ILX Gonna Shine in My Backdoor Someday (new post-Fahey folk for ppl posting in Takoma/Tompkins Square threads Pt II)

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Sorry, didn't mean to imply that that was a funny question! Just was funny because there is almost no info at all for the album on the page. Could be intentionally vague?

grandavis, Thursday, 30 July 2015 16:06 (eight years ago) link

i was just wondering if it sounded like early music musically or if it was clear that he was referring to his own early music
it's always confusing when people talk about early music

La Lechera, Thursday, 30 July 2015 16:07 (eight years ago) link

Yeah, I can see that. It doesn't sound particularly indebted to early music to me, but certainly that is not my specialty so perhaps there is some similarity I wouldn't pick up on.

grandavis, Thursday, 30 July 2015 16:15 (eight years ago) link

Also, David Daniell has come up before, and I know folks through out some recommendations. I am really into this song "Housewarming" from the Three Lobed comp "Eight Trails, One Path":

https://threelobed.bandcamp.com/track/housewarming

Can someone point me to stuff of his that hits territory similar to this?

grandavis, Thursday, 30 July 2015 16:40 (eight years ago) link

xp Been digging Jon Collin's stuff for a while now (though haven't heard the one linked above), his label is really pretty incredible, when you can manage to get copies of this stuff! His recent LP High Peak Selections was really good, some of it was like post-LMC kinda stuff iirc...

Jimmywine Dyspeptic, Thursday, 30 July 2015 16:41 (eight years ago) link

Yeah, Loren M. Connors occurred to me too while listening to that Jon Collins record. I need to dig into it more, I really like his playing style from the small sampling I have heard, and yeah the label stuff is top notch based on the photos (I imagine the physical copies are A+).

grandavis, Thursday, 30 July 2015 16:46 (eight years ago) link

And by "it", I mean his discography. Definitely my kind of shit.

grandavis, Thursday, 30 July 2015 16:46 (eight years ago) link

don't know collins, but this sounds good!
been enjoying this c joynes live thing - a band recording, a little fairport-y maybe? https://cjoynes.bandcamp.com/album/liv-at-the-dentist

tylerw, Thursday, 30 July 2015 16:47 (eight years ago) link

also, this is great (gabbed about it on twitter): https://brianjohnmcbrearty.bandcamp.com/releases
some good fingerpicking, mixed with droney/feedback action, with some majestic popol vuh moves thrown in for good measure. you know, the good stuff.

tylerw, Thursday, 30 July 2015 16:51 (eight years ago) link

Yeah, checked that McBrearty thing when you posted it. It was definitely good.

grandavis, Thursday, 30 July 2015 17:02 (eight years ago) link

Jimmywine, "High Peak Selections" sounding really nice right now, thanks!

grandavis, Thursday, 30 July 2015 18:07 (eight years ago) link

jon collin is from my neck of the woods, always liked but never loved his stuff, same with loren connors. it is very pleasant in the best sense though

ogmor, Thursday, 30 July 2015 18:10 (eight years ago) link

Yeah, Connors and Collin are definitely in outlier territory. I can see this as being boring as hell for some folks, but this hits my particular sweet spots full on. Collin kinda sounds like Tashi Dorji playing at Loren Connors tempos (some of the time at least), which for me is prime time.

grandavis, Thursday, 30 July 2015 18:17 (eight years ago) link

Pickathon Livestream just starting, with Sam Amidon & friends---Ryly Walker and Hiss Golden Messenger play tonight, Mandolin Orange tomorrow, goes through Sunday (all times Pacific, so goes fairly late for me). Not all of it's relevant to this thread, but...
http://blog.kexp.org/pickathon-2015-video-webcast/

dow, Friday, 31 July 2015 19:55 (eight years ago) link

*Ryley*, that is (sorry, Ry).

dow, Friday, 31 July 2015 19:56 (eight years ago) link

(not too thrilled w Amidon)

dow, Friday, 31 July 2015 19:57 (eight years ago) link

I know Nathan Bowles is playing that festival, and at least a few other good folks (besides Ryley). Joan Shelley I think too?

grandavis, Friday, 31 July 2015 19:59 (eight years ago) link

william tyler too. seems like a fun fest. looks hot though.

tylerw, Friday, 31 July 2015 19:59 (eight years ago) link

man, the forthcoming joan shelley record is amazing.

tylerw, Friday, 31 July 2015 20:00 (eight years ago) link

I think Nathan is actually sitting in with Joan for one (or more) of her sets. Not sure if he is just drumming or playing banjo too, but I imagine there will be a lot of sitting in on various sets.

grandavis, Friday, 31 July 2015 20:32 (eight years ago) link

Chuck Johnson show here in Charlottesville was top-notch. He only played about 6 songs/40 minutes, but it was perfectly paced and just expertly played. All straight guitar songs were played on a telecaster, then he switched it up for the end of the set w/ two lap steel songs that were maybe the highlight of the whole show. Definitely recommend seeing him live if you can.

grandavis, Monday, 3 August 2015 14:03 (eight years ago) link

Also, I bought a Zoom recorder and used the show as a trial run. Thing works great, show recording is crsytal clear and was super easy to record. Really psyched I bought one (the H5).

grandavis, Monday, 3 August 2015 14:04 (eight years ago) link

I attended Pickathon. Saw Wm. Tyler perform in a barn Saturday night with about 100 other people. Audience included Nathan Salsburg, Nathan Bowles, M.C. Taylor and Phil Cook. Maybe others I didn't recognize. I couldn't enjoy myself because I spent the whole time worrying about the future of solo/acoustic/whatever music if something bad were to happen inside that barn. :)

(Yes, it was hot. Really hot.)

alpine static, Monday, 3 August 2015 15:03 (eight years ago) link

Pickathon looked pretty stacked, bet it was a good time.

grandavis, Monday, 3 August 2015 16:17 (eight years ago) link

I totally had a middle-of-the-night sit up in bed moment last week and thought 'the post-Fahey thread!' My computer blew up about six months ago, and somehow I totally forgot this place. I've had a fine time catching up. Cheers.

Poacher (Chinaski), Monday, 3 August 2015 16:29 (eight years ago) link

glad you're into it! love the tight-knit feel of this thread but also good to know there's some onlookers. can always use more voices though! we don't bite.

global tetrahedron, Monday, 3 August 2015 18:11 (eight years ago) link

It was a great time. I saw truly mesmerizing sets by Ryley W. and HGM (both on the stage in the woods), plus Bowles in the same barn as Tyler. Those two were more of an interview/performance format ... I could've lived without the interviewing and more music, but it was fine. Saw Alice Gerrard, too, and Tinariwen, and a bunch of rock bands (DIIV, Ex Hex, Meatbodies, Viet Cong, Wand, Happyness, A Giant Dog, etc.) Missed Ernest Ranglin, a bit bummed about that.

alpine static, Monday, 3 August 2015 19:00 (eight years ago) link

aw man I wanna see Wand! not really relevant to thread but...

sleeve, Monday, 3 August 2015 19:04 (eight years ago) link

Wand are stellar. their drummer is amazing

global tetrahedron, Monday, 3 August 2015 19:09 (eight years ago) link

Wand was great. Later, they backed Ty Segall as the "Roling Stons" and did some mangled Stones covers.

Surprise of the fest for me was Meatbodies, another West Coast garage/psych/punk band. I like their record OK but they absolutely destroyed live.

Back to thread topic: Tyler joined HGM for their two scheduled sets...it was so great. And then on Sunday Alice Gerrard canceled her second set and HGM (who had backed her on Saturday) played a surprise-ish set w/ Tyler and Mandolin Orange. A super-jam of sorts.

Forgot I saw Sam Amidon. He did one of the interview-type sets. The only instance where I might've actually enjoyed him talking as much or more as his playing - in part because I think his music's above average but not amazing, and in part because he's clearly a very funny/sharp guy.

Wish I'd caught Joan Shelley.

alpine static, Monday, 3 August 2015 20:14 (eight years ago) link

enjoying this thing - https://itasca.bandcamp.com/album/anns-tradition
very mellow, but very nice.
and omg act now! "Limited to 100 cassettes, 50 of which include a vial of water bathed in the lunar eclipse of October 2014 in California."

tylerw, Tuesday, 11 August 2015 15:56 (eight years ago) link

I'd go for the non-water version. I can definitely see a USPS-related mishap ruining someone's day.

This is nice - mellow, pensive, out of time, like the best of this stuff. I keep waiting for vocals to come in though, for some reason.

Wimmels, Tuesday, 11 August 2015 16:41 (eight years ago) link

i think she usually has vocals on her stuff...

tylerw, Tuesday, 11 August 2015 16:42 (eight years ago) link

let's hear it for emma ruth rundle! https://emmaruthrundle.bandcamp.com/album/electric-guitar-one
i really like this, göteborg is my favorite track but it's all super mellow and droney <3

idk if this sort of thing belongs here or on another thread but i feel like you guys might appreciate it. i'd say fans of the dronier side of steven r smith would enjoy.

La Lechera, Thursday, 13 August 2015 17:55 (eight years ago) link

really into it

global tetrahedron, Thursday, 13 August 2015 18:06 (eight years ago) link

yeah this is great

Ma$e-en-scène (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 13 August 2015 18:10 (eight years ago) link

ooh yeah, nice. similar mood to that dean mcphee record from earlier this year, or the noveller album. she really recorded this in the back seat of a van?

tylerw, Thursday, 13 August 2015 18:22 (eight years ago) link

idk -- i get the impression she did the primary noodling while she was in the van and then they edited some stuff together at home?
it's a pretty short album, i have no idea
but i like it

La Lechera, Thursday, 13 August 2015 18:35 (eight years ago) link

loving this chuck johnson NYC set - http://www.nyctaper.com/2015/08/chuck-johnson-august-2-2015-union-pool-flacmp3streaming/
he sounds great on electric!

tylerw, Friday, 14 August 2015 18:53 (eight years ago) link

^ chuck is great... blood moon boulder is probably one of my top guitar releases of the year, familiar-sounding but fresh and doesn't get bogged down with flash.

enjoying this today, particularly the banjo stuff but it's all pretty good:

https://jamestweeddale.bandcamp.com/album/weird-world-rolls-on

global tetrahedron, Friday, 14 August 2015 19:02 (eight years ago) link

new michael chapman on tompkins square sounding great

tourdates w/ ryley walker coming up too:

10/08/15 North Bethesda, MD (USA) AMP
10/09/15 Brooklyn, NY (USA) Rough Trade
10/10/15 Portland, ME (USA) Waking Windows Music And Arts
10/11/15 Providence, RI (USA) Columbus Theater
10/13/15 Albany, NY (USA) The Low Beat
10/14/15 Northampton, MA (USA) Iron Horse Music Hall

tylerw, Tuesday, 18 August 2015 19:42 (eight years ago) link

here's a track: https://soundcloud.com/tompkinssquare/jack-by-michael-chapman

tylerw, Tuesday, 18 August 2015 19:43 (eight years ago) link

That's a nice track. Cool that he is swinging through for some shows too.

grandavis, Tuesday, 18 August 2015 19:55 (eight years ago) link

New Tashi / Marisa Anderson split LP just announced

http://www.footfallsrecords.com

Wimmels, Thursday, 20 August 2015 02:37 (eight years ago) link

Yeah, that looks like a good record! Big fan of both Tashi and Marisa, especially live, and a great pairing for a split. Guess it is just two sides, not a collab at all, but cool regardless.

grandavis, Thursday, 20 August 2015 13:39 (eight years ago) link

very cool combo. i like split albums!
checkin out this new nyc taper recording of alan licht playing some solo things from a forthcoming vdsq record: http://www.nyctaper.com/2015/08/alan-licht-august-2-2015-union-pool-flacmp3streaming/

tylerw, Thursday, 20 August 2015 19:13 (eight years ago) link

also enjoying this thing
http://scissortail.bandcamp.com/album/lonely-and-blue
some blown out solo electric things, some mellower stuff... all very nice.

tylerw, Thursday, 20 August 2015 19:14 (eight years ago) link

Ooh nice, gonna check that Alan Licht set! Still need to listen to the Johnson one, but it is probably pretty close to the show I saw here (and got a recording of). Did the Pasquarosa set get recorded too? I assume so, but that is one I am interested in checking too.

grandavis, Friday, 21 August 2015 13:14 (eight years ago) link

Pretty interesting interview/talk with Anthony Pasqarosa via our man Mr. Dying For Bad Music:

http://dyingforbadmusic.com/blog/post/2015/07/interview-anthony-pasquarosa.html

Good insights overall, and I hadn't really read much about AP at all, so a good thing to dive into if you dig his playing. There is a good playlist embedded in the interview too.

grandavis, Monday, 24 August 2015 13:49 (eight years ago) link

new chris forsyth & koen holtkamp (who i am not familiar with) joint album, like the sample track a lot, v chill psych vibes

http://m.tinymixtapes.com/news/chris-forsyth-koen-holtkamp-announce-second-joint-lp-share-long-beach-idyll

Ma$e-en-scène (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 24 August 2015 19:31 (eight years ago) link


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