Looking forward to that, loved 'Behold the Spirit'.
― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 20:04 (twelve years ago) link
Just discovered this guy. Really loving Impossible Truth. Fantastic stuff.
― Austin, Friday, 14 June 2013 15:14 (eleven years ago) link
Yes! It is great.
― Evan, Friday, 14 June 2013 15:24 (eleven years ago) link
haha, extremely successful thread i started here. most of the discussion has been over at Revolt of the ILX Brigade: New Post-Fahey Folk For PPL that post in the Takoma & Tompkin's Square Threadshe is awesome, looking forward to catching him live this summer.
― tylerw, Friday, 14 June 2013 15:25 (eleven years ago) link
just recently heard him too--i love Behold The Spirit; the newer one less so.
― nerve_pylon, Friday, 14 June 2013 15:41 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, i'm leaning in that direction, too, though i do really like impossible truth. the live disc included on the recent imaginational anthem box is worth seeking out -- some really gorgeous stuff.
― tylerw, Friday, 14 June 2013 15:47 (eleven years ago) link
Lost Colony! YAY!
― austinato (Austin), Saturday, 3 May 2014 01:16 (ten years ago) link
so good!
― tylerw, Saturday, 3 May 2014 01:31 (ten years ago) link
The Lost Colony 12" is the first material I've heard from this dude, but holy shit has it grabbed me. So captivating. All three tracks are so good. Love the nod to Television towards the end of "Whole New Dude". And how awesome is that pedal steel on "Karussell"?!?!Kosmische American Music.
― willem, Tuesday, 27 May 2014 19:55 (ten years ago) link
yeah he's great - would recommend his last one as well
also Chris Forsyth & the Solar Motel Band might be up your alley as well
― dollar rave club (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 27 May 2014 19:59 (ten years ago) link
Good one, was tipped to Forsyth in some 2013 eoy thread by Tylerw (who else ;). Great album. Tyler's stuff is more epic/grand, to my ears. Love the countryrock/kraut combo.
― willem, Thursday, 29 May 2014 12:10 (ten years ago) link
He's got a new one due out May 3. This one's called Modern Country.
― Austin, Thursday, 7 April 2016 22:31 (eight years ago) link
Sorry June 3.
http://www.mergerecords.com/william-tyler-previews-modern-country
― Austin, Friday, 8 April 2016 00:19 (eight years ago) link
some cool sounds in that teaser vid ...
― tylerw, Friday, 8 April 2016 14:45 (eight years ago) link
Awesome! This should be perfect for my Arizona vacation.
― Evan, Friday, 8 April 2016 14:52 (eight years ago) link
that is a very strange and kind of dumb video but yeah it sounds great
― adam, Friday, 8 April 2016 15:38 (eight years ago) link
haha yeah the trailer is a bit much but the music in the background was SUPER promising, def the direction i was hoping he'd go in
― rockpalast '82 (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 8 April 2016 16:08 (eight years ago) link
yeah that last bit sounded great, pretty reich-ian... did not actually watch the vid.
― tylerw, Friday, 8 April 2016 16:10 (eight years ago) link
yeah he must be using more loop pedals and stuff
i just thought of the DN "william tylerw", not gonna use it just had to get it out of my system
― rockpalast '82 (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 8 April 2016 16:30 (eight years ago) link
Super excited for this. Already pre-ordered.
― Austin, Friday, 8 April 2016 16:36 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, watching the video again, it is a bit heavy handed. But the music sounds really great.
Did anyone get that split thing he did with Six Organs of Admittance? This guy: https://www.discogs.com/Six-Organs-Of-Admittance-William-Tyler-Parallelogram/release/7950918
― Austin, Friday, 8 April 2016 17:26 (eight years ago) link
yeah his side is great (and streamable here - http://threelobed.bandcamp.com/album/parallelogram-5). six organs side is fab as well. my favorite out of all of those parallelogram things.
― tylerw, Friday, 8 April 2016 17:34 (eight years ago) link
Cheers, Tyler. Listening now — totally good.
Wish I could buy it, though. For less than a hundred dollars or whatever.
― Austin, Friday, 8 April 2016 17:51 (eight years ago) link
yeah it is steep! nothing bad on the whole set though ... some of the artists were selling individual copies, but i don't know if six organs/tyler got around to that...
― tylerw, Friday, 8 April 2016 17:55 (eight years ago) link
Well, you can buy the individual tracks on the bandcamp page, so I guess I'll settle for that, for now.
― Austin, Friday, 8 April 2016 18:38 (eight years ago) link
I wonder if Phil Cook's album Southland Mission is worth checking out? He has collaborated with William Tyler in the past.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 8 April 2016 19:00 (eight years ago) link
I'd recommend the Phil Cook record, for sure. Feels a *little* too close to being a 'found' classic for its own good, but it's a great listen.
― Poacher (Chinaski), Friday, 8 April 2016 21:46 (eight years ago) link
Phil Cook album didn't "catch" for me, but I also probably didn't give it enough of a chance. I want/ed to like it, for sure.
Tyler on the other hand, I'm a mega-stan. Excited for this album, loved the trailer. He put out a very similar feeling trailer for Impossible Truth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hd0Jsyw_JDw
They are heavy handed, but I guess I feel like they're almost ... not cheekily, but knowingly so? ... I dunno, maybe I am giving him too much credit and he's just this way. (He's definitely sharp as a tack and a "big" thinker, having talked to him about some of this stuff.) But most of all I like that he's done a couple now and I hope he keeps doing them. I think they'd be fun to gather together after 10 albums or whatever.
― alpine static, Saturday, 9 April 2016 00:59 (eight years ago) link
Hmm, watching the Impossible Truth trailer, seems like he plays a bit from every song on the album. Contrasting that with the new one, he's only previewing one or two new songs. That actually makes me even more excited for Modern Country; like he's hiding more, in anticipation of a bigger reveal.
― Austin, Saturday, 9 April 2016 02:57 (eight years ago) link
or it's just one long motorik-appalachian henry flynty jam, which is also super ok with me
― adam, Saturday, 9 April 2016 12:32 (eight years ago) link
Well, yeah.
― Austin, Saturday, 9 April 2016 15:53 (eight years ago) link
There cannot be enough "long motorik-appalachian henry flynty jam"s, sincerely would take all I can get of this sound.
― grandavis, Saturday, 9 April 2016 17:10 (eight years ago) link
Yep. My expectations for Modern Country are fairly high because of that.
― Austin, Saturday, 9 April 2016 17:14 (eight years ago) link
'Gone Clear'
― Austin, Tuesday, 12 April 2016 22:44 (eight years ago) link
my goodness. love it.
― alpine static, Tuesday, 12 April 2016 22:53 (eight years ago) link
yeah, very nice!haven't listened yet but this mix he put together for aquarium drunkard looks good: http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2016/04/12/aquarium-drunkard-presents-sebastian-speaks-a-mixtape/
― tylerw, Tuesday, 12 April 2016 23:00 (eight years ago) link
also worth noting that Chuck Johnson's last record Velvet Arc covers some of the same territory as Tyler ... really wonderful record.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 12 April 2016 23:04 (eight years ago) link
^^ thank you for mentioning it, love Chuck and keep meaning to check it out
― alpine static, Wednesday, 13 April 2016 00:02 (eight years ago) link
'Kingdom of Jones'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDV2tJI3CMU
― Austin, Wednesday, 4 May 2016 17:17 (eight years ago) link
Got this in the mail today and have just put it on now.
'Highway Anxiety': holy hell, this is gonna be good.
― Austin, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 03:59 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, this album is fantastic.
― Austin, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 05:10 (eight years ago) link
Sublime.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 12 June 2016 12:19 (eight years ago) link
It sounds wonderful on the first listen. I'm gonna have another listen later after a smoke.
― calzino, Sunday, 12 June 2016 14:06 (eight years ago) link
this is a pretty good shadowfax album
― adam, Monday, 13 June 2016 12:44 (eight years ago) link
i wish shadowfax actually sounded like this
― global tetrahedron, Monday, 13 June 2016 13:57 (eight years ago) link
ha, yeah, maybe i haven't heard the right shadowfax? there are definitely some proggy moments on Modern Country, but I dunno if it's overtly 'fax-y.
― tylerw, Monday, 13 June 2016 14:09 (eight years ago) link
i like it, it just feels kinda safe and new age-y. maybe i got too excited after the rother cover on lost colony
― adam, Monday, 13 June 2016 14:14 (eight years ago) link
Ha, there's nothing even remotely new age-y about Modern Country.
― Austin, Monday, 13 June 2016 16:36 (eight years ago) link
This is gorgeous. Perfect wake-up music.
― it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Sunday, 10 July 2016 07:17 (eight years ago) link
this is really great.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Monday, 11 July 2016 17:07 (eight years ago) link
It is not explicit but it may be implied a regular version will follow(?); Thrill Jockey website says purple is "mail order only" version. IDK!
― Evan, Friday, April 30, 2021 4:09 PM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink
ah goddamn...oh well
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 30 April 2021 21:11 (three years ago) link
Fwiw, I've seen that with other Thrill Jockey releases they'll do a colored vinyl release first and then a standard black when that sells out.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 30 April 2021 21:12 (three years ago) link
I don't mind the color vinyl. I don't have enough high-end equipment to pretend it makes a difference for me personally.
― Evan, Friday, 30 April 2021 21:16 (three years ago) link
i just don't like colored vinyl because, well idk, i like THE ACTUAL MUSIC????
sorry, i'll stop being a cynical dickhead now.
NEW WILLIAM TYLER YASSZZZ BITCHEZZZ!!!!
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Friday, 30 April 2021 21:27 (three years ago) link
Colored vinyl is fine, no more likely to have a bad pressing than black these days (IME).
Thanks for the link, got a copy.
― bulb after bulb, Friday, 30 April 2021 21:41 (three years ago) link
The music is there either way! Plus if all I was in it for was the MUSIC I wouldn't be buying clunky giant wax discs that only work at home with annoying and sometimes stressful to set up equipment, so I'm not going to kid myself, I am an irrational object collector hoarder and I am proud content with it.
― Evan, Friday, 30 April 2021 21:42 (three years ago) link
don't get me wrong, i'm a stubborn jerk and i'm mostly making fun of myself. i pre-ordered the vinyl anydamnway lol.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Friday, 30 April 2021 22:20 (three years ago) link
There's another new William Tyler release! It's also on Spotify, so we're listening now — only one track in, but it's very "cosmic"; nice!!!
― things repeat forever and there never is a remedy (Austin), Wednesday, 14 July 2021 16:46 (three years ago) link
well, fuck. get well soon!
Y’all I hate this but - despite following all CDC guidelines in the last year and being fully vaccinated I received a positive Covid test this morning. Effective immediately I am canceling all my shows in the next week— william tyler (@williamtylertn) July 23, 2021
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 23 July 2021 15:58 (three years ago) link
Lost Futures is out today.
first listen now and it's very. . . eerie and haunting, but also very beautiful in spots. i really love how the recording sounds, very earthy and kind of lofi. seems like a darn good record.
hope wt is on the mend.
― things repeat forever and there never is a remedy (Austin), Friday, 27 August 2021 21:55 (three years ago) link
New album is excellent
― think “Gypsy-Pixie” and misspelled. (We are a white family.) (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 28 August 2021 15:30 (three years ago) link
I think it's great, I think they mesh very well together. I consider Marisa Anderson on a bit of a higher level than Tyler, but they are both great and this feels like it has elements of each of their music and a lot of stuff that feels unique to this project
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 28 August 2021 15:32 (three years ago) link
vinyl is colored unfortunately but seems to be a good pressing
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 28 August 2021 15:33 (three years ago) link
I'm not in love with it yet but need to listen more. Marisa has an effortless looseness and William was always among the stiffest sounding players imo, so it was interesting to hear what they came up with together.
― Evan, Saturday, 28 August 2021 16:12 (three years ago) link
Something Will Come gives me agita but the rest of the album is very cinematic, very comfortable, very warm. I agree that the mix of styles is obvious but I like how they mesh. Deeply enjoyable for me.
― think “Gypsy-Pixie” and misspelled. (We are a white family.) (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 28 August 2021 17:30 (three years ago) link
lost futures prompted me to go back to luke schneider collaboration, understand and i have to say, i will need to put this one back in regular rotation. i listened to it a bit when it was first released, but got caught up in saultmania yet again. listening to understand a bit closer now and i really am enjoying it quite a bit.
― things repeat forever and there never is a remedy (Austin), Saturday, 28 August 2021 18:52 (three years ago) link
Quick note that Tyler and others have an awesome livestream show tonight, get tickets and watch!
Tonight ⚡ There is still time to get your ticket for Music for India, a special live concert to enjoy from home with @MoM_official featuring visuals by @reas & voice by Louis Chude-Sokei, joined by @SadierLae, @AmirthaKidambi, & @williamtylertnTickets: https://t.co/e7b06b56WV— Gray Area (@GrayAreaorg) August 28, 2021
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 28 August 2021 19:36 (three years ago) link
A couple years back I saw Tyler & Sarah Lipstate of Noveller play a show together at the Getty Center. It was a great pairing of seemingly disparate sounds and I was hoping that they would collaborate more since.
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 30 August 2021 00:27 (three years ago) link
I can't keep this guy and William Howard straight in my mind
― Nature's promise vs. Simple truth (bernard snowy), Monday, 30 August 2021 08:48 (three years ago) link
Oops I meant to post that in the other thread
I'm having lunch and watching r/place unfold and his cover of "Karussell" came on. Perfect soundtrack.
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Friday, 1 April 2022 21:53 (two years ago) link
YAASSSSSSS!!!!!!
― up and down. SO FAST! stay together.💙 (Austin), Wednesday, 1 March 2023 16:38 (one year ago) link
This is great. So stoked to hear his playing in this context. Pre-ordered the album before the song was half over.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 1 March 2023 16:39 (one year ago) link
luke schneider's on it too! this album's gonna be rad af.
― up and down. SO FAST! stay together.💙 (Austin), Wednesday, 1 March 2023 16:50 (one year ago) link
lost futures prompted me to go back to luke schneider collaboration, understand and i have to say, i will need to put this one back in regular rotation. i listened to it a bit when it was first released, but got caught up in saultmania yet again. listening to understand a bit closer now and i really am enjoying it quite a bit.― things repeat forever and there never is a remedy (Austin), Saturday, August 28, 2021 11:52 AM
― things repeat forever and there never is a remedy (Austin), Saturday, August 28, 2021 11:52 AM
in anticipation of secret stratosphere, i'm revisiting this again and i'm ready to plant my flag: understand is maybe the best thing wt has done so far.
― ''can be prusuaded to show gayness'' (Austin), Sunday, 19 March 2023 19:48 (one year ago) link
Given the proximity of your recommendation of this to your post in the Fahey thread, Austin, I had a good feeling as to what this would sound like and... damn. Not sure how I'd missed until now. Right up my, ah, dried up gulch.
― Shard-borne Beatles with their drowsy hums (Chinaski), Sunday, 19 March 2023 20:47 (one year ago) link
Posts with frankly appallingly striking imagery (and too many adjectives).
― Shard-borne Beatles with their drowsy hums (Chinaski), Sunday, 19 March 2023 20:48 (one year ago) link
me and global and co. got to open for him and Marisa Anderson and he could not have been nicer
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 19 March 2023 22:57 (one year ago) link
so yeah, there is definitely a kraftwerk cover on the new album.
"our favorite blue oyster cult song" ftw
wt is the f'kn man.
― W E F L Y T O G E T H E R (Austin), Sunday, 30 April 2023 17:02 (one year ago) link
A couple years back we saw WT play with Noveller out in the courtyard of the Getty Center. They sounded great just winging it together and I've always hoped that they would make a record.
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 1 May 2023 08:15 (one year ago) link
Yeah, that Kraftwerk cover didn't register when I saw the tracklist, but I was absolutely thrilled when I realized what that song was evolving into.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 1 May 2023 15:27 (one year ago) link
Oh this is really good. I love him overall, but nice to hear him in this live rock mode.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 1 May 2023 16:26 (one year ago) link
lol
he finishes playing "Whole New Dude" and says:
"that was a cover of a song by Rusted Root"
― alpine static, Monday, 1 May 2023 19:40 (one year ago) link
Stumbled across him via the mentions in the AOTY so far thread (sucker for a Kraftwerk cover). Really lovely, kosmische pedal steel reminds me a little of Raymond Richards' The Lost Art of Wandering. Huh, guess I've heard him before via Kelly Reichardt's First Cow!
― etc, Thursday, 8 June 2023 03:18 (one year ago) link
new jams with mr hebden. very not bad!
― meg white's superior technique. (Austin), Monday, 3 July 2023 15:43 (one year ago) link
Yeah I really like that. Also I see he's coming to town with his band in September, looking forward to it. I've seen him before but in more meditative mode.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 3 July 2023 15:51 (one year ago) link
Saw him with the band tonight in Chicago. I haven't heard that live album from last year, so I wasn't expecting it to be so loud and rockin', but I enjoyed it.
― jaymc, Saturday, 27 January 2024 05:29 (seven months ago) link
This live album is incredible. Dude absolutely rocks. Is the rest of his stuff like this?
― H.P, Saturday, 9 March 2024 23:43 (six months ago) link
Not exactly, that album is his most Rock thing. I love it too. The songs on it are mostly from his other albums, but the original versions are in general more meditative. All good tho! Impossible Truth and Modern Country are good places to start.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 10 March 2024 00:32 (six months ago) link
Yeah I'd heard of the bloke but thought he was a country singer-songrwiter type so didn't bother to check him out. I'll go diving in to see what else he's got, thanks for the recs
― H.P, Sunday, 10 March 2024 00:38 (six months ago) link
I think the Lost Colony EP is closest to the live album.
― JoeStork, Sunday, 10 March 2024 00:45 (six months ago) link
Impossible Truth is some great wide open desert musicalso highly recommend the album he did a couple years ago with Marisa Anderson, Lost Futureshis first album Behold the Spirit is kind of forgotten now but it's great, a little more towards the Fahey side of things
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 10 March 2024 00:52 (six months ago) link
his EP with Luke Schneider is gorgeous twangy ambient music, too
dude doesn't miss as far as i'm concerned
― alpine static, Sunday, 10 March 2024 03:27 (six months ago) link
the Secret Stratosphere is a hall-of-fame live album and deserves all the praise. only wish "high anxiety" went closer to the original's length.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Thursday, 4 July 2024 05:37 (two months ago) link
update on his instagram last week that he's canceling the rest of his tour to deal with a mental health crisis/alcoholism. he's always seemed like a really sweet dude, hope he gets all the help he needs.
― JoeStork, Wednesday, 11 September 2024 04:03 (one week ago) link
wt 😥
― interstellar anthropologist+music philosopher, (Austin), Thursday, 12 September 2024 01:29 (one week ago) link
cosign, don't know him personally but he just permeates good vibes. he also had covid twice.
he's got an incredibly musical mind and i have faith that his best material has yet to come to fruition. really can't help but cry at this news.
― interstellar anthropologist+music philosopher, (Austin), Thursday, 12 September 2024 01:31 (one week ago) link
Upset to learn that he's struggling. Austin OTM that his best work is still to come
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 12 September 2024 07:48 (one week ago) link
Damn, really get a lot from his music. Hope he can find his way back to health
― H.P, Thursday, 12 September 2024 09:44 (one week ago) link