Adalita and Marty Brown join Andy to talk about their new supergroup with Mick Harvey and Mick Taylor - they're called Bleak Squad and with a history of playing with Magic Dirt, the Bad Seeds, Dirty Three as well as with artists like PJ Harvey and Clare Bowditch, it's a quartet with some serious power. A moody, charismatic guitar band - the likes of which you don't hear that much these days - Adalita and Marty join Andy to report that the kids are, in fact, listening to guitars, and explain how four big personalities have unified so well.  American percussionist Steven Schick returns to The Music Show, and to Australia: he's here to play a series of concerts and masterclasses at the Australian National Academy of Music. He's been playing professionally for about fifty years and he talks to Andy about the repertoire that he's helped expand in that time, and his second career as a conductor. Plus Laura Bowler gives us her pick for the Top 100 Books of the 21st Century. Vote for yours at the Radio National website!   Bleak Squad are playing in Sydney, Queenstown and Melbourne in October. Find the details on their website. Their debut album Strange Love is out now.  Music in this program: Title: Rebonds Artist: Steven Schick Composer: Iannis Xenakis Album: Percussion Works Label: Mode Title: Lost My Head Artist: Bleak Squad Composer: Adalita Album: Strange Love Label: Poison City Records Title: Blue Signs Artist: Bleak Squad Composer: Adalita (lyrics), Marty Brown (music) Album: Strange Love Label: Poison City Records   Title: Safe as Houses Artist: Bleak Squad Composer: Adalita Album: Strange Love Label: Poison City Records   Title: Bone Alphabet Artist: Steven Schick Composer: Brian Ferneyhough Album: Born To Be Wild Label: Newport Classic   Title: Aequilibria Artist: Steven Schick, International Contemporary Ensemble Composer: Anna Thorvaldsdottir Album: Aequa Label: Sono Luminus The Music Show is made on Gadigal and Gundungurra Country Technical production by Ann-Marie Debettencor