limited time that album is now available as a free download. www.herecomestheflood.com/2026/04/the-...

Cover art for The Fierce & The Dead album "News From The Invisible World", a ball draped in colours.

Here Comes The Flood@herecomestheflood· Mar 9

Penblwyddyn hapus i chi! Happy Birthday, John Cale! www.herecomestheflood.com/2026/03/penb...

John Cale standing in a stairwell, wearing a long black coat.

Here Comes The Flood@herecomestheflood· Mar 4

Current reading: Richard Morton Jack - Nick Drake: The Life One of the best artist biographies out there. Insightful, well-written, and highly detailed. #nickdrake #richardmortonjack #biography

Cover of Richard Morton Jack's book "Nick Drake: The Life". Photo of smiling Nick Drake with an acoustic guitar.

Here Comes The Flood@herecomestheflood· Feb 25

53 years ago today: release of John Cale's "Paris 1919" album werksman.home.xs4all.nl/cale/disc/pa... #johncale

Here Comes The Flood@herecomestheflood· Feb 19

Answer to today's Wordle in the New York Times. @phish.com @phish.net @nytimes.com #wordle

Cover art for the Phish album Hoist: a horse being lifted.

Here Comes The Flood@herecomestheflood· Feb 13

Happy birthday, Peter Gabriel

Peter Gabriel stretching his arm, holding a microphone

Here Comes The Flood@herecomestheflood· Dec 17

Starting on December 28: HCTF's best of 2025. 28-12: 20-16 29-12: 15-11 30-12: 10-6 31-12: 5-1 #bestof2025 #music #reviews

A drawing of a turntable announcing the "Best of" posts on Here Comes The Flood (HCTF)

Here Comes The Flood@herecomestheflood· Dec 7

Big guy at Paradiso in Amsterdam for a Claw Boys Claw show with a bit of the lyrics of Jethro Tull's Locomotive Breath on the back of his T-shirt, a song that the band will surely play tonight. @paradisoadam.bsky.social #clawboysclaw

Here Comes The Flood@herecomestheflood· Dec 4

42 years ago today Earth became quite a bit more boring when Frank Zappa died.

Frank Zappa eyeing the photographer with some apprehension.

Here Comes The Flood@herecomestheflood· Nov 12

Happy birthday, Neil. 80 years Young today. #neilyoung

Neil Young playing his "old black" electric guitar.

Here Comes The Flood@herecomestheflood· Oct 26

Johnny Marr live @ TivoliVredenburg in Utrecht - October 25, 2025. No, this photo was not taken during "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" the final song of the show. #johnnymarr @tivolivredenburg.bsky.social

The light show during the Johnny Marr show @ TivoliVredenburg in Utrecht - October 25, 2025

Here Comes The Flood@herecomestheflood· Oct 5

Released on this day in 1990: Wrong Way Up, an album by Brian Eno & John Cale werksman.home.xs4all.nl/cale/disc/wr... #brianeno #johncale #wrongwayup

Coverart of Wrong Way Up, an album by Brian Eno and John Cale

Here Comes The Flood@herecomestheflood· Oct 2

Pink Floyd – Embryonic Madness 2CD bootleg of a concert @ Taft Auditorium in Cincinnati, Ohio, on 20th November, 1971. Features a 28min version of Embryo. Needs correction to make it a much more enjoyable. www.discogs.com/release/3521... #pinkfloyd #inconcert #bootleg

Cover for the Pink Floyd bootleg "Embryonic Madness", an AI generated picture of an astronaut walking in a desolate landscape towards a huge embryo encapsulated by a see-through bowl.

Here Comes The Flood@herecomestheflood· Sep 29

Don't get your hopes up for enjoying good music while food is being served at the Tago Mago restaurant in Valencia. #notheycant #valencia #tagomago

Tago Mago Restaurant in Valencia, Spaans

Here Comes The Flood@herecomestheflood· Sep 18

Someone at the offices of Disney+ is into John Cale (and Eno and Lou Reed) big time. Season 4 of The Bear uses these four tracks: Spinning Away in Ep. 4 "Violet" Slip Away (A Warning) in Ep. 5 "Replicants" Lay My Love in Ep. 8 "Bolognese" Big White Cloud in Ep. 10 "Forever" #johncale #loureed #eno

Poster fior season 4 of The Bear, a series set in a restaurant in Chicago. Pictured are the chef and four other members of the cast.

Here Comes The Flood@herecomestheflood· Aug 12

This is going to be special. John Cale's Steam on Glass @ Lincoln Center in NY on November 2. www.herecomestheflood.com/2025/08/john... #johncale #inconcert

Poster for John Cale presents Steam on Glass, exploring noise, improv, and experimentation while tracing his New York City lineage. He showcases his vast repertoire of songs, from the academic experimentation that led to the formation of The Velvet Underground to his multi-genre stepping stones and current works.

Here Comes The Flood@herecomestheflood· Jul 30

Pink Floyd: Us And Them - Florida Live 1972 Bootleg recorded at the Sportatorium in Hollywood, Florida - April 15th 1972. DSOTM in full plus One of These Days and Careful with that Axe, Eugene. Muffled sound, but not too bad for an audience recording. #pinkfloyd #inconcert

AI cover art for the Pink Floyd bootleg Us And Them - Florida Live 1972. It pictures an astronaut staring at the sky in a flooded room without a ceiling.

Here Comes The Flood@herecomestheflood· Jul 18

Leeds based musician Ellur wrapped her new single Missing in guitar and synth textures, but the chorus has plenty of rock anthem singalong potential. She goes for a bigger post-punk sound, but the soul-searching lyrics are still the core of her art. www.herecomestheflood.com/2025/07/ellu...

B&W photo of English singer Ellur made by Sarah Oglesby

Here Comes The Flood@herecomestheflood· Jul 17

A bench in the Botanical Garden in Cambridge with a small plaquette with a quote from Syd Barrett's Jugband Blues, the final track he wrote as a member of Pink Floyd for the A Saucerful of Secrets album. #sydbarrett #pinkfloyd #jugbandblues #cambridge

Here Comes The Flood@herecomestheflood· Jun 29

My feline is wide awake.

Cat sitting in front of CD collection contemplating which album to play.

Here Comes The Flood@herecomestheflood· Jun 26

German composer, piano and keyboard player Martin Kohlstedt will be showing off his impressive improvisation skills, mixing classical figures with post-rock, jazz and ambient on a lengthy tour. www.herecomestheflood.com/2025/06/mart... #inconcert @martinkohlstedt.bsky.social

German musician Martin Kohlstedt on stage at the Kölner Philharmonie.

Here Comes The Flood@herecomestheflood· Jun 14

God Only Knows was released as a B-side. Let that sink in. And remember it when an A&R manager speaks up, claiming that he has been in the business for so long and is in touch with what people will like. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_Onl... #beachboys #brianwilson

The Beach Boys - God Only Knows 7" 45rpm single released on July 18, 1966.

Here Comes The Flood@herecomestheflood· Jun 4

John Cale has contributed to "Ride", a track on the "Michelangelo Dying" album by Welsh musician Cate Le Bon, which will be released on September 26. Further details to be announced. www.herecomestheflood.com/2025/06/john... #johncale #catelebon

Here Comes The Flood@herecomestheflood· Jun 4

Deleting old tweets manually gives one an enormous sense of well-being.