Hip Flask: Introduction to Tav Falco & Panther Bur

2015 release, a comprehensive collection by maverick American artist Tav Falco and his "wreckabilly" combo Panther Burns, including two songs from their recent album Command Performance as well as 17 classic back catalog tracks. Tav Falco & Panther Burns have been cited as an influence by everyone from Jon Spencer Blues Explosion to the Fall, Spacemen 3 and Spiritualized. A permanent move to Europe in the late 1980s saw Tav based first in Paris, and subsequently Vienna, and an expansion of Panther's Burns raw garage sound to embrace Stax, lounge and even Argentinean tango influences. His latest album Command Performance was realized in Rome in 2014, and tops an extraordinarily rich back catalogue covering four decades and a dozen studio albums. All 12 are represented on this new cherry-picked collection. Hip Flask features a 16 page illustrated booklet with liner notes by Tav himself.