new Howling Hex / Neil Hagerty brings the funk!

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maybe!
also, just looked -- the next show in Denver he's playing with Michael Gira!!!

tylerw, Thursday, 26 January 2012 16:04 (1 year ago) Permalink

MG solo? sounds good

quick brown fox triangle (schlump), Thursday, 26 January 2012 16:31 (1 year ago) Permalink

2 months pass...

think i'm going to go see the Howling Hex again tonight in Denver! Who's with me!
Sadly I missed the Gira show last month. Apparently Gira got reallllllllly mad at a chatty audience.

tylerw, Friday, 20 April 2012 15:30 (1 year ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

THURSDAY! Howling Hex June residency kicks off in Denver! Will go to at least two of them!

tylerw, Wednesday, 6 June 2012 02:02 (11 months ago) Permalink

somewhat comically un-revealing interview w/ hagerty
http://www.heyreverb.com/2012/06/06/howling-hex-interview/

tylerw, Wednesday, 6 June 2012 19:34 (11 months ago) Permalink

lol @ dissing albums but not record companies

retro-shittified (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 19:46 (11 months ago) Permalink

rad interview

blossom smulch (schlump), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 20:20 (11 months ago) Permalink

haha! i actually kinda know the guy who did it. he's a good guy, i'm sure, you know, circumstances.

tylerw, Wednesday, 6 June 2012 20:21 (11 months ago) Permalink

i was totally sincere! though i think the build up maybe makes the interview into something of a deadpan punchline.

i'm psyched you're catching this show anyway. these are still the group i wanna catch somehow sometime, i don't really know how. report back.

blossom smulch (schlump), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 20:31 (11 months ago) Permalink

yeah will do. totally psyched he's in Denver for the foreseeable future.

tylerw, Wednesday, 6 June 2012 20:33 (11 months ago) Permalink

currently uploading a terrible video i took at last night's show! well, the sound is OK, but the venue was incredibly dark. will post! great show!

tylerw, Friday, 8 June 2012 15:30 (11 months ago) Permalink

what was the format? how many folks in the band?

Stormy Davis, Friday, 8 June 2012 16:14 (11 months ago) Permalink

same band as a few months ago, just a bassist/drummer.

tylerw, Friday, 8 June 2012 16:16 (11 months ago) Permalink

man. I was actually toying with the idea of coming out there in a couple of weeks to catch the Hag on Thursday and then Wilco on Fri/Sat at Red Rocks. probably not gonna happen tho

Stormy Davis, Friday, 8 June 2012 16:29 (11 months ago) Permalink

DO IT. I'm definitely going to at least one more of these.

behold my superior videographer skills. the sound is OK anyway.

tylerw, Friday, 8 June 2012 16:30 (11 months ago) Permalink

thanks tyler! i actually skipped through mid-solo because fuzz & youtube don't totally fit, but it sounds great. the set-up suits NMH pretty well, i think. i'd love to have seen the theater-fire lineup, but there's something neat about the minimal, repetitive thing they have going.

blossom smulch (schlump), Friday, 8 June 2012 18:09 (11 months ago) Permalink

2 weeks pass...

totally going back tonight! woooo.

tylerw, Thursday, 28 June 2012 18:29 (10 months ago) Permalink

wooo. this rocked! pretty much the same deal as before, tho he actually played some shorter, punchier numbers. highlight is the epic march he closed out both shows with. forgot to take the camera.

tylerw, Friday, 29 June 2012 17:06 (10 months ago) Permalink

only just remembered to check in w/this. sounds good. what'd you mean march? can't figure out if you mean an arkestral troop outta the venue or a shuffly norteno number.

blossom smulch (schlump), Sunday, 1 July 2012 23:22 (10 months ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

guy's blog is both amusing & coherent right now. weird rountable w/commenters going on about romance.

, Blogger (schlump), Thursday, 9 August 2012 19:14 (9 months ago) Permalink

3 months pass...

new album in feb. called "the best of the howling hex" but is indeed new material -- seems to be the stuff he was playing this year in Denver. sounds amazing.

tylerw, Wednesday, 28 November 2012 22:45 (5 months ago) Permalink

hope it's better than wilson semis FWIW

69, Wednesday, 28 November 2012 22:53 (5 months ago) Permalink

awesome awesome awesome
& great title. it was kinda longer, dirgier jams, right?

absurdly pro-D (schlump), Wednesday, 28 November 2012 22:53 (5 months ago) Permalink

aww. i don't have my copy of WS with me so i can't spin it, but i have affection for it.

absurdly pro-D (schlump), Wednesday, 28 November 2012 22:53 (5 months ago) Permalink

i really like wilson semis, but i think this one is better. last track is 24 minutes! so yeah longer, dirgier.

tylerw, Wednesday, 28 November 2012 22:55 (5 months ago) Permalink

i really loved earth junk, but WS kind of was just a blah retread imo

69, Wednesday, 28 November 2012 22:56 (5 months ago) Permalink

this is p cool, incidentally:
http://www.howlinghex.com/diary/1625/rehearsals-are-ongoing

whoa, tyler you have charmed NMH & gained access to his stack of tapes. i think i speak on behalf of everyone outside of your state when i ask if you can quietly post this to your blog.

absurdly pro-D (schlump), Wednesday, 28 November 2012 22:56 (5 months ago) Permalink

ha, i just posted that & was like don't antagonise 69 about hating on wilson semiconductors again, let it lie. it's cool. some of earth junk i still love, other parts of it just aren't super enjoyable listening for me, including some of the best stuff on there. it reminds me of murder mystery by the velvets a little, like that. all this makes me wanna listen to WS, though, so. btw 69 i am for real missin your radio show, i hope you are on air again sometime.

absurdly pro-D (schlump), Wednesday, 28 November 2012 22:58 (5 months ago) Permalink

xp haha, no, drag city just sent me the promo...

tylerw, Wednesday, 28 November 2012 22:59 (5 months ago) Permalink

oh whoa & there's this too:

Navajo Rag: long form psychedelic mixing by Neil Hagerty and the Howling Hex,
with mixing by Harpoon Forever & artwork by RAFTAR. 44 minutes
listen to the first couple minutes at soundcloud

http://soundcloud.com/osrtapes/the-howling-hex-navajo-rag

absurdly pro-D (schlump), Wednesday, 28 November 2012 22:59 (5 months ago) Permalink

ha, okay. keep working toward that anyway. you're into it? i thought it was interesting the thing neil said about not really caring about records so just sending stuff to DC & letting them decide what to do with it.

absurdly pro-D (schlump), Wednesday, 28 November 2012 23:00 (5 months ago) Permalink

first jam on the record for those not sitting around in smoking jackets supping cognac & talking pedals with NMH every week:

http://www.rockdelux.com/noticias/p/the-howling-hex.html

absurdly pro-D (schlump), Wednesday, 28 November 2012 23:03 (5 months ago) Permalink

ha, i just posted that & was like don't antagonise 69 about hating on wilson semiconductors again, let it lie. it's cool. some of earth junk i still love, other parts of it just aren't super enjoyable listening for me, including some of the best stuff on there. it reminds me of murder mystery by the velvets a little, like that. all this makes me wanna listen to WS, though, so. btw 69 i am for real missin your radio show, i hope you are on air again sometime.

― absurdly pro-D (schlump), Wednesday, November 28, 2012 10:58 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

awww u can antagonise me anytime. and thanks for the nice words about the show -- too busy with work stuff this week to do it today, and there's definitely been a lag in putting the links up on the archive page. did you see the link to the show ian and i did the other week when i was in NY? it was really fun!

69, Wednesday, 28 November 2012 23:07 (5 months ago) Permalink

aw no! i didn't, i am missing stuff, i'll go check it out. you guys are a dream team. the last thing i heard was you co-presenting with my buddy BN, i had no idea you guys knew one another, it was so lovely. on another note, i bumped this thread in yr direction a while ago: THE PIANO CHOIR

will keep lookin out anyway.

this new hex jam is good. not a zillion miles away from the last record.

absurdly pro-D (schlump), Wednesday, 28 November 2012 23:12 (5 months ago) Permalink

should be noted that the final track is about 10 minutes long (with an unlisted bonus track tagged on there).

tylerw, Wednesday, 28 November 2012 23:19 (5 months ago) Permalink

2 months pass...

how is this? it's kinda expensive at the store & i can't jump right in right now.

schlump, Wednesday, 27 February 2013 22:59 (2 months ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

"traschan bahamas" song of the year so far imho

reggie (qualmsley), Tuesday, 9 April 2013 14:00 (1 month ago) Permalink

http://osr-tapes.com/

Navajo Rag: long form psychedelic mixing by Neil Hagerty and the Howling Hex, with mixing by Harpoon Forever & artwork by RAFTAR. 44 minutes
[free download]

tylerw, Tuesday, 9 April 2013 14:53 (1 month ago) Permalink

tyler you rule. thanks

reggie (qualmsley), Tuesday, 9 April 2013 18:09 (1 month ago) Permalink

haha, you're welcome. it's basically like an extension of the weirdo remix thing at the end of the new album.

tylerw, Tuesday, 9 April 2013 18:17 (1 month ago) Permalink


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