MyKeneally

05/01/2026

New for Bandcamp Friday! Mike Keneally • Bryan Beller • Eric Slick: Off-Broadway

One night. One shot. No net.

Recorded October 13, 2006 at a small club in St. Louis, this long-buried live document finds Mike Keneally, Bryan Beller, and a 19-year-old Eric Slick colliding for a one-off performance with almost no rehearsal.

The result? Controlled chaos. Uncontrolled energy. Total commitment.

Fresh off weeks of restrained acoustic performances, Keneally and Beller plug back in and unleash a set that’s equal parts intricate composition, fearless improvisation, and full-throttle rock abandon. Slick – barely out of his teens – doesn’t just keep up; he detonates, powering through some of Keneally’s most demanding material with jaw-dropping intensity.

This isn’t a polished live album. It’s better than that. It’s raw. It’s unpredictable. It’s alive.

You can hear the room. You can feel the risk. You can sense three musicians discovering just how far they can push each other – in real time.

Unearthed nearly two decades later from original multitrack recordings and mixed in 2026, Off-Broadway is more than a live release – it’s a time capsule of a night that could never happen the same way again.

https://mikekeneallymusic.bandcamp.com/album/off-broadway

10/01/2025

"Wooden Smoke, that most autumnal of Keneally albums, is coming to Bandcamp Friday, 10/4. This acoustic collection, by far the mellowest and most willfully soul-soothing of my releases, was originally released in 2002, and proved to be a balm for me personally during a hectic time in my life. We at....

08/31/2025

https://mailchi.mp/keneallist.com/eoh-bandcamp-14176813

Composer/guitarist/keyboardist Mike Keneally and notorious Aristocrats drummer Marco Minnemann improvise twice together on their 2010 collaboration "Evidence of Humanity." It contains the amazing result of Mike composing over Marco's pre-recorded 52-minute "Normalizer 2" drum solo, and this release....

06/17/2025

Hey everyone! It’s Mike.

Hey guess what? I’ve been unable to access Facebook for the past two and a half weeks. I know! I was doing a post on my personal profile (about BFD at ProgStock this October), I hit the “post” button and my account exploded in front of my eyes. (Suspended for advertising, which is what most musicians I know use Facebook for, but it was my turn to face the scythe’s blade I guess.)

Fortunately Scott Chatfield is an admin here on my music page (I’m unable to access this page or anything else Facebooky at the moment), and he’s kindly offered to post this very message so that you’d know why I’ve been quiet here lately. If you felt like sharing this post I would be grateful.

My plan is to more frequently use other avenues that are available to me – in particular keneally dot com, which I’ve had a tendency to neglect in favor of FB. Going to rectify that, so if you want to know what’s up with me, please check out keneally dot com from time to time, and if you really want to stay informed, sign up for the Keneallist email newsletter when you get there.

I’m writing some things for my website about the gigs that are coming up, and I just posted about the show in San Diego at THE HOLDING COMPANY this SUNDAY JUNE 22.
I’ll be playing with BRYAN BELLER, RICK MUSALLAM and NATHAN RANEY. It’s an afternoon gig (doors 1:30), with Nathan’s band and Maedhira opening. Thank you Bar None Productions for promoting this gig. The circumstances surrounding this gig are unique (Nathan will be drumming, and he and I will be playing together for the first time in rehearsal the day before). The playlist is pretty much all ‘90s-era Keneally Klassics, from the first three albums primarily. I’m not providing links here because I’m feeling gun-shy at the moment, but go to keneally dot com for more details and links about the show.

Sunday afternoon on the beach in San Diego getting loose, listening to a bunch of insane guitar prog whatever? Come on.

I’ll shortly be posting on keneally dot com about the PROGJECT WEST COAST TOUR in JULY, and BFD at PROGSTOCK in NEW JERSEY in OCTOBER...and, no details yet, but we are booking additional BFD dates in the period just after ProgStock, covering a range of towns from the East Coast to Chicago. For those of you in those areas who are justifiably bummed that BFD only ever plays in California over and over again, you’ll have your shot in October – details at the website soon, and tell your friends and make them come to these gigs please!

Thank you! Thank you!

Mike

03/06/2025

Mike Keneally's dreamy WOODEN SMOKE ASLEEP album comes to Bandcamp Friday! Originally part of Mike's sold-out Wooden Smoke Special Edition, Wooden Smoke Asleep is a somnambulistic, abstract reflection of the original acoustically-based Wooden Smoke album, comprised of remixes, reinterpretations and additional music. The premise is that after you’ve listened to Wooden Smoke, you fall into a deep slumber. Wooden Smoke Asleep comes to you in a dream.

https://mailchi.mp/keneallist.com/fiamm2-14171909

10/04/2024

For this month’s Bandcamp Friday we’re welcoming 2012’s Wing Beat Fantastic - Songs by Mike Keneally and Andy Partridge!

08/25/2024

We at Exowax are exceptionally excited to bring you this little gem! “Freaks In A Mellow Mood, Vol. 1” consists of live recordings of me and Bryan Beller in November 2003, rampaging from music store to music store, playing and singing and talking acoustically on behalf of Taylor Guitars.

Freaks In a Mellow Mood, Vol. One by Mike Keneally and Bryan Beller – Coming to Bandcamp on Friday, September 6!

05/02/2024

Mike Keneally's Nonkertompf Live premieres on Bandcamp Friday!

It's the premiere release of this historic 2001 concert in the Netherlands, featuring Mike and 10 other players. Included is a booklet with the story of the project, photos, art from the concert program, and the original score from “Hum,” one of the Nonkersongs souped up just for this one-off performance.

https://mailchi.mp/keneallist.com/13930120-14162629

11/30/2023

It’s a substantial collection! I stand firmly behind all of these songs, with my hands on their little song shoulders! The Tar Tapes Vol. 2 spans a gaping stylistic range, from me at my most accessible and pop-oriented, to more abstract/complex occurrences, and a myriad of way-stations in between....