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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Anyone picking up that new Chuck Johnson full band LP Velvet Arc?

Haven't even heard any tracks from it. Interested to see where he (Chuck Johnson) takes it for sure.

i dig it! blends the americana vibe w/ some spacier/minimalist moves very nicely. very much of a piece w/ his solo stuff, even though this is obviously more fleshed out.

You know there is a perfectly solid track as a preview on soundcloud right now, but I know I remember a more interesting track from it released prior yet I cannot find it now...

Trad sounds mixed with spacier/minimalist moves basically a large part of my listening these days, so yeah I am probably going to get this in some form or another.

What will the Donald Miller stuff be like I wonder? Pretty much only know his Borbetomagus power moves.

donald's solo guitar stuff is pretty good, i saw him play a great 12-string set once (opening for charalambides in his own living room circa 2003). i'd say it'll fit in well with the vdsq vibe.

bummer :)

was hoping for full on destruction unit action, oh well

Interested in Donald's take regardless of the direction. Always interesting to hear a distinct player mix it up.

friend has a plus 1 for Godspeed You Black Emporer & Xylouris White tonight, stoked to see XW...
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....also I like godspeed a lot more than is safe to admit on ilm :)

just missed that show out here... I do not care for Godspeed, u should be ashamed of yourself, m@tt. however xylouris white are unbelievable, so good.

i'll keep an eye out for you ums

xylouris white playing in my hood next week with elisa ambrogio, who is never not good, psyched

oh yeah, that's going to be good

Man I would sure like to see a Xylouris White + Elisa Ambrogio show! Gonna be awesome.

xylouris white was great! jim white's animal from muppets mannerisms are the best he is def one of my fav musicians of all time

godspeed was good! #fthehaterz *fire emoji* *100 emoji*

yeah he is such a great drummer, maybe the *best* drummer.

I am cool with that statement

you guys checked out Nikos Xylouris yet? Greek musician -- George Xylouris' uncle I believe. was pretty famous in Greece, I guess -- kinda great stuff:

https://youtu.be/Yd8M16ceDcw

good show, getting pretty sick of really packed mainroom tho

Man, I go to so many shows that struggle to get anyone to them, I forget what it is like to go to a packed main room. Just part of living in a small town.

i am so envious of jim white for getting to be the fichelscher in that duo. i do not think he is the best drummer, but he plays with a lot of feeling. do i remember people describing him as a "sympathetic" drummer?

yeah i think he's wonderful because he has a very personal/distinctive style, but doesn't ever overwhelm the music -- though w/ XW he's able to be a bit flashier. also the hair.

does the dirty three still exist? seems like it's been a few years since they did anything ... though maybe that is the norm for them.

yeah they work slow... I know they've played gigs in the last year, but the last album is 2012.

Most of the way through the Cass McCombs fronted Skiffle Players record that just came out and I think the regulars here will enjoy it. Though it's probably a good one to save for when it's safe to drive with the windows down again. Nice and breezy, mostly.

some new-to-me guitar-y stuff I'm enjoying today ...
https://hiiragi-fukuda.bandcamp.com/album/personal-server

sounds very nice so far

yeah! not sure if it *goes* anywhere in particular, but that is OK in my book.

It is very pleasant to have music that doesn't "go" anywhere sometimes. Gonna check this out!

This could totally be a movie soundtrack. A good movie too.

Well maybe not track 5.

does the dirty three still exist? seems like it's been a few years since they did anything ... though maybe that is the norm for them.

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I saw some live pics on my FB feed from a gig in Australia I want to say last week, but yeah I think them being spread all over the world and Ellis having his hands full being N.Cave's musical lieutenant seems to make everything take a very long time.

I've seen White play in a bunch of different contexts (Dirty 3, Nina Nastasia, Bonnie Prince Billy, Smog, Xylouris, etc) he is always awesome. Probably my fave musician was bummed to miss them last night.

The Ilyas Ahmed / Matt Carlson (of Golden Retriever) collab that was briefly mentioned about a year ago is coming out at the end of the month.

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Imagine Tim Buckley sitting in on the first Cluster recording session or Neil Young with the Taj Mahal Travelers as Crazy Horse covering Popol Vuh and you are almost there.

Actually both members of GR are involved.

cian and cosmos were absolutely fucking amazing on friday night – best i've ever seen them by a distance.

sorry to ask this question a thousand times but was it the same drummer? david lacey i think his name is?
this appears to be the same guy from the style
dig this music and the rock wall too!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4bMM9a0F8o

yep it was David Lacey. I was there too! and it was amazing alright. Hi monti!

Awesome -- the Cosmos accompanying him on the whole tour, I hope.

Apparently Chasny is playing in Elisa Ambrogio's band opening for Xylouris White tonight. Really good show getting better.

New Chuck Johnson full band album available for streaming here, with a good interview/overview of the record:

http://adhoc.fm/post/chuck-johnson-interview/

Liking the first track the least, and the pedal-steel/synth inflected stuff the best so far, but only about halfway through. Nice loose feel to it though, and definitely bits of his past in this here and there (Shark Quest in particular).

digging this new psych-folky cassette via dying for bad music: http://dyingforbadmusic.com/dfbm24-crystalline-roses-two-man-cult.phtml

the most bummer part of when soundcloud goes down is not getting marcus's DFBM soundcloud round-up mixes, he finds so much cools stuff

holy crap xylouris white.

there were a ton of like greek guido dudes in the audience who sang along with a bunch of the songs, to the point where gx engaged them in call-and-response thing for a while. it was super fun and watching those guys play together is a joy. dude is obviously a ridiculously talented player and jim white remains jim white. my wife compared his playing to a less frantic milford graves which i thought was interesting.

elisa ambrogio + chasny + violinist + drummer was great too, worth the price of admission alone. great new song, weird jangly arrangements of songs from the solo lp, one mega noise jam.

seemed like the kind of show the nyctaper guys would record, if it gets posted i highly recommend it.

yeah there was a heavy greek contingent at the show i saw last year -- maybe every greek person in Denver was there. I think the name "Xylouris" carries some serious weight in the community.

and speaking of the greeks! this compilation, which just came out, is incredible. some stuff on there that would make albert ayler shake his head in wonder.
http://41.media.tumblr.com/8404eca4f48461cc74cf4a5cf868c519/tumblr_o2fxmjogsf1qzy30io1_1280.jpg

hey i just ordered that! did we read the same aquarium drunkard interview with the compiler? dude also involved in recording recent stuff that's pretty good:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWp3EXjis4o&list=PLy1iw4kZ1JZTMChh7Z4KaXiJSy6xNJ1cg&index=3

yeah, that interview is great -- I actually wrote up those field recordings for AD last year (http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2015/05/27/going-greek-field-recordings-from-epirus-2014/). pretty much everything Chris King puts together seems to be amazing. The Alexis Zoumbas disc is incredible.

primeval !

My Gimmer Nicholson LP arrived today and wow, have I ever fallen in love with this record. I liked it right away, but the more I listen, the more I love it. Vinyl sounds great, too.