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Jonathan Kane's February performing live on Brian Turner's WFMU radio show. January 24, 2006. Jonathan Kane: Drums, Ernie Brooks: Bass, David Daniell: Guitar, David Bicknell: Guitar, Jon Crider: Guitar, Paul Duncan: Guitar. WATCH/LISTEN..HERE note; Ernie Brooks getting some well due rock time, being that he was the one Modern Lover that did not go on to super fame, it's well deserved! Via Transafixion... Jonathan Kane is a downtown NYC drummer dude with a long track record swimming through the city’s huge delta of out-there performance music. In the early 80s he co-founded the Swans with Michael Gira, was the rhythmic thunder behind the massed-guitar armies of Rhys Chatham, and also spent time backing composer La Monte Young’s more rock-tempered excursions. Kane’s newer solo works, 2005’s February and next week’s Jet Ear Party, are what I’d call a type of blues minimalism/maximalism. His knotty yet propulsive drumming lay a foundation for full-on guitar boogie drones that stretch and recede well past any traditional blues structure. Though somehow I still see John Lee and Howlin’ Wolf really digging these guys’ act. (Jacob Campbell)