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

Hah my bandmate just got a Rhythm Ace too. Somehow the thread converges again in that I, too, have a new band that is trying to use a drum machine instead of drummer for now. My band is just a rock band though. Looking forward to hearing more of this Tyler! That live set is cool.

Listening through the various recent bits on this thread and damn there's some talent on here. "Blue Stockings and Two Last Names" is straight-up gorgeous.

The very excellent Andrew Male put together a cracking Rhythm King vs Rhythm Ace playlist:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3uf6UUNJjl4HzdMTvI7u69?si=b89f2f7d5d864dd8

Hey, other half of Slow Clarity “Matt” here, just wanted to say thanks for all the kind words on this thread! Also, I just gotta add that Steve(Global) is absolutely a big part of the “brains and talent” of this record. I think my two favorite parts of the whole thing are Steve moments—first in track 3 (Blue Stockings and Two Last Names) at 2:20—steve was playing electric and I was playing acoustic, both of us routed through my Space Echo (best purchase of my life btw, that thing is a magic box) and at that point I stopped playing and just started fiddling with the space echo controls while Steve started ripping into a cosmic wormhole.

The other part is in track 5 (2016 Improved Tone) from around 3:00 to the end of the track. That song came from some fairly drunk recording attempt in late 2015—the rest of the reel from that day was absolute garbage, but we captured that before we devolved to just aimlessly fucking around. I think Steve was taking a leak while I was messing around on the harmonium, and came in with his 12-string towards the end. Again I stopped playing and started messing around with the space echo controls while Steve went into a guitar reverie. I remember thinking what he was playing was really great, and wanted him to keep going, but after a minute or so he stopped abruptly and was like “ehhh (fart noise)”. That’s why the track ends and cuts out kind of abruptly, lol.

I feel like both of those moments connect this record with Steve’s previous solo work, while other parts it really go in a different direction. The end of track 5 especially reminds me of Steve’s album Fable of the Feral Boys, which, if you haven’t heard, is a phenomenal collection of guitar compositions (I refuse to say “guitar soli” under any circumstances). I kinda forgot about it, but spun it recently and damn, that thing is gorgeous. You may notice that Holding Pattern adopted one of the tracks from that album, albeit under a different name.

Also, re: Cassini record; we’re waiting on mastering right now, and Echodelick wants to release it. Of course that will take eons, but if anyone wants to hear the unmastered wavs now, send me a DM!

Ah cool hearing those details. So interesting to have the material exist from over so many years, and to have it come together like this. I am happy to wait on those Cassini tracks but I guess if we are talking 2 years who knows I may check in again hah hah.

Again, probably only of interest to some, but got to do a cool Grand Banks set opening for Kath Bloom and David Shapiro (aka Alexander, in my mind one of the best solo acoustic guitar players going). A rare instance of us going completely acoustic, with a couple of new instruments thrown in. Hope to at some point get some non-live versions of this kind of thing recorded, but we will see.

https://grand-banks.bandcamp.com/track/grand-banks-live-at-visible-records-3-29-2023

finally going to get around to prariewolf and really enjoying the acoustic stuff davis! always love a singing bell. cover art is great too, i've indulged in takis a little bit lately as well. and agreed that alexander is one of the best. his almost-handmade s/t LP is one of my treasured possessions

So stoked for the Prairiewolf record! Glad it's coming out on CD too, ready to pre-order it when it pops up.

yeah me too, v exciting

listening to grand banks i love this
https://grand-banks.bandcamp.com/track/grand-banks-live-at-visible-records-3-29-2023

Cassini record was mastered over the weekend!

nice, can't wait ...

Aww hey thanks for taking a listen UMS and Global. Glad you enjoyed it. The Takis are courtesy of my bandmate/friend Tyler from Grand Banks. They were delicious hah hah.

I have that Alexander LP, I still listen to it frequently. A wonderful record. And yeah that is great news about the Cassini record! Look forward to all the thread-related albums coming down the pike.

That Grand Banks is on my list now, thanks folks!

tyler - any word on when this is going live for pre-order? I don't want to miss my chance!

i don't think there is a preorder for the vinyl/CD, it'll just go up for sale on the next Bandcamp Friday, I guess? May 5!

cool! was just curious, wasn't sure if they'd put it up before the release date or something. either way, i'm on it!

can we sell 100 of these things??? time will tell.

never underestimate the ILX lurker contingent

count me in!

new hayden pedigo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tArP7BaGtN4

sounds great — i keep expecting Hayden to take a total left-turn, but I'm kind of glad he's zeroing in on making the perfect guitar record.

Hayden's song is very much of a piece with the new North Americans record, which is very very nice. https://northamericanszone.bandcamp.com/album/long-cool-world

Hey all, I've fallen really behind here but looking forward to checking out all of your great music you've been discussing lately.

Anyway, Glenn Jones is itching to book some more gigs (per catching up with him this morning). So on his behalf, does anyone have any good leads? Not sure how far he's willing to travel without a corresponding string of shows lined up along the way, therefore maybe the closer to New England the better to keep it somewhat local for him. Let me know!

maybe ilxor Scott Seward who owns John Doe Jr in Greenfield MA? you could call him? I know they have had shows there before, or he might know someone.

Good tip! Thanks

Hi Evan. I have set a show up for Glenn in Charlottesville, Virginia, before, and he has played here at least a couple of times (I opened for him many years ago before booking him). Not sure he would be interested, but if he decides he wants to head that for down the coast I am happy to try to help. I think he was disappointed a bit for each show at the turnout hah hah, but I mean that may just be how things go (this is a small-ish town and there are only so many "heads" at any given point that come out).

Thanks grandavis! Yeah he definitely benefits from a strong co-billing no matter where he plays I think.

Weird I tried calling Scott's store and it keeps ringing a few times and disconnecting, but a different amount of rings each time which indicates to me there is someone manually rejecting the calls. Don't worry Scott, I'm not going to ask if you have any Taylor Swift RSD records left...

he's on FB too fwiw, not sure what's up w/the phone

many worlds collide, I am also friends with Michael Klausman because of music and poetry stuff, he is an excellent person.

Gave a reading in Richmond on Sunday, a young guy named Rowland Taylor opened up the reading with a nice tune that reminded me a bit of some of the more ponderous Joseph Allred moments of recent. Nice guy too!

https://rowlandtaylorfp.bandcamp.com/album/a-righteous-man-falling-down-before-the-wicked-is-a-troubled-fountain

Cool review of the upcoming Prairiewolf record over at Raven Sings The Blues, so stoked to hear the whole thing. Gettin' ready to click order so fast on Friday.

Will have to check Rowland out. If he is a Richmond guy he will likely swing over to Charlottesville sometime soon.

This will be amazing if you are in London. Great to see Blackshaw doing a show

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cr3piBRtI3q/?igshid=ZWIzMWE5ZmU3Zg==

And hey the Prairiewolf album is out properly. Had heard it once before already but can confirm it is perfect mellow Saturday morning listening.

indeed, great vibe record, ordered the vinyl, been enjoying on Bandcamp

Thanks guys!

congrats on selling out all the physical copies tyler, glad I jumped on it early!

i'm not sure if people here are aware of kevin mcfadin and his label sunrise ocean bender, but he sadly passed away unexpectedly earlier this month. the label was putting out some very fantastic psych stuff that leans towards this thread so thought i'd share. his partner in label kevin moist (deep water acres) said he's working with the family to get access to the bandcamp/etc. might be worth checking out to support his family, who i'm sure would appreciate knowing he reached people all over the world. i've been in correspondence with kevin moist and will share any details here

they also shared this- WRIR has some great community radio

If you would like to show your support for Kevin, please donate to Richmond Animal Care & Control (https://www.rva.gov/animal-care-control/donatefoundation) and/or WRIR (https://www.wrir.org/).

yeah, very sad! seemed like a great guy ...

Ah yeah, that news was tough. I only knew him through the record you put out, and his radio shows (which were very good, truly played things I have never heard of and seemed to boost a lot of up and coming folks not just heavy hitters). I have friends that were buddies of his in Richmond, he was clearly a well loved guy, just sad all around.

yeah very sad, sounds like a really great person who did a lot to surface cool music

Aw man… some good stuff on that label. I didn’t know Kevin Moist was involved. Ever since we first met on DroneOn 30 years ago, I always make note of what he’s doing, zine or label

Really like this Elijah McLaughlin Ensemble record— maybe a little too ECM-y for these parts but fits the bill for me https://aelijahmclaughlinensemble.bandcamp.com/album/iii

I really dug the Elijah McLaughlin record, tabes. Nice one.

Coming at things slowly as ever, the Jake Xerxes Fussell album from last year is just gorgeous. His catalogue is quietly magnificent.

he was the most charming live act

hayden pedigo album is beautiful, "elsewhere" is certainly one of my favorite songs of the year

was not familiar with wilburn burchette, but have been seeing some tributes on twitter because he passed away, this is so good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZk3wzhSggM

yeah he's great, all on Bandcamp for reasonable prices as well

That track sounds like Peter Green-era Fleetwood Mac.

Hope everyone has been holding up well, still check in every now and then to see what has been going on. The new Gunn Truscinski Nace has officially released, though Three Lobed was shipping early as mine came through last month. Have been listening a lot to that one plus the new Pedigo. I think Pedigo's two Mexican Summer releases can really be held up as a nice pair. For older stuff, I must have missed this Gunn one-off project back in 2012 called Central Living, with Manuel Padding, for Blackest Rainbow. Loose and droney, it's been put on archive.org.

Cameron Knowler and I are doing the third run for his book right now. We originally put it out back in late 2021 but did an updated edition earlier this year. I think it's in its final form at this point, as we've kind of obsessed over every detail imaginable. Cameron has since connected (in-person) with Norman Blake after sending him a copy, which has been wild to watch. There'll be a new album sometime in the future, it's good stuff.

75 Dollar Bill has reissued their first three tapes via Bandcamp, for anyone interested in owning actual hard copies of those releases. Just grabbed the bundle with all 3. Edition of 400 for each.

nice to see you neal! thx for the heads up

By speeding through both threads last night I feel like I gained a decade’s worth of new understanding for my love of instrumental guitar. Thank you all for protecting this hidden cove of the internet. I wish I could remember how I web-surfed here last night.

ha, welcome to ILX!