As a musical instrument, the banjo sometimes gets a bad rap, but as JD Pinkus and Tall Tall Trees’ collaboration on “CAN’T C#” illustrates, nothing could be farther from the truth. Today, the duo is pleased to unveil the music video for the first single to Pinkus and Tall Tall Trees’ new collaborative album Ponder Machine, which is also out today via Shimmy-Disc Records. For any longtime fan of alt-rock, Pinkus’ name will be quite familiar to you, thanks to his role as the bassist in Butthole Surfers. Tall Tall Trees is the musical pseudonym of Mike Savino, the outstanding multi-instrumentalist and indie-folk banjoist known for his work with Kishi Bashi. There’s refreshing musical freedom on display on “CAN’T C#” and throughout the rest of the record, as Pinkus and Savino were fine to let ...