helpful, thank you
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Monday, 1 May 2017 18:58 (seven years ago) link
some of his soundtrack stuff shows up on steamroom, so it seems possible he'd put it out there ...
― tylerw, Monday, 1 May 2017 19:08 (seven years ago) link
hope so! i really liked it. he does whatever he wants. i admire that.
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Monday, 1 May 2017 19:13 (seven years ago) link
The best concert I've ever attended was O'Rourke at the Empty Bottle just before Eureka came out circa 1998. He played one song: "Women of the World." For 50 minutes. Just him, a guitar and a drum machine. The same riff, the same vocal lines, repeated over and over and over. It was the most sublime musical experience I've ever had.
I'm a huge fan and would love for him to continue with music, but I understand that sometimes you have to move on for a while.
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― flappy bird, Tuesday, 16 May 2017 05:32 (seven years ago) link
Bandcamp interview from last year
― EvR, Thursday, 8 June 2017 07:46 (seven years ago) link
The same riff, the same vocal lines, repeated over and over and over. It was the most sublime musical experience I've ever had.
does... not... compute
― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 8 June 2017 10:51 (seven years ago) link
Terje Rypdal-tribute with Jim contributing one track
― EvR, Wednesday, 30 August 2017 15:08 (seven years ago) link
innnnteresting. did LL see that the Creeping Garden soundtrack she was asking about showed up on bandcamp? https://steamroom.bandcamp.com/album/steamroom-35
― tylerw, Wednesday, 30 August 2017 15:16 (seven years ago) link
i bought the DVD which came with the soundtrack! It was like $16 and worth every penny! i was just talking about this movie/soundtrack with some strangers at a show and i got that sneaking feeling that they were like "will she ever stop talking about this...?" loli stopped! the performance i saw had a dance component and there were visual and sonic elements that reminded me of this movie.
anyway now everyone can listen to it
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 30 August 2017 15:21 (seven years ago) link
We caught him doing the "prelude" at the Fillmore West, in 1998. Went to see Sonic Youth on their ATL tour, first time in SF, didn't know Jim O'Rourke was opening. Just walking in, and hearing this pleasant drone going on (no vocals) in the main room (we were still out by the merch tables), "sublime" is a good word for it.
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Wednesday, 30 August 2017 20:00 (seven years ago) link
Can I just commend EvR for returning to this forum solely to update the Jim O'Rourke thread? Closest and most dedicated follower of all things O'Rourke imo, it's greatly appreciated Eric! :)
The soundtrack is great, I have to seek out the film.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 30 August 2017 20:15 (seven years ago) link
You're welcome Gerard :-)
Another find, this time on iTunes: Magnetic Reconnection, a 12-minute documentary with an O´Rourke soundtrack
― EvR, Thursday, 31 August 2017 14:44 (seven years ago) link
is there much jimbo discussion in leech's fearless?
― reggie (qualmsley), Thursday, 31 August 2017 15:31 (seven years ago) link
^would also like to know this
reminds me, i rented the Wilco doc I Am Trying to Break Your Heart a few months ago on amazon, mostly to see that one brief scene of JimO hysterically screaming "Everyone always says I ruin records!!!!!!! I come into mix a record, then everyone hates it!!!!!!!!!!!" but it wasn't in there... maybe the DVD i used to have was another cut.
― flappy bird, Thursday, 31 August 2017 17:08 (seven years ago) link
This fragment is from a bonus disc (which I happen to watch more often than the actual documentary).
― EvR, Thursday, 31 August 2017 17:20 (seven years ago) link
that's so strange because i specifically remember not having the 2 disc version & being bummed after i bought the DVD. whatever i'll just find one on eBay. totally worth it just for that brief scene of Jim screaming about how everyone hates him. ha ha ha. the movie itself is really great, though. one of my favorite music docs.
― flappy bird, Thursday, 31 August 2017 17:36 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOBc6au6BBg&feature=youtu.be
PBK / Jim O'Rourke: Unidentified Again [2LP]Released May 2015. Gatefold cover.
link to picadisk website
― EvR, Monday, 20 November 2017 20:40 (six years ago) link
A recent find: Calder Walk by Jim O'Rourke
― EvR, Saturday, 25 November 2017 17:23 (six years ago) link
new album Sleep Like It's Winter out June 6. instrumental album, 46 minutes, somewhere in between the Drag City records and the Steamroom recordings. https://www.stereogum.com/1992335/new-jim-orourke-album-sleep-like-its-winter-reportedly-out-in-june/news/
― flappy bird, Saturday, 21 April 2018 20:13 (six years ago) link
This fantastic news obv, and I've enjoyed every single one of his steamroom releases, but my heart yearns for a new (Eureka/Insignificance like) singer-songwriter album.
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Saturday, 21 April 2018 20:52 (six years ago) link
yeah me too. but i'd love a Bad Timing/The Visitor style thing. not even necessarily with guitars, just not as amorphous as most of the Steamroom releases.
― flappy bird, Saturday, 21 April 2018 21:59 (six years ago) link
has anyone heard anything more about 'Sleep Like It's Winter'? I emailed the Japanese label but haven't heard anything.
― JonR345, Saturday, 19 May 2018 21:20 (six years ago) link
Still no news about the new album? It's meant to be out on Wednesday. The label website won't even load for me.
― JonR345, Friday, 1 June 2018 19:48 (six years ago) link
Assuming it’ll be a Steamroom-esque release if there hasn’t been any additional press. But yeah still psyched to hear it. Vinyl import only or ...?
― flappy bird, Friday, 1 June 2018 20:02 (six years ago) link
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/PECF-1152
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 1 June 2018 20:24 (six years ago) link
Pic from Tower Records in Tokyo from Twitter today:https://pbs.twimg.com/media/De-ys9HUYAAFsOq.jpg:large
― EvR, Wednesday, 6 June 2018 07:48 (six years ago) link
You can hear a (tiny) sample here, by pressing the play button in front of the (only) song on this.
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 6 June 2018 13:05 (six years ago) link
clearly the new singer-songwriter album you were rooting for!
― willem, Wednesday, 6 June 2018 14:07 (six years ago) link
hahaha, yeah I imagine the clip just being the intro until it all kicks off 'Insignificance'-style ;-)
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 6 June 2018 14:09 (six years ago) link
A new interview with Jim talking about the album in Japanese (site has more JOR content).
― EvR, Thursday, 7 June 2018 15:18 (six years ago) link
heard the new one — not terribly different from the steamroom stuff, but very good!
― tylerw, Thursday, 7 June 2018 16:29 (six years ago) link
I´d say it´s more melodical than most of the Steamroom things, but granted there are no vocals or songstructures. By far one of the most beautiful things he has done. But why not an international release (say, Touch or Mego)?
― EvR, Sunday, 10 June 2018 14:22 (six years ago) link
Meanwhile there a new O'Rourke remix up on Spotify of postrock outfit Tangents' new song 'Terracotta'.
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 09:21 (six years ago) link
wow, this full set was uploaded in february, setlist is amazing, only live performance of 'Life Goes Off' i've ever heard. his 'Fast Car' cover from this show has been up on youtube for a while.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWnm8tZ9kMg
00:00 - Untitled11:46 - There's Hell in Hello, But More in Goodbye & Movie on the Way Down16:10 - Halfway to a Threeway20:37 - Life Goes Off26:25 - Good Times30:52 - Fast Car
― flappy bird, Friday, 22 June 2018 18:38 (six years ago) link
Just heard and savored this whole thing. That droning 30+-minute "Fast Car"!
― ... (Eazy), Friday, 22 June 2018 21:29 (six years ago) link
this is an amazing find, flappy. his voice is so good here, too.
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 25 June 2018 10:35 (six years ago) link
I really enjoyed this. Thanks. :)
― Allen (etaeoe), Monday, 25 June 2018 15:59 (six years ago) link
ooh looking forward to listening to this. that version of fast car is fascinating.
― in twelve parts (lamonti), Tuesday, 26 June 2018 06:24 (six years ago) link
http://www.ele-king.net/interviews/006354/
― just sayin, Tuesday, 26 June 2018 08:02 (six years ago) link
nice interview, thanks for sharing! only wish it was longer
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 26 June 2018 20:39 (six years ago) link
Yeah it's good! Did you see there was a second page?
― just sayin, Tuesday, 26 June 2018 20:53 (six years ago) link
holy crap that 'fast car' cover is great
― iatee, Tuesday, 26 June 2018 21:12 (six years ago) link
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 26 June 2018 22:55 (six years ago) link
thank you!
nice p4k review https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/jim-orourke-sleep-like-its-winter/
― flappy bird, Friday, 3 August 2018 17:34 (six years ago) link
this new one goes to some pretty incredible places. it's a single 44-minute track that continuously develops in unexpected ways while still belonging to the same sound environment.the section that starts about 21 minutes in gave me some goosebumps the first time i heard it, for example, although i may just be subconsciously and existentially craving stars of the lid deep bass
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 19:10 (six years ago) link
Entertaining interview:https://www.stereogum.com/2007352/jim-orourke-interview-2018/franchises/interview/
― willem, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 20:54 (six years ago) link
Is the new album available on vinyl?
― Leaghaidh am brón an t-anam bochd (dowd), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 21:31 (six years ago) link
No, don’t think that’s planned. This was made specifically for CD, which is still the dominant format in Japan.
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 21:49 (six years ago) link
From that interview ^^
STEREOGUM: A lot of people don’t realize you taught the kids in Richard Linklater’s 2003 movie School Of Rock.O’ROURKE: Yeah, I taught them how to play, I taught them the songs, because except for one scene, that’s actually them playing. So for those scenes I’d be on set to keep the music part off of Mr. Linklater’s mind, sort of on the side music-directing, you know? That was a fun experience. I was supposed to be in the movie, but there was a Sonic Youth tour during the shoots so I couldn’t go back to do it.
O’ROURKE: Yeah, I taught them how to play, I taught them the songs, because except for one scene, that’s actually them playing. So for those scenes I’d be on set to keep the music part off of Mr. Linklater’s mind, sort of on the side music-directing, you know? That was a fun experience. I was supposed to be in the movie, but there was a Sonic Youth tour during the shoots so I couldn’t go back to do it.
― ... (Eazy), Thursday, 16 August 2018 15:08 (six years ago) link