WINGED WHEEL (US, 12XU) + SUPPORT TBA
WINGED WHEEL (US, 12XU) + SUPPORT TBA
Winged Wheel is a collective of figures from the U.S. music underground who bring several lifetimes of experience and abstract practice to their collaborative sound.
The six-piece, multi-location band is made up of:
Whitney Johnson (Matchess, Circuit des Yeux),
Cory Plump (Spray Paint, co-owner of the venue Tubby’s),
Matthew J. Rolin (solo guitar wizard and half of the Powers/Rolin Duo),
Steve Shelley (Sonic Youth),
Fred Thomas (Idle Ray, Tyvek),
Lonnie “Palmtree” Slack.
<a href="https://wingedwheel.bandcamp.com/album/desert-so-green">Desert So Green by Winged Wheel </a>
Their sound melts together hypnotic kosmische, dual guitar exploration, viola freakouts, Throbbing Gristle-style vocal assaults, and extended technique lap steel, all connected with a web of dubby production. Their third album Desert So Green, is out January 9, 2026 via 12XU, just in time for their first tour of Europe.
09.01.26 Amsterdam (NL), OCCII
10.01.26 Groningen (NL), VERA
11.01.26 Hamburg (DE), Hafenklang
12.01.26 Leipzig (DE), Noch Besser Leben
13.01.26 Berlin (DE), Neue Zukunft
14.01.26 Prague (CZ), MeetFactory
15.01.26 Jena (DE), TRAFO
16.01.26 Kusel (DE), Kinett
17.01.26 Düdingen (CH), Bad Bonn
18.01.26 Strasbourg (FR), La Grenze
19.01.26 Dijon (FR), Consortium
20.01.26 Paris (FR), La Station – Gare des mines
22.01.26 Rennes (FR), L’Antipode
23.01.26 Lorient (FR), Hydrophone
..”While Desert So Green is defined by a newfound restraint, there’s also an intensity that never lets up. “Bird Spells” pulsates perpetually at the edge of a breaking point, moving through various storm systems before finally, momentarily, finding a break in the clouds. Can-esque rhythms, scrapes of viola, and Throbbing Gristle-level decay all get dubbed into infinity on the absolutely demonic “Canvas 2.” Rolling waves of percussion and treated instruments try fruitlessly to climb their way out of a slippery well on the churning closer “The Suite Goes Quiet.” At times, some ripping weirdness cuts through the simmering. Syncopated dual guitars lock in on “Speed Table” while Shelley destroys the kit as only he can, and Slack’s greasy steel guitar riffing of “I See Poseurs Every Day” evokes scenes of a truck stop showdown between ZZ Top and the Silver Apples. “Beautiful Holy Jewel Home” is the closest Winged Wheel has ever come to straightforward melodic tuneage, and it still arrives in a form that’s uneasy and fragmented.”
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