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

like, i know it's easier for him to tour alone or w/e but there are definitely better rhythm sections available
i also don't expect mark mcg to come out sounding super gnarly but i think some organic sounds would complement his playing instead of bury it

Ha funny...
It's true though, Drake is such an icon figure for this kind of depressed spectre image ppl have of him that I think he gets overlooked as being really IMO one of the great UK folk guitarists of his generation
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― Raptain Chillips (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, April 4, 2014 10:53 AM (9 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

nick drake is one of those dudes i got into when i was in HS/college (somehow, i honestly don't remember? like maybe a RS article about belle and sebastien?? kill me) and it still bums me out that he's turned into this avatar of corny earnestness, like jeff buckley or the koln concert (ninth grade and early 20s respectively)

You shouldn't be killed for Belle and Sebastien :)
Used to love them, saw them live at one point too.

It's strange how most people go through the drake albums very early on, then venture deeper into this stuff and sort of forget about him, or move on. I was certainly one of them.

just came across this, sounds like this guy has some brigade appeal

https://m.soundcloud.com/ryo0ooooooooo/ryo-takematsu-six-o-seven

amazing night last night playing with howling hex and new bums! definitely the most fun i've had at a show that I was actually performing at.
the hex was crazy -- after I spent the last week describing what they were going to be like to friends, hagerty comes out w/ just his drummer and does a set of hardcore covers. finally talked a little bit with neil after seeing him play 8-9 times now. he wanted to talk about doug yule, which was good.
new bums were pretty masterful, it was great to see chasny playing finally. such a cool guitarist. hopefully the new bums aren't just a one-off, I really love the record.
somewhat related to the thread -- chasny said he was starting his own label and putting out a tashi dorji LP later this year.

a set of hardcore covers

such as? please make me even more envious

What did he have to say about Doug Yule?

neil h seems cool. interested in a possible tashi dorji lp

they opened with this one, played it for like 10 minutes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iyth855rGp8
closed with "psycho" by the sonics (which isn't hardcore of course, but was sort of played hardcore style).
re: yule, my band had played a weirdo version of "waiting for the man" and he was talking about how he just heard the post-Reed VU live stuff and was surprised by how much he liked it.

hee-eee found a reason to keep living; and the reason is doug yule
sounds like a great show!! i hope you had good turnout.

haha, i wouldn't say it was an amazing turnout, but it was OK, and there was a friendly vibe. everyone had fun i think.
hex drummer said that the bassist was sick so they just decided to do something different.

http://distilleryimage4.ak.instagram.com/cc29071cbe6111e38b20124d02dddc8c_8.jpg
here's the pic I took of the hex's set, it really captures the mood.
but fortunately i figured out I had my camera on a weird setting by the time the bums were onstage
http://distilleryimage11.ak.instagram.com/9e2f7c76be2311e3a742120ef9859af7_8.jpg

new bums was really great but i do think a drummer wouldn't hurt IMO

Wow that first picture is actually kinda neat

haha i know! if the hex makes a shoegaze record they should use that as the cover.

Chasny played all acoustic when I saw New Bums, but that was a while ago. Always good live though, and fun to watch play (that show sounds great Tyler, very cool you got to play on that bill). Also cool he is starting a label and putting out a Dorji record, as I am obviously a fan. Wanna see him live too, so hopefully he'll hit the road for that when it comes out.

Hey Al, that Ryo Takematsu stuff sounds nice, though I just listened to the preview soundcloud, which doesn't give a full picture. Seems like a good enough player but there are some really weird effects on that stream, wonder if they are on the record at all or just there for the segues between the snippets of the album (or set of 7"s or whatever it is)? Maybe more interesting if some of that shows up on the songs themselves ....

yeah i was wondering about the whole album but i couldn't find much in the way of embeddable clips when i was searching around for more. ha i found out about him when looking up the hashtag #johnfahey on instagram! someone was spinning his lp.

the new Vin Du Select Qualitite series is shipping now
http://vdsqrecords.com/

VDSQ 007 - Anthony Pasquarosa

VDSQ 008 - Sir Richard Bishop

VDSQ 009 - Aaron Sheppard

VDSQ 010 - Bill Orcutt <3

VDSQ SE - Special Edition box set

Coming soon
Matthew Mullane- Hut Variations LP
Glenn Jones- Changing Ships On A Falling Tide 7"

VDSQ guy is the same guy who wrote the upcoming Fahey biography, right?

i don't know :/ - I haven't heard much about that biography either other than passing mention.

Daniel Bachman's new one for Bathetic, "Orange Co. Serenade", is gonna be great too. Got passed along the files and his lap stuff is getting really good.

Just checked, and yeah same Lowenthal: http://www.thewire.co.uk/news/26412/john-fahey-biography-on-the-way-in-2014

Bathetic is a cool label, cool to see Daniel getting around. Since it'll be Bathetic will it be more out/free? Would like to see him cut loose with the slide/lap steel a bit.

Apparently the Ryley Walker album is available for streaming via selftitledmag: http://soundcloud.com/selftitledmag/sets/ryley-walker-all-kinds-of-you/s-i8uma

Haven't listened yet, but surely of interest to a bunch of folks here.

yay! been waiting on that one

wow this is gorgeous...loving the more UK, pentangle feel

great drummer on this too

yeah the band sound is excellent on this -- who is the drummer? is it the dude from cave or did make that up?
i really like it a lot -- it's so deeply UK 70s that when it starts I'm kinda like "oh it's a pastiche" but it's so well done that I don't really care.

yeah that's pretty accurate...it's definitely not as forward feeling as blackshaw, who has always felt distinctly UK in a way I can't quite articulate in comparison to lots of the more Am Primitive ppl on this thread

but fuck it, if the songs are the the songs are there, hell of a player and beautiful sounding record

yeah, he's got the appropriate swagger, doesn't feel at all like a museum piece.
kinda hope he takes a band on the road, though I'm sure a solo set would be groovy too.

yeah the arrangements are great and i def hope he brings the band...though i suspect sometimes for these guys there's the economic factor not having to split the money

as great as jansch and renbourne are, terry cox and danny thompson are kind of the secret heroes of pentangle to me

yeah, they are so good, danny thompson has a pretty stellar track record, at least all the things I've heard.
looks like walker is doing a full band thing, opening for the cloud nothings currently. http://www.windishagency.com/artists/ryley_walker

oh cool, that's kinda neat he's going outside of the scene so to speak and cloud nothings def seem pretty popular

i think i'm confused by all the cloud bands.

Really enjoying the piano/strings on the title track. Good group sound, but piano especially is a nice addition.

I am not sure I would like this as much without the bands/arrangements, though he is a really good player. I just think I like this style better with accompaniment. Glad he is taking some sort of band out, though the Cloud Nothings is a weird fit. Crowds will probably be decent though.

Definitely like the run from "Twin Oaks Pt. II"-"Tanglewood Spaces", so maybe retract my statement about the band vs. solo takes a bit. Just think a couple of the vocal numbers wouldn't be as compelling without the arrangements, but these more sparse and/or instrumental songs are really nice.

i bought the new Acoustic Guitar magazine and there's a big John Fahey primer article in it...not a lot that would be news to anyone in this thread, but it was well done, and I'm happy that it could def serve as a good jumping off point for someone who doesn't know him....definitely spoke with the people you should talk to - Lang, Kottke, Will Ackerman, Sean Smith, Glenn Jones....

one odd fact I didn't know know....The Fabulous Thunderbirds were on TAKOMA??!?

that's Powerful Stuff my friends

Whooooaaaa. I am not sure I am ready for that information ....

That was after Fahey sold the label, though, if it makes you feel any better. :)

you guys haven't heard Fahey's version of "Tuff Enuff"? pretty rare, but worth seeking out.

hey does anyone want to contribute about 90 sec of noodling to a song for me? does not need to be recorded in a hi fi sort of way, send me a msg if you think this would be fun!

ums, somewhere I expressed similar amazement when I found a Sir Douglas Quintet best-of on Takoma, also after it was sold.

Huh, not sure what it would have meant at the time to use the Takoma label to market those kinds of records. Did it have much of a profile?

must've just been transitioning into being a "roots" label?

Guess so, the only logical conclusion I guess.

Also, Jimmie Vaughan does play with his fingers ....

ok that makes sense, in the article it just kind lists it like "Takoma grew a diverse roster of acts like blah blah blah, Fabulous Thunderbirds" like nbd and i wanted the "record scratch" sound to play like "WHAAAAT?"

always impressive to me that the fabulous thunderbirds had an album called Butt-Rockin'

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