Kurt Vile... new on Gulcher.

re: Record Store Day
Mexican Summer is re-releasing "God is Saying.." as a one-time-only vinyl/cassette combo.

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really ended up in love with childish prodigy. have totally overplayed the heck out of heart attack in particular

man this new EP is good... title is Square Shells and the 7+ minute jam is sounding so fine right now, almost like Spacemen 3 but with more of a ticking motorik beat.

agreed... this is wonderful...

Thanks for the heads up! I've been looking forward to some new Kurt Vile.

Snagged it! Top-notch sounds from Kurt.

Yeah, formless music in general can irritate me to no end, but I find his stuff mesmerizing. Really loved Childish Prodigy.

He reminds me a bit of what might've happened if someone had given Jeffrey Lee Pierce a cheesy/cool drum machine & said 'go at it.'

getting harder and harder to ignore this guy

?

I think he's rolling through town in two weeks. I'm gonna try hit it up.

I dunno he was always a kind of take 'em or leave 'em kind of thing for me, liked but not loved, but I've been digging the recent ish a bunch

Apparently giving away new Kurt Vile EP at the Matablog today only:

http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/05/25/download-kurt-vile-square-shells-ep-for-free/

Gotta give them yer email, but its Matador, no biggie. Haven't gotten the email back yet, so claim of "instant download" maybe a little off, but still cool deal. Like everything I have heard by this guy so far, wanna hear more.

The instant download popped up for me as soon as I entered the e-mail addy, didn't even have to wait for a confirmation. Hmm.

Firefox, Safari, or Explorer?

good lookin' out grandavis

i got the download immediately but maybe cuz i have a matador account already cuzza mail order

(i used firefox)

Firefox. It did pop up in the background, so it took me a few minutes to notice it.

Thanks folks. Gonna try again ...

Firefox did the trick, not sure why I persist in using Windows for anything. Maybe this will convince me to go see KV in a few weeks with Real Estate. On the fence.

the last half of "invisibility: nonexistent" is really blissed out :)

I dunno he was always a kind of take 'em or leave 'em kind of thing for me, liked but not loved, but I've been digging the recent ish a bunch

― (e_3) (Edward III), Monday, May 24, 2010 4:42 PM

ah i misread it as you were trying to ignore him, but yeah otm

def gonna try to catch him live next month

i never heard him before this...is this pretty much what he's like on the albums?

some parts remind me of the quieter parts of swell maps but more pop

he's pretty varied. God Is Saying This To You (my fave) is mostly solo material with a lot of slide guitar. his last EP credited to Kurt Vile and the Violators was more rock. some of his other stuff is more pop/rock with drum machine.

solo as in just voice and guitar, no band

haunted springsteen imo

the last half of "invisibility: nonexistent" is really blissed out :)

― m@tt (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, May 25, 2010 12:02 PM (51 minutes ago)

this is what I was referring to above and it is already one of my favorite things of 2010.

ah yeah i see that now...really beautiful

also is it me, or is this song title:

"Losing Momentum (For Jim Jarmusch)" a great parody sonic youth song title or what?

"i wanted everything" sorta reminds me of if jandek made conventional music

yeah I definitely get a hint of Jandek on KV's stuff sometimes

on = in

war on drugs should be putting out a new album this year too

thats a gr8 bandname

"hunchback" on ep >>>> "hunchback" on childish prodigy btw

i figured out who his voice reminds me of.. george brigman

little bit like j. mascis too

still really love square shells

totally. Ocean City one of my favorite songs of the year

the really long track is dreamy too

been really loving the war on drugs album without realising this dude was in 'em. need to investigate more now ic

I think you would like Square Shells.

there's a mew single on Matador, only listened once so far but the sound is more full-band.

http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/25kurtcover_mo2d.jpg

March 8

A side:
Baby’s Arms
Jesus Fever
Puppet To The Man
On Tour
Society Is My Friend

In My Time is pretty nice.
B side:
Runner Ups
In My Time
Peeping Tomboy
Smoke Ring For My Halo
Ghost Town

hell yes

Just listening to a promo of the new one. I havne't previously heard him before, but this is stripped down acoustica with a few effects on top. Kind of M.Ward with J.Mascis's voice with a hint of Ariel Pink(?) Didn't think much of it at first, but it might be growing on me. Anyway, what's the previous stuff like? Does it rock or subvert any more than this?

It alternates between stuff like that, some more straight-forward indie-rock/pop moments (thinking "Freeway"), and NY+Crazy Horse style rockers/jammers.
Childish Prodigy is probably his most "rockin" and "god is saying this to you" his most subdued.

and they're all great

new one is streaming on npr's website

thx

Its really good!

i guess maybe i am starting to wonder exactly how many Kurt Vile songs i need in my life

― alpine static, Thursday, October 11, 2018 2:08 PM (three years ago)

hehe well yes

I saw him a few years ago at a festival in Cancún. By far the dullest act of the entire four-day festival.

Alpine Static OTM in both 2018 and 2022

'smoke rings' is still the best thing he's done by leaps and bounds, but i'm glad he's still out there doing his thing (and for a major label now!)

Yeah

When I’m realizing is that he’s kinda like Spiritualized for me - gimme the best song from each album and I’ll put together a single killer playlist that provides what I need from this act

the ep where he’s asleep on the front cover is really sweet, can’t remember the name. think the songs were all from the smoke ring sessions?

Finally getting around to the album. I really like it tho it’s not surprising. Completely in character , kind of lazy and mellow but has some nice moments. The track “fo sho” is exactly what you’d expect

albums vmic

albums where I'll have what they're having

albums i wish i was in the mood for more often

bless im

any whiff of him or Courtney Barnett briefly sends me back to their collab album. i think it's the best thing either has done

“Even if I’m wrong I’m gonna sing until the ass crack of dawn and it’s probably gonna be another long song”

Kurt Vile was on this week's Hollywood Handbook although I'm not sure he enjoyed it too much.