Orcutt Shelley Miller and David Yow Cover Captain Beefheart
Photo by R Orcutt Experimental rock supergroup Orcutt Shelley Miller get a little extra super on their latest single. The trio have teamed with David Yow of The Jesus Lizard and Scratch Acid on a cover of Captain Beefheart's "Hot Head." If you're reading this article, you've probably already pressed play down below, and you should, because this is great. The guitars on this cover sound more like The Jesus Lizard than Orcutt Shelley Miller typically get, but the song sounds funkier than The Jesus Lizard typically are. I'm honestly not too familiar with the original, as Beefheart is one of those artists I know I need to spend more time with. This is kind of a crazy cover, and it's exactly as noisy as you want it to be. Plus, the b-side is a cover of Neil Young's timeless "A Man Needs a Maid" with Ethan Miller of Howlin Rain and Comets on Fire. It's still a noisy affair, but stays relatively true to Young's original. Bassist Ethan Miller...