V cool! Does your band have anything recorded?
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Thursday, 21 October 2021 12:17 (two years ago) link
Not really anything that's ready at this point, we did some multitrack recording in the basement pre COVID but haven't been mastered
this show was recorded on reel to reel but not digitized yet
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 21 October 2021 16:00 (two years ago) link
This was p cool:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKDoVuG7uZ0
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Thursday, 28 October 2021 12:44 (two years ago) link
i missed her live in my area a few weeks back and now i wish i hadn't.
i liked but didn't love the album, but that video was lovely and i want to support her regardless of how much i like the music. (plus, i think it's growing on me. or maybe i'm just fuckin' stressed and need it right now.)
― alpine static, Thursday, 28 October 2021 17:18 (two years ago) link
Hey we were just talking about this guy
https://pitchfork.com/news/jake-xerxes-fussell-announces-album-shares-new-song-love-farewell-listen/
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 28 October 2021 22:19 (two years ago) link
This was shared on Reddit within the past day or so:
Jack Rose - Live at Routure, Portland, OR (2007)
It looks like the label/mastering studio Sound-O-Mat is going to also be reissuing two other Jack recordings that have been listed on Discogs for years but never really saw a pressing of more than a dozen or so CDRs at the time of release. This includes the 2001 "Portland, OR" CDR that has been mis-titled on Wiki and elsewhere as "Hung Far Low", as well as the 2003 Ironto, VA CDR. Gonna follow their IG @sound_o_mat to keep up with what's to come.
― Neal Cassady, Wednesday, 17 November 2021 05:47 (two years ago) link
And by "reissuing", Sound-O-Mat means that they'll be put up as a free download, like the Routure recording above.
― Neal Cassady, Wednesday, 17 November 2021 05:49 (two years ago) link
Hey everyone, hope all is well out there. Here is something I came across late last night, while stressed out as ever. It's not strictly in the soli guitar canon but rather rooted in our shared collective side quest for all things acoustic drone with rural tendencies. The sort of band that would share a bill with a late aughts solo guitar player. It's a New England type record, both physically and sonically, and in the vein of the kind of stuff I fell in love with over ten years ago. It's great stuff, and maintains the idea that you can still turn out unique work within this area. The best music is new music, as always.
https://lobbyartrecs.bandcamp.com/album/country-tropics
― Neal Cassady, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 02:51 (two years ago) link
Hi Neal, plz check the Brightblack Morning Light thread :)
― chaos goblin line cook (sleeve), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 04:10 (two years ago) link
This is lovely, Neal Cassady, thanks for the heads-up. Reminds me of Scott Tuma (catnip to me, basically) and the Dead Tongues record from a couple of years back, albeit at about three steps of abstraction. Not surprised to see Andrew Weathers' name in the small print.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 10:46 (two years ago) link
yeah this is nice on a frosty MN morning
― global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 15:41 (two years ago) link
think i can hear some e-bow on the acoustic + a slide to fret? that's a great trick to get some pretty crazy noises from an acoustic guitar. it can feedback and make all kinds of microtones
― global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 15:47 (two years ago) link
hey neal! thanks for sharing
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 16:23 (two years ago) link
does anyone know how ignatz records his guitar? it's so dry yet psychedelic, i find it very compelling... is it just an amp DI'd to a tape four track?
― global tetrahedron, Friday, 21 January 2022 15:22 (two years ago) link
Love Jake Fussell's music, but does he not write at all? No shame in that, just curious. If he has released originals, I've missed them.
― alpine static, Monday, 24 January 2022 18:59 (two years ago) link
ah shit, i see the new one has some. never mind!
― alpine static, Monday, 24 January 2022 19:02 (two years ago) link
the originals on the new one are instrumentals (and fit very nicely in this thread, I think)
― tylerw, Monday, 24 January 2022 19:08 (two years ago) link
Hey all, been a while. Took a long break from ILM but just hear to say that that Old Saw "Country Tropics" record is indeed really nice (got it a while back). Henry Birdsey, who is in the band, works a lot with just intonation tunings etc., so that might be why some of the microtonal action is apparent on it (as suggested by global above). He has a duo called Tongue Depressor with Zack Rowden (member of Crazy Doberman and guy who gets up to a lot of stuff generally) that has some really good stuff too, really grainy string-based drone on various instruments. Good folks to check in with if you like that kind of thing.
― grandavis, Wednesday, 26 January 2022 03:08 (two years ago) link
hey grandavis! good to see youthanks for the recommendation will check old saw out
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 26 January 2022 03:29 (two years ago) link
Hey UMS! Neal is the one who originally made the recommendation (the link is just a little up the thread) but I definitely second it. I have a couple of friends who ended up in New Haven, where Birdsey definitely worked out of for at least a little while, so have been following related activities for a bit. Nice to see them keep rolling out good records.
― grandavis, Wednesday, 26 January 2022 03:35 (two years ago) link
cool I don't know much about it will have to checkhope you are healthy and doing well
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 26 January 2022 03:58 (two years ago) link
hey grandavis! yeah same, wishing you the best
― bad milk blood robot (sleeve), Wednesday, 26 January 2022 05:07 (two years ago) link
Awww thanks Sleeve and UMS. I am doing alright all things considered, hope you are as well. Just been spending less time online if I can, and ILM was one of the things that took a hit. Always a fan of this thread and those of you who check in here of course.
― grandavis, Wednesday, 26 January 2022 16:18 (two years ago) link
hello grandavis!
been digging Old Saw as well — definitely in the Pelt zone, but with some differences too.
More of that Jack Rose rarity stuff has dropped — all pretty great: https://new.sound-o-mat.com/downloads.php
― tylerw, Wednesday, 26 January 2022 17:16 (two years ago) link
and though most of this is probably familiar to y'all, I'll just leave it here: https://aquariumdrunkard.com/2022/01/04/new-transfigurations-recent-recommended-21st-century-guitar-music/
― tylerw, Wednesday, 26 January 2022 17:17 (two years ago) link
Oh cool, that is a good list. A couple of things for sure I haven't checked out yet.
― grandavis, Wednesday, 26 January 2022 17:22 (two years ago) link
Old Saw album sounds v nice.
― The sensual shock (Sund4r), Friday, 28 January 2022 17:24 (two years ago) link
Mary Lattimore & Paul SukeenaWest KensingtonThree Lobed Recordings20 May 2022It is shocking what your mind will choose to forget. Almost always it needs a tear, a clean dash, a straight passage into what you’ve already known. Looking back, West Kensington has achieved that very goal: creating a landscape for memory, an imprint of that horizon, suspended in the cosmos.I heard it in real-time, percolating against our shared apartment wall. The assembly of sounds was a comfort; a welcome change during what felt like a fresh era entirely. Like the comets we see every so often, it’s the streak of some long-ago awe that we try to comprehend. So much space, so much reach and so far; so much weight hanging in the dark sky. And the reasons we missed the comet – and why – become the moments we remember most.Welcome to The Unknown. “Hundred Dollar Hoagie” is a slap across the face, our new normal. The weight of Lattimore’s harp is our hull, her tones steadying the ship’s course. Sukeena’s guitar is our intrepid guide, as terrified as us. All at once, the things that seem so familiar, appear so far away. The mid-record swells for “Didn’t See The Comet” like a hall pass for a coastal drive. The chimes in “Flaming Cherries Jubilee at Antoine’s” tell us it’s going to be OK. Permission to land has been granted. The ambient noise dissipates and like a futuristic prelude to Koyaanisqatsi, the chords of the harp conjure a feeling of togetherness and intentional greeting resembling Philip Glass after loads of red wine. These are the tiny holes in the dark.…Time as a constellation.A constellation is only recognized when its stars are aligned: those bright spots, seemingly neighbors beside each other, yet billions of miles apart. The matrix of light is abstracted and creates a new name. What if our memories did the same? Our stained fingertips made stained fingerprints on our foreheads from the garage wine we made together. The cosmic blue-tipped crest of the waves on that warm night, all aglow but not for us. Our memories as gas giants, fleeting supernovas that when glared at, only become more intense and abstract.In “Altar of Tammy”, the sky sinks to indigo and we know there will be another one of these days. Sukeena lets his guitar drone…reminding us of this truth. Like a forced smile, Lattimore swings her notes where our hearts want to go: there can’t only be darkness – there can’t only be smoke. We can’t be the only ones in this expanse, gaze fixed. There is an absence of ‘noise’ here, aside from the click of a pedal. Where did we go in 2020? What did we do? Why did we cry together, on the porch, looking out? On the days we couldn’t go outside, West Kensington is proof there was music created and it felt like something real; and the jacaranda tree had a soundtrack to drop its leaves to.…Things had better work here, because here is where we run out of space.As we reach the end of the journey, “Garage Wine” arrives. Here is a glimpse of hope and a nod to the freedom we never saw coming. We traveled so far and have reached the edge only to realize that there was never a map. We were only using our gestures as directional guides, our hands moving toward one another in hi def. Using these earthly makings of strings and tubes, West Kensington takes us to that cosmic latitude of memory, and the ride is a healing one. As it goes with the passing comet, the songs are a reminder that we are here, making those vibrations into nothingness together. And it is brilliant.Nicky DevineJanuary 2022
West Kensington
Three Lobed Recordings
20 May 2022
It is shocking what your mind will choose to forget. Almost always it needs a tear, a clean dash, a straight passage into what you’ve already known. Looking back, West Kensington has achieved that very goal: creating a landscape for memory, an imprint of that horizon, suspended in the cosmos.
I heard it in real-time, percolating against our shared apartment wall. The assembly of sounds was a comfort; a welcome change during what felt like a fresh era entirely. Like the comets we see every so often, it’s the streak of some long-ago awe that we try to comprehend. So much space, so much reach and so far; so much weight hanging in the dark sky. And the reasons we missed the comet – and why – become the moments we remember most.
Welcome to The Unknown. “Hundred Dollar Hoagie” is a slap across the face, our new normal. The weight of Lattimore’s harp is our hull, her tones steadying the ship’s course. Sukeena’s guitar is our intrepid guide, as terrified as us. All at once, the things that seem so familiar, appear so far away. The mid-record swells for “Didn’t See The Comet” like a hall pass for a coastal drive. The chimes in “Flaming Cherries Jubilee at Antoine’s” tell us it’s going to be OK. Permission to land has been granted. The ambient noise dissipates and like a futuristic prelude to Koyaanisqatsi, the chords of the harp conjure a feeling of togetherness and intentional greeting resembling Philip Glass after loads of red wine. These are the tiny holes in the dark.
…Time as a constellation.
A constellation is only recognized when its stars are aligned: those bright spots, seemingly neighbors beside each other, yet billions of miles apart. The matrix of light is abstracted and creates a new name. What if our memories did the same? Our stained fingertips made stained fingerprints on our foreheads from the garage wine we made together. The cosmic blue-tipped crest of the waves on that warm night, all aglow but not for us. Our memories as gas giants, fleeting supernovas that when glared at, only become more intense and abstract.
In “Altar of Tammy”, the sky sinks to indigo and we know there will be another one of these days. Sukeena lets his guitar drone…reminding us of this truth. Like a forced smile, Lattimore swings her notes where our hearts want to go: there can’t only be darkness – there can’t only be smoke. We can’t be the only ones in this expanse, gaze fixed. There is an absence of ‘noise’ here, aside from the click of a pedal. Where did we go in 2020? What did we do? Why did we cry together, on the porch, looking out? On the days we couldn’t go outside, West Kensington is proof there was music created and it felt like something real; and the jacaranda tree had a soundtrack to drop its leaves to.
…Things had better work here, because here is where we run out of space.
As we reach the end of the journey, “Garage Wine” arrives. Here is a glimpse of hope and a nod to the freedom we never saw coming. We traveled so far and have reached the edge only to realize that there was never a map. We were only using our gestures as directional guides, our hands moving toward one another in hi def. Using these earthly makings of strings and tubes, West Kensington takes us to that cosmic latitude of memory, and the ride is a healing one. As it goes with the passing comet, the songs are a reminder that we are here, making those vibrations into nothingness together. And it is brilliant.
Nicky Devine
January 2022
― dow, Monday, 2 May 2022 18:02 (two years ago) link
Saw Glenn Jones play last month. My wife thought he was great (I thought he was pleasant enough). Opener Jordan Perry was more jazzy
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 3 May 2022 20:14 (two years ago) link
https://richardthompson.bandcamp.com/album/music-from-grizzly-man/
Great stuff
― Evan, Friday, 6 May 2022 16:44 (two years ago) link
I haven't even seen the movie but that album is really good! Reminds me of Frisell.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Friday, 13 May 2022 16:33 (two years ago) link
I don't know if he completely fits in with this thread, but I've been blow away by the Duncan Marquiss (formerly of the Phantom Band) solo album, sort of like Bert Jansch gone Popol Vuh.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 17 May 2022 16:28 (two years ago) link
yeah that record is fantastic — definitely has some Bad Timing moments.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 17 May 2022 16:42 (two years ago) link
Definitely hearing some Durutti in this Duncan Marquiss album, too. Great find. Thanks
― Paul Ponzi, Wednesday, 18 May 2022 13:40 (two years ago) link
thanks for rec, been in a rut finding new stuff to listen to generally
― global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 18 May 2022 14:45 (two years ago) link
another semi-recent one I've been enjoying: https://ayalsenior.bandcamp.com/album/az-yashir
― tylerw, Wednesday, 18 May 2022 14:48 (two years ago) link
this duncan marquiss reminds me of the recent release by ezra feinberg, which i really enjoyed
thanks tyler! checking that out next
― global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 18 May 2022 14:54 (two years ago) link
Yeah, it is reminiscent of that Feinberg record, which was also great.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 18 May 2022 14:57 (two years ago) link
just put on duncan marquiss so i'm only on the first track BUT — have ya'll heard date palms? big time catchy drone vibes.
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Wednesday, 18 May 2022 16:11 (two years ago) link
was just thinking about Date Palms yesterday for the first time in a while ... love 'em
― alpine static, Wednesday, 18 May 2022 17:28 (two years ago) link
okay after taking in the whole thing, the rest of that duncan marquiss isn't in the same vein as the first droney track at all.
it gets way better.☺ thanks jon for the word.
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Wednesday, 18 May 2022 17:41 (two years ago) link
the transition from about the last minute of "c sweeps" into the first 30 seconds of "fixed action patterns" is an absolutely perfect moment.
this album is really good.
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Wednesday, 18 May 2022 21:04 (two years ago) link
Yeah, it really reveals quite a few different moods, it's wonderful. Thanks for the tip on Date Palms! Not sure how I missed that one because it came out right when I was big into Thrill Jockey stuff, but I remedied that today and placed an order before I was two tracks into sampling it.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 18 May 2022 21:07 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugptv2YCIV0
― Evan, Friday, 24 June 2022 03:06 (two years ago) link
gonna check that later, evan. thanks!
nothing new, but did ya'll like pullman? listening to the second album again this morning. so effortlessly pleasant.
― "Why is the voice of reason treated as the unreliable narrator?", asked (Austin), Friday, 24 June 2022 14:46 (two years ago) link
Happy New Joseph Allred Album Day
― alpine static, Friday, 1 July 2022 04:36 (two years ago) link
Sea of Stars, the new solo Matthew J. Rolin thing on Ryley Walker's label is gorgeous, really love it. One forty minute track of 12-strong guitar beauty.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 12 July 2022 22:03 (two years ago) link
the new solo Matthew J. Rolin thing on Ryley Walker's label
When I was looking into that the other week it reminded me to check up on what Husky Pants has been doing lately and there's another recent good guitar record by Moon Bros called "Le Jaz Mystique"
https://moonbros.bandcamp.com/album/le-jaz-mystique
― Neal Cassady, Thursday, 14 July 2022 15:36 (two years ago) link
That Moon Bros. was cool, thanks for the pointer. Had seen that name bumping around for a while but hadn't checked any out until now. Very nice action on it.
― grandavis, Sunday, 17 July 2022 16:04 (two years ago) link
Not sure who is checking in here these days (certainly not me much, but that is just due to me trying to be online a bit less, not due to not liking this site any more or anything ...)
Anyway, just wanna say congrats to global and UMS as those two Cassini tracks RIP! Really cool mix of lots of winning moves, and great playing all around.
For any not tagging along already, you can go dive in over here:
https://cassinimpls.bandcamp.com/releases
Truly enjoyable, I imagine anyone who still checks in with this thread will find tons to like about it.
― grandavis, Monday, 1 August 2022 17:56 (two years ago) link