that's interestingdid not know!
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 18 May 2018 19:33 (six years ago) link
i suppose i should listen to Deafman Glance. i liked Primrose Green a lot but couldn't get into the last one he did.
i know i have said this before, but again: dude is a top-shelf Twitter follow
― alpine static, Friday, 18 May 2018 19:34 (six years ago) link
this is sounding dope to me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xK4ray1fD2I
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 18 May 2018 19:42 (six years ago) link
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, 18 May 2018 19:49 (six years ago) link
yeah i would read that too ...
― tylerw, Friday, 18 May 2018 19:54 (six years ago) link
it's still pretty awesome here tbhi 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.
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 18 May 2018 19:59 (six years ago) link
it's funny, that new MOM record hasn't really clicked with me (loved the previous one) ... i should give it another go.
― tylerw, Friday, 18 May 2018 20:00 (six years ago) link
have you seen them live? this video is also excellent https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xp7D9TlG2u4
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 18 May 2018 20:04 (six years ago) link
― 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
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 18 May 2018 20:05 (six years ago) link
not just post rock but the free improv/jazz scene was on fire at that time too the community spirit was strongand most of those people are still aroundthere are some great interviews waiting to be done
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 18 May 2018 20:07 (six years ago) link
yeah totally vandermark 5 etc etc
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 18 May 2018 20:11 (six years ago) link
Oh man, Nate Lepine! I love that dude. Used to play in Manishevitz, which was a great band.
― grandavis, Friday, 18 May 2018 20:55 (six years ago) link
did they sound kinda like early Roxy Music?
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 18 May 2018 21:40 (six years ago) link
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.
― grandavis, Sunday, 20 May 2018 13:33 (six years ago) link
2 nights of snockgrass in greenfield this september.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1687493161358348/
― scott seward, Monday, 21 May 2018 17:46 (six years ago) link
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.
― sleeve, Monday, 21 May 2018 17:47 (six years ago) link
ooh that sounds awesome
― tylerw, Monday, 21 May 2018 17:50 (six years ago) link
you know how to find me :)
― sleeve, Monday, 21 May 2018 17:51 (six years ago) link
co-presentation time for the blogs
love that the bar in town is having a wolf eyes residency and a hurley residency.
― scott seward, Monday, 21 May 2018 17:55 (six years ago) link
new glenn jones! https://thrilljockey.com/products/the-giant-who-ate-himself-and-other-new-works-for-6-12-string-guitar
― tylerw, Tuesday, 22 May 2018 22:36 (six years ago) link
very good stuff
― global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 23 May 2018 01:34 (six years ago) link
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!
― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 29 May 2018 19:49 (six years ago) link
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
― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 29 May 2018 20:14 (six years ago) link
Never heard of Charlie Schmidt. Has he come up here before?
― grandavis, Wednesday, 30 May 2018 14:13 (six years ago) link
I hadn't heard of him prior to the festival.
― Evan, Wednesday, 30 May 2018 14:16 (six years ago) link
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
― global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 30 May 2018 14:19 (six years ago) link
whaaat
― sleeve, Wednesday, 30 May 2018 14:28 (six years ago) link
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
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 30 May 2018 14:38 (six years ago) link
I missed it :(
― Evan, Wednesday, 30 May 2018 14:48 (six years ago) link
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
― ogmor, Wednesday, 30 May 2018 14:55 (six years ago) link
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_uwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5siNU2vx64https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzgQoo54sI0
― global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 30 May 2018 15:18 (six years ago) link
New Bachman track up from the upcoming album. Very psyched for this:
https://www.stereogum.com/2000319/daniel-bachman-scrumpy/premiere/
― grandavis, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 14:35 (six years ago) link
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
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 15:41 (six years ago) link
i've been avoiding listening to these singles, from what i've read this album seems like it'd be best digested whole
― global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 16:46 (six years ago) link
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.
― grandavis, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 19:18 (six years ago) link
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
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 19:54 (six years ago) link
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
― global tetrahedron, Friday, 29 June 2018 18:02 (six years ago) link
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
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 6 July 2018 23:21 (six years ago) link
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.
― grandavis, Thursday, 19 July 2018 13:16 (six years ago) link
Hah hah, the opening to this record is so far up my alley. Almost comically in my zone.
― grandavis, Thursday, 19 July 2018 18:16 (six years ago) link
just ordered the 2LP/CD package:
http://threelobed.com/tlr/tlr126.html
― sleeve, Thursday, 19 July 2018 18:19 (six years ago) link
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)
― grandavis, Thursday, 19 July 2018 18:24 (six years ago) link
I'm ten minutes into Invocation and this is just the big belly laugh of cosmic American music I didn't know I needed.
― The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums (Chinaski), Thursday, 19 July 2018 19:03 (six years ago) link
It sounded great on first listen.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Sunday, 22 July 2018 13:55 (six years ago) link
Bachman is amazing so far, kind of hard to digest at work but yeah this is very coolI had very high hopes after his 1000 Rose fest set
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 27 July 2018 14:16 (six years ago) link
mine is showing up soon I hope, looking forward to it
― sleeve, Friday, 27 July 2018 14:24 (six years ago) link
i really enjoyed it, i admit i hope ogmor hates it though because i love reading his writing
― global tetrahedron, Friday, 27 July 2018 15:26 (six years ago) link
lolyeah, the new one is worth sinking your teeth into — glad to see bachman getting weird.
― tylerw, Friday, 27 July 2018 15:45 (six years ago) link