― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 21:45 (nineteen years ago) link
Pretty stoked to see Kozelek in Chicago tonight - but I bet my buddies at the Archers of Loaf reunion show are gonna have more fun!
― BlackIronPrison, Friday, 8 July 2011 22:28 (twelve years ago) link
I'd really like to see him tour with a band. Never saw Red House Painters or Sun Kil Moon...
― john. a resident of chicago., Friday, 8 July 2011 22:57 (twelve years ago) link
Katy Song
― Iago Galdston, Saturday, 9 July 2011 01:54 (twelve years ago) link
disappointed me when i heard anecdotes that red house painters were super douches.
grace cathedral park or mistress piano version.
i p much don't like that many of their songs, but the ones i do i fucking love.
― you've got male (jim in glasgow), Saturday, 9 July 2011 02:20 (twelve years ago) link
yeah it would be nice if he'd tour with a band again. I don' think SKM ever toured as a band; he did one show in SF with a band though, kind of.
although to be honest...I saw RHP a LOT and they could be pretty boring. I mean I adore those albums but sometimes it got kind of dull.
― akm, Saturday, 9 July 2011 04:03 (twelve years ago) link
"The only thing I miss about playing with a band is having a guitar tech — a guy that hands me my guitars between songs and is responsible for tuning them. That’s really all I miss."
http://www.sunkilmoon.com/interviewCameronCrowe.html
― john. a resident of chicago., Sunday, 2 October 2011 14:43 (twelve years ago) link
Really love this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nSuTSyymvU
and I think I re-sold the last Kozelek album I bought/was fairly non-plussed by the last Album Leaf album (though have loved other stuff by them both).
― djh, Sunday, 9 June 2013 18:33 (eleven years ago) link
katy song, nothing by kozelek has ever touched me like this slowly blossoming song.
― it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Sunday, 9 June 2013 21:16 (eleven years ago) link
EvilDown ThroughThings Mean A Lot
― MaresNest, Sunday, 9 June 2013 21:27 (eleven years ago) link
Bumped ... just because "Perils from the Sea" is so lovely.
― djh, Sunday, 16 June 2013 19:29 (eleven years ago) link
It's fantastic, but I find I need to listen to it from start to finish to really appreciate it.
― Simon H., Sunday, 16 June 2013 19:57 (eleven years ago) link
There a definite highlights for me, particularly "Gustavo".
Could easily have missed this as was underwhelmed by the last albums by both Kozelek and Album Leaf.
― djh, Wednesday, 19 June 2013 22:51 (ten years ago) link
More new stuff coming up:
http://www.caldoverderecords.com/mkds/index4.html
― djh, Thursday, 20 June 2013 21:45 (ten years ago) link
I must admit that, flicking through his website, I found myself wondering how much Kozelek earns - can he pretty much guarantee decent sales of anything he releases? Do sales of Red House Painters releases chug away in the background? Were they even that "big" anyway?
Regardless, I've missed loads by him.
― djh, Sunday, 30 June 2013 23:36 (ten years ago) link
(Not Kozelek but probably not worth starting a distinct threat: anyone heard the two Lavalle releases since Storytellers?)
― djh, Tuesday, 2 July 2013 22:37 (ten years ago) link
not liking perils at all, two songs in, why is his poetic metre exactly the same in everything these days?
― akm, Tuesday, 2 July 2013 23:19 (ten years ago) link
If you can give it a few more goes you might find it grows on you; I was underwhelmed by cursory listens on line when it came out, but figured I'd get the CD anyway off the strength of "Caroline". Been on rotation for my commute for the last week now and it's *really* opened up - I think I prefer it to the last couple of Sun Kil Moon albums in fact - I love the non-flashy approach by Lavalle, just let the tracks ebb and flow and give Koz room to work with them.
― that mustardless plate (Bill A), Wednesday, 3 July 2013 18:40 (ten years ago) link
^ Yes, this.
I initially heard when a friend sent me a cd featuring his two favourite tracks from the album. When I bought the album these two tracks stood out as high points but with repeated plays almost all of it sounds pretty special (but not show-y) now.
― djh, Wednesday, 3 July 2013 22:31 (ten years ago) link
The last Sun Kil Moon album was the same for me. At first it sounded like such a let down compared to AFP but it became another favorite right along the rest after repeat listens.
― Evan, Wednesday, 3 July 2013 23:00 (ten years ago) link
Love "1936", in part because I did the same thing as a six year old, stealing dimes out of a collection my dad had. Nothing as precious as the song's dime, but same theft, and feelings of guilt and regret. "Gustavo" and "Caroline", great tracks, too. Also agree with liking it more than the last few SKM albums.
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Monday, 15 July 2013 16:02 (ten years ago) link
1936 crept up on me. Beautiful stuff. Seemed to get luke warm reviews, this.
― djh, Tuesday, 23 July 2013 21:11 (ten years ago) link
Bubble to me is incredible - those building arpeggios
― Master of Treacle, Tuesday, 23 July 2013 22:21 (ten years ago) link
posted this before, but here are my thoughts on the wonderful Bridge album: http://walkingthelongmileshome.wordpress.com/2013/01/06/and-it-feels-so-wonderful-to-swim-in-our-fear-red-house-painters-bridge-1993-track-by-track/
i am really quite obsessed with By the Time that I Awoke from the latest one.
― charlie h, Wednesday, 24 July 2013 00:00 (ten years ago) link
New song: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/19/a-love-song-to-mom-from-me-and-bonnie-prince-billy/?_r=1
― djh, Wednesday, 24 July 2013 06:48 (ten years ago) link
I loved that (article & song). I wish I got to read something like that about every one of his songs and all the rest of my favorite music.
― Evan, Wednesday, 24 July 2013 16:23 (ten years ago) link
Nice song (although it's always a bit creepy when people contrast their lovers and their mothers).
― djh, Wednesday, 24 July 2013 19:49 (ten years ago) link
He's a funny bugger, isn't he?
Just received "Mark Kozelek & Desertshore" and the "Malmo" live CD. Such an incongruity between him being an arse to the crowd in the latter and the compassion in "Brothers" from the former.
― djh, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 20:33 (ten years ago) link
pfork review of the desertshore record tried to recast kozelek's recent stream-of-consciousness lyrical moves as a general characteristic of his total body of work which made me :\
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 20:39 (ten years ago) link
guy has always had a weird out-of-nowhere diaristic detail once in a while in his lyrics (i'm thinking maybe the judas priest reference in "glenn tipton" and "my erotic brown eyed toy") but now that shit dominates his work and i find it excruciating
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 20:40 (ten years ago) link
Sun Kil MoonRelease Date: January 14, 2014(Caldo Verde Records) Recorded between March and August 2013, Mark Kozelek sings about his childhood yearsand his life today. Mark is joined by guest musicians Steve Shelley, Jen Wood, Will Oldham and Owen Ashworth. Album title and song titles to be announced in December.
― Evan, Tuesday, 20 August 2013 21:02 (ten years ago) link
He's prolific, isn't he?
Listening to the Desertshore album, there were times when I wanted him to edit out some of the detail about touring/travel.
― djh, Tuesday, 20 August 2013 21:38 (ten years ago) link
Being a superfan of this guy is stressful because if you don't act immediately you miss out on owning all of the limited releases he churns out. Bonus tracks on limited versions, exclusive live bonus discs, even regular releases that quickly go out of print...
― Evan, Tuesday, 27 August 2013 17:48 (ten years ago) link
i long ago gave up on doing that. but I do like this desertshore record, way more than the album leaf one.
― akm, Tuesday, 27 August 2013 21:48 (ten years ago) link
Well it's not even about completeness for the sake of collecting its just I'd love to own all these alt versions of my favorite songs. Desertshore project is great, yeah.
― Evan, Wednesday, 28 August 2013 01:33 (ten years ago) link
Down Colorful Hill. Every September.
― Mule, Wednesday, 11 September 2013 14:31 (ten years ago) link
does he really hate nels cline?
― reggie (qualmsley), Thursday, 19 September 2013 15:39 (ten years ago) link
New Sun Kil Moon is called "Benji"
http://www.caldoverderecords.com/images/Benji.jpg
Release date: February 4, 2014
― Evan, Thursday, 26 September 2013 16:22 (ten years ago) link
So, can Kozelek "play like Fripp or Johnny Marr/And [I can] play circles 'round Jay Farrar"?
― djh, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 20:25 (ten years ago) link
"Perils from the Sea" probably still my favourite album from this year.
― djh, Wednesday, 13 November 2013 21:46 (ten years ago) link
lately, my favorite from the "kozelek cannon" is this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaN5DuFA82o
― Daniel, Esq 2, Thursday, 14 November 2013 00:47 (ten years ago) link
Love this, too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JamTWxG4pM
― djh, Friday, 15 November 2013 22:03 (ten years ago) link
That song is crushing. I've been listening to that album non-stop for months now.
― Evan, Saturday, 16 November 2013 01:01 (ten years ago) link
Fairly certain that "Perils" is my album of the year and "Gustavo" my favourite track.
― djh, Friday, 22 November 2013 22:20 (ten years ago) link
perils is crushing me right now
― ciderpress, Sunday, 1 December 2013 05:51 (ten years ago) link
Hmm ...
Sings Christmas CarolsRelease Date: November 10, 2014(Caldo Verde Records)
All songs performed by Mark Kozelek November/Decemeber 2013in San Francisco.
TRACK LIST:Christmas Time Is HereDo You Hear What I Hear2,000 MilesO Come All Ye Faithful (Listen)O Christmas TreeAway In A MangerSilent NightHark The Herald Angels SingWhat Child Is ThisI Believe In Father ChristmasGod Rest Ye Merry GentlemenO Little Town Of BethlehemThe First NoelThe Christmas Song
― djh, Monday, 30 December 2013 23:53 (ten years ago) link
Don't really know this dude's stuff very well but I find his persona pretty hilarious. Yes, he's a singer-songwriter who writes pretty sensitive songs but also he's MACHO because he swears at audiences and sings about fucking young women. I saw him last year in a normal club with a quiet reverential audience and as soon as he got on stage he started complaining about how it was too cold on stage and made someone from the club go to the dressing room and get his jacket while he sat on stage and complained.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Tuesday, 16 September 2014 16:07 (nine years ago) link
He's got a great voice though.
You mean at Music Hall of Williamsburg? He did this there.
― Evan, Tuesday, 16 September 2014 16:33 (nine years ago) link
he seems like a real tool bag
― example (crüt), Tuesday, 16 September 2014 16:34 (nine years ago) link