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

!! I can't wait to hear it! New songs give me so much mojo that it makes me dizzy. Excited!

yeah i mean musically forsyth is was above war on drugs and that band would be boring, was more admiration like i'm sure touring is a lot easier w/war on drugs and better pay

but i guess either way you still probably aren't making like real money

i was actually thinking it would be cool if they could crossover into the hippie/jam world a bit, would def be good for those guys moneywise if they could play those camping festival things in the summer

and yeah, grandavis if you feel inspired definitely do something for the summer of dead. pretty happy w/ the stuff i've been getting -- hopefully will get some things from a non-deadhead perspective too.

― tylerw, Tuesday, 15 July 2014 14:41 (38 minutes ago) Permalink

I know we talked about this on Twitter but I'm still hoping to find some time in the next couple of weeks to listen to some stuff and turn something in for this.

The show last night was completely fucking awesome.

if you and UMS just want to do a back-and-forth statler & waldorf thing where you make fun of a dead show that would work too.

Oh! I bet that could probably be arranged

Here, let Bob be your inspiration:

http://www.purplemoon.com/card/bob-seva.jpg

some photos from last nite including some good ones of global

http://www.reviler.org/2014/07/15/photos-chris-forsyth-7th-st-entry/

That photo barely does justice to how short those shorts are, but that is probably for the best.

Cool guitar Global, and nice pics overall.

excellent recording of a recent bachman show here!
http://doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/post/91870212017/daniel-bachman-parc-de-la-cure-dair-paris

it was a kick ass night, thought my set went pretty good, American Cream was amazing, as was Solar Motel. A dream to play with those folks in my favorite venue! I did record my own set, I thought about recording Forsyth but I don't think any equipment I had would have captured the sound at all, it was immense. I also didn't want to do something that was a no-no. Forsyth and crew are all super nice too, cosign on that one.

10 bucks for that show! What a bargain. Hope their profile keeps rising, so far that seems to be holding true. The new stuff was also amazing, so excited. He's got the release 'Intensity Ghost' up soon (October I think?) and he even said the band has more material in the pipeline, so awesome that they're getting this much on wax as they hit their stride.

I think the drummer stands out the most in Solar Motel *band*, he is totally the anchor for all the madness. I like how the drumming is a bit more fluid live.

Also got to drink beer on a couch that Courtney Love probably passed out on or something, the green room at the Entry is so great

if the fosburgh / grass tops thing is happening in MN, you guys have the makings of a huge guitar scene! seattle in the early 90s except with fingerpickin'!

Global, definitely would love to hear that live set at some point, if you feel like sharing it. Seems like we may all have to make a pilgrimage to Minneapolis at some point ....

i'm gonna listen to it and probably edit out mid-song tuning and stuff, but yeah, planning on sharing it!

Cool!

La Lechera: Forsyth is saying he is playing Chicago tomorrow with Bitchin' Bajas. You know about this, right?

Ooh I knew it was coming but thought I missed it -- thanks for the reminder!! Tmrw Wednesday?

was in mpls last nite so probably

Like there's another tomorrow. I'm such a drip sometimes. He was just here for a street fest but those shows aren't that fun. Would much rather see with Bajas. Thanks for reminding me!!

This is Forsyth's message via Fbook from about 20 minutes ago:

"Iowa City tonight w Jason Lescalleet. Chicago again tomorrow w Bitchin Bajas and Axis: Sova at HQ. Message me if you need the address."

Bajas' new one is so good. Doesn't fit in with this thread per se, but whatever!

So as long as we're riffing on Solar Motel, what's a good 2014 album along those lines?

the new Solar Motel Band album coming out in October!

I'm kidding, kinda. I'd suggest the William Tyler EP Lost Colony, super killer krautrock Americana stuff. Maybe you've heard it, I dunno.

Here's my recording! Tried to find a place to set up my phone where there wouldn't be much talking, to no avail. Sort of a Live At Max's Kansas City vibe, or something. I think the track Banjo Burner came off the best (that'll be on the future DFBM release, although it'll sound pretty different there- it was a fun challenge to try to translate it to a live setting). All in all, of course there are things I'd wish had happened differently, but I feel overall pretty good about it-

http://stevepalmer.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-the-7th-st-entry

also I don't think Danny Paul Grody gets enough love in this thread. this song gives me the willies in the best way possible:

http://dannypaulgrody.bandcamp.com/track/time-spirals

i love DPG!!

he does the best job of treading that line between new age type stuff and american primitive, really dreamy and spacey without ever seeming like yoga music

At times DPG gets so lush tonally that it goes from new-agey to edgy/discomforting just from the layers of beautiful stuff happening. Neat trick to pull, and he does it without being too gratuitous pretty much across the board.

yeahhhh his record from last year has been in regular rotation ...
saw ryley walker last night in denver! he was great, though the show was woefully underattended (as per usual). pretty amazing guitarist -- he's definitely absorbed the jansch/renbourn thing fully. says he already has a new LP recorded...

also, he was selling/giving away a very limited run LP of him playing w/ chris brokaw! haven't given it a listen yet...

"Woefully underattended" is part of the genre tag in most cities.

Nice set Global! I like that you covered a pretty diverse set of moves, good flow to the set too. "Banjo Burner" was cool. Building blocks of the song and the lead playing actually reminded me of Forsyth himself a little bit, but I really like how the song ended in a washout of dissonance/noisier playing. Really liked the intro to "Twenty Six Spires" as well. Guess a theme is forming here, but yeah I like the juxtaposition of the pretty, more straightforward stuff with the more "out" stuff.

this thread prompted me to restring my lap steel last night. think I may actually stump up for some lessons this time around since I don't actually know what I am doing

Global T your stuff is great!! Any track you want some drums on? I'd be happy to give it a try just for fun/educational purposes!!

jeez did we miss this coming out???

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19442-steve-gunn-mike-cooper-cantos-de-lisboa/

Nah, I think that Cooper/Gunn collab is mentioned above, but I get confused these days as the release get bounced around so many places these days. What I have heard from it is really good!

http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2014/06/27/steve-gunn-mike-cooper-cantos-de-lisboa/ ;)

it is hard to keep track of gunn though!

Dow, in my opinion something that hits some similar sweet spots as the Forsyh & Solar Motel Band sound, or at least orbits around parts of it, is the new Eleven Twenty-Nine record on Drawing Room Records. It is Tom Carter and Marc Orleans on electric guitars with a drummer, Michael Evans. It is really great, though a lot freer and "out" overall (think it is all improvised), but damn if there isn't some hot playing on it.

Song here is really good, but I like another I heard on the radion named "Enochian Key Party" even better: https://soundcloud.com/jeff-drawingroom/01-dirtbag-lazarus

Some really wild guitar tones on it for sure.

Cosign on that William Tyler EP too, as stated hope he puts more out in that vein.

just discovered Ryley Walker's album from a few months ago ... stunning stuff, I think

he said his new one is way better (i really like his first). recorded with chicago jazz guys i guess, more of a band-y vibe. in fact he said there are a lot of vibes on it.

if anyone here is in LA, you could easily score free tix here - http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2014/07/15/aquarium-drunkard-presents-ryley-walker-the-echo-july-17th/

ooh, which chicago jazz guys?

i can't remember! he said some names and i'm not sure whether he said they were actually in tortoise or if they were "tortoise-y guys"...
cooper from cave is still producing though, which is cool -- the first album had a great overall sound.

that's cool
he is everywhere!

is there a Cave thread because I need a new Cave record

the band CAVE

BOOM! How lazy am I? (Thanks LL.)

there's a lot of tortoisey guys in chicago

That Chicago scene does seem ridiculously incestuous but, if this doesn't stupidly offensive, in a <i>good</i> way.
Ryler Walker with Chad Taylor and Rob Mazurek does sound like a winner.

Yeah, that Sam Prekop solo album with those dudes and O'Rourke producing/playing, plus other Chicago folks, is a really gorgeous album still based around the guitars of Prekop/Archer Prewitt. I imagine that a Ryley Walker album would sound pretty great with a similar treatment/cast of players.

Aye, totally. That album is quietly glorious.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veVKdRK0RTY

thx for the reminder, i have really enjoyed that LP in the past.
speaking of o'rourke, it still kind of irks me that he hasn't made at least two or three albums along the lines of Bad Timing.