ILX Gonna Shine in My Backdoor Someday (new post-Fahey folk for ppl posting in Takoma/Tompkins Square threads Pt II)

this is sounding dope to me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xK4ray1fD2I

there was a recent plea from someone on twitter to write a book covering the chicago music scene 1990-200?
would read!!

yeah i would read that too ...

it's still pretty awesome here tbh
i know there is no fingerpicking involved but don't snooze on mind over mirrors. they are truly spectacular in the expanded lineup and i would not miss the chance to see them over and over.

it's funny, that new MOM record hasn't really clicked with me (loved the previous one) ... i should give it another go.

have you seen them live?
this video is also excellent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xp7D9TlG2u4

there was a recent plea from someone on twitter to write a book covering the chicago music scene 1990-200?
would read!!

― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, May 18, 2018 2:49 PM (fourteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah no doubt there are so many useless music books written every year and a history of chicago post-punk/rock etc etc should really exist

feel like there's a high correlation between post faheyism and old skool post rock fandom

not just post rock but the free improv/jazz scene was on fire at that time too
the community spirit was strong
and most of those people are still around
there are some great interviews waiting to be done

yeah totally vandermark 5 etc etc

Oh man, Nate Lepine! I love that dude. Used to play in Manishevitz, which was a great band.

did they sound kinda like early Roxy Music?

Hey UMS, been outta here for a bit, but yeah, early Roxy Music was definitely an influence and aspect of the sound (they did a really nice cover of 2HB on an E.P. and live actually). They were very Chicago in that the band was made up of many jazz/improv players moonlighting in the band, my favorite being the great Fred Lonberg-Holm. In my opinion Manishevitz was extremely underrated. Also, the album "Rollover" has a lot of nice acoustic guitar playing on it, a really great expansive folk record.

2 nights of snockgrass in greenfield this september.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1687493161358348/

nice

I just made a totally obsessive 5-disc compilation of unreleased Hurley tracks from live tapes, mostly covers. Not quite done yet but hit me up for mp3 versions of the first two.

ooh that sounds awesome

you know how to find me :)

co-presentation time for the blogs

love that the bar in town is having a wolf eyes residency and a hurley residency.

new glenn jones! https://thrilljockey.com/products/the-giant-who-ate-himself-and-other-new-works-for-6-12-string-guitar

very good stuff

https://charlieschmidt.bandcamp.com/album/sheep-in-wolfs-clothing

new charlie schmidt, he was the closest i'll ever get to seeing fahey at 1000 roses. glenn jones says this version of 'when the springtime comes again' is possibly the finest ever!

what i like about schmidt is he kinda picks up where fahey left off in the late 80s, constantly refining/re-contextualizing/reinterpreting his old classics

Never heard of Charlie Schmidt. Has he come up here before?

I hadn't heard of him prior to the festival.

he was under the direct tutelage of fahey for a period- fahey actually used charlie schmidt recordings for his 'best of' vol. 2. the remakes of 'stomping tonight' and john henry variations are both schmidt, and the song 'tuff' is a charlie schmidt original

whaaat

1. did not know there was a Best Of Vol. 2

2. did not know there were ringers on it

yeah that's such a crazy (and very fahey) story, the passing off of schmidt tracks

his performance at 1000 Rose fest was magical

I missed it :(

will check out the new schmidt, xanthe terra had some good stuff, particularly liked the one that plays on grieg's hall of the mountain king

yup, for reference, here are the tracks in question... a key tell is that 'tuff' on the best of is obviously an entirely different song than the one on the cul de sac collab

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5IUxQ9j_uw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5siNU2vx64
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzgQoo54sI0

New Bachman track up from the upcoming album. Very psyched for this:

https://www.stereogum.com/2000319/daniel-bachman-scrumpy/premiere/

yeah i think he's really getting into a new zone of artistry, as good as he was before

also excited for Gwenifer Raymond's Tompkin's Square debut which is out next week

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FngnEP_RKQg&feature=youtu.be

i've been avoiding listening to these singles, from what i've read this album seems like it'd be best digested whole

Assuming you are referring to the Bachman record, I think that is likely (ie it'll be a good whole album listen). Still, the two tracks are both very cool imo, and the first one that was sent out into the world is a really nice standalone listen. Feel like you are on a good track with this though hah hah, nothing wrong with waiting in life for the right time for something. Good to take an album for a ride for sure.

excited to listen to this!

https://soundcloud.com/walker-ryley/bill-mackay-ryley-walker-live-at-hideout-june-19?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=twitter

new gwenifer raymond album out! i’m enjoying it- first thing i notice is that she has a very specific ‘roll’ she does. i lack the vocabulary to describe it well, but fahey had a pretty specific one, glenn jones too. you’ll hear it if you pay attention

Fat Knuckle Freddy, dude uses a cigar box guitar built for equal tempermant

Kinda wide open desert vibes dig it despite unfortunate tone attorney name

https://fatknucklefreddy.bandcamp.com/album/sweet-requiems-on-a-hot-summer-night

New Bachman is now available for streaming:

https://www.npr.org/2018/07/19/628857862/first-listen-daniel-bachman-the-morning-star

This one is 100% right up my alley in every way.

Hah hah, the opening to this record is so far up my alley. Almost comically in my zone.

just ordered the 2LP/CD package:

http://threelobed.com/tlr/tlr126.html

Think I am basically gonna see Bachman 3 times in three weeks or something, so will likely buy it from him direct. Really looking forward to grabbing it though. I fully support the movement into incorporating Pelt & Jack Rose directly! (I mean it ain't that simple and isn't totally fair to make that comparison but hell I am into the romanticizing great Virginia shit right now)

I'm ten minutes into Invocation and this is just the big belly laugh of cosmic American music I didn't know I needed.

It sounded great on first listen.

Bachman is amazing so far, kind of hard to digest at work but yeah this is very cool
I had very high hopes after his 1000 Rose fest set

mine is showing up soon I hope, looking forward to it

i really enjoyed it, i admit i hope ogmor hates it though because i love reading his writing

lol
yeah, the new one is worth sinking your teeth into — glad to see bachman getting weird.

bachman goin straight up drone!!

i'm glad, i haven't liked any of his intervening albums as much as seven pines, which always struck me as very droney for a fingerpicking record

oh man this is fabulous, on my second listen now due to granddaughter invasion/chaos in the house distracting me from the 1st runthrough