― ACK, Tuesday, 20 January 2004 14:14 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Silly Sailor (Andrew Thames), Tuesday, 20 January 2004 14:25 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Tuesday, 20 January 2004 14:30 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Chris Ott (Chris Ott), Tuesday, 20 January 2004 14:37 (twenty-one years ago) link
― ACK, Tuesday, 20 January 2004 14:39 (twenty-one years ago) link
Overall, I think her single best song is "XXX" from Pirate Prude, though.
― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Tuesday, 20 January 2004 14:41 (twenty-one years ago) link
― ack, Tuesday, 20 January 2004 14:43 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Tuesday, 20 January 2004 15:02 (twenty-one years ago) link
― ACK, Tuesday, 20 January 2004 15:03 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Tuesday, 20 January 2004 15:04 (twenty-one years ago) link
Hole In The GroundLucyXXXI'll Get You, I Mean ItPat's TrickTrixie's StarBaby's Going UndergroundHoneycombSuperballWhat Institution Are You From?Leon's Space SongLady of the FireAncient CrymeDevil's TearSilver StringsPoison MoonI Fire MyselfHour GlassDr. CatMusik And Charming Melodee
― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Tuesday, 20 January 2004 15:12 (twenty-one years ago) link
― ACK, Tuesday, 20 January 2004 15:14 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Tuesday, 20 January 2004 15:28 (twenty-one years ago) link
I'm going to hunt down the Helium album. I think it would be interesting to hear her work within a group and without the Phil Spector-like Mark Linkous all over the house.
― ack, Tuesday, 20 January 2004 15:30 (twenty-one years ago) link
― rainman (rainman), Tuesday, 20 January 2004 16:10 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Raymond Cummings (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 20 January 2004 16:14 (twenty-one years ago) link
― ack, Tuesday, 20 January 2004 16:40 (twenty-one years ago) link
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDSUB040401020425571091&sql=Busuf6j2h71l0
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDSUB040401020425571091&sql=A1arsa9wgb23d
― ack, Tuesday, 20 January 2004 16:47 (twenty-one years ago) link
Diminishing returns, basically.
― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Tuesday, 20 January 2004 17:04 (twenty-one years ago) link
― kephm, Tuesday, 20 January 2004 21:46 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Catherine (Catherine), Tuesday, 20 January 2004 21:56 (twenty-one years ago) link
Search her French radio session performance of ye olde folk song "The Outlandish Knight", "Ligeia" with Team Sleep, and the Hole in the Ground 7" also. Yeah, and Autoclave...
I like the Golden Dove a lot, I think the letdown factor is just that it's very similar to Mountains so it's kinda like Mountains pt. 2. There are some fantastic songs on it though.
― Blood and sparkles (bloodandsparkles), Tuesday, 20 January 2004 22:09 (twenty-one years ago) link
― the surface noise (electricsound), Wednesday, 21 January 2004 01:30 (twenty-one years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 21 January 2004 01:33 (twenty-one years ago) link
― the surface noise (electricsound), Wednesday, 21 January 2004 03:03 (twenty-one years ago) link
― The Lady Ms Lurex (lucylurex), Wednesday, 21 January 2004 04:20 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 21 January 2004 05:44 (twenty-one years ago) link
― The Lady Ms Lurex (lucylurex), Wednesday, 21 January 2004 07:05 (twenty-one years ago) link
Her solo albums are pretty good too, but they don't seem to hit as many highs as she did with Helium.
― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Wednesday, 21 January 2004 11:44 (twenty-one years ago) link
― kephm, Wednesday, 21 January 2004 19:24 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Sarah McLusky (coco), Thursday, 26 February 2004 22:25 (twenty years ago) link
― Blood and sparkles (bloodandsparkles), Thursday, 26 February 2004 23:26 (twenty years ago) link
please be in the age range of 13-18, otherwise, i think lawsuits will be in yr future...
― eedd, Saturday, 20 November 2004 17:39 (twenty years ago) link
Former Helium frontwoman Mary Timony has signed to Lookout! Records, which will release her new solo album, "Ex Hex," in mid-April. The indie veteran has released two solo albums on Matador Records, also the home of Helium. The most recent was 2002's "The Golden Dove."
Produced by Fugazi drummer Brendan Canty, "Ex Hex" features Timony on guitar and vocals and Devin Ocampo of the Medications on drums. As previously reported, Medications appears on Canty's new live DVD series, "Burn To Shine," which will be released later this month via Trixie.
― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Friday, 14 January 2005 04:16 (twenty years ago) link
― Hurting (Hurting), Friday, 14 January 2005 04:21 (twenty years ago) link
― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Friday, 14 January 2005 05:57 (twenty years ago) link
― Andrew Blood Thames (Andrew Thames), Friday, 14 January 2005 06:02 (twenty years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 14 January 2005 06:13 (twenty years ago) link
what ever happened to her?? what made her lose the finely crafted 'dirty Helium' and go into 'rainbow land Helium'?
my guess, the meds.too much. too much. too much.
― eedd, Friday, 14 January 2005 14:53 (twenty years ago) link
i dont know if you've noticed the trend of hipsters going folky, but i think mary was ahead of the game on this one. now she's back to rocking more, so i have a feeling in 2-3 years, indie rock will "rock" once more.
also, i never liked her D&D turn originally but in listening to a lot of the helium b-sides & whatnot, its not an especially new concept with her. you may even consider the sluts & whores of her pirate prude days to be symbolic princesses & witches.
― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Friday, 14 January 2005 15:42 (twenty years ago) link
― The Mad Puffin (The Mad Puffin), Friday, 14 January 2005 16:11 (twenty years ago) link
Yes, I think she's attractive too, but this picture bugs me. What the hell is she doing with the headphones there? Cause she's twiddling the bass knob on a Silvertone Twin Twelve amp head. That's not some vintage hi-fi, it's a damn tube guitar amp, and it doesn't have a headphone output... So what the hell is she doing?!
― martin m. (mushrush), Friday, 14 January 2005 17:58 (twenty years ago) link
― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Friday, 14 January 2005 18:08 (twenty years ago) link
― martin m. (mushrush), Friday, 14 January 2005 18:20 (twenty years ago) link
To the majority of people looking at that photo, it's a cute girl listening to music on headphones.
― Matthew "Flux" Perpetua, Friday, 14 January 2005 18:23 (twenty years ago) link
i http://ctomag.com/may16cto/timony1.gif
― The Mad Puffin (The Mad Puffin), Friday, 14 January 2005 18:24 (twenty years ago) link
i http://www.iheartny.com/yourenotthere/waspsnests/6timony.GIF
― The Mad Puffin (The Mad Puffin), Friday, 14 January 2005 18:26 (twenty years ago) link
― Matthew "Flux" Perpetua, Friday, 14 January 2005 18:27 (twenty years ago) link
― adam (adam), Friday, 14 January 2005 18:29 (twenty years ago) link
― Matthew "Flux" Perpetua, Friday, 14 January 2005 18:30 (twenty years ago) link
Production-wise it *is* weirdly muddled in places - compare the "Hot & Cold" from the 7" to the album version and it's so much thicker.
― Your Ribs are My Ladder, Monday, 13 October 2014 16:04 (ten years ago) link
New video, this is prob my favorite track on the album: http://vimeo.com/106394455
― Immediate Follower (NA), Monday, 13 October 2014 16:08 (ten years ago) link
That video is fuckin' awesome. Alec MacKaye getting laser-blasted!
This track was an iTunes bonus track on the Wild Flag album and *totally* sounds like it could fit on Ex Hex:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1sEhUNrAKQ
― Your Ribs are My Ladder, Monday, 13 October 2014 16:22 (ten years ago) link
I'm not really into the Ex Hex album :( The songs are too simple and referential and I'm not crazy about the production. It didn't help that I went back and listened to "Magic City" this weekend, which is so much better.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Monday, October 13, 2014 10:26 AM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Ha, I listened to this yesterday and was surprised at how much I liked it. But I'm not as invested as you are in Mary Timony specifically or this type of thing generally.
― jaymc, Wednesday, 15 October 2014 16:01 (ten years ago) link
very excited to be playing with ex hex and speedy in november :^) RIPS is great
― ET sippin the wig (spazzmatazz), Wednesday, 15 October 2014 16:17 (ten years ago) link
Just listened to the Ex Hex album this morning and really enjoyed it. Love Timony's tone and lead guitar lines.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Monday, 3 November 2014 15:15 (ten years ago) link
(Admittedly, I was totally listening for Timony's playing. The songs are pretty simplistic so I guess I'll see how well the album holds up for me over time. Seems like fun right now, though.)
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Monday, 3 November 2014 15:34 (ten years ago) link
I've completely forgotten to check it out myself! Thanks for the reminder.
― Evan, Monday, 3 November 2014 16:49 (ten years ago) link
this is good!
― example (crüt), Monday, 3 November 2014 23:28 (ten years ago) link
Album has grown on me a lot. It did seem too simplistic at first, and the guitar tuning is so straightforward and un-Timony-like, but around listen 4-5 it clicked for me. I wonder if the male character in "Waterfall" is the same as the one in "On The Floor." So many ex-boyfriends passed out on the kitchen floor....
― Michael F Gill, Tuesday, 4 November 2014 01:20 (ten years ago) link
Maybe this is obvious but it reminds me of a lot of late 70s/early 80s stuff like the Cars, Blondie, Go-Gos.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Wednesday, 5 November 2014 20:16 (ten years ago) link
My initial take was a Cars/Ramones mashup.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 5 November 2014 20:42 (ten years ago) link
Feel like Jonathan Richman's "Roadrunner" is quoted differently in two tracks too.
― Michael F Gill, Friday, 7 November 2014 00:21 (ten years ago) link
I fucking love this Ex Hex album.
― Matt DC, Monday, 17 November 2014 21:24 (ten years ago) link
I saw Ex Hex last night. Really fun set, played basically the whole record.
― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 10 January 2015 20:54 (ten years ago) link
this record is definitely a much better version of wild flag
― Wu-Tang Clannad (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 12 January 2015 17:01 (ten years ago) link
man I totally missed that Timony was part of this band, will investigate
― some kind of terrible IDM with guitars (sleeve), Monday, 12 January 2015 17:03 (ten years ago) link
Good livestream at the moment: http://blog.kexp.org/pickathon-2015-video-webcast/
― dow, Saturday, 1 August 2015 19:33 (nine years ago) link
Ex Hex, that is
I once hitched a UK tour with her, trying to think who the band was. That is to say she was with a few people doing the hitching following another band around not that we were hitching following her.Would be some point towards the end of the 80s anyway.
― Stevolende, Saturday, 1 August 2015 20:25 (nine years ago) link
My 8yo daughter is OBSESSED with Mary T. My fridge is plastered with pictures of her. She has a Spotify playlist which is just Ex Hex and Wild Flag ("but you can just put the LPs on... Your sister has lots more in hers..." "NO").
I'm a Betsy Wright man myself.
― Michael Jones, Monday, 3 August 2015 13:10 (nine years ago) link
Does she know about Helium? Haven't checked Spotify for them.the xpost livestream set was so cool, kinda laid-back at times, but guitars kept careening over the top, then back to the groove, where I waited for the next payoff (rock kindergarten, teaching me patience). Nice!
― dow, Monday, 3 August 2015 14:17 (nine years ago) link
I think she has some Helium singles. I'm not sure what she'll make of MT solo. Hearing her absent-mindedly harmonise with the middle eight of "Glass Tambourine" was my Saturday morning highlight of the year.
Anyway, back to Mary.
― Michael Jones, Monday, 3 August 2015 15:42 (nine years ago) link
Mary's songwriting seems to be at its best when she is a band, presumably bouncing off ideas and not being backed by just herself and drums/keys. But if you'd put all the best tracks from her four solo albums together, it would be as good as Helium.
― Michael F Gill, Tuesday, 4 August 2015 01:34 (nine years ago) link
I'm a Betsy Wright man myself.― Michael Jones, Monday, August 3, 2015 6:10 AM
― Michael Jones, Monday, August 3, 2015 6:10 AM
― alpine static, Tuesday, 4 August 2015 06:42 (nine years ago) link
On Instagram Mary Timony says she is recording a new solo album
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 18 January 2022 03:42 (three years ago) link
🙂
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 18 January 2022 10:21 (three years ago) link
And we’re back
https://marytimony.bandcamp.com/album/untame-the-tiger-2
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 9 November 2023 16:15 (one year ago) link
i like it! very nice minimal arrangement
reminds me (musically not vocally) a bit of The Evens
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 9 November 2023 18:53 (one year ago) link
I like the minimal straight forward pop of that song too. Sometimes she’s too prog & old school art rock for me , but not on that dominoes song
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 9 November 2023 20:16 (one year ago) link
Really nice stuff
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Thursday, 9 November 2023 20:22 (one year ago) link
2024 tour date tickets go on sale at 10 am ET today
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 10 November 2023 11:29 (one year ago) link
New track, “The Guest”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=780u_kPEXcA
― Marten Broadcloak, mild-mannered GOP congressman (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 4 January 2024 17:53 (one year ago) link
First date of the tour tonight in Baltimore. Sweet, short set, heavy on the new album with two Helium cuts. There were some nerves and a missed lyric cue or two, but a really strong band, having fun up there. Timony’s solos on “The Guest” were especially on fire.
See ‘em when they come to your town
― Marten Broadcloak, mild-mannered GOP congressman (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 29 February 2024 04:14 (eleven months ago) link
I was there too. I liked Anna on the pedal steel, but must confess to get bored at times by Timony and Betsy leisurely jamming on so many songs . Felt like circa 1972 rock with not enough energy and rhythm. I liked Timony vocals and how songs started but some just didn’t hold my attention. Maybe I am not the ideal audience member for this tour.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 29 February 2024 16:16 (eleven months ago) link
getting bored
Yeah, the jamming was definitely the point to a large degree - the vocals acting as a starting point/tee for glassine guitar riffs and extended vamps. Not for everyone, but it’s possible that this will change as the tour proceeds and she gets more comfortable in the role of singer/bandleader/guitarist - with Hammered Hulls she just had to be the bassist, which was probably a relief.
― Marten Broadcloak, mild-mannered GOP congressman (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 29 February 2024 17:17 (eleven months ago) link
The openers were OK but I was kinda patiently waiting for the main event - it’s always been that way but even more so as I age.
― Marten Broadcloak, mild-mannered GOP congressman (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 29 February 2024 17:19 (eleven months ago) link
I get that. I had seen them before and kinda liked them, so was fine with seeing em again even on a midweek work night. But yeah, was glad there weren’t too many delays.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 29 February 2024 18:56 (eleven months ago) link
Birthday Girl are a good band but as I was texting some friends during that set:
“They make me a little nostalgic for a time when I listened to a lot of music like this (in a different century, mostly)”
― Marten Broadcloak, mild-mannered GOP congressman (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 29 February 2024 19:01 (eleven months ago) link
I hear Birthday Girl DC as a throwback to one style from the last century, and Mary Timony’s current live approach a musical throwback to an even earlier style ( even if both of them are using lyrics that relate to their own 21 century issues)
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 29 February 2024 20:02 (eleven months ago) link
I like the Mary Timony album better than I liked the live show. The guitar vamps don't go on as long.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 5 March 2024 03:31 (eleven months ago) link
At one point, Mabel Canty (before I knew her full name) announced their parents were actually accompanying them on tour, and I was like "aw, that's so sweet - every parent should be like that" and then someone informed me who their parents were - had no idea!
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 5 March 2024 03:50 (eleven months ago) link
wau
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 5 March 2024 03:58 (eleven months ago) link
lol her bassist is Isabella MacKaye
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 5 March 2024 03:59 (eleven months ago) link
That is Alec Mackaye's daughter. Mabel Canty is 16 . Mary Timony gave Mabel Canty some lessons and produced their music
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 5 March 2024 04:24 (eleven months ago) link
Ny Times on Mary Timony guitar teacher to Mabel Canty , Snail Mail’s Jordan, & others
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/26/arts/music/mary-timony-washington-dc-mentor.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2k0.ksg-.0MUlpW-zoQ8Y&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 26 June 2024 18:22 (seven months ago) link
Coincidentally was just about to mention Untame the Tiger in the 2024 AOTY So Far thread; I think it’s probably my most-listened-to of the year at least.
― early rejecter, Wednesday, 26 June 2024 18:40 (seven months ago) link
https://www.threads.net/@garlandofhours/post/DEz6urZxo-6?xmt=AQGzZpxAhiG883nJKSjrHFtbZNCctECH4Tg46FAlcybfqQ
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 15 January 2025 18:02 (three weeks ago) link
Mary Timony was just recording at Tonal Park in Md with Amy Domingues (cello player for Garland of Hours & once played on a Fugazi song) , Mark Cisneros (guitarist w/ Kid Congo; Hammered Hulls & others), Winston Yu, Job Cain (David) who toured in Timony's band on recent tour
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 15 January 2025 18:07 (three weeks ago) link