Butthole Surfers
Premiere: JD Pinkus can’t help himself on ‘I Would Like to Pet It’, new solo album due next month
We last covered JD Pinkus here in the run-up to his collaborative album with Mike Savino/Tall Tall Trees, released in late June of last year. The former Butthole Surfers and (the) Melvins man has been busy since then, and he’s got an entire new record ready to go sooner than you think. The proper follow-up …
Premiere: JD Pinkus & Tall Tall Trees mark the release of collaborative album with ‘Can’t C#’ video
Today sees the release of the weird and wonderful debut album from JD Pinkus (The Butthole Surfers) and Mike Savino (Tall Tall Trees), whose combined psychedelic alt-banjo wizardry may prick the ears of even those not inclined toward anything to do with bluegrass. Ponder Machine is a journey, and it’s one which is perhaps best …
Premiere: JD Pinkus and Tall Tall Trees are ‘Afterlifers’ in surreal new video
About a month ago, JD Pinkus of the Butthole Surfers and Mike Savino of Tall Tall Trees announced the collaborative album Ponder Machine, a record on which traditional bluegrass takes a detour into something psychedelic and, at times, otherworldly. It’s quite a trip, and not what you would expect from its description. It goes to …
Premiere: JD Pinkus and Tall Tall Trees share psychedelic bluegrass odyssey ‘Fungal Mountain Breakdown’ and announce album
This one scratches a very specific itch, so if you’re in the mood for instrumental, warped, spacey bluegrass, then you’ve come to the right place. JD Pinkus of the Butthole Surfers and Mike Savino (Tall Tall Trees) made a record whose reference points range from Brian Eno to John Cage. The lead single is a …