Revolt of the ILX Brigade: New Post-Fahey Folk For PPL that post in the Takoma & Tompkin's Square Threads

i just noticed in the youtube description he's running it through TWO leslies!

Metzger is kick ass. Playing a release show at the Turf! I think May 22? I've heard his latest is superb.

peter walker released two albums on vanguard back in the day -- 'rainy day raga' and 'second poem to karmella' (or something like that.) they are 'okay' in my book, rainy day particularly has some nice moments, but they are not the amazing listening experiences that the best of this stuff is, imo.

i like rainy day raga, though, yeah, i think sandy bull did that thing better. the lost tapes peter walker thing that came out a little while back might be better than rainy day raga.

got my ticket for William Tyler on Thursday nite, excited!

man i really want to see him. i actually bought that imaginational anthem box set to get the william tyler live disc on there and it mayyyyy be better than the impossible truth. dude has got his guitar sound dialed in.

I'm interested in that, too. Know anything about the openers? They both sound a bit dreary, might pass on 'em.

don't really know them at all, i think of of them is from duluth?

My buddy just saw William Tyler in NYC and said it was fantastic, for what it's worth. He loves the record too, so he is a big fan, but I could see this stuff breathing a bit differently live in a good way. Plus, watching guys like this play enhances the whole thing quite a bit for me, it can be really hypnotic.

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that's mailorder AT aquariusrecords.org

Real nice clips here

http://www.nyctaper.com/2012/09/william-tyler-september-6-and-7-2012-hopscotch-festival-2-performances-flac-mp3-streaming/

Love the Ohapse stream, real atmospheric

Yeah, that Ohapse or whatever it is called is really nice, good trajectory. Would definitely like to see W. Tyler do this stuff live.

new dates for william tyler - psyched
William Tyler on tour:
Apr 27 Bloomington, IN — Landlocked Music Free in-store performance at 3PM
May 31 Nelsonville, OH — Nelsonville Music Festival
Jun 13 Toronto, ON — The Garrison- Panache NXNE Festival Showcase
Jun 15 Manchester, TN — Bonnaroo Festival
Jul 19 Columbus, OH — Ace of Cups
Jul 23 Boulder, CO — Fox Theater
Jul 24 Salt Lake City, UT — Kilby Court
Jul 25 Boise, ID — Visual Arts Collective
Jul 26 Seattle, WA — Capitol Hill Block Party Vera Stage
Jul 27 Portland, OR — Mississippi Studios
Jul 30 San Francisco, CA — Rickshaw Stop *
Jul 31 Monterey, CA — Golden State Theatre Lobby
Aug 2 Los Angeles, CA — The Echo *
Aug 3 San Diego, CA — Casbah *
Aug 4 Phoenix, AZ — Rhythm Room *
Aug 5 El Paso, TX — Lowbrow Palace
Aug 7 Austin, TX — Mohawk Inside
Aug 9 Oxford, MS — Lamar Lounge

what'd you think of the show, ums? i dug it- he was more of chatterbox than I expected, as was the crowd, but it thinned out nicely into people who were actually there to see him. definitely hypnotic playing, nice smattering of selections. I probably coulda listened to him play longer but it was also getting late so I didn't mind he didn't play all that long.

yeah i really loved it. he's just a wonderful player and it's amazing to see live and good selection of material. was kinda surprised by how young and kinda goofy he seemed! i guess his music is so hypnotic i expected different.

there were some ppl in the back i wanted to punch to make them shut the fuck up, but yeah got better as ppl left, it's like go to the fucking depot if you're just hanging out.

i bought the vinyl there, sounds great.

haha i'm sure we were standing like 10 feet from each other but i couldn't figure out who you were.

but was def a more "fun" vibe with his banter and he was pretty funny talking with us.

W. Tyler seems like a legitimately good guy. My buddy said that his stories were a big part of what made the show great.

U.M.S., you and Global should set a show up together. I would go see that show for sure (assuming I didn't live so far away).

Also, I'm opening for Daniel Bachman tonight, so go ahead and send some good luck my way. Thankfully I don't play acoustic, and don't fingerpick much, so no one will confuse what I am doing with what Daniel does, but still a little self-conscious about playing solo before a raging stylist.

wow that's really awesome grandavis! have a fun night

good luck! what sort of stuff do you play? daniel was a nice dude when i met him briefly last month.

Hot damn, good luck man!

Thanks guys. I do solo electric stuff, some improv with some themes worked in as well, I try to mix it up. Always a work in progress, but trying to step it up a little. Opening for better folks definitely motivates one to practice!

Here's a soundcloud from a relatively recent live set opening for Chris Corsano (amazing dude/performer, but scary opening for that guy), for those inclined:

https://soundcloud.com/#davis-salisbury/dais-queue-live-09-10-2012

I live in a small enough town where I get asked to open for a lot of the out/weird/improv people that come through, as there aren't many people doing stuff that fits on the bill here.

Also, listening to that Paul Metzger WFMU session linked above, and track one is sounding great. Very cool so far, really into the bowing at the beginning (I assume that it's bowing ....)

your stuff sounds great, grandavis

Thanks Tyler, I appreciate it. Hope to hold it together tonight.

yeah cool stuff!

for whatever dumb reason i bought that joe bussard record store day 78 even though my cheap turntable has no 78 setting. anyone else pick it up?

Thanks UMS! Look forward to hearing more of your stuff, keep it coming.

maybe there should be a revolt of the ilx brigade compilation hmmm...

Well, that would get me to sort out my home recording setup perhaps, which is long overdue as it is.

yeahhh, i can see it now, maybe not necessarily fingerpicking, but just solo(ish) guitar instrumentals?

Makes sense, essentially stuff the thread has touched on would work. Global Tetrahedron's stuff spans a lot of it, it's really good! Definitely go listen to some of his stuff if you haven't yet. Gotta return to it myself, but I really liked it. UMS may be our resident purist, but maybe some others would pop out of the woodwork.

Haha, thanks! That's really nice/flattering. I took down the 'Jasmines' demo take I put up awhile back because I really wanna get a good take of that one. The stuff on the Bandcamp as it stands is a bit old, and culled from a lot of long takes of improv. I think my chops have improved since then along with my songwriting. I'd definitely chip in a tune or two if this came to fruition, that'd be fun!

where's the link to your stuff? think i missed it...

i'd be hip to doing this, would light a fire under my butt to figure out my recording situation beyond recording w/my phone

http://stevepalmer.bandcamp.com/

the 'open mic' one is exactly what it sounds like it's gonna be from the title, oil slick one is fahey tunes w/ peter lang cover (made it as an xmas gift for my parents), and the 'garfield ave' ones (in retrospect) are more or less documentations of my learning to play fingerstyle acoustic and do bedroom recording! the first is mostly acoustic improvy stuff, the 2nd is noisy drone stuff. totally flattered that anyone here gives a shit!

I am not good at guitar but I'm going to be getting my guitar back from home next time I visit (mid-May) so if utter incompetence isn't a barrier I'd like to be involved too.

yeah, i'm techincally incompetent too, but might be able to do something in this vein that could come out OK.
this stuff sounds great, global, sounds like you've got the style down.

Gonna try and record a bit this afternoon- my guitar is pretty nice, but my recording setup is quite meagre, just a Tascam 4-track with fairly crappy built-in mics. I have a single condenser mic, and not only is my pre-amp is trash, it means I can really only get a mono signal and it can sound pretty boring. ANYWAY, selling myself nice and short here, we'll see how it pans out.

cool! i was actually working out an electric version of sligo river blues to play w/ my band over the weekend. hopefully it'll be kind of cool and psychedelic but -- to sell myself short -- it'll probably sound like a lame indie rock band playing john fahey. get excited!

no way, that sounds awesome! hope we get to hear it. i gave that song a spin the other day, it's difficult to play it exactly like the recording, but where's the fun in that? found it much more entertaining to work out my own arrangement.

yeah i have no idea how to actually play it, i'm just kinda futzing around with it.

also think I might rip off the "crossfade from a crisp studio mic to a mic in an echoey corridor outside" trick if I can pull it off. good stuffs, that

I totally support bastardized versions and personl arrangements of songs, really rich territory there. Good luck with the recording/rehearsal both of you.

did another open mic last night.

felt like i played well. it's good to play in front of people even if they aren't paying attention.

however, the whole open mic thing is such a drag i don't know how much longer i can do these.

Oh, they're awful. I enjoy playing for people too but the whole "go to a bar and sit around and wait and buy drinks and stay up too late and endure several weak Tallest Man on Earth covers and have awkward people trying to 'network' with you and then try and cram in three songs in ten minutes" routine gets pretty damn rote. pfffff

i've only ever done one "open stage" kind of thing and it was with a band. can't imagine doing it solo! though i suppose it's good enough practice for just performing in a public setting.

oh and hey, many of you may have already heard these, but if not: Jack Rose - Peel Sessions, 2004 http://ow.ly/kBGbC

listening to disc 4 of the fahey fonotone box. i hope whoever gave fahey this motherfucking pan pipe or flute or whatever is in hell now.