Inquiring readers—both of ’em—wanna know: What’s that infectious sample which leads off the Hugheses’ new single “Spruce Goose”? No sure we believe them, but the band says they wrote the riff all by themselves. That’s right—a self-sample! Which begs a question. To put it charitably, “Spruce Goose” doesn’t hang together all that well as a complete melodic-type song. Why didn’t The Hugheses flesh out the sample and put that instead of this mishmash?

And the reply is what you might expect. “Well, we couldn’t finish that song, but we really liked the riff and the drum fill. It came together in the studio,” agree the Hughes twins Irving and Clifford. Or came apart, you could say. The Hugheses explain themselves further on college radio (you know which one) tonight at 7 p.m. Listen in—we hear they’re enjoying dark studios so much that they may never play out live again.

Robard, The Outlaw Bra and Humble Birthplace tonight at Hamilton’s for a frat nite of sorts… The Bullfinch has Stone Gano, Two Arabian Knights and The Racket—one, two and three-piecers respectively… For a chance, the big excitement is over at Dollaire’s for Floyd Odlum’s Atlas, featuring a whole rhythm section of local boys made good, namely Billie Durkin and Neil McCarthy. That band’s got its fortune made, and is currently touring by plane just ’cause they can. Focke-Wulf, a side project featuring much of the FOA team,  opens…