Hour: September 11, 2026 Tubby’s

September 28, 2026
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I had never heard of Hour before this performance.  I came to see Thor & Friends and was greeted with what seemed to be an unusually large band setting up.  The woodwind player, Keith, came over and we got chatting. He explained that the ensemble was the brainchild of composer Michael Cormier-O’Leary.  This mostly-Philly-based instrumental ensemble was not only our opening act for the evening, but would also be providing the bulk of the “friends” for headliner Thor Harris & Friends.

Hour was a pleasure to listen to. Despite the size of the band, or maybe because of it, this is a group of musicians that understands how to listen to each other.  While mixing, I was shocked at how much space they each allowed. Nothing stepped on anything else, which really allows the listener to enjoy the huge dynamic range they play in.

I’ll lazily describe this ensemble as playing library music, but every piece feels more purposeful than what you usually find in those library comps. It also had interesting moments that somehow made me think of The Glands, a compliment I very, very rarely throw around.  

There is a lot of action coming up for Hour. A new record titled “Ghost Bridge” (Dear Life Records) is due out on October 9.  They will be playing two shows to celebrate the release: one in Philly on February 12th and one in NYC on February 13th. Both will feature a 13-piece ensemble and opening sets from the incredible Bridget St. John. You can find tickets and more info HERE.

I recorded this from our usual spot by the soundboard with the MK22’s and a really nice board feed from Tubby’s FOH engineer Nic Panken.  I think this is one of the best mixes I’ve heard Nic do in this room, and it makes for a fantastic listen with a glass of wine as we watch the Hudson Valley fall settle in.

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Hour
2026-09-11
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, for the board patch!

Recorded and produced by kliked for nyctaper.com

  1. Untitled >
  2. Sonny
  3. Ghost Bridge
  4. Centralia
  5. The Carter Starter
  6. KC & Clem

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Memorials: September 3, 2026 Tubby’s

September 8, 2026
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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

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Cheater Slicks: August 5, 2026 Tubby’s

August 17, 2026
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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

Sunburned Hand of the Man: August 5, 2026 Tubby’s

August 13, 2026
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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

Silver Triplets of the Rio Hondo: June 2, 2026 Tubby’s Kingston, NY

July 27, 2026
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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: July 2, 2026 Tubby’s Kinston, NY

July 6, 2026
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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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