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

Oh man what a great show! Haven't seen Califone myself but would LOVE to.

i saw califone eons ago, at ATP in los angeles. i thought they were great!

Late pass needed here, but goddamn is this Chris Forsyth record something! This is incredibly reductive here, but I've always wanted a record that was like just Jerry Garcia's sublime noodling without his voice or anything else and this kinda gets close! Just love this sound so much.

It really is a great record jon/via/chi, so much guitar territory covered and truly a world of sound in there. I think I like the songs even better live, and the full band is going on tour very soon. I know they are playing here in Charlottesville, VA, on Feb. 15th. I have only seen them live once, but it was really good. I am sure they are even better/tighter by now. If your display name is referencing Chicago they are definitely playing there:

CHRIS FORSYTH & THE SOLAR MOTEL BAND

2/15 Charlottesville, VA @ Tea Bazaar
2/16 Durham, NC @ The Pinhook w/ Daniel Bachman
2/17 Asheville, NC @ The Mothlight w/ Greg Cartwright
2/18 Nashville, NC @ The Stone Fox w/ William Tyler
2/19 Louisville, KY @ Dreamland Film Center
2/20 Columbus, OH @ Bourbon St
2/21 Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club w/ Mind Over Mirrors
2/23 Chicago, IL @ The Empty Bottle w/ Doug McCombs & Mind Over Mirrors
2/24 Cleveland, OH @ Mahall's

I assume the Greg Cartwright from 2/17 is the GC from Oblivians/Reigning Sound, which is a cool pairing for a bill.

That is a cool pairing! I'm going to have to see if there are tickets for that Empty Bottle show left, thanks for the heads up!

maybe tyler will jam out over some tortoise songs!

Went to Califone/Tyler last night...COLD AS FUCK OUT like -10 below F I think William was a little thrown by it he said something about how thanks for so many ppl coming out Nashville would be shut down...

he played about the same set as when I saw him earlier in the year, no new material...was great. though honestly he did seem a bit stiff for the first half but man i wonder if it was just the cold, the Cedar Cultural Center is a really drafty old building...but second half really took off starting with an acoustic set of Behold the Spirit stuff...said his uncle gave him his guitar, which was falling apart and said he could have it if he got it fixed, it's a 50s Martin...

Califone was great! 2 drummers playing minimal kits....lead singer mostly on acoustic & some keyboards, other main dude played keyboards, pedals, drum machines, bass, electric guitar, etc etc.....they play so well together...seems like Wilco kinda stole their shit with Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.....anyway, just really cool shifting arragements and very rhythmic....songs would emerge and fade out these long pretty electronic drones....very excellent show. came more for Tyler, who was good but I think Califone made more of an impression that night.

also i've been listening to their records on spotify this week and i definitely loved them way more live than on the records (which i do think are good)

Sure thing Jon, I for one am excited to see this band in a small club, as the only time I saw them was at an outdoor day show, which was very very cool but I have a feeling being in a small room fully immersed in the sound is going to be the way to check this band out. They have new tunes apparently as well. Maybe they'll even throw in a Television cover here and there.

Glad that show was good UMS, still haven't seen W. Tyler but Califone was pretty good the one time I saw them. I liked that utility dude the best, he played some very cool stuff throughout the show. I am sure it would be tough to play the fluid shit W. Tyler does when it is that cold out, sheesh that sounds tough as hell if the room is drafty and the outside is brutal.

yeah and he was great, just a touch off at the beginning, but honestly he kinda makes things sound so easy it's too easy to get picky, he was fantastic and did some cool drone shit with delay pedals and doing stuff like setting a microcassette recorder on his pickups and playing stuff into it

just found this -- michael rother cover! pretty awesome.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZhFWffzpAI
let's have a william tyler band album, eh?

i'd imagine for him right now money wise it's a lot more economical to tour solo, take all the money, no overhead, tour in a car, etc

He mentioned one of his more recent 7"s had a full band behind him.

this one? it is great, would definitely be into a whole album along these lines: https://soundcloud.com/nashvillesdead/william-tyler-oahspe-ndr-007
or a different one?

I overheard him mentioning it to someone after a show, but I'm not sure exactly which one it was. I figured it was more recent since it was at his show a few months ago.

Shit man I really like the Rother cover, pedal steel with effects is ace. Falls right into my country-kraut tangent from upthread, hope I get to see this kinda thing live at some point.

ah shit i should have bought that 7 inch at the show, just try not to cuz i never end up listening to them much

snagged a vinyl copy of Behold the Spirit for $15 which he was sold out of last time he came through

Hope to grab some C. Forsyth vinyl in person, I always like buying direct if I can. Still excited they are headed here, haven't seen a really good rock band in a small room for some time, just improv/jazz/solo guitar type stuff. Need some amps and serious guitar solos.

i'd be into going to that show jvc!

Just to stoke the fires a bit, here is C. Forsyth & The Solar Motel Band doing Television's "Little Johnny Jewel":

https://soundcloud.com/#solar-motel-band/03-little-johnny-jewel

There are some other live sets and songs on that soundcloud page, so dig around a bit and you can see for yourself whether this is your kind of thing live or not. As stated, they are probably gonna get better and better as this tour goes on, they are still a relatively young band.

That cover's great!

jvc + ll, I'm definitely into going to see them too!

Yeah, the band definitely cooks a little on that one.

I've always wanted a record that was like just Jerry Garcia's sublime noodling without his voice or anything else and this kinda gets close! Just love this sound so much.

― an enormous bolus of flatulence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, January 23, 2014 12:40 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

If this is your wheelhouse (it's mine to!!), you also need Kenzo Deluxe, which is as good as the new one but those liquid-y Garcia-isms are even more upfront (less St Stephen, more 'middle of Playing In The Band' vibe)

ugh, abysmal typing there, sorry, my hands are ice cold. Fuck a wintertime

Yeah, cosign on Kenzo, cool record.

don't forget paranoid cat! that one (at least the title track) kinda moves in a more popol vuh direction (or maybe fairport).
jealous of everyone who's seeing the solar motel band. as usual.
listened to the new don bikoff record this morning -- generic cover art aside, it is really enjoyable.

Yeah Paranoid Cat is what got me on board with Forsyth originally, really love that record and the title track in particular, such cool momentum to that song. I really like the current full-band take on that song:

https://soundcloud.com/#solar-motel-band/paranoid-cat-part-1

https://soundcloud.com/#solar-motel-band/02-solar-motel-parts-i-ii

The song "Anniversary Day" is another standout from that record, and a different side of Forsyth. Some really lovely pedal steel by Marc Orleans on it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrkmduQbnNU

did you guys vote in the ILX albums poll? hoping at least one album from this thread places

I placed one of the albums itt very high, and one near the bottom

hope something places, definitely

voted for Glenn Jones. Forsyth just missed my ballot

Didn't even open that thread, just not my thing to vote in those, though I am interested in the results.

yeah i'm thinking not, we're getting past the point where it would have placed...like the new arcade fire album just came up

did u vote m@tt?

I voted chuck johnson #4

Yep...had tyler, Johnson,Jones,solar motel, Lena Hughes, maybe a couple more

nice

I voted for a bunch of albums that fall into whatever area we're talking about -- William Tyler, Chris Forsyth, Steve Gunn, Glen Jones. I should thank this thread for turning me onto most of that stuff!

this will probably be of interest: https://soundcloud.com/nbraddo/sets/john-fahey-mix-tapes-1
"In the 1990's my future wife was a record store clerk in Portland, Oregon. American guitar legend John Fahey was living in a nearby town and would visit the shop. Here are two mix cassettes that he made for her during that time"

!!

that's Salem, god damn it, it may be a shithole but it is the state capital and not exactly "a nearby town" being an hour from PDX

that said, this looks amazing

it'd be cool if these were all bon jovi or something.

Anyone looked for a tracklist for this?

haven't recognized anything thus far, but i'm in the middle of a long classical drone thing... lamonte young?

this is crazy!

oh wow

This is awesome. Only on the first track, sounds like a South American garage rock band? really good

Any recongnized tunes welcome, all new to me so far. Tyler, that drone piece is mighty indeed. Seems somewhat familiar but I can't place it, would love to know what it is for sure if anyone can hep us to it, because this kind of thing is the best.

This rules