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

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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

haha yeah it is pretty crazy

Has it been verified as real by anyone? Not sure why it wouldn't be, but I posted this to a friend and a bunch of folks jumped on it a little bit. Of all people it made its way to Tom Carter, and I am not sure he was sold (rightfully so in some ways). Would just love to know that it is fully legit.

this is the guy who posted 'em https://www.facebook.com/NathanielBraddockMusic

Yeah I know, of all things he is my buddy's guitar teacher and came up recently because he is selling a bunch of gear (part of a gamelan, which is what got me sending his gear list to friends). I was really surprised to see that he was the same dude who posted these mixes after I had listened to most of them. I got curious when folks started sharing this in earnest on other sites.

you get used to the internet sometimes, or take it for granted but sometime it still trips me out, like i step back and realize i'm sitting here in the middle of the snow in MN at work and listening to a cassette mix tape john fucking fahey made for a record store clerk in portland

Totally. For me this particular set of bizarre internet synchronicities is weirding me out a little. Especially when I am in the deep vortex of the buzzing bowed strings all over this mix. Fahey paying me back for spending so much time on this thread, or some other cosmic hoax?

Well, I love the guitar track at 59 min in.

I just love the idea tht john fahey, like many music geek dudes all across america, would be all (*voice cracks nervously*) "hey uh here's a couple mix tapes I made you" with a barista

Stuffing drone cassette tapes in the lockers of my crush always worked for me in high school.

that guitar track is actually one of the few things i recognized -- a fahey cover! "dry bones in the valley" by gastr del sol.

I think the ealry string sawing/drone stuff is Tony Conrad, but not sure (and not sure what it would be from).

Oh! I am only very familiar with one Gastr Del Sol track.

If Fahey really did give these tapes out, maybe he had Jim make them for him?

album, not track****

The Black Dirt Oak Wawayanda Patent album is streaming on Tiny Mix Tapes. Just tuning in now, only heard a couple of songs from this, but the first track is really doing it for me so far:

http://www.tinymixtapes.com/chocolate-grinder/premiere-black-dirt-oak-wawayanda-patent?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

when does Ryley Walker come out btw? the folk event album of early 2014 ;)

April apparently: http://www.tompkinssquare.com/ryley-walker.html

Thought it had come out already for some reason, but maybe it is because so many folks have heard it already? Seems to have gotten a lot of mentions for something that is still a couple of months away.

they did release a 7 inch of 2 songs last year i think?

Maybe so, but for some reason I managed to conflate all of the Walker attention with the full length. Still, will be interesting to see just how much comes out this year following last year's absolute deluge of releases. Mike Gangloff posted a very cool video of him listening to a reel-to-reel that was obviously some recent recordings, and it sounded great! Nathan Bowles has also suggested that he is wrapping up an album, which apparently will have Tom Carter on it at some point. Looks like it is just going to keep rolling in ....

there was "the west wind" EP right?

Ahh. I see now. The blurb says his debut album will be out in April, then mentions that the "West Wind EP" is available (which is what everyone heard/has written about). Sorry about the confusion.

Also, the New Bums album will be coming out soo as well. I have dug everything I have heard off of it so far.

Coming to your neck of the woods too I think UMS: http://first-avenue.com/event/2014/04/newbums

seems like belgium has become something of a hub for instrumental european volk guitar - DEATH TO "AMERICAN PRIMITIVE" - there is a label called okraina putting out some v cute 10 inches w/ some good stuff on -

http://f0.bcbits.com/img/0002236380_10.jpg

comp on the left has some nice playing & the right is a reissue of a tour cd collab between harris newman & ignatz

ooh I like Ignatz but am not sure this is the right thread for him

plenty of stuff on that harris newman collab sounds more takoma than lots of actual john fahey records

Good looking records. Have an affinity for the 10" as well.

an oddly under-utilized format

Yeah, agree.

First attempt at this one... pretty hard to play perfectly... sounds a little ugly.

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

grandavis: The Black Dirt Oak Wawayanda Patent album is streaming on Tiny Mix Tapes. Just tuning in now, only heard a couple of songs from this, but the first track is really doing it for me so far:

http://www.tinymixtapes.com/chocolate-grinder/premiere-black-dirt-oak-wawayanda-patent?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Oh lord, thanks for reminding me about this stream. I briefly saw a post from Nathan about this release and it sounded excellent. So glad there's a chance to listen in.

THIS is where it's now at, fucking hell. Great idea for a record. Drifting acoustics under the guise of collab work needs to start happening so much more between all these current heads. Some wacky gold is on this album.

Has the personal been made public or is it something hidden in the liner notes? Maybe something we will never know?

"Featuring Steve Gunn (GHQ, Desert Heat, Violators), Nathan Bowles (Pelt, Black Twig Pickers), Jimy SeiTang (Rhyton, Stygian Stride, Psychic Ills), Justin Tripp (Georgia, Steve Gunn), Margot Bianca (Flown, Key Demo), Dave Shuford (Rhyton, D. Charles Speer, NNCK), and Wednesday Knudsen (Pigeons, Sea Donkeys)"

There it is. Well I may spoke too soon on where some of the places the records heads toward. Wish there was more Fursaxa styled vocals, but I still can't tell what some of that stuff is. Defiantly a good thing though to throw a bit of confusion at you.

speaking of which (and off topic), is fursaxa still making music in any form? i don't know how long it's been since i heard of any new releases involving her.

No idea what Fursaxa is up to, haven't heard anything in a long while either.

I like that Black Dirt Oak record more each time I hear it, though there are a few trajectories on there I would have been happy for them to explore at more length (which is what I think you were saying Neal, and I definitely felt that way a bit but it is cool that they cover a decent amount of territory too). Good mix of acoustic elements and weird electronics/drones/etc., but very much comes across like a studio record layered up over time.

Hey Evan, like that song you posted. Doesn't sound ugly to me, but then again I like ugly and imperfect so maybe I am not your target demographic. Some really nice turnarounds, and the sound at times reminds me of the last couple of Polvo records, of which you know I am a fan.

Thanks! I was not very happy with it. I guess because it can sound so much more elegant in person. I think I'm going to try to play it slower. I've been hammering it out so many times that I forget to perform it. Plus recording stiffens me up or at least makes me hypersensitive to the messed up bits.

Really glad it reminds you of Polvo! That's a huge compliment for me. And as far as the ugly sound it's really patched together with volume shifts and stuff. I was trying to smooth mistakes out but I rushed.

Something about selecting my m-box to mono through garageband makes it sound really dirty I think, but when I select it to be stereo it is much cleaner but panned way to the right. Argh!

"Flip" should of sounded like "Kozy". Going to try again tonight I am determined...

i thought it was good too, not ugly at all! you want ugly, i've got plenty of ugly.

Thank you!! Hey, do you still provide krautrock style drums to needy folks?

Yes I do! I even have some new ones!! Since you asked, I have a rough drum part worked out for Murder of Maria Marten that is screaming out for a super jam but regardless of that, here is the link --be kind, I'm still new. http://tbnurse.tumblr.com