He does! At least locally. Saw him go acoustic two consecutive weekends in a row in separate locations. Again though, NYC local here.
― Evan, Wednesday, 30 March 2016 21:07 (eight years ago) link
this leaked incredibly early
(and it's good)
― moans and feedback (Dinsdale), Wednesday, 6 April 2016 16:29 (eight years ago) link
yow, this gunn-truscinski set from a few weeks back is godlike: http://www.nyctaper.com/2016/04/gunn-truscinski-duo-march-26-2016-three-lobed-sweet-sixteen-spectacular-kings-raleigh-nc/
― tylerw, Wednesday, 20 April 2016 20:19 (eight years ago) link
Oooooooh, definitely gonna check that!
― grandavis, Wednesday, 20 April 2016 20:22 (eight years ago) link
that slays. thanks!
― reggie (qualmsley), Wednesday, 20 April 2016 21:48 (eight years ago) link
"banh mi ringtones" is tremendous, manuel göttsching style
― reggie (qualmsley), Thursday, 21 April 2016 18:19 (eight years ago) link
yeah this rules
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Friday, 22 April 2016 13:22 (eight years ago) link
hoping these guys make another album -- with gunn moving in a more song-y direction, i hope he still indulges his jammed out side. by the way, the new one is really growing on me. driving around a bit with it as the soundtrack last weekend was perfect.
― tylerw, Friday, 22 April 2016 13:56 (eight years ago) link
EYES ON THE LINES.
http://www.npr.org/2016/05/10/477374821/songs-we-love-steve-gunn-ancient-jules
― calstars, Thursday, 12 May 2016 00:37 (seven years ago) link
its lovely
― Neptune Bingo (Michael B), Sunday, 5 June 2016 20:55 (seven years ago) link
im getting a kinda Allman Brothers vibe from it
― Neptune Bingo (Michael B), Sunday, 5 June 2016 20:59 (seven years ago) link
sounds good as expected
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 7 June 2016 12:43 (seven years ago) link
it kinda shreds
― a (waterface), Tuesday, 7 June 2016 13:27 (seven years ago) link
I like this guy so far. Something bothers me a little bit about the English folk pretensions. Like a lot of artists of this generation, I feel like he's approximating via his record collection, and doing a pretty good job of it, but still it feels more like he took, idk, Tom Petty or something and added "English folk seasoning blend."
― socka flocka-jones (man alive), Tuesday, 7 June 2016 14:00 (seven years ago) link
tom petty's song structures are way simpler tho--i don't really get that vibe from gunn
― a (waterface), Tuesday, 7 June 2016 14:45 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, I don't think Petty is really the right reference point, I just mean that I feel like he doesn't quite earn the English folkisms he throws in. IDK, I'm a little grumpy today, he's really pretty good.
― socka flocka-jones (man alive), Tuesday, 7 June 2016 14:56 (seven years ago) link
earlier stuff on paradise of bachelors and elsewhere drew more from tompkins square ragga picking styles, along with tuareg-esque desert vibes. this matador album sounds more 'streamlined' but i'm liking it just fine
― reggie (qualmsley), Tuesday, 7 June 2016 14:57 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, it's a general complaint I have about today's eclecticism that there's a lot of rough imitation of different styles going on, sort of capturing the stylistic and sonic feel but not digging into what's going on musically.
― socka flocka-jones (man alive), Tuesday, 7 June 2016 15:04 (seven years ago) link
I think Scott S had a good line somewhere on this board about great bands that are born of failed imitations of others' music. But the dilletantism of it still bothers me. Like those tuareg guitarists spend their careers just learning to play that style of guitar really well, and there's something kind of thin about just listening to some records of it and vaguely capturing the "vibes" of it.
― socka flocka-jones (man alive), Tuesday, 7 June 2016 15:05 (seven years ago) link
no i totally get that!
― a (waterface), Tuesday, 7 June 2016 15:15 (seven years ago) link
Maybe it's also because I first heard about him via a Bert Jansch comparison and was a little let down after that.
― socka flocka-jones (man alive), Tuesday, 7 June 2016 15:19 (seven years ago) link
this new one sounds way different than the other ones--this one sounds like late period Sonic Youth to me
― a (waterface), Tuesday, 7 June 2016 15:25 (seven years ago) link
I've just discovered this guy. Heard Eyes on the Lines first, and have since picked up Way Out Weather.
And I've just found out that he played here a few weeks back......
― Duke, Monday, 13 June 2016 21:19 (seven years ago) link
cancelled shows because his dad is sick
― global tetrahedron, Monday, 13 June 2016 21:29 (seven years ago) link
i like steve gunn, but he does have a bit of a 'boring' problem
― wizzz! (amateurist), Monday, 13 June 2016 21:32 (seven years ago) link
i can't really hear much UK folk in him at all tbh, mostly Fahey/American Primitive filtered through the Grateful Dead but outside of like UK outliers like Mike Cooper or Michael Chapman who rolled more American anyway I don't hear heavy Jansch or Davey Jones or Renbourne in his playing at all
― rockpalast '82 (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 13 June 2016 21:39 (seven years ago) link
i can kinda hear some of the more architectural guitar structures that jansch/renbourn favored in gunn's playing, but that's kinda it as far as the britfolk stuff goes. not overt in the way that ryley walker has been anyway. and i get the 'boring' comment -- i definitely like most everything he's done so far, but i can see it maybe wearing a bit thin if he keeps rolling in the same direction. but who knows!
― tylerw, Monday, 13 June 2016 21:46 (seven years ago) link
tbh i think michael chapman is also a great guitarist and good songwriter whose stuff kind of flirts with 'boring' too, so it's appropriate that he protegee (?) is similar
― wizzz! (amateurist), Monday, 13 June 2016 21:51 (seven years ago) link
I don't get British folk rock vibes from Steve Gunn at all. To me, he's much more along the lines of 70's roots rock like Neil Young and the more structured/poppier Grateful Dead.
― Austin, Monday, 13 June 2016 22:39 (seven years ago) link
tbh i get as much feelies as folk from him
(are the feelies folk-rock?)
― wizzz! (amateurist), Monday, 13 June 2016 22:58 (seven years ago) link
I definitely think they have an inclination towards that end of spectrum. Especially when you consider their connection to the Trypes/Speed the Plough.
― Austin, Monday, 13 June 2016 23:06 (seven years ago) link
I get a strong acoustic Led Zep circa III vibe from "Way Out Weather". Haven't listened to the new one yet.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 14 June 2016 02:02 (seven years ago) link
agree with whoever said upthread that there's some 'murray street' era sonic youth in this new one
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 14 June 2016 02:46 (seven years ago) link
man i had that thought too, same purposeful clean noodling vibe
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 14 June 2016 02:48 (seven years ago) link
Yeah I could dig that
A lot of my favorite music verges on boring
― rockpalast '82 (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 14 June 2016 11:20 (seven years ago) link
My very essence verges on boredom.
I'll check it out despite not being super into that first track that was released.
― Evan, Tuesday, 14 June 2016 13:35 (seven years ago) link
oh hey it looks like he's playing sorta nearby in a couple weeks
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Tuesday, 14 June 2016 14:01 (seven years ago) link
I hear all of those things. My main issue is the songs themselves are not very interesting.
― socka flocka-jones (man alive), Tuesday, 14 June 2016 14:01 (seven years ago) link
Overall or on the most recent record?
― Evan, Tuesday, 14 June 2016 14:05 (seven years ago) link
I liked the second song shared from the record much more than the first, but haven't heard the whole thing yet. I think I found the same thing generally with the last couple of records, in re my favorite songs were ones I only heard once I got to listen to the whole album. The stuff all sounded good live to me though.
― grandavis, Tuesday, 14 June 2016 14:23 (seven years ago) link
The last song on Way Out Weather, "Tommy's Congo" = "It's alright ma (I'm only bleeding).
― Duke, Wednesday, 15 June 2016 20:59 (seven years ago) link
i dunno i think 'mellow' is something way different than 'boring' and i think this record is the former...
the whole thing is great
― global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 15 June 2016 22:57 (seven years ago) link
"Tommy's Congo" is otherworldly and so far a bit bummed the new album didn't veer more in that direction.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Thursday, 16 June 2016 00:59 (seven years ago) link
there's a little bit of that dusty otherworldly blues vibe in his cover of "Visions of Johanna" on the recent MOJO 'BoB revisited' tribute. mellow, definitely not boring
― reggie (qualmsley), Thursday, 16 June 2016 14:22 (seven years ago) link
Opening for Dino Jr. thus fall! Unite the stoner generations
― Steve Gunn Mann-Dude (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 17 June 2016 15:09 (seven years ago) link
"tommy's congo" = song of the decade
― reggie (qualmsley), Thursday, 9 August 2018 20:01 (five years ago) link
Tommy's Congo is great. The vocal line reminds me of Dylan's "It's Alright Ma", which may be a good thing
― Duke, Thursday, 9 August 2018 20:45 (five years ago) link
Ah. I see I made the same observation two years ago up thread.....
― Duke, Thursday, 9 August 2018 20:46 (five years ago) link
yeah that's my favorite thing I've heard from him so far, I need to check out the earlier stuff. lotta good recommendations upthread, thanks y'all.
― sleeve, Thursday, 9 August 2018 20:50 (five years ago) link
recent gunn-truscinski live tapes are pretty next level: https://logamp.com/1463/music/tracks/20747http://www.nyctaper.com/2018/07/gunn-truscinski-duo-july-19-2018-elsewhere/
― tylerw, Thursday, 9 August 2018 20:56 (five years ago) link