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

that latest track they shared wasn't really my bag but rangda posted a date here in MPLS for early March. seems they're touring, although I cant find an official announcement

oh wait, here we go:

3/4/16Brooklyn, NY
3/5/16Cambridge, MA
3/6/16Easthampton, MA
3/7/16Montreal, Canada
3/8/16Toronto, Canada
3/9/16Detroit, MI
3/10/16– 3/12/16Chicago, IL
3/10/16Kalamazoo, MI
3/13/16Minneapolis, MN
3/15/16Bloomington, IN
3/16/16Columbus, OH
3/17/16Pittsburgh, PA
3/19/16Philadelphia, PA

:'(

have a couple friends in denver... you all don't get a ton of shows, do you? i suppose it's kind of a hike for a lot of bands. unless it's string cheese incident or lotus or something

could be very well wrong but it just seems like an odd mix of acts make their way through

Sorry, who's touring?

rangda!
yeah, colorado is easy to skip... but despite all my complaining, i'm sure that if i lived in a place where a bunch of these acts came through regularly i'd end up skipping stuff.

yeah. i missed crystalline roses recently and dustin wong awhile back, even though it was within easy walking distance. and chris forsyth and co once. and marisa anderson + circuit des yeux. ooops.

it's Rangda, Evan

i did get to see that marisa anderson + circuit des yeux tour, it was great. there were probably 12 people there.

Oh!! xp

here's a show i'd like to see ...
https://scontent.fsnc1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/t31.0-8/12469415_893514017393405_3971907662249621551_o.jpg

rangda!
they are so good live.

i probably average 1 show/week at the end of the year, and i am always missing something. it costs money to go to shows! the entertainment dollar can only stretch so far. most things i go to are in the $0-$15 range, which i think is reasonable. once you start talking $20 and above i will start to really consider whether i care that much. sometimes yes, usually no.

yeah at this point i probably average a show a month. i turn 37 tomorrow, gettin so old, hard to find the motivation sometimes.

please i am older than you are

Happy almost birthday!

xp well, i'm also really lazy

thx!

you're not lazy, you have a kid! you're exhausted. i don't have kids. i am finding that i need to explain this to people more frequently because that is a major expenditure of time and energy most people my age have that i don't. and hb!

ha, yeah, the kid thing does make it challenging. i'm trying to get my band rolling again and two of us have kids, and we are both wiped by the time we actually get it together.

have a tentative little tour planned here... if anyone reading this has any insight on these towns feel free (please!) message me on here. DIY venues or bookstores or record shops even... not too picky and am open-minded

(all dates in April)
Iowa City- 8th
Chicago- 9th
Columbus- 10th
Lynchburg- 11th
Chapel Hill- 12th
Greenville- 13th
Asheville- 14th
Knoxville- 15th
Louisville- 16th
Minneapolis- 17th

new solar motel!!! :)

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/17922-chris-forsyth-and-the-solar-motel-band-high-castle-rock/

digging it -- this one is one of the more familiar rave-ups on the album, but there are a few very cool stylistic curveballs too.

buncha cian nugent tourdates:
3/07 – Allston, MA – Great Scott*
3/08 – Hudson, NY – The Half Moon*
3/09 – Brooklyn, NY – Union Pool*
3/10 – Philadelphia, PA – Boot & Saddle*
3/11 – Washington, DC – DC9*
3/12 – Durham, NC – The Pinhook*
3/13 – Atlanta, GA – The Earl*
3/16-18 – Austin, TX – SXSW
3/20 – Phoenix, AZ – Valley Bar*
3/21 – Los Angeles, CA – The Echo*
3/22 – San Francisco, CA – Bottom Of The Hill*
3/24 – Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios*
3/25 – Seattle, WA – Barboza*
3/26 – Vancouver, BC – Media Club*
3/28 – Calgary, AB – Palomino Smokehouse and Social Club*
3/29 – Edmonton, AB – Brixx Bar & Grill*
3/30 – Saskatoon, SK – Amigo’s Cantina*
4/01 – Winnipeg, MB – The Good Will Social Club*
4/02 – Minneapolis, MN – 7th St. Entry*
4/03 – Chicago, IL – The Empty Bottle*
4/04 – Bloomington, IN – The Bishop*
4/05 – Lakewood, OH – Mahall’s*
4/07 – Toronto, ON – The Garrison*
4/08 – Montreal, QC – Casa Del Popolo*

* = w/Nap Eyes

digging the track and the artwork

yay cian isn't skipping mpls!

dunno if he'll have a band or what, but his new one is so good! he really makes the tricky transition to more straight-ahead singer-songwriter look like a breeze.

Hope he brings the drummer from Born w the Caul!

that's the drummer on the new record, i believe. he is great!

3/22 – San Francisco, CA – Bottom Of The Hill*
3/24 – Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios*

gnfuiohnjtopdgnmiopfn;. ;d;nkhl;dml

guess I should bug some booking friends

new Chuck Johnson (electric) album in February

http://adhoc.fm/post/chuck-johnson-treads-darker-territory-i-stand-coun/
http://www.troubleinmindrecs.com/chuck-johnson-velvet-arc-lp/

ladies and gents, I know present you with a band apparently made specifically for this thread....

https://www.subpop.com/news/2015/10/06/sub_pop_signs_heron_oblivion_to_worldwide_deal_debut_lp_coming_in_2016

The San Francisco based group, featuring Meg Baird (Espers), Noel Von Harmonson (Comets on Fire, Six Organs of Admittance, Sic Alps, The Lowdown), Ethan Miller (Comets on Fire, Howlin’ Rain, Feral Ohms), and Charlie Saufley (Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound), will release their label debut worldwide in the spring of 2016.

.....
Ultimately, Heron Oblivion fused song craft to its improvisational leanings. What materialized is a mesmeric compilation of English folk rock and earthy West Coast psychedelia spiked with feedback and explosive dissonant elements. The sum of these elements will make up their Sub Pop debut.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UzE97Xdz5c

yeah been looking forward to this! when i sent my brother one of their tunes last year he said: "THIS IS THE EXACT BAND I WANT."

haha i know it's almost hilarious:

esmeric compilation of English folk rock and earthy West Coast psychedelia spiked with feedback and explosive dissonant elements.

is basically mission statement

i loved espers, but sometimes wished they'd loosen up and rock out a bit more. and this is that, it seems.

I knew this would happen if we waited long enough. They're going to need opening local bands when they inevitably schedule their tour...

Lol @ "need", other way around more like, haha

just a few dates coming up, would love to see 'em

SUN, Feb 7 Crystal Ballroom, Portland, OR (Sabertooth Music Festival!)
THU, Mar 3 Starline Social Club, Oakland, CA
SAT, Mar 5 Resident, Los Angeles, CA (w/Morgan Delt)
SUN, Mar 6 Til Two, San Diego, CA
FRI, Mar 11 Marfa Myths Festival , Marfa, TX Tickets
FRI, Apr 29 Carson Creek Ranch , Austin, TX (Levitation Fest!)
SAT, Apr 30 Carson Creek Ranch , Austin, TX (Levitation Fest!)
SUN, May 1 Carson Creek Ranch , Austin, TX (Levitation Fest!)

Ha! I was gonna say if they're not already bumping around on the festival circuit! I feel so demographically targeted :-/

mesmeric compilation of English folk rock and earthy West Coast psychedelia spiked with feedback and explosive dissonant elements.

bleeurgh

carry on

haha

heh heh.
did we know about this? new to me: http://lightintheattic.net/releases/2218-christopher-idylls
samples are gorgeous - kinda like big star on wyndham hill.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zT6ZwtLMmM0&list=PLJXxdfjsMlG1uJVHnOLW9s9FnAWuKwBfl&index=1

This is gorgeous, thanks for the heads up. Gotta pick this one up immediately.

http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2016/01/22/michael-chapman-the-aquarium-drunkard-interview/

yeah, nice interview! chapman seems like he'd be a good guy to hang out with at the bar...
maybe i mentioned it before, but that last tompkins sq. LP of his, Fish, is really nice (as is his contribution to the 3 Lobed parallelogram thang).

& let me reiterate -- everyone should check out that gimmer nicholson LP posted above: http://lightintheattic.net/releases/2218-christopher-idylls
kind of unbelievable!

Listened to the whole thing yesterday. Loving it.

Did you get the Big Star connection partly because: "Album cover by William Eggleston (Big Star, Alex Chilton, Spoon, Silver Jews)"?

yeah, and it was recorded by Terry Manning at Ardent Studios -- definitely an explicit connection to Big Star there. liners say that at least chris bell was familiar w/ it.

Yeah, it's definitely of the same universe with regards to the general vibe and atmosphere.

yeah, nice interview! chapman seems like he'd be a good guy to hang out with at the bar...

― tylerw, Friday, January 22, 2016 11:54 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i did get to kick it w/him at a bar for about 1/2 hour and he's about as down to earth as it gets

http://hilobrow.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/MichaelChapman-HiLo.jpg
ha, i guess the answer is YES