Mary Timony

Feel like Jonathan Richman's "Roadrunner" is quoted differently in two tracks too.

I fucking love this Ex Hex album.

I saw Ex Hex last night. Really fun set, played basically the whole record.

this record is definitely a much better version of wild flag

man I totally missed that Timony was part of this band, will investigate

Good livestream at the moment: http://blog.kexp.org/pickathon-2015-video-webcast/

Ex Hex, that is

I once hitched a UK tour with her, trying to think who the band was. That is to say she was with a few people doing the hitching following another band around not that we were hitching following her.
Would be some point towards the end of the 80s anyway.

My 8yo daughter is OBSESSED with Mary T. My fridge is plastered with pictures of her. She has a Spotify playlist which is just Ex Hex and Wild Flag ("but you can just put the LPs on... Your sister has lots more in hers..." "NO").

I'm a Betsy Wright man myself.

Does she know about Helium? Haven't checked Spotify for them.
the xpost livestream set was so cool, kinda laid-back at times, but guitars kept careening over the top, then back to the groove, where I waited for the next payoff (rock kindergarten, teaching me patience). Nice!

I think she has some Helium singles. I'm not sure what she'll make of MT solo. Hearing her absent-mindedly harmonise with the middle eight of "Glass Tambourine" was my Saturday morning highlight of the year.

Anyway, back to Mary.

Mary's songwriting seems to be at its best when she is a band, presumably bouncing off ideas and not being backed by just herself and drums/keys. But if you'd put all the best tracks from her four solo albums together, it would be as good as Helium.

I'm a Betsy Wright man myself.

― Michael Jones, Monday, August 3, 2015 6:10 AM

On Instagram Mary Timony says she is recording a new solo album

🙂

And we’re back

https://marytimony.bandcamp.com/album/untame-the-tiger-2

i like it! very nice minimal arrangement

reminds me (musically not vocally) a bit of The Evens

I like the minimal straight forward pop of that song too. Sometimes she’s too prog & old school art rock for me , but not on that dominoes song

Really nice stuff

2024 tour date tickets go on sale at 10 am ET today

New track, “The Guest”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=780u_kPEXcA

First date of the tour tonight in Baltimore. Sweet, short set, heavy on the new album with two Helium cuts. There were some nerves and a missed lyric cue or two, but a really strong band, having fun up there. Timony’s solos on “The Guest” were especially on fire.

See ‘em when they come to your town

I was there too. I liked Anna on the pedal steel, but must confess to get bored at times by Timony and Betsy leisurely jamming on so many songs . Felt like circa 1972 rock with not enough energy and rhythm. I liked Timony vocals and how songs started but some just didn’t hold my attention. Maybe I am not the ideal audience member for this tour.

getting bored

Yeah, the jamming was definitely the point to a large degree - the vocals acting as a starting point/tee for glassine guitar riffs and extended vamps. Not for everyone, but it’s possible that this will change as the tour proceeds and she gets more comfortable in the role of singer/bandleader/guitarist - with Hammered Hulls she just had to be the bassist, which was probably a relief.

The openers were OK but I was kinda patiently waiting for the main event - it’s always been that way but even more so as I age.

I get that. I had seen them before and kinda liked them, so was fine with seeing em again even on a midweek work night. But yeah, was glad there weren’t too many delays.

Birthday Girl are a good band but as I was texting some friends during that set:

“They make me a little nostalgic for a time when I listened to a lot of music like this (in a different century, mostly)”

I hear Birthday Girl DC as a throwback to one style from the last century, and Mary Timony’s current live approach a musical throwback to an even earlier style ( even if both of them are using lyrics that relate to their own 21 century issues)

I like the Mary Timony album better than I liked the live show. The guitar vamps don't go on as long.

At one point, Mabel Canty (before I knew her full name) announced their parents were actually accompanying them on tour, and I was like "aw, that's so sweet - every parent should be like that" and then someone informed me who their parents were - had no idea!

wau

lol her bassist is Isabella MacKaye

That is Alec Mackaye's daughter. Mabel Canty is 16 . Mary Timony gave Mabel Canty some lessons and produced their music