Aquarium Drunkard — With a sound that calls to mind the becalmed atmospheres of Miles Davis’ In A Silent Way and Eno’s Music For Airports, The Necks have been providing captivating listening experiences for more than two decades now. The Australian trio’s latest, ... more info

Guardian Music — Village Underground, LondonAnyone of a mind to study the mysterious methods of the cult Australian all-improv trio the Necks would need to adopt a football manager's approach – poring over hours of video to work out how pianist Chris Abrahams, bass... more info

Guardian Music — (ReR) Australian improv trio the Necks have been making something out of very little for 16 albums. This one features just two 21-minute tracks of pulsing grooves over which tiny shifts of fragmentary melody and textural detail occur. The first trac... more info

Guardian Music — Our music team pick the songs or albums, old or new, they just can't turn offSiri Nilsen Alle Snakker Sant The title track from the American-Norwegian singer's excellent new album is, like the rest of the record, sung in Norwegian. But you don't need... more info

Guardian Music — Bishopsgate Centre, LondonYou can generate all kinds of similes listening to The Necks: a picture gallery, an urban landscape, the surface of the moon. But the metaphor that sprang to mind for their latest appearance, at the London Jazz festival, was... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Pains of Being Pure at Heart @ Lolla 2011 (more by Grant MacAllister) today in NYC * Whiplash @ UCB * The Necks @ Roulette * Molotov @ Irving Plaza * Big Daddy Kane @ BB King's * The... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Only Good Song said... Dave Mason-Two Hearts (1987) CD rip @320 Thanks Fuzzy!! http://onlygoodsong.blogspot.com hanalex said... Wishbone Ash - There's The Rub (1974) [ape] Wishbone Ash - No Smoke Without Fire (1978) [ape] Wishbone Ash - Bona Fide (2... more info

Guardian Music — Barbican, LondonChris Abrahams carefully adjusted the music stand on the grand piano before the Necks' Barbican performance – a surreal gesture, since no scrap of sheet music is ever seen at the Australian trio's gigs. The Necks have done the appar... more info

Guardian Music — Meet the remarkable Australian trio making it all up as they go alongOne starts, the other two join in. No one knows what will happen, except that over the next hour or so the music will find a way of organising and developing itself. That's the way ... more info

WFMU's Beware of the Blog — In honor of the return of this Australian trio to New York, here's the full MP3 of their transcendent performance from my radio show back almost exactly one year ago (why do they keep leaving the warmth of the southern... more info