Same, it works for me. As a fellow philistine I'd like to point you to Matt LaJoie's 'Everlasting Spring' from last year, curious what you think.
Will check it out and report, dank je!
― pomenitul, Thursday, 4 February 2021 03:11 (three years ago) link
I put the Reed College show on youtube if it makes it easier. There is a guy on the FB group named Duane that really knows how to dig up old show bills from newspapers, using like microfiche archives and stuff, but it was a no-go for any kind of flyer from this specific show, unfortch. He did have a cool scan of Basho's business card that I used though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX14WJ1CWkc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL792z4uTWw
― Neal Cassady, Thursday, 4 February 2021 04:44 (three years ago) link
thanks Neal!
― Überschadenfreude (sleeve), Thursday, 4 February 2021 04:58 (three years ago) link
it's just astonishing to me how great these sound
No problem! I need to check out the Hooker and Davis shows too.
― Neal Cassady, Thursday, 4 February 2021 06:58 (three years ago) link
Re: the Matt LaJoie is indeed very good, nice and ambient-y. Makes for a great start to the day.
― pomenitul, Thursday, 4 February 2021 13:34 (three years ago) link
Grozav, ura!
― A Scampo Darkly (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 4 February 2021 14:29 (three years ago) link
:)
― pomenitul, Thursday, 4 February 2021 14:30 (three years ago) link
i'd always been curious how much of basho's raga material was compositional vs improvisational, this take of lost lagoon suite suggests a note-for-note composition, pretty interesting to hear. not as versed in live basho as i am with fahey however
― global tetrahedron, Thursday, 4 February 2021 16:55 (three years ago) link
i know, separate the art from the artist (and god knows fahey wasn't great) but i think i keep basho at a distance because he seemed like such a fuckin chooch
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 4 February 2021 16:57 (three years ago) link
by most accounts he was an unbearable weirdo
― global tetrahedron, Thursday, 4 February 2021 16:58 (three years ago) link
probably a necessary ingredient that contributed to his approach and output!
― Evan, Thursday, 4 February 2021 17:03 (three years ago) link
absolutely!
― global tetrahedron, Thursday, 4 February 2021 17:03 (three years ago) link
this untitled third track is pretty hot stuff
― global tetrahedron, Thursday, 4 February 2021 17:06 (three years ago) link
yeah this 1967 stuff is GREAT. probably worthy of official release!
― tylerw, Thursday, 4 February 2021 18:16 (three years ago) link
I'm trying not to think about what was on the reels that got thrown out :(
― Überschadenfreude (sleeve), Thursday, 4 February 2021 18:21 (three years ago) link
haha yeah. oregon archives are delivering, though — have you guys checked this out? https://kboo.fm/media/66141-terry-riley-kboo-archives
― tylerw, Thursday, 4 February 2021 18:56 (three years ago) link
I've been digging into a couple of those early pre-Sundowner solo Steve Gunn releases that I hadn't yet heard. I just really like the sort of downer quality his playing had. The two self-titled albums from 2006 and 2007 are interesting in that they came out when GHQ was still an active band. The step up in his playing from 2006 to 2007 is great in that the '07 release is very much in the same voice that he's carried up until now. The 2010 "Camel Throat" cassette is something I've eyed of a while and didn't realize the label has it up on Bandcamp. No duds on that one and it covers all the ground within 5 songs. I also found a 2005 Moongang cassette released by Not Not Fun on my hard drive. Did not know that was a solo Gunn project. Not solo guitar related at all, but more in line with what Not Not Fun was doing at that point in time.
I will continue to group GHQ alongside other top-tier groups active at the time like Pelt. One of their later releases, "Seven & Eight" was a Gunn/Bassett/Orleans line up instead of their usual Gunn/Bassett/Nolan, maybe Peter Nolan had left by that point, I'm not sure. But it's very good, had not heard it up until now.
― Neal Cassady, Saturday, 6 February 2021 03:11 (three years ago) link
The Yasmin Williams album everyone's going nuts for right now is very pretty, but I'm having a hard time connecting with it. I feel like I'd like just a tad more rough edge or something. Am I alone on this?
― alpine static, Saturday, 6 February 2021 07:31 (three years ago) link
you're not alone, too wyndham hill for me
― global tetrahedron, Saturday, 6 February 2021 15:00 (three years ago) link
Going nuts? Not here.
― Evan, Saturday, 6 February 2021 15:21 (three years ago) link
Speaking of Windham Hill, I'm really enjoying this Mason Lindahl LP on Tompkins Square, which definitely has a few WH type pieces
http://www.tompkinssquare.com/lindahl.html
― Paul Ponzi, Saturday, 6 February 2021 15:42 (three years ago) link
I think that is the one pom mentioned. I really enjoyed it as well.
― to party with our demons (Sund4r), Saturday, 6 February 2021 15:47 (three years ago) link
Yep, and happy to hear it. I really like the flamenco influence on that one.
― pomenitul, Saturday, 6 February 2021 15:49 (three years ago) link
Enjoying the hell out of the new Rob Noyes album. I love his style, definitely hits a lot of sweet spots for me. Just love the logic and patterns/phrasing in his playing (and lots of rhythmic stuff going on that really charges it with cool energy):
https://robnoyesvdsq.bandcamp.com/
Probably my favorite straight-acoustic-guitar record I have heard in a bit.
― grandavis, Saturday, 6 February 2021 18:53 (three years ago) link
oh cool, yeah I find Rob to be a singular talent, he really has his own voice as a player
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 6 February 2021 18:58 (three years ago) link
Yeah I agree. This record rips, and lots of short songs too which is kind of refreshing.
― grandavis, Saturday, 6 February 2021 19:04 (three years ago) link
interesting piece of Loren Connors who I was not familiar with, but seems very interesting
https://daily.bandcamp.com/lifetime-achievement/loren-connors-lifetime-achievement
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 8 February 2021 17:35 (three years ago) link
connors is kind of his own universe — tons of good stuff (and I've probably only heard 1/10 of what he's put out over th years)
― tylerw, Monday, 8 February 2021 17:46 (three years ago) link
Yeah I never got too into him but I really like Airs in particular.
― Evan, Monday, 8 February 2021 18:35 (three years ago) link
Oh man Loren is one of my dudes (not that I have heard even near everything, there is a lot). That Bandcamp piece is good though, Grayson did a good job with it. Think I maybe heard about him first from the Harmony of the Spheres box set?
I really love this album of his, just beautifully impressionistic playing, for lack of a better descriptor:
https://lorenconnorsnyc.bandcamp.com/album/red-mars
Definitely paved the way for a whole lot of moves people are taking liberally from, including myself.
― grandavis, Monday, 8 February 2021 21:40 (three years ago) link
Guys I have problem. I don’t think I remember how to play guitar and not sound like New Arrivals by Willie Lane
― Evan, Thursday, 11 February 2021 23:41 (three years ago) link
good problem to have imo
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 12 February 2021 00:32 (three years ago) link
Hah playing guitar is a problem. You are always going to sound like someone for the most part .... but yeah I agree that sounding like Willie Lane sounds like a good problem to have.
― grandavis, Friday, 12 February 2021 07:18 (three years ago) link
Well it just always falls into that sort of formless wandering thing complete with that kind of cool but kind of shitty electric guitar sound. Framed it as a problem because I honestly wonder if I'll ever be able to focus enough to "compose" something ever again or if I'm cursed to forever jam aimlessly in avant post-primitivism mode with wacky tunings.
― Evan, Friday, 12 February 2021 16:28 (three years ago) link
Welcome, friend hah hah.
― grandavis, Friday, 12 February 2021 18:31 (three years ago) link
My movement out of these waters a bit is finding myself being interested in the texture and phrasing that you can exaggerate a bit more by playing loudly. Kind of find myself almost playing "noise" at times but don't think of it that way while I am doing it. Just kind of finding some of that territory that you can to where the freeform, wandering notes start to take on a life of there own via feedback/overdrive/fuzz etc. I have been really enjoying it!
― grandavis, Friday, 12 February 2021 18:35 (three years ago) link
was exploring this global radio google maps overlay, where you can click on a station anywhere in the world and stream.
http://radio.garden/
was randomly clicking around oceania, landed on what turned out to be easter island. they were playing PETER LANG. absolutely one-in-a-million chance. i took lessons with the guy! he is not particularly famous!
― global tetrahedron, Monday, 15 February 2021 16:13 (three years ago) link
wow that's wild
we should put on a american primitive/psych/weirdo fest on easter island
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 15 February 2021 16:16 (three years ago) link
Neat site! Love Peter Lang... wonder how he is doing. Always confused when reminded that The Thing At The Nursery Room Window is not as sought after as one might think.
grandavis- sounds like fun! Though it also sounds a little like what someone says when they're essentially stumbling upon shoegaze? Like, the good'n messy experimental post-punk version of shoegaze not the glossy version.
― Evan, Monday, 15 February 2021 16:23 (three years ago) link
Also yeah my brain ignored your actual point... easter island? WTF/cool.
― Evan, Monday, 15 February 2021 16:24 (three years ago) link
Speaking of stylistic overlap and islands in the middle of the ocean I really love slack key guitar too.
― Evan, Monday, 15 February 2021 16:28 (three years ago) link
that site is fucking amazing
― That's not really my scene (I'm 41) (forksclovetofu), Monday, 15 February 2021 17:16 (three years ago) link
it really is
― Überschadenfreude (sleeve), Monday, 15 February 2021 17:53 (three years ago) link
we might need a thread for that site, finding some great stuff. favorite so far is 'dago radio sound' in the capital of madagascar, been playing some unidentifiable rap and now some local folk music
― global tetrahedron, Monday, 15 February 2021 18:51 (three years ago) link
agreed ^ i just immediately went to stations i already know are great. would love to see a running list of folks' discoveries...
― alpine static, Monday, 15 February 2021 19:17 (three years ago) link
Radio.Garden - Streamable Global Radio Google Maps Overlay
― That's not really my scene (I'm 41) (forksclovetofu), Monday, 15 February 2021 19:48 (three years ago) link
Hah yeah Evan you are correct that this "move" is not new either, which goes back to the original premise that "playing guitar is a problem" hah hah. I was more suggesting as someone who has played for a long time and finds myself in patterns that aren't always easy to break out of, this shift has been interesting as it has taken phrases and habits of mine that were feeling pretty set in stone at times and put them in a new light. Hopefully it does not sound like shitty shoegaze without the rest of the band hah hah, but I mean it might.
― grandavis, Tuesday, 16 February 2021 19:30 (three years ago) link
Yeah for sure! It's a good tip. I'm so very much not a gear head though so I am shy about playing with knobs since I don't have good luck getting the sounds I want. Someday I'll "find" some cool new-to-me effects and have a blast and it'll jostle me out of my typical mode. In the meantime my Canyon pedal is my favorite to fool around with.
― Evan, Wednesday, 17 February 2021 21:24 (three years ago) link
here's my big roundup of recent guitar things ... not sure if any of it will be new to y'all, but maybe!https://aquariumdrunkard.com/2021/02/16/transfigurations-2021-recent-recommended-21st-century-guitar/
― tylerw, Wednesday, 17 February 2021 21:40 (three years ago) link