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Wino Wednesday: The Hidden Hand, “Slow Rain” From The Resurrection of Whiskey...
By the time they got around to releasing their swansong, 2007’s The Resurrection of Whiskey Foote, it was becoming clear all was not well within the band. They’d toured hard in the US and Europe for...
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Wino Wednesday: The Hidden Hand, “Desensitized” from Mother Teacher Destroyer
Whatever your political affiliation, I think it’s safe to say at the very least that the middle of the last decade was an interesting time to be an American. Still reeling from post-9/11 paranoia...
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Wino Wednesday: The Hidden Hand’s Mother Teacher Destroyer in Full
It’s been a minute since the last time The Hidden Hand was featured for Wino Wednesday, and for my money, 2004’s Mother Teacher Destroyer was the best thing the band put out in their unfortunately...
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Wino Wednesday: The Hidden Hand’s “Purple Neon Dream” Unplugged, 2007
“Purple Neon Dream” was the opening track on the last and most progressive of the three The Hidden Hand albums, The Resurrection of Whiskey Foote. Compared to some of what follows it, I wouldn’t go as...
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Wino Wednesday: The Hidden Hand, “The Last Tree” Live at Emissions from the...
Youngstown on my mind… As I type this, I’m getting ready to head out to Days of the Doomed III in Wisconsin, and I can’t get on Route 80 and head out past Pennsylvania without at least tipping my hat...
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Wino Wednesday: The Hidden Hand, “Sunblood” Live in Germany, 2003
I know I’ve gone on about the persistent undervaluing of The Hidden Hand in Wino‘s catalog again and again. How they’re constantly overshadowed by Spirit Caravan, which came before, and subsequent...
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Wino Wednesday: The Hidden Hand, “Sunblood” Live in Philadelphia, 2005
I was at this show, and I recall it specifically both because the wind off the river on that side of Philadelphia was so goddamn cold and because I was supposed to have a tooth pulled the next day. I...
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Wino Wednesday: The Hidden Hand, “The Last Tree” from Divine Propaganda
The Hidden Hand happened at a pretty interesting juncture for American heavy, just when underground riff-worship was really starting to get a foothold in a wider public consciousness beyond what it...
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Wino Wednesday: The Hidden Hand, “The Hidden Hand (Theme)”
I know I’ve gone on at length about the underrated nature of The Hidden Hand among the pantheon of so-called “Wino bands,” and it’s true, the project that I think introduced a lot of people to the...
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Wino Wednesday: The Hidden Hand, “The Crossing” Live in 2004
According to the raw interwebular research I was able to put together — i.e., I Googled it — The Hidden Hand played the release show for their second album, Mother Teacher Destroyer, on Oct. 29, 2004,...
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Wino Wednesday: The Hidden Hand, Full Set Live in Amsterdam, 2007
I count myself lucky to have seen The Hidden Hand the few times I did. I could tell you a story about blowing a chance to do a show with them owing to a snowstorm around when their last album, The...
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Wino Wednesday: The Hidden Hand, “Desensitized” Live in Washington, D.C., May...
This is pretty early on for The Hidden Hand. I’m not sure of the venue — The Velvet Lounge, maybe? — but this version of “Desensitized” would’ve just about coincided with the release of the 7″ that...
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Wino Wednesday: The Hidden Hand’s First Show, Velvet Lounge, Washington,...
I can’t claim to have been there, but it looks like The Hidden Hand‘s first gig — March 23, 2003, at Velvet Lounge in Washington, D.C. — was a hell of a time. A packed room in front of that red...
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Wino Wednesday: The Hidden Hand, “The Resurrection of Whiskey Foote”
I’m not sure anyone knew at the time that The Resurrection of Whiskey Foote was going to be the last The Hidden Hand album. Maybe the band itself, which had seen drummer Matt Moulis (now of...
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Wino Wednesday: The Hidden Hand, “The Last Tree” Live at Emissions from the...
Youngstown on my mind… As I type this, I’m getting ready to head out to Days of the Doomed III in Wisconsin, and I can’t get on Route 80 and head out past Pennsylvania without at least tipping my hat...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Wino Wednesday: The Hidden Hand, “Sunblood” Live in Germany, 2003
I know I’ve gone on about the persistent undervaluing of The Hidden Hand in Wino‘s catalog again and again. How they’re constantly overshadowed by Spirit Caravan, which came before, and subsequent...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Wino Wednesday: The Hidden Hand, “Sunblood” Live in Philadelphia, 2005
I was at this show, and I recall it specifically both because the wind off the river on that side of Philadelphia was so goddamn cold and because I was supposed to have a tooth pulled the next day. I...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Wino Wednesday: The Hidden Hand, “The Last Tree” from Divine Propaganda
The Hidden Hand happened at a pretty interesting juncture for American heavy, just when underground riff-worship was really starting to get a foothold in a wider public consciousness beyond what it...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Wino Wednesday: The Hidden Hand, “The Hidden Hand (Theme)”
I know I’ve gone on at length about the underrated nature of The Hidden Hand among the pantheon of so-called “Wino bands,” and it’s true, the project that I think introduced a lot of people to the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Wino Wednesday: The Hidden Hand, “The Crossing” Live in 2004
According to the raw interwebular research I was able to put together — i.e., I Googled it — The Hidden Hand played the release show for their second album, Mother Teacher Destroyer, on Oct. 29, 2004,...
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