I dunno he was always a kind of take 'em or leave 'em kind of thing for me, liked but not loved, but I've been digging the recent ish a bunch
― (e_3) (Edward III), Monday, May 24, 2010 4:42 PM
ah i misread it as you were trying to ignore him, but yeah otm
― ( `ハ´)☞ ☜(´∀`☜) (am0n), Tuesday, 25 May 2010 19:04 (fourteen years ago) link
def gonna try to catch him live next month
― ( `ハ´)☞ ☜(´∀`☜) (am0n), Tuesday, 25 May 2010 19:05 (fourteen years ago) link
i never heard him before this...is this pretty much what he's like on the albums?
some parts remind me of the quieter parts of swell maps but more pop
― m@tt (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 25 May 2010 19:08 (fourteen years ago) link
he's pretty varied. God Is Saying This To You (my fave) is mostly solo material with a lot of slide guitar. his last EP credited to Kurt Vile and the Violators was more rock. some of his other stuff is more pop/rock with drum machine.
― dmr, Tuesday, 25 May 2010 19:40 (fourteen years ago) link
solo as in just voice and guitar, no band
haunted springsteen imo
― 69, Tuesday, 25 May 2010 19:52 (fourteen years ago) link
the last half of "invisibility: nonexistent" is really blissed out :)
― m@tt (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, May 25, 2010 12:02 PM (51 minutes ago)
this is what I was referring to above and it is already one of my favorite things of 2010.
― bug holocaust (sleeve), Tuesday, 25 May 2010 19:56 (fourteen years ago) link
ah yeah i see that now...really beautiful
also is it me, or is this song title:
"Losing Momentum (For Jim Jarmusch)" a great parody sonic youth song title or what?
― m@tt (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 25 May 2010 20:09 (fourteen years ago) link
"i wanted everything" sorta reminds me of if jandek made conventional music
― m@tt (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 25 May 2010 20:12 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah I definitely get a hint of Jandek on KV's stuff sometimes
― bug holocaust (sleeve), Tuesday, 25 May 2010 20:12 (fourteen years ago) link
on = in
― bug holocaust (sleeve), Tuesday, 25 May 2010 20:13 (fourteen years ago) link
war on drugs should be putting out a new album this year too
― mr. milquetoast (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 25 May 2010 20:25 (fourteen years ago) link
thats a gr8 bandname
― ( `ハ´)☞ ☜(´∀`☜) (am0n), Tuesday, 25 May 2010 20:28 (fourteen years ago) link
"hunchback" on ep >>>> "hunchback" on childish prodigy btw
― (e_3) (Edward III), Tuesday, 25 May 2010 21:15 (fourteen years ago) link
i figured out who his voice reminds me of.. george brigman
― am0n, Thursday, 27 May 2010 17:41 (fourteen years ago) link
little bit like j. mascis too
― am0n, Thursday, 27 May 2010 17:42 (fourteen years ago) link
still really love square shells
― You know, Caps... Jimmy Hats, Gloves, McRibs, Slee (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 8 September 2010 23:24 (thirteen years ago) link
totally. Ocean City one of my favorite songs of the year
― dmr, Thursday, 9 September 2010 03:43 (thirteen years ago) link
the really long track is dreamy too
― the cusses of 2 live crew (stevie), Thursday, 9 September 2010 07:35 (thirteen years ago) link
been really loving the war on drugs album without realising this dude was in 'em. need to investigate more now ic
― midiverb II program 49 (electricsound), Friday, 17 December 2010 02:34 (thirteen years ago) link
I think you would like Square Shells.
there's a mew single on Matador, only listened once so far but the sound is more full-band.
― sleeve, Friday, 17 December 2010 04:43 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/25kurtcover_mo2d.jpg
March 8
A side:Baby’s ArmsJesus FeverPuppet To The ManOn TourSociety Is My Friend
In My Time is pretty nice.B side:Runner UpsIn My TimePeeping TomboySmoke Ring For My HaloGhost Town
― mizzell, Sunday, 2 January 2011 03:14 (thirteen years ago) link
hell yes
― sleeve, Sunday, 2 January 2011 03:19 (thirteen years ago) link
Just listening to a promo of the new one. I havne't previously heard him before, but this is stripped down acoustica with a few effects on top. Kind of M.Ward with J.Mascis's voice with a hint of Ariel Pink(?) Didn't think much of it at first, but it might be growing on me. Anyway, what's the previous stuff like? Does it rock or subvert any more than this?
― dentarthurdent (dog latin), Thursday, 10 February 2011 14:11 (thirteen years ago) link
It alternates between stuff like that, some more straight-forward indie-rock/pop moments (thinking "Freeway"), and NY+Crazy Horse style rockers/jammers.Childish Prodigy is probably his most "rockin" and "god is saying this to you" his most subdued.
― Trip Maker, Thursday, 10 February 2011 14:48 (thirteen years ago) link
and they're all great
― I'd rather climb into the saddle of my Ford Mustang and sink spurs (stevie), Thursday, 10 February 2011 19:33 (thirteen years ago) link
new one is streaming on npr's website
― mizzell, Monday, 28 February 2011 16:37 (thirteen years ago) link
thx
― r.i.p. hamilton (am0n), Monday, 28 February 2011 17:00 (thirteen years ago) link
Its really good!
― Wacky Way Lounge (Evan), Monday, 28 February 2011 17:04 (thirteen years ago) link
tomboy is so so glorious
― I'd rather climb into the saddle of my Ford Mustang and sink spurs (stevie), Monday, 28 February 2011 17:24 (thirteen years ago) link
I wasn't sure of what to make of this guy when I first heard this new album. It felt kind of MOR at first, but then a lot of the songs started worming their ways in and now 'Society Is My Friend' and 'Puppet To The Man' are firm favourites.
― cosdeling barier chough a fat in a ballman thrantume (dog latin), Monday, 28 February 2011 17:27 (thirteen years ago) link
there's a real lindsay buckingham vibe to the new one...
― I'd rather climb into the saddle of my Ford Mustang and sink spurs (stevie), Monday, 28 February 2011 17:31 (thirteen years ago) link
this sounds great. have kinda missed the boat on this guy...makes me think of j mascis backed by the go-betweens or something.
― tylerw, Monday, 28 February 2011 17:33 (thirteen years ago) link
his first three are great too, tyler, if you've not heard them...
― I'd rather climb into the saddle of my Ford Mustang and sink spurs (stevie), Monday, 28 February 2011 17:33 (thirteen years ago) link
still find this song impossibly good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-mgUlSHBUg
― it made me wish batman had written an article on mfas (Edward III), Monday, 28 February 2011 17:46 (thirteen years ago) link
― cosdeling barier chough a fat in a ballman thrantume (dog latin), Monday, February 28, 2011 12:27 PM
i like this new one but i think i prefer him in his "rockin'" mode. you should rly check out 'childish prodigy'
― r.i.p. hamilton (am0n), Monday, 28 February 2011 17:54 (thirteen years ago) link
Dog Latin, I like the new one, but you should definitely check out his earlier stuff (particularly the wonderful constant hitmaker and the occasionally brilliant god is saying this to you).
They are the after the goldrush and on the beach to smoke ring for my halo's comes a time.
imo
― Z S, Monday, 28 February 2011 17:55 (thirteen years ago) link
And I like childish prodigy (I like just about anything he does tbh), but it was also the first one that started occasionally veering into the coffeeshop friendly style
― Z S, Monday, 28 February 2011 18:00 (thirteen years ago) link
Smoke Ring sounding really good to my fatigued monday morning self right now.
― Trip Maker, Monday, 28 February 2011 18:53 (thirteen years ago) link
co-sign on new lp being great
― reallysmoothmusic (Jamie_ATP), Wednesday, 2 March 2011 17:21 (thirteen years ago) link
square shells is the only things I actually listen to all the way through, but I listen to it all the time. Is this album like new new or is it that thing that came out pretty recently
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Wednesday, 2 March 2011 18:39 (thirteen years ago) link
its new new. square shells was an ep, wasn't it?
― I'd rather climb into the saddle of my Ford Mustang and sink spurs (stevie), Wednesday, 2 March 2011 19:25 (thirteen years ago) link
its the new studio album out next week
― reallysmoothmusic (Jamie_ATP), Wednesday, 2 March 2011 20:36 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah square shells was an ep. Thanks for the info on the new shit.
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Wednesday, 2 March 2011 20:44 (thirteen years ago) link
new album's excellent
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Monday, 7 March 2011 06:48 (thirteen years ago) link
for anyone in brooklyn, kurt vile is gonna be playing at academy records in williamsburg around 5pm tomorrow!
― not everything is a campfire (ian), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 01:18 (thirteen years ago) link
I'll be at the Generation Records show, very excited.
― Ryan, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 02:57 (thirteen years ago) link
as I have the day off, expect to be at Academy.
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 15:12 (thirteen years ago) link
dang. would have gone to that. workin.
― dmr, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 17:06 (thirteen years ago) link
me to.
― Thus Sang Freud, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 18:04 (thirteen years ago) link