Hah hah cool, guess I will have to read that.
― grandavis, Friday, 26 June 2015 16:00 (nine years ago) link
feel like even the most skilled guitarists would feel slightly terrified at having to play in front of thompson.
― tylerw, Friday, 26 June 2015 16:09 (nine years ago) link
Elkington is playing with Eleventh Dream Day now as well so I figure that means the new record that's coming out is going to be guitar overload.
He's a good drummer too.
― chr1sb3singer, Friday, 26 June 2015 18:23 (nine years ago) link
Oh that's awesome. Now I can't wait to check that one out.
― Evan, Friday, 26 June 2015 18:47 (nine years ago) link
Super excited for new Elkington/Salsburg!
So, quick off topic question: where does Steve Tibbetts fit in this scene? Or does he even belong here?
― austinato (Austin), Tuesday, 30 June 2015 20:34 (nine years ago) link
Got my dl for the new Chuck Johnson LP on Scissor Tail, which I assume will ship this week. Sounding terrific so far...
― Wimmels, Tuesday, 30 June 2015 20:52 (nine years ago) link
shd i go see chuck johnson on tuesday? it's free, i think.
― wizzz! (amateurist), Friday, 3 July 2015 23:28 (nine years ago) link
Yeah! I've seen him two or three times and he's always great. If you do go, report back - I may go see him next month when he comes here. Wonder if he'll be solo or rolling with a band.
― Wimmels, Saturday, 4 July 2015 00:47 (nine years ago) link
someone remind me! i have a tendency to go home from work and then forget i was supposed to go out again :)
― wizzz! (amateurist), Saturday, 4 July 2015 16:56 (nine years ago) link
I wanted to drop a quick reminder that the ILX Rolling Post-Fahey Thread 2015 Spotify playlist is open to posting and could use regular updating with anything you'd like to make sure gets into the collective hivemind; lack of genre expertise (and this thread's extremely busy posting schedule) means I'm not especially well suited to adding myself. Nonetheless, I'll be conglomerating all the lists into one gargantu-playlist for zeitgeist surfers so anything anybody things is completely unmissable, please put 'er in the pile!
ILX Rolling Folk and Post-Folk 2015 Thread Spotify Playlist
― like a giraffe of nah (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 4 July 2015 17:39 (nine years ago) link
quite like this six-year-old felica atkinson track I just stumbled onto with david daniell playing around in opening tunings in a v faheyish expansive fashion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-q7kLgXmWQ
― ogmor, Monday, 6 July 2015 03:03 (nine years ago) link
Yeah that is nice Ogmor, thanks! Like those little clusters that Daniel hits at the end of some of the phrases.
― grandavis, Monday, 6 July 2015 18:18 (nine years ago) link
My first listen, now in progress: Robert Pete Williams, 1970, sounding not that much like anyone else (eventually, occasionally, something I associate with Mali, little bit)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXh3rblERWI
― dow, Monday, 6 July 2015 19:35 (nine years ago) link
RPW basically sounds like no-one else
― wizzz! (amateurist), Monday, 6 July 2015 19:36 (nine years ago) link
Yoah UMS and Global, how was the Metzger + C. Johnson + power trio extraordinaire show? Chuck is coming here later this month, definitely psyched to go if I don't have to go out of town, but curious what he got up to. He's playing electric, right?
― grandavis, Tuesday, 7 July 2015 15:54 (nine years ago) link
"Yoah": not sure where that came from. I have a really bad cold right now, thoughts are not very clear ....
Mix of "yo" and "whoah" I guess?
― grandavis, Tuesday, 7 July 2015 15:56 (nine years ago) link
yeah Chuck was fantastic, bought the new album on vinyl from him, which sounds great, really nice jacket too (art by Dylan Aycock!)
super night! good turnout for a Monday, I felt like Me, global and Matt Sowell played pretty well together, I think global has some recordings so I'll have to review the evidence
Metzger was particularly on fire last night, did some bow-work that was insane
Thursday is the full-band Steve Gunn w/Nathan Bowles and Elkington w/Jennifer Gentle opening, big week here in Minneapolis
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 7 July 2015 16:31 (nine years ago) link
not familiar with Robert Pete Williams, what's the story? cool stuff
I don't know Steve Tibbetts outside of the name, will check him out
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 7 July 2015 16:32 (nine years ago) link
chuck was great, played some familiar and new stuff on electric and then a pretty astounding slide piece i didn't recognize... went from jack rose-y modal to fahey circa 'knoxville blues' and back again
trio was really fun, i think it came across pretty well. will post recording soonish
aaaaand paul metzger is a national treasure. that's all i've got to say about that
― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 7 July 2015 16:32 (nine years ago) link
Whoa, nice! Sounds awesome. Hope the evidence turns out well, would love to hear it. Any evidence of the Metzger set? I am very into bowed strings and would like to hear a good take of his version of the form, if it exists (Global?).
Also wish I could see the Gunn band again, hopefully they swing near me again. I like Sukeena, but if Elkington is back that is pretty sweet. He was a great part of that live band when I saw them.
― grandavis, Tuesday, 7 July 2015 16:35 (nine years ago) link
glad to hear the show went well! yeah count me in on hearing any recorded evidence ... planning on seeing gunn + band open for wilco next week at red rocks! crazy. robert pete williams is a kinda self-taught country blues dude "discovered" in the early 60s, put out records on takoma, arhoolie, etc. haven't heard too much, but yeah, he is very interesting and unclassifiable!
― tylerw, Tuesday, 7 July 2015 16:38 (nine years ago) link
red rocks is so gorgeous, enjoy
― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 7 July 2015 16:51 (nine years ago) link
Chuck might be my favorite of contemperary "American primitive" players, he's so composed and while a very skilled player he never seems like he a real "guitar dude" in the way that Tyler and even Bachman seem to me sometimes, everything about his music is very deliberate and thought out
Metzger, yeah, man wow he's like I guess almost the opposite, the id run free, 30 minutes straight like a tornado, if you ever have the chance to see him you MUST
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 7 July 2015 16:52 (nine years ago) link
red rocks is a bucket list venue for me
― like a giraffe of nah (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 7 July 2015 16:57 (nine years ago) link
definitely a very cool place, though the sound can occasionally be spotty depending where you're sitting.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 7 July 2015 17:02 (nine years ago) link
How many times do bands say "This is not a rebel song, this is blah blah blah" from the Red Rocks stage?
― grandavis, Tuesday, 7 July 2015 17:20 (nine years ago) link
dylan spent like an hour making fun of bono when i saw him there
― tylerw, Tuesday, 7 July 2015 17:21 (nine years ago) link
[i wish]
Hah hah.
― grandavis, Tuesday, 7 July 2015 18:04 (nine years ago) link
other good live stuff coming up -- circuit des yeux w/ marisa anderson this summer:
Sun-Aug-09 AUSTIN, TX @ Salvage Vanguard Theater*Mon-Aug-10 SAN ANTONIO, TX @ Paper Tiger*Tue-Aug-11 MARFA, TX @ Hotel El Cosmico*Wed-Aug-12 ALBUQUERQUE, NM @ Sister*Thu-Aug-13 TUCSON, AZ @ Solar Culture*Fri-Aug-14 PHOENIX, AZ @ Valley Bar*Sat-Aug-15 SAN DIEGO, CA @ Seven Grand*Sun-Aug-16 SANTA ANA, CA @ Observatory (Berserktown Festival)Mon-Aug-17 SAN FRANCISCO, CA @ Brick & Mortar* Wed-Aug-19 PORTLAND, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge*Thu-Aug-20 VANCOUVER, BC @ Cobalt*Fri-Aug-21 SEATTLE, WA @ Lo-fi Performance Gallery*Sat-Aug-22 BOISE, ID @ MING Studios*Mon-Aug-24 DENVER, CO @ Rhinoceropolis*Tue-Aug-25 OMAHA, NE @ O'Leavers*Wed-Aug-26 IOWA CITY, IA @ The Mill*Thu-Aug-27 MINNEAPOLIS, MN @ 7th Street Entry*
― tylerw, Tuesday, 7 July 2015 18:07 (nine years ago) link
don't miss it -- the full band is fun to watchget a preview here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwxL0yipjis
― La Lechera, Tuesday, 7 July 2015 18:17 (nine years ago) link
yeah! still kinda wrapping my brain around CDY, but i like it.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 7 July 2015 18:19 (nine years ago) link
I think she rules. New record is great.
― grandavis, Tuesday, 7 July 2015 18:36 (nine years ago) link
Listening to this live Ignatz set via NYCTaper right now. Sounding good so far:
http://www.nyctaper.com/2015/07/ignatz-may-24-2015-union-pool-flacmp3streaming/
Tried to campaign for Daniel Bachman to bring this tour here, but no luck. Glad there are recordings at least.
― grandavis, Tuesday, 7 July 2015 18:38 (nine years ago) link
oh awesome that show is coming to mpls
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 7 July 2015 19:01 (nine years ago) link
somewhat far afield from the stuff on this thread (not that far though), xylouris white are playing around this summer too. think everyone here would dig them! jim white from dirty three dueling with Cretan lute! https://scontent.fsnc1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xta1/t31.0-8/11289063_375338959330686_3843939720988484071_o.jpg
― tylerw, Tuesday, 7 July 2015 19:05 (nine years ago) link
^ was going to that show for jessica pratt, did not know anything about xylouris. sounds awesome!
― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 7 July 2015 19:08 (nine years ago) link
i guess i'm gonna see chuck tonight
― wizzz! (amateurist), Tuesday, 7 July 2015 19:10 (nine years ago) link
xp yeah you'll love them
― tylerw, Tuesday, 7 July 2015 19:10 (nine years ago) link
Jim White is one of the greatest living drummers imo
― sleeve, Tuesday, 7 July 2015 19:14 (nine years ago) link
Chuck might be my favorite of contemperary "American primitive" players
Ditto. I pre-ordered the LP months ago and it hasn't arrived yet, getting antsy (though I've had the mp3s for a week now). Love this dude and psyched to see him here in a few weeks
Didn't realize that last track, "Private Violence" (which is an early favorite on this new abum) was used as a soundtrack for an HBO special of the same name? Maybe not HBO, I forget where I heard that.
Never saw Metzger but always wanted to. Love his records.
― Wimmels, Tuesday, 7 July 2015 19:22 (nine years ago) link
i've loved a lot of the lou harrison guitar stuff i've heard, and i'm always interested in alternate tunings and just intonation and whatnot. any particular comps/releases i should explore for that stuff? (looking at you, ogmor? i believe you turned me onto that stuff with some of the tracks on your volk guitar playlist)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbTbgpW6s3A
― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 7 July 2015 20:07 (nine years ago) link
ooops, broke my own rule about embeds.
lol I think last time you asked I posted that video! I will get back to you but my mind is being blown a little bit by xylouris white right now, amazing stuff
― ogmor, Tuesday, 7 July 2015 21:03 (nine years ago) link
it is pretty happening! weirdly guy piccioto (sp?) from fugazi produced their record. (not that it is a big production job or anything.)
― tylerw, Tuesday, 7 July 2015 21:06 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, that Xylouris White record is cool. Looks like the shows are finally swinging your way Tyler, glad to see it!
― grandavis, Tuesday, 7 July 2015 21:41 (nine years ago) link
Finally someone's listening to me whine!
― tylerw, Tuesday, 7 July 2015 23:40 (nine years ago) link
palmer/sowell/helgeson trio improv set up now:
https://soundcloud.com/stpalm/sets/palmersowellhelgeson-trio-live-clown-lounge-7615
hopefully more to come
― global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 8 July 2015 00:37 (nine years ago) link
(last track is probably my favorite)
― global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 8 July 2015 01:19 (nine years ago) link
man, why do places have weeknight shows that begin at 10 PM? i'm gonna be so tired by the time chuck johnson starts up.
― wizzz! (amateurist), Wednesday, 8 July 2015 01:42 (nine years ago) link