wow "The Man Who Owned The Sky" really takes off halfway through, this is great
― obsidian crocogolem (sleeve), Tuesday, 21 March 2023 20:42 (one year ago) link
Yeah that one really goes!
― grandavis, Tuesday, 21 March 2023 21:20 (one year ago) link
yeah, this album is so good. at the risk of sounding like a suck-up, global's on a tear, man. for real.
― alpine static, Tuesday, 21 March 2023 23:16 (one year ago) link
Secret weapon: I really love the bass playing on the record. Not sure who did it, but it is cool.― grandavis, Tuesday, March 21, 2023 11:27 AM (six days ago) bookmarkflaglink
that's matt! he's fantastic, very melodic. for various reasons my playing is way more ragged and rough around the edges but i think we complement well as a result. he's kinda the brains and talent of the operation and i'm the sloppy 'lets go for it' guy. he basically taught me guitar, i didn't start out until very late but we've been good pals and music tinkerers for a decade plus now. really special to have something very concrete reflecting what we have done out and have it recieved well
finally getting around to Slow Clarity, yeah it's very good. global idk if you know this but right at the start of the pandemic my FB friend Michael Klausman recommended Useful Histories to me and I played it on the radio a fair amount, it was only when Cassini came out that I realized that was you!― obsidian crocogolem (sleeve), Tuesday, March 21, 2023 3:40 PM (six days ago) bookmarkflaglink
that rules... is this the michael klausman involved with the imaginational anthem private press comp by any chance?
yeah, this album is so good. at the risk of sounding like a suck-up, global's on a tear, man. for real.― alpine static, Tuesday, March 21, 2023 6:16 PM (six days ago) bookmarkflaglink
sadly, *was* on a tear, don't play much anymore. most of the slow clarity stuff is almost seven years old. recorded back in our 'nasty bachelor rental' days. picture a south minneapolis living room that never actually got arranged over two years and still had boxes from move-in sitting in it when we left and elderly black cats our vegan roommate adopted shitting and barfing all over the place and you'll get the vibe. my bedroom was in the basement and had a concrete floor lol
i now live 2k miles away from matt/ums sadly. however, there seems to be a cassini LP on the horizon (?) and slow clarity still has tons of material just sitting there so we'll have something soon, i hope
thank you all for your kind words, this thread is such a great spot. moving cross-country led to a real rough patch which i'm only now getting over so getting some encouragement means so much
― global tetrahedron, Monday, 27 March 2023 22:34 (one year ago) link
is this the michael klausman involved with the imaginational anthem private press comp by any chance?
yep. he used to work at Other Music, iirc tylerw knows him IRL!
― obsidian crocogolem (sleeve), Tuesday, 28 March 2023 01:34 (one year ago) link
Sorry to hear about the rough patch global. Hope things stay on the lighter side of the equation for you for a while. But yeah, you should feel good and proud of this stuff, truly sounds great. Glad to hear about Cassini and whatever else rolls along, I always enjoy listening to what you get up to.
― grandavis, Tuesday, 28 March 2023 02:09 (one year ago) link
Also forgot to say: cool in re the bass. Adds a really nice layer to the tracks. Good job Matt!
― grandavis, Tuesday, 28 March 2023 12:05 (one year ago) link
aw global we miss you ❤️
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 28 March 2023 13:02 (one year ago) link
yeah klausman lives around the corner from me. great guy! pretty much every time we hang out, he plays me something I can barely believe.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 28 March 2023 14:31 (one year ago) link
ha that does not surprise me one bit
― obsidian crocogolem (sleeve), Tuesday, 28 March 2023 14:35 (one year ago) link
a little bit tangential to this thread, but hey — you can check out a tune from the upcoming Prairiewolf album, archived on WFMU now. We've got some Sandy Bull vibes, anyway.
https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/126149
This band is me, Stefan "Golden Brown" Beck and Jeremy "The Heat Warps" Erwin. Album coming out on Centripetal Force in May! Pretty happy with how it turned out ...
― tylerw, Wednesday, 29 March 2023 16:46 (one year ago) link
!
awesome, i gotta check that out
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 29 March 2023 16:57 (one year ago) link
Oh wow cool Tyler! I had heard a Prairiewolf live set that was posted that was really nice, I imagine this will be too! Look forward to hearing it. Nice that labels are putting this stuff out! Very cool to see you and global (and maybe UMS if Cassini rolls out) all having LPs come out.
― grandavis, Wednesday, 29 March 2023 18:09 (one year ago) link
all of us on this thread need to quit our jobs and go on a world tour
― tylerw, Wednesday, 29 March 2023 18:15 (one year ago) link
ILX BRIGADE WORLD TOURLOCK UP YOUR IPAS
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 29 March 2023 18:25 (one year ago) link
Y'all can stay at mine in the UK! Please bring Joan Shelley!
― Shard-borne Beatles with their drowsy hums (Chinaski), Wednesday, 29 March 2023 18:50 (one year ago) link
Hah I would enjoy playing with all the thread musicians I am sure. Just gotta convince someone to put out an LP on vinyl so I have something for the merch table.
― grandavis, Wednesday, 29 March 2023 19:04 (one year ago) link
holler if you need a drummeri'm free most of the summer!
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Wednesday, 29 March 2023 19:06 (one year ago) link
Prairiewolf has been considering adding a percussionist / drummer. How do you feel about moving to beautiful Nederland, Colorado?
― tylerw, Wednesday, 29 March 2023 19:11 (one year ago) link
Just gotta convince someone to put out an LP on vinyl so I have something for the merch table.
we need a group compilation LP entitled ILX Gonna Shine in My Backdoor Someday
― obsidian crocogolem (sleeve), Wednesday, 29 March 2023 19:25 (one year ago) link
The dream. Tyler you just need to build us all a compound now.
― grandavis, Wednesday, 29 March 2023 19:27 (one year ago) link
xp lol not great but i'm sure it's lovely!
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Wednesday, 29 March 2023 19:28 (one year ago) link
this is more or less the scene (also possible album cover for the comp)
http://photos.wikimapia.org/p/00/00/78/39/08_big.jpg
― tylerw, Wednesday, 29 March 2023 19:52 (one year ago) link
wow i love this prairie wolf song on the radio show...i like how it's got a lot of the kraut/psych/post fahey stuff but the old school organ drum machine and pedal steel almost gives it a cool hawaiian slack key/midcentury exotica records vibe that's very unique in this space
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 29 March 2023 20:56 (one year ago) link
thanks, yeah I love that drum machine sound. we have this idea that things would be a bit more exciting / dynamic in the live setting with an actual drummer, but it might make us a little more generic too, not sure. probably depends on the drummer.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 29 March 2023 21:24 (one year ago) link
yeah it's hard to say, also Shuggie Otis and Sly used that old Rhythm King one like that I believe it was called
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 29 March 2023 21:31 (one year ago) link
tyler you've been holding out on us!
https://prairiewolfmusic.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-the-aztlan-theatre-7-16-2022
― obsidian crocogolem (sleeve), Wednesday, 29 March 2023 21:32 (one year ago) link
hey it's been hiding in plain sight! that show was truly bizarre/magical. really strange venue, haha.
yeah we've got a genuine Acetone Rhythm Ace. We even covered Shuggie's "Aht Uh My Head" because we found the beat.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 29 March 2023 22:18 (one year ago) link
oh wow that's a score
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 29 March 2023 23:40 (one year ago) link
Hah my bandmate just got a Rhythm Ace too. Somehow the thread converges again in that I, too, have a new band that is trying to use a drum machine instead of drummer for now. My band is just a rock band though. Looking forward to hearing more of this Tyler! That live set is cool.
― grandavis, Thursday, 30 March 2023 12:51 (one year ago) link
Listening through the various recent bits on this thread and damn there's some talent on here. "Blue Stockings and Two Last Names" is straight-up gorgeous.
The very excellent Andrew Male put together a cracking Rhythm King vs Rhythm Ace playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3uf6UUNJjl4HzdMTvI7u69?si=b89f2f7d5d864dd8
― Shard-borne Beatles with their drowsy hums (Chinaski), Thursday, 30 March 2023 14:56 (one year ago) link
Hey, other half of Slow Clarity “Matt” here, just wanted to say thanks for all the kind words on this thread! Also, I just gotta add that Steve(Global) is absolutely a big part of the “brains and talent” of this record. I think my two favorite parts of the whole thing are Steve moments—first in track 3 (Blue Stockings and Two Last Names) at 2:20—steve was playing electric and I was playing acoustic, both of us routed through my Space Echo (best purchase of my life btw, that thing is a magic box) and at that point I stopped playing and just started fiddling with the space echo controls while Steve started ripping into a cosmic wormhole.
The other part is in track 5 (2016 Improved Tone) from around 3:00 to the end of the track. That song came from some fairly drunk recording attempt in late 2015—the rest of the reel from that day was absolute garbage, but we captured that before we devolved to just aimlessly fucking around. I think Steve was taking a leak while I was messing around on the harmonium, and came in with his 12-string towards the end. Again I stopped playing and started messing around with the space echo controls while Steve went into a guitar reverie. I remember thinking what he was playing was really great, and wanted him to keep going, but after a minute or so he stopped abruptly and was like “ehhh (fart noise)”. That’s why the track ends and cuts out kind of abruptly, lol.
I feel like both of those moments connect this record with Steve’s previous solo work, while other parts it really go in a different direction. The end of track 5 especially reminds me of Steve’s album Fable of the Feral Boys, which, if you haven’t heard, is a phenomenal collection of guitar compositions (I refuse to say “guitar soli” under any circumstances). I kinda forgot about it, but spun it recently and damn, that thing is gorgeous. You may notice that Holding Pattern adopted one of the tracks from that album, albeit under a different name.
Also, re: Cassini record; we’re waiting on mastering right now, and Echodelick wants to release it. Of course that will take eons, but if anyone wants to hear the unmastered wavs now, send me a DM!
― beecheese, Thursday, 30 March 2023 18:05 (one year ago) link
Ah cool hearing those details. So interesting to have the material exist from over so many years, and to have it come together like this. I am happy to wait on those Cassini tracks but I guess if we are talking 2 years who knows I may check in again hah hah.
― grandavis, Friday, 31 March 2023 02:18 (one year ago) link
Again, probably only of interest to some, but got to do a cool Grand Banks set opening for Kath Bloom and David Shapiro (aka Alexander, in my mind one of the best solo acoustic guitar players going). A rare instance of us going completely acoustic, with a couple of new instruments thrown in. Hope to at some point get some non-live versions of this kind of thing recorded, but we will see.
https://grand-banks.bandcamp.com/track/grand-banks-live-at-visible-records-3-29-2023
― grandavis, Tuesday, 4 April 2023 15:09 (one year ago) link
finally going to get around to prariewolf and really enjoying the acoustic stuff davis! always love a singing bell. cover art is great too, i've indulged in takis a little bit lately as well. and agreed that alexander is one of the best. his almost-handmade s/t LP is one of my treasured possessions
― global tetrahedron, Friday, 7 April 2023 23:07 (one year ago) link
So stoked for the Prairiewolf record! Glad it's coming out on CD too, ready to pre-order it when it pops up.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 11 April 2023 15:34 (one year ago) link
yeah me too, v exciting
listening to grand banks i love thishttps://grand-banks.bandcamp.com/track/grand-banks-live-at-visible-records-3-29-2023
Cassini record was mastered over the weekend!
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 11 April 2023 16:08 (one year ago) link
nice, can't wait ...
― tylerw, Tuesday, 11 April 2023 16:10 (one year ago) link
Aww hey thanks for taking a listen UMS and Global. Glad you enjoyed it. The Takis are courtesy of my bandmate/friend Tyler from Grand Banks. They were delicious hah hah.
I have that Alexander LP, I still listen to it frequently. A wonderful record. And yeah that is great news about the Cassini record! Look forward to all the thread-related albums coming down the pike.
― grandavis, Tuesday, 11 April 2023 20:38 (one year ago) link
That Grand Banks is on my list now, thanks folks!
tyler - any word on when this is going live for pre-order? I don't want to miss my chance!
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 11 April 2023 21:37 (one year ago) link
i don't think there is a preorder for the vinyl/CD, it'll just go up for sale on the next Bandcamp Friday, I guess? May 5!
― tylerw, Tuesday, 11 April 2023 21:55 (one year ago) link
cool! was just curious, wasn't sure if they'd put it up before the release date or something. either way, i'm on it!
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 11 April 2023 21:59 (one year ago) link
can we sell 100 of these things??? time will tell.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 11 April 2023 22:18 (one year ago) link
never underestimate the ILX lurker contingent
― Perverted By Linguiça (sleeve), Tuesday, 11 April 2023 23:17 (one year ago) link
count me in!
― alpine static, Wednesday, 12 April 2023 00:35 (one year ago) link
new hayden pedigo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tArP7BaGtN4
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 13 April 2023 17:16 (one year ago) link
sounds great — i keep expecting Hayden to take a total left-turn, but I'm kind of glad he's zeroing in on making the perfect guitar record.
― tylerw, Thursday, 13 April 2023 18:07 (one year ago) link
Hayden's song is very much of a piece with the new North Americans record, which is very very nice. https://northamericanszone.bandcamp.com/album/long-cool-world
― tylerw, Thursday, 13 April 2023 18:12 (one year ago) link
Hey all, I've fallen really behind here but looking forward to checking out all of your great music you've been discussing lately.
Anyway, Glenn Jones is itching to book some more gigs (per catching up with him this morning). So on his behalf, does anyone have any good leads? Not sure how far he's willing to travel without a corresponding string of shows lined up along the way, therefore maybe the closer to New England the better to keep it somewhat local for him. Let me know!
― But his face would not turn into hot Kirby (Evan), Friday, 28 April 2023 18:06 (one year ago) link
maybe ilxor Scott Seward who owns John Doe Jr in Greenfield MA? you could call him? I know they have had shows there before, or he might know someone.
― Perverted By Linguiça (sleeve), Friday, 28 April 2023 18:08 (one year ago) link