Nice to see Gulcher putting out some more new stuff, after the Home Blitz CD. Supposedly this is excellent, and he's playing London soon too. Good lad.
― gnarly sceptre, Monday, 23 June 2008 16:52 (4 years ago) Permalink
Yes, he rules...haven't heard the Gulcher CD but I plan to
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Monday, 23 June 2008 20:00 (4 years ago) Permalink
liking this igottafreewayinmind
― sleep, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 21:42 (4 years ago) Permalink
he is a nice young man, such a nice boy
― dell, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 22:12 (4 years ago) Permalink
space forklift
― kamerad, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 22:14 (4 years ago) Permalink
SOOOOooooo.....
The London shows next week are with War On Drugs, which he's apparently a member of. What's the deal with them dudes? Haven't heard 'em. Lookslike they've got an ep on Secretly Canadian, which makes me think 'literate indie'. Hopefully not.
― gnarly sceptre, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 15:00 (4 years ago) Permalink
Still no Gulcher thread to speak of.
Who's this Meercaz dude?? Not a reissue, despite the look of it.
― masonna ringtones (gnarly sceptre), Wednesday, 25 February 2009 15:54 (4 years ago) Permalink
There's a review and a song on dustedhttp://dustedmagazine.com/reviews/4827sounds pretty good
― Trip Maker, Friday, 27 February 2009 15:35 (4 years ago) Permalink
Really love the "God Is Saying This To You" LP. Really, really loving it. The new one on Woodsist is good too, but not as cosmic-epic at first few listens.
What else is worthwhile that I can find on the LP format?
― ian, Sunday, 12 April 2009 18:49 (4 years ago) Permalink
So, how is the Hunchback EP? Is it... not as good as I want it to be?
― ian, Monday, 13 April 2009 02:00 (4 years ago) Permalink
some info here
http://blastitude.blogspot.com/2009/03/kurt-vile-violators-hunchback-ep-12.html
― sleeve, Monday, 13 April 2009 02:12 (4 years ago) Permalink
thanks for the link, sleeve.
funny triple-dose of reviews there. can't say i feel too enticed to check out the hunchback ep, based on the review as well as opinions of a few friends.
― ian, Monday, 13 April 2009 03:18 (4 years ago) Permalink
This guy is great. At first I wasn't sold but the man and his work definitely fall under the "grower" category. At least, to me. Excited about his Matador debut.
― SourPatchCorpse, Saturday, 18 July 2009 18:56 (3 years ago) Permalink
A washingtonpost.com writer who is always touting various indie dudes keeps hyping this guy. Let me what I can find on youtube
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 18 July 2009 19:16 (3 years ago) Permalink
best record is def "god is saying this to you."
also, he appears playing trumpet and acoustic guitar on the new blues control album.
― ian, Saturday, 18 July 2009 19:18 (3 years ago) Permalink
I've been listening to this guy a lot over the last week or two. He's a little uneven, I think, but songs like "My Sympathy" and "My Best Friends (Don't Even Pass This), which are both on God is Saying This to You, more than make up for any shortcomings.
A new LP coming out soon, Childish Prodigy, has leaked on whatwhatinthebutt.cd for those who may be interested. I haven't listened yet but regardless I'll definitely have him in mind as one of my favorite new artists of 2009. His other (more popular? I honestly don't know) band, The War On Drugs, is decent too. He plays guitar in that band, but you wouldn't necessarily connect the dots unless someone told you. The War On Drugs is kind of dominated by the singer's voice, which is a bit like a more tuneful Dylan. The lyrics are kind of hit or miss, but there are moments ("There is no Urgency") where they hit a kind of stride.
― Internet! (Z S), Friday, 11 September 2009 17:08 (3 years ago) Permalink
heh, the influences Vile lists on his myspace page unsurprisingly do a better job of describing his sound than I could ever do:
room to live, love to burn, street hassle, street legal, beat street, bully of the bayou, heartland feeling, yellow schwinn stingray, roots train number 1 (extended mix), cocaine in my brain, juicy juicy juice, strawberry wine, violent students, richie records, ag tonez, tusk, ccr, neil young, crazyhorse, suicide, the dead c, charlie patton, bertha lee, blind lemon jefferson, mississippi john hurt, blind willie johnson, furry lewis, fred mcdowell, harry smith anthology, american primitives, etc, robert johnson, lightnin hopkins, john fahey, doc watson, hank williams, townse van zandt, bob dylan, bobby neuwirth, eat the document, the vu, lou, the stooges, iggy, the ramones, the stones, the kinks, cluster, morton subotnick, isoa tomita, the fall, kurt's garage, blue kangaroo and the rest of wattle & daub.
― Internet! (Z S), Friday, 11 September 2009 17:11 (3 years ago) Permalink
i really liked that war on drugs record. pretty curious about this one.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 11 September 2009 17:16 (3 years ago) Permalink
my sympathy is a great song
― cool app (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Friday, 11 September 2009 17:18 (3 years ago) Permalink
Constant Hitmaker is still my favorite.
― Trip Maker, Friday, 11 September 2009 17:18 (3 years ago) Permalink
saw two shows where this dude opened last week and missed him at both
― cool app (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Friday, 11 September 2009 17:19 (3 years ago) Permalink
I haven't listened to it yet. But yeah, actually I have you to thank for getting me to listen to him recently, I saw one of his songs on your KOPN playlist and was reminded that a friend of mine had recommended that I check him out.
― Internet! (Z S), Friday, 11 September 2009 17:20 (3 years ago) Permalink
xpost to trip maker
You should listen to that birthday show on the holy victrola blog, bro!I turned 30 the minute it ended.
― Trip Maker, Friday, 11 September 2009 17:22 (3 years ago) Permalink
will listen. Happy b-day too :)
― Internet! (Z S), Friday, 11 September 2009 17:34 (3 years ago) Permalink
The "I've never been so insulted in my whole lieeefe! SHIT!" part on "Freak Train" kills me.
That song's a tranced-out grower for sure, and I'd love to see it done live (the YouTube clips of it played out look great); the two riffier tracks on Childish Prodigy seem a bit weak/clunky/standard rock-by-numbers to me, though ("Hunchback", "Monkey"), but then again I didn't like the Hunchback EP that much. Some of the new tunes are streaming on a blog here: http://pastaprima.net/?p=3967
Constant Hitmaker still rules the roost for me, and The War On Drugs record's a total classic. These guys (Vile, Granduciel) sure know how to sprinkle on the digital FX.
― Craig D., Friday, 11 September 2009 18:05 (3 years ago) Permalink
yeah that's my fave too, the cleaner production on Constant Hitmaker took a little bit away from it imo
the preview mp3 of the new Matador album sounds good
― dmr, Friday, 11 September 2009 18:57 (3 years ago) Permalink
I liked the hunchback ep!
but what do I know
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Friday, 11 September 2009 19:03 (3 years ago) Permalink
I'm looking forward to his new LP just so I can actually PURCHASE the damn thing! I'm trying to track down God is Saying and Constant Hitmaker on vinyl, but everything is like "limited to 30 LPs/must guess secret code/must have last name starting with T, W or K/must go to secret show in basement that was only disclosed to people who went to other secret show in basement that had last names starting with L and Y and guessed secret code", etc
― Internet! (Z S), Friday, 11 September 2009 19:06 (3 years ago) Permalink
Z_S we have God Is Saying... in stock at the moment at the price of $18 (second pressing) if u are interested email me dr.carl.sagan at gmail dot com
not sure abt constant hitmaker but i can check on that too
― ian, Saturday, 12 September 2009 17:37 (3 years ago) Permalink
thanks for the head's up ian, I'm giving it some thought.
I hate to revive this thread and then speak disapprovingly of the forthcoming album, but I must. Childish Prodigy has its bright spots, but it seems to bury everything that I like about Vile under a pile of heavier "band" songs. From what I've heard on this, and the Hunchback EP, the influence of the Violators is not entirely a positive one. It's like he's sort of trying to pull a Neil Young guitar epic off, but the Violators aren't Crazy Horse. It kinda sucks that it's on Matador and so it will serve as a lot of people's first impression.
Still really digging Constant Hitmaker and God is Saying this to you, though.
― O(Suggest/Ban)BAMA (Z S), Monday, 14 September 2009 01:22 (3 years ago) Permalink
Just downloaded pretty much everything, and he's coming to Minneapolis. Can't decide how I feel about the new one, but there's definitely some undeniable beauty in here...
― Pete Scholtes, Wednesday, 7 October 2009 22:14 (3 years ago) Permalink
i love childish prodigy
― kushighway (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 10 October 2009 18:55 (3 years ago) Permalink
freak train is some real shit
i don't think he'll ever do anything as good as "taking the farm" or "arms like boulders" but this one smashes the war on drugs album
need to hear constant hitmaker
― kushighway (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 10 October 2009 18:57 (3 years ago) Permalink
Constant Hitmaker's pretty great, and a few of the songs on God is Saying are still my very favorites. I am trying to warm up the new one, but tbh I'm not really feelin' it.
― The World's Biggest Christ (Z S), Saturday, 10 October 2009 20:28 (3 years ago) Permalink
huh i really like the new one a lot. it gets a little samey near the end but the first half is pretty solid. maybe i'm weird but i like the strong songs on childish prodigy more than the formlessness of the earlier albums.
― congratulations (n/a), Saturday, 10 October 2009 20:30 (3 years ago) Permalink
"overnite religion" and "my best friends" are so so fucking good
― kamerad, Tuesday, 10 November 2009 01:29 (3 years ago) Permalink
― ☀ ☃ (am0n), Friday, 2 April 2010 17:04 (3 years ago) Permalink
re: Record Store DayMexican Summer is re-releasing "God is Saying.." as a one-time-only vinyl/cassette combo.
― van smack, Monday, 12 April 2010 23:16 (3 years ago) Permalink
― van smack, Monday, 12 April 2010 23:17 (3 years ago) Permalink
really ended up in love with childish prodigy. have totally overplayed the heck out of heart attack in particular
― aarrissi-a-roni, Monday, 12 April 2010 23:26 (3 years ago) Permalink
man this new EP is good... title is Square Shells and the 7+ minute jam is sounding so fine right now, almost like Spacemen 3 but with more of a ticking motorik beat.
― bug holocaust (sleeve), Saturday, 22 May 2010 20:13 (3 years ago) Permalink
agreed... this is wonderful...
― Worth waiting for the fannypunch at 4.02 (stevie), Saturday, 22 May 2010 20:27 (3 years ago) Permalink
Thanks for the heads up! I've been looking forward to some new Kurt Vile.
― ImprovSpirit, Sunday, 23 May 2010 03:15 (2 years ago) Permalink
Snagged it! Top-notch sounds from Kurt.
― ImprovSpirit, Monday, 24 May 2010 01:45 (2 years ago) Permalink
Yeah, formless music in general can irritate me to no end, but I find his stuff mesmerizing. Really loved Childish Prodigy.
― musicfanatic, Monday, 24 May 2010 02:24 (2 years ago) Permalink
He reminds me a bit of what might've happened if someone had given Jeffrey Lee Pierce a cheesy/cool drum machine & said 'go at it.'
― ImprovSpirit, Monday, 24 May 2010 19:36 (2 years ago) Permalink
getting harder and harder to ignore this guy
― (e_3) (Edward III), Monday, 24 May 2010 20:08 (2 years ago) Permalink
?
― ( ｀ハ´)☞ ☜(´∀｀☜) (am0n), Monday, 24 May 2010 20:13 (2 years ago) Permalink
I think he's rolling through town in two weeks. I'm gonna try hit it up.
― van smack, Monday, 24 May 2010 20:19 (2 years ago) Permalink
"In My Time"
― Trip Maker, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 17:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
album production is really well done too. nice electron bubbling underneath that never overwhelms.
― Moreno, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 17:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
New EP coming and deluxe version of Smoke Ring for my Halo
http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2011/09/06/kurt-vile-so-outta-reach-ep-and-deluxe-edition-of-album-november-8-the-creature-mp3-now/
New song is good, definetly reminds me of an older piece of his that I can't quite put my finger on.
Secretly hoping he goes back to the krauty/psychedelic/experimental stuff still :x
― Ryan, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 21:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
I feel like the War on Drugs kinda takes care of my kraut/psych KV needs, whether he's in that band or not. Was he really ever that krauty to begin with?
Anyone else out there fucking livid that they're slapping a bonus disc onto this album? Like, why do I bother spending actual money on albums the week they come out if 6 months later there's gonna be extra songs on it for the same price. First world problems, I know.
― International Waters, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 22:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
but isn't the bonus disk just the new ep?
― low content wine racing (stevie), Tuesday, 6 September 2011 22:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
the new ep isn't coming out alone on cd. and even if it was, it wouldn't be free to people that already bought the album and basically got it to the point where someone thought a "deluxe edition" was worth doing.
― International Waters, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 23:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
^^^ otm, I'm really annoyed by this too. Yes, I understand I can get the EP tracks digitally, but its still kind of a slap in the face when labels do this.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 23 September 2011 21:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
KV LPs as WA films
The Great:Constant Hitmaker/Bottle RocketGod Is Saying This To You/RushmoreSmoke Ring For My Halo/The Royal Tenenbaums
The Very Good:The Hunchback EP/The Fantastic Mr. FoxSquare Shells EP/The Darjeeling Limited
The Failure:Childish Prodigy/ The Life Aquatic
― chromecassettes, Saturday, 24 September 2011 15:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
Prodigy=Failure?!
crazy talk!
― nostormo, Saturday, 24 September 2011 16:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah, "overnite religion" and "Unknown" alone makes it at least Very Good - those might be two fav KV songs. i like others on it as well.
― rebels against newton (Z S), Saturday, 24 September 2011 20:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
Dead Alive is his best song ever
― nostormo, Saturday, 24 September 2011 22:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
Blackberry Song is awesome too. I also love the production on the album, or rather the lack of production.
― rebels against newton (Z S), Saturday, 24 September 2011 22:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
he sounds like mick jagger or iggy pop in this record and he never did before or after.like royal trux meets spacemen 3 or something
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjFOForu7Y0
― nostormo, Saturday, 24 September 2011 22:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
I think CP is a major misstep. Maybe if it was your first taste you'd think it was good, but not me. The EP version of "Hunchback" is so much better and I find "Freak Train" extremely annoying. I actually gave up on him after that, but SRfMH is so good I had to come back.
― chromecassettes, Monday, 26 September 2011 22:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
guys the new split 7" with woods is REALLY GOOD too
― 69, Monday, 26 September 2011 22:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
@69, does that 7" come with a download code? Might pick up from label.
I'm curious when some of the new stuff he played at his acoustic instores will turn up recorded, he did a great sounding murder ballad that I've yet to hear again.
― Ryan, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 20:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
hmmm im not sure it does! lemme look later on this evening...
― 69, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 20:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
Heard it at a friends house last night. Not too much material, but it's got me thirsty for that new EP.
Was listening to some older stuff and I'm starting to think Space Forklift is his best song.
― Ryan, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 15:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
Space Forklift is amazing
― Z S, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 18:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
― nostormo, Saturday, September 24, 2011 6:23 PM
― am0n, Friday, 21 October 2011 17:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
the album version is better imo
― nostormo, Friday, 21 October 2011 17:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
Kurt Vile and The Young will be such a killer show to catch. Kind of bummed that new 7" is only available at two shows.
― Ryan, Friday, 21 October 2011 17:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
Seriously, fuck off Matador. Looks like I have to re-buy Smoke Ring For My Halo in order to get the new EP. The only way its available on its own is vinyl, with either CD or digital you have to buy the Smoke Ring deluxe edition to get both the album and the EP. Hate when labels pull this bullshit, I expect it from major labels, but Matador? C'mon guys.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 7 November 2011 14:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
get a record player
― Mr. Que, Monday, 7 November 2011 14:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
Have one, but its in storage for now because I had to sacrifice the space for our nursery. Its just frustrating. And you wonder why people turn to illegal downloading when you won't give willing customers an option to pay for your product.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 7 November 2011 14:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah whenever i am frustrated with a company, i just steal from them, it makes me feel so much better.
― Mr. Que, Monday, 7 November 2011 14:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
I didn't say that, c'mon now.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 7 November 2011 14:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
can you not get the EP from iTunes?
― The doctor smiled, realizing that he had made his point. (stevie), Monday, 7 November 2011 15:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
hey jon
will be available on amazon tomorrow for $6
http://www.amazon.com/So-Outta-Reach/dp/B005TD5RCO/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1320683141&sr=8-2-fkmr0
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 7 November 2011 16:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
hope u feel better
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 7 November 2011 16:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
$6? Seriously, fuck off Amazon.
― PTSD clarinet kid (am0n), Monday, 7 November 2011 16:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
$6 is reasonable for an EP! I am feeling happier now. I didn't see it on iTunes as a standalone and digital wasn't an option at Matador's store. Didn't even think to check Amazon.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 7 November 2011 17:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah amazon mp3 is great now IMO, usually cheaper and also no DRM and 320k quality, i love it, i haven't bought anything off itunes in forever
the free cloud player works well too
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 7 November 2011 18:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
the title track has a v tom petty vibe imho
― The doctor smiled, realizing that he had made his point. (stevie), Monday, 7 November 2011 18:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
i don't know about tom petty but the intricate guitar sound of the first song is even more magic than anything on smoke rings. it's like a naturally dyed persian carpet woven from guitar strings.
― alex in mainhattan, Monday, 7 November 2011 21:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
I just bought the songs individually from iTunes (in this case, cheaper than Amazon).It's really great.
― She Got the Shakes, Monday, 7 November 2011 23:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Luomas (admrl), Monday, 12 March 2012 22:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
on tour
― shur fine (am0n), Friday, 23 March 2012 15:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
<3
― grimes - (the elder scrolls iv:) oblivion (diamonddave85), Friday, 23 March 2012 15:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
nice shirt
― Trip Maker, Friday, 23 March 2012 16:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
If it's a Kurt Vile thread bumping-I'll check it out
― nostormo, Friday, 23 March 2012 17:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
Smoke Ring For My Halo is such a gorgeous freaking record. I heard it in a store the other day, Googled some lyrics, and was surprised as to what it was. I had checked out some clips long ago and never followed up, but this was really, really immediately striking to me, and I picked it up the next chance I got. And I'm so not in this headspace right now; that vast majority of what I've been listening to the past six months is metal. The vibe he conjures is so immediate and evocative; I love everything about it.
― Clarke B., Thursday, 4 October 2012 23:15 (7 months ago) Permalink
any plans for a new record?
― nostormo, Thursday, 4 October 2012 23:16 (7 months ago) Permalink
i'd heard there should be one before the end of the year, but have heard nothing more
― Trad., Arrrgh (stevie), Friday, 5 October 2012 07:18 (7 months ago) Permalink
You can stream the first single, which is over 9 minutes on his website http://kurtvile.com/. New DOUBLE Album out in April.This song is so awesome and slackerish. The beginning sounds a lot like Pavement, but then turns into something so much more amazing.
― scubasteve, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 22:47 (3 months ago) Permalink
never too early to anticipate a new Kurt Vile record - Wakin On A Pretty Daze? (2013)
― nostormo, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 22:58 (3 months ago) Permalink
Think there might be a thread for it already!
― Z S, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 23:41 (3 months ago) Permalink
ooops, sorry folks.
― scubasteve, Wednesday, 20 February 2013 00:19 (3 months ago) Permalink
he never sounded so angry, aggressive and dirty as he did on Childish Prodigy.(vocals and production)
i hope he'll make another "dark" record like this, only with much less fillers.
― nostormo, Monday, 22 April 2013 18:46 (1 month ago) Permalink