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

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

Since we are on a brief listening excursion here (and the upcoming/hypothetical deluge of new records has not happened yet) going to post the recent set I mentioned above, i.e., the one where someone asked for their money back etc. There are also teenagers audibly laughing at one point because of audible feedback (which made them uncomfortable I guess), but once they realized it was intentional they actually came closer and watched the rest of the set. Pretty weird night overall, especially because the set is very minimal for most of its duration:

https://daisqueue.bandcamp.com/album/dais-queue-live-11-22-2013

Hey, here's my Nashville Scene piece on Peter Walker, who's playing in Nashville on Wed., Feb. 12.

And, some reportage I did for this Nashville Scene piece on William Tyler's live show early this year. the show was definitely more Area Code 615 Jr. than it was Fahey, altho the harmonic elements Tyler uses are in line w/ Faheyism, I suppose.

good stuff edd

i haven't seen tyler with a band sounds like it's a lot different than his solo gigs

yeah sXe, it is

clip of that neu cover posted upthread, it is killlller

edd hurt! great piece on walker & "neo-revelationist rock archaeology and old-fashioned astrology" is very otm about tyler

i think the winter twilight put me in the mood but i really liked yr set grandavis, v elegant tho the chugging caught me a bit offguard (mb more [ sub ] bass wld lend it extra mass?). indignant local feebs are funny but it's not like yr trolling the audience. hopefully it was educational.

wow grandavis - the teens were really yukking it up huh? geez. i thought you meant the light giggling, but then the boy teen was like LOLOLOLOL
how rude -- i love that it gets all heavy right after that. a+!

Hah thanks folks. I do not blame the teens, I mean I am not a young looking dude and I was up there making high-pitched feedback on purpose. Most likely they hadn't seen much like it before, plus they were there hanging out in mixed company etc., I am sure it was all angsty/nervous behavior. They stayed though, most likely because of the heavy part!

Ogmor, I rarely go for "chuggy" stuff (hopefully comes across not quite chuggy but more just a change of pace kind of thing, but I get the descriptor) but I also try not to just play pretty all the time. I agree though, my amp doesn't put out much bass, so it doesn't have much heft. Mainly I like the unstable quality of the notes when I add the low octaves, the way the low notes fail at times etc. Just an effect I like. The teens are into sub-bass apparently though, based on the lines for any EDM/"dubstep" shows that get booked here (which all the sudden are all the time), so maybe I need to incorporate more of it to pull in the youth demographic!

Jokes aside though, thanks for listening.

imo chug and choogle away, experimental guitar players!

seriously the combo of experimentation and earthy chug is a very pleasant one imo.

Edd, that Walker piece is great! What an interesting guy, seems to have had a full life for sure (and all that detail in a pretty short piece too).

Also completely cosign that Rother cover from W. Tyler band. Would love to see that live, great band sound.

I am glad that I have the La Lechera demographic on board btw.

I love the idea of you harnessing dubstep dynamics & kids turning up at gigs to goad you until you unleash The Drop & they can gleefully stomp around

Gonna need some humbuckers I think, maybe downtune some more (only at D-flat right now).