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
Would love a whole album that sounds like that song.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Thursday, 9 August 2018 21:38 (five years ago) link
the new album "the unseen in between" sounds quite nice. it has a relaxed sunny vibe. besides his tuneful guitar play i quite like his singing too.
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Sunday, 17 February 2019 12:00 (five years ago) link
this one washed over me without leaving a mark. 'way out weather' is his peak IMO
― global tetrahedron, Sunday, 17 February 2019 19:35 (five years ago) link
He’s starting to give me Sam Prekop vibes - laid back and very pleasant and I enjoy it all, but starts to feel indistinguishable after a few albums.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Sunday, 17 February 2019 20:53 (five years ago) link
I like the new one but it's not his best. He's very tame on record. A bit wilder live, but only a bit..
― Duke, Sunday, 17 February 2019 20:58 (five years ago) link
📷: @SteveGunnMusic pic.twitter.com/KcuJRgp18s— Bodega Cats (@Bodegacats_) October 15, 2019
― j.o.h.n. in evanston (john. a resident of chicago.), Tuesday, 15 October 2019 13:59 (four years ago) link
I haven't listened to his "new" album since my last post ^^ in February. That's how dull it is.
― Duke, Tuesday, 15 October 2019 20:02 (four years ago) link
Listen to it again. Its very good
― The World According To.... (Michael B), Tuesday, 15 October 2019 20:41 (four years ago) link
I wish he could find a really awesome band to be the lead guitarist for
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 16 October 2019 02:40 (four years ago) link
a hired gunn, as it were
― j., Wednesday, 16 October 2019 02:43 (four years ago) link
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, October 15, 2019 10:40 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
otm but I feel this way about most of these guitar journeyman types
― Paul Ponzi, Wednesday, 16 October 2019 11:44 (four years ago) link
He would definitely be fun to see let loose in a band. Gunn / Truscinski duo not really a "band" of course, but a very cool forum for straight up Gunn as guitarist action. Desert Heat was cool with Cian Nugent too, hopefully he keeps riding both sides of that equation and does keep putting out more guitar-centric stuff in between the indie-leaning trajectory of the song based stuff. I agree that for me "Way Out Weather" was my favorite batch of songs and approaches to the songs. Still listen to that record all the time. The newer ones just didn't stick as much in regards to repeat plays.
― grandavis, Wednesday, 16 October 2019 15:15 (four years ago) link
This is probably my most-played Steve Gunn thing these days, just hits a lot of my sweet spots (and I think is a little under the radar for a lot of folks): https://blacktwigpickers.bandcamp.com/album/seasonal-hire
― grandavis, Wednesday, 16 October 2019 15:17 (four years ago) link
twig pickers are so great
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 16 October 2019 15:34 (four years ago) link
They are! That last track on "Seasonal Hire" is basically like a slightly more straightforward acoustic Pelt w/ additional instrumentation and Steve playing instead of Jack. I love it.
― grandavis, Wednesday, 16 October 2019 16:03 (four years ago) link
Maybe I didn't give it a proper chance but "Acoustic Unseen" is working a lot better for me than the original album
― Number None, Friday, 25 October 2019 15:23 (four years ago) link
The new Gunn-Truscinski record is phenomenal.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 14 October 2020 18:32 (three years ago) link
really liked it, love the very stretched-out pieces and that it gets pretty noisy at times. wasn't steve in magik markers or am i making that up?
― global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 14 October 2020 19:53 (three years ago) link
I didn't know he was, but it sounds like he might have been with them, at least temporarily in 2006. I found a reference in a Tiny Mix Tapes round-up of the band's 2006:
Of course, this means The Magik Markers just improved upon its old heady tricks. I don't know if she kisses her mother with them sailor lips, but Elisa sure spits some inspired post-Beat, stream-of-consciousness poetry when the moon is up and the bar lights are dimmed. Shards of feedback, drone, and fractured chords sprout from Elisa's doctored guitar. Breaking the third wall, Elisa often uses the audience to her advantage, letting them surround her and strum her guitar to heighten the sense of bedlam. Nolan keeps the band grounded, doing the rhythm-devil thing on his pimped kit. At times, Nolan threw dynamite into the fire with tape loops and pre-recorded hiss. Newly added axe-slinger Steve Gunn also threw down some meaty, dissonant guitar riffage for the Markers' summer tour.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 14 October 2020 20:15 (three years ago) link
ha, i don't think i knew that. he's not on any MM records is he?
New G-T Duo is so good. If you ordered the physical LP you'll get to read a short thing I wrote on the obi-strip. wow!
― tylerw, Wednesday, 14 October 2020 20:23 (three years ago) link
I saw that! Pretty cool. Will always take your word if you say it's good. Though if you said it sucked I'd be REALLY curious to check out that obi.
― Evan, Wednesday, 14 October 2020 21:17 (three years ago) link
Sadly I only got the CD version, so no obi for me. Is your write up posted anywhere else?
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 14 October 2020 21:26 (three years ago) link
Love this new album. Do the earlier ones sound this way too? I swear I gave one a try a while back and wasn't super into it. But now I can't remember.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Thursday, 15 October 2020 17:58 (three years ago) link
xp don't think the essay is posted anywhere at the moment? don't worry, you're not missing too much ...
and yeah, this isn't a huge departure for them — a few tracks here are a little creamier than previous things, but nothing too radically different.
― tylerw, Thursday, 15 October 2020 18:10 (three years ago) link
Gunn was on two different Magic Markers releases from 2007 according to discogs- which I’m now keen on hearing.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Thursday, 15 October 2020 19:04 (three years ago) link
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/steve-gunn-other-you
― Duke, Monday, 30 August 2021 20:58 (two years ago) link
Might try this one.
― Duke, Monday, 30 August 2021 20:59 (two years ago) link
Despite my ambivalence toward his last solo effort.
― Duke, Monday, 30 August 2021 21:00 (two years ago) link
I like it. It’s not a major departure but I do like it more than the last album.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Tuesday, 31 August 2021 01:39 (two years ago) link
i am always rooting for gunn but man this is some soft ass shit
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 31 August 2021 01:47 (two years ago) link
Haha, that sums up my thoughts on the last one. I'll give this a listen.
― Duke, Tuesday, 31 August 2021 07:33 (two years ago) link
Yeah, I really like most of his work but the 2019 solo album left me cold and the reviews for this new one so far don't convince me it will be much different.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 31 August 2021 14:16 (two years ago) link
I liked his last solo album. Excited to hear this one
― aegis philbin (crüt), Tuesday, 31 August 2021 14:29 (two years ago) link
Spoke too soon, this new one is lovely. I really like it.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 15 September 2021 20:43 (two years ago) link
Ok. That's encouraging. I've not got round to it yet.
― Duke, Wednesday, 15 September 2021 21:49 (two years ago) link
It's really hard to put my finger on what makes this so much more inviting than Unseen since much of it is still largely in the same vein, but it really is. I was won over fairly early on, but the instrumental track with Mary Lattimore is so beautiful that it took the record to a whole new level.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 15 September 2021 21:57 (two years ago) link
The guy is probably really beat up about Chapman. I feel bad for him.
― Evan, Wednesday, 15 September 2021 22:03 (two years ago) link
As far as the albums go I really miss the loose jammy-ness of the first couple of records in his more recent stuff, but I haven't heard this one yet.
― Evan, Wednesday, 15 September 2021 22:04 (two years ago) link
Yeah that instrumental track toward the end of the album was a surprising highlight.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Thursday, 16 September 2021 02:55 (two years ago) link
is it just me or does the vocal on "Reflection" sound autotuned to shit?
― aegis philbin (crüt), Friday, 17 September 2021 15:02 (two years ago) link
Got the new one. I'm on first listen and I already like it. It's just more atmospheric (?) than the last one. Dunno. But a good thing.
― Duke, Friday, 17 September 2021 20:43 (two years ago) link
I’d like to sink comfortably into the smooth acoustic groove web this guy weaves but something is just so grating. A song and a half is the most I can stand
― ncxkd, Friday, 17 September 2021 23:30 (two years ago) link
I ate an edible and this album rules
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 23 September 2021 03:43 (two years ago) link
<3
― aegis philbin (crüt), Thursday, 23 September 2021 03:52 (two years ago) link
"tommy's congo" = song of the decade― reggie (qualmsley), Thursday, August 9, 2018 4:01 PM (three years ago) bookmarkflaglink
― reggie (qualmsley), Thursday, August 9, 2018 4:01 PM (three years ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Monday, 20 December 2021 07:22 (two years ago) link
https://stevegunn.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-london
this must've been some show
― corrs unplugged, Wednesday, 28 February 2024 14:29 (one month ago) link