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

I'd try and record something on your drum beat too!

Also, really digging Colin L. Orchestra

Lyrics of 'Numbers Hall' are cracking me up

anyone who wants a free drum beat, just send me your email and we can figure something out!

ps i can't play disco beats yet

Colin L. is a funny guy for sure, but in a pretty unique way. He is definitely doing his own thing, and he is a hell of a guitar player in his own right, so not a super-stretch for this thread. (I should say that I have known Colin for a long time, so I am a little biased). Still, I find "You Need Sleep" to be something I could listen to for a looooonnnnnggg time, like certain Neu! songs that I don't want to end.

I'll definitely hit you up for a drum beat!!

Henry Flynt is definitely hitting the spot.

Because I was totally imagining NEU - Hallogallo with a slide guitar with that genre combo.

Hey AKM, just letting you know we have been repping the D. Paul Grody record for sure. I have only heard a few tracks and really liked it, but haven't heard the whole thing yet. It is on the list though.

Also, that Jack Adkins track is kind of great.

Evan, I really liked the track you posted! Your playing sounded great, cool in the tuning for sure. Look forward to hearing more.

Oddly enough a buddy of mine decided on a whim to start putting out 7"s of covers from the Secret Museum of Mankind series, the first of which has me on it backing up Colin L. and my friend (who is the drummer). I actually posted one of the originals above, a Greek song by A. Kostis, who is on that Dust to Digital set of Greek music discussed a bit upthread. I have never had anyone put out anything I am on, so it is very cool and exciting for me, but also some of you may dig it. Kind of a Sun City Girls/power trio take on the song, which I just freaking love. The original is where it's at, but this was fun to make.

oh man, that's super cool... how many of those 7"s are out there? i want them all!

Stuff is just up on soundcloud, and yeah, I am pretty proud of it even though I am mostly holding the other two guys back. My friend had a woman put some vocals on it too, which add a nice touch:

https://soundcloud.com/casualacidtearecordings/greece-kaike-ena-sholio-by

Ian, remember that gift package I mentioned sending you ....

Apparently Vol. III is in the works (will be the band Residual Echoes, whom the guy running the label started drumming with recently). Oddly enough I met all of these people in little Charlottesville, Virginia.

My friend had a woman put some vocals on it too, which add a nice touch:
you mean a popol vuh touch!! i wanna be the drummer for this band!!

:D

also your friend the drummer totally rules
hi 5 that guy for me

also, grandavis, we are ALMOST done painting our room so i should be able to get that poster out to you asap.. i have not forgotten!

He is a great drummer, I have been lucky enough to play with him when I can. He was an early fan of Grand Banks, and played with us sometimes when we felt like adding drums to the mix. He is now playing with a bunch of people all over, including Colin L. and Residual Echoes.

Also La Lechera, seems like you are on your way to being in a similar band judging by the drum requests. You just gotta post more in the thread and it seems like a lock.

Oh really Ian, please do not sweat it. I am in no rush to get that flyer, it is just so cool that it exists.

one can hope! honestly i don't know how to do this. i have been playing for 3 months! i'm just really excited about it and not sure what to do once this round of lessons is over. i guess i am looking for good role models and i think my teacher is one, and your friend seems like one too. like i said, i can't do a ton, but i will take requests. it's not hard for me to record something on my phone and email it. i just feel weird even entering these conversations i guess. you all are nice people, fortunately.

sorry for the emo

Believe me, music is one of the few things that makes me feel good about people in general, and the folks I have met through music are pretty much the best (though of coures some total fucks out there as well). But yeah, I am very lucky to have gotten some encouragement along the way, and some of it from this very thread.

Also, not knowing is not really a barrier. You just gotta find one sound that works for you and then go from there. The drummer for Spacin' at the Paradise of Bachelors Hopscotch deal played just a floor tom, snare and like a ride symbol, no kick or anything. Sub Moe Tucker style, and it worked and was totally cool.

Isn't that what Low does?

And thank you for the kind words about my little audio file up there. I'm having issues putting myself out there. I think I'll have more confidence in my more established numbers but I still don't think they measure up to everyone else's submissions. Really appreciate the encouragement though! It means a lot.

Digging Colin L. Orchestra a lot. Thread really delivering...

Ahh cool Elvis, glad you like that. That album "Infinite Ease" is great in my opinion. The first song-suite and second song especially.

Low drums are especially minimal, but yeah pretty much the same setup.

ha, i kind of want my own lechera drum beat too. we could easily pull together a country kraut LP between all of us here. and then pass it off as some recently discovered 70s private press LP from bulgaria. ka-ching!

ok! i keep dreaming of the day when i can make my super heavy danger bird dreams come true but until then, we have technology. just send me a message and your request will be fulfilled within a few business days.

Country-kraut?:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G_msX9iHwg&feature=youtu.be

My default cosmic cowboy music is the Eagles' Journey of the Sorcerer

i know ILM is Wilco averse but but parts of A Ghost is Born are kinda roots-kraut

i did something a bit more jammy and psych...layed down the riff than came back and improv'd a solo over it, then did delay effect

anyway i lose it a bit in the middle but recover ok, lot different than other stuff i've done

https://soundcloud.com/matthew-lee-helgeson/pastoral-psych-jam

oh man that jj cale track is great.
pastoral psych jam sounds lovely, dude!

Was turned onto that Cale by Colin L. actually, can see where he is coming from with that track a bit.

And yeah UMS, I dig that, some really nice playing. I really like the repeating figure at the end.

The Arnold Dreyblatt / Megafaun collaboration that's just come out on Northern Spy seems like something that'd appeal to the weirdos on this thread. Strange and amazing avant banjo music:

https://soundcloud.com/northernspyrecs/01-home-hat-placement

Album is called APPALACHIAN EXCITATION btw.

Excellent drums too I must say.

new danny paul grody is really gorgeous

i keep wanting to avoid saying it's new agey but it IS and it's really good at it w.o. verging into things that i don't like about some windham hill stuff

but yeah huge step over his last album imo

i am skipping ahead because i am behind on this thread but:

I want to hear twang and spacey mountain strings married to a steady meditative krautrock drumming (bass bass bass snare bass bass bass snare bass bass bass snare)

― Evan, Tuesday, September 17, 2013 2:00 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is the sound of my dreams

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_Y00cVV97U

^relevant

Perfectly relevant, actually.

The Arnold Dreyblatt / Megafaun collaboration that's just come out on Northern Spy seems like something that'd appeal to the weirdos on this thread. Strange and amazing avant banjo music:

https://soundcloud.com/northernspyrecs/01-home-hat-placement

― i'll be your mraz (NickB), Thursday, September 19, 2013 6:30 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

i like this! some of the things i've been practicing have been military/march sounding like this, totally down with the plodding tempo!

Hooray! :) Rest of the album is a lot more droney tbh, whole thing ends up as a sort of cross between Pelt and TFUL282

oh that's good -- i was hoping for more drone. it reminds me of this time we went camping and the owner of the campsite liked to wake people up by practicing his bagpipes. drone + fresh air, doesn't get better than that! i'll check it out.

Fuck it.
Been avoiding this for a year.
I'm gonna suck it up and learn how to use finger picks.
Hate having a set back but it does sound so much clearer and more defined. All these pro awesome dudes must use them for a reason

Just grow your nails James Blackshaw style:

http://www.losgrilloscollective.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/James-Blackshaw-Lynda-Smith.jpg

I know people aren't big on Calexico here but that track really does mostly deliver

I want to hear twang and spacey mountain strings married to a steady meditative krautrock drumming (bass bass bass snare bass bass bass snare bass bass bass snare)

― Evan, Tuesday, September 17, 2013 2:00 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

pretty strikingly.

Anyway, full of mistakes, but here is another thing I recorded! I'm much sloppier when I know I'm recording so please look past that. Trying my best to not fuck up and it keeps happening anyway. This is basically a medley of a few of my more established melodies. It's also a little farther from thread relevance.

https://soundcloud.com/factual-1/medley

Yeah I hate recording nerves press record &sometimes it's like I forgot how to play

Just grow your nails James Blackshaw style
man, i can't imagine having nails like that