― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 16:59 (nineteen years ago) link
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― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 17:32 (nineteen years ago) link
― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 18:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Thursday, 3 March 2005 19:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― Raymond Cummings (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 3 March 2005 21:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Thursday, 3 March 2005 22:19 (nineteen years ago) link
― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Friday, 4 March 2005 01:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Friday, 4 March 2005 16:56 (nineteen years ago) link
Two spins so far. Not sure how I rate Ex Hex. On the one hand it sounds so different from MT's recent efforts -- just deeper and more showy in a good way (i.e. I thought The Golden Dove was her reaching the end of the sound she was doing then -- it's my least favorite of any of her efforts, despite the indisputable greatness of "Blood Tree" and a few other okay tracks I can't make myself listen to the while thing) -- but it hasn't got me flippin' my shit just yet. A grower, maybe. It's like when I first heard Pig Lib and thought "Whoa, what's happening here, this is UGLY" and then the next day it all made sense and I was in love.
― Raymond Cummings (Raymond Cummings), Monday, 7 March 2005 16:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Monday, 7 March 2005 16:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Monday, 7 March 2005 17:18 (nineteen years ago) link
It’s like she all of a sudden realized that it was time to change things up a wee bit.
― Raymond Cummings (Raymond Cummings), Monday, 7 March 2005 17:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Monday, 7 March 2005 18:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― Raymond Cummings (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 11 March 2005 15:41 (nineteen years ago) link
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― his face was burned off in a flaming crossbow accident (King Kobra), Friday, 11 March 2005 17:14 (nineteen years ago) link
― Shatterproof Glass (dymaxia), Friday, 11 March 2005 17:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Friday, 11 March 2005 17:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― Elisabeth (Elisabeth), Friday, 11 March 2005 23:45 (nineteen years ago) link
http://pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/t/timony_mary/ex-hex.shtml
i dont like to hate on pitchfork but this disappointed me.
― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Thursday, 7 April 2005 00:17 (nineteen years ago) link
― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Thursday, 7 April 2005 01:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Thursday, 7 April 2005 11:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― adam (adam), Tuesday, 10 May 2005 17:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― That's not cocaine! It's Ian Riese-Moraine! (Eastern Mantra), Tuesday, 10 May 2005 18:34 (nineteen years ago) link
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― vanessa novaeris (novaeris), Tuesday, 10 May 2005 22:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― mts (theoreticalgirl), Sunday, 4 June 2006 05:31 (seventeen years ago) link
her set is surprisingly rocking. very good drummer.
― Uncle Tom (Uncle Tom), Sunday, 4 June 2006 16:22 (seventeen years ago) link
her set is surprisingly rocking. she has a very good drummer.
I wasn't able to catch her on the Ex Hex tour, so I missed out on the early days of the band. Last night they were SOLID. The new stuff shows promise. Seriously one of the best guitar players out there, even better than Uncle Tom.
― mts (theoreticalgirl), Sunday, 4 June 2006 16:31 (seventeen years ago) link
So her new album The Shapes We Make is basically a continuation of Ex Hex although it sounds even more like Helium. She won't win any originality points for her guitar riffs, but at least the songs are good.
― Michael F Gill, Saturday, 9 June 2007 10:44 (sixteen years ago) link
i used to really like "xxx" - i think if i heard it now i'd want it to be twice the speed
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 9 June 2007 14:13 (sixteen years ago) link
sharpshooter is a heck of a song! my verdict is still out on if i like this new one better than ex hex. we'll see. i think it's actually harder and more "up" than the last one, which is the direction i want her to go in. i like the golden dove, but i love it when she rocks on the guitar. yes yes yes.
i saw her open for le tigre (weird bill, right?) and she was great, even if she was playing to a crowd of disco lesbians.
― Emily Bjurnhjam, Saturday, 9 June 2007 16:58 (sixteen years ago) link
She's out touring with a band in the US for the next week or so--Bloomington tonight. She's also been doing some shows as a member of Amy Domingues band Garland of Hours.
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 9 June 2007 17:06 (sixteen years ago) link
ex hex left me kinda cold, but she earned back mega points with me when i saw her touring it in toronto and she covered "i'm your man".
I like the new one, too.
― cavendish, Monday, 11 June 2007 19:16 (sixteen years ago) link
A bro of mine is playing drums on this tour.
― Jordan, Monday, 11 June 2007 19:37 (sixteen years ago) link
"rockman" is a fucking jam. in a better world people would listen to this chick
― kamerad, Wednesday, 3 June 2009 20:02 (fourteen years ago) link
I saw that Reckless had a used copy of Ex Hex via their site, but when a went to the store a couple hours later it was sold. I wonder if someone else was inspired by this thread? I did pick up The Shapes We Make, and about to listen to it now. I can't believe I missed these before!
― Fastnbulbous, Thursday, 4 June 2009 15:59 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2013/10/09/listen-a-song-from-ex-hex-mary-timonys-new-band/
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 9 October 2013 18:09 (ten years ago) link
Really like the new song, but the melody is insanely familiar. Crimson & Clover? Something else?
She played a really fun set of all Prince covers at the Black Cat 20th Anniversary thing with members of Shudder to Think and GVSB. I hope somebody recorded it.
― Walter Galt, Thursday, 10 October 2013 09:27 (ten years ago) link
I should have Googled it first!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyio6NTZq_M
― Walter Galt, Thursday, 10 October 2013 09:28 (ten years ago) link
Wish I had seen the Black cat anniversary gig
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 10 October 2013 15:14 (ten years ago) link
>>Really like the new song, but the melody is insanely familiar. Crimson & Clover? Something else?
Sounds like a riff that's been used many times over the years. Superdrag came to mind of all things, especially the guitar solo/melodies on "Sucked Out" / "Destination Ursa Major"
― Michael F Gill, Thursday, 10 October 2013 22:36 (ten years ago) link
Baba O'Riley? Toto's I'll Supply The Love? I think the bridge from My Sharona is in there as well.
― doug watson, Thursday, 10 October 2013 23:40 (ten years ago) link
Songs with the Baba O'Riley Chord Progression
xp: damnit
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 10 October 2013 23:42 (ten years ago) link
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2013/10/17/one-track-mind-ex-hex-hot-and-cold/
Timony says she derived “Hot and Cold” partly from Tommy James and the Shondells’ 1968 hit, “Crimson and Clover.” But she also extracted inspiration from a shiny new toy: her 1977 Les Paul Special. “I have a new guitar and I’m really psyched about it,” she says. “It just sounds a lot different from my other guitars so all these [new] songs come from that.”
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 17 October 2013 18:55 (ten years ago) link
The new Ex Hex tune streaming at Pitchfork is great. So happy she's back without Wild Flag.
http://pitchfork.com/news/53800-mary-timony-helium-wild-flag-s-new-band-ex-hex-shares-single-hot-and-cold-announces-tour/
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 3 February 2014 15:51 (ten years ago) link
To answer my own question from three months ago...
The part of the verse starting at :18 seconds was killing me, but it's the "It was only fantasy / the wall was too high, as you can see / no matter how he tried, He could not break free..." part of "Hey You" by Pink Floyd that was itchin' me
― Walter Galt, Monday, 3 February 2014 17:12 (ten years ago) link
http://brightestyoungthings.com/articles/byt-interviews-ex-hex.htm
They're gonna record their album with Mitch Easter
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 5 March 2014 21:41 (ten years ago) link
mary timony/helium/etc
other thread
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 5 March 2014 21:45 (ten years ago) link