Magnolia Electric Co. Trials and Errors

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Picked up the new live one from Jason Molina and Co. and just love it. Nowhere near as quiet as Pyramid Electric Co. or Didn't It Rain, featuring lots of electric guitar and unreleased songs. I NEED to see this group in concert.

― Jim Reckling (Jim Reckling), Monday, 27 December 2004 02:49 (twenty-one years ago)

uh, this is kind of off topic, but what the hell.

The only two Molina albums I have are Songs:Ohia - Ghost Tropic and the Magnolia Electric Co. S/T. Ghost Tropic is really different from what I expected. It's a lot more ambient and slow than what I was hoping for. How's the rest of his discography? Will I be slightly disappointed as I was with Ghost Tropic?

― Mickey, Monday, 27 December 2004 06:22 (twenty-one years ago)

Didn't It Rain is my favourite..

The Lioness is another favourite, and is a bit more rocky..

There's a great archive if the live sound is more your thing..

http://pry.com/songsohia/

― Jack Battery-Pack (Jack Battery-Pack), Monday, 27 December 2004 19:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Get the live Italian import cd. That and the new live one are the rockingest things outside of Magnolia Electric Co. he has done.

― Jim Reckling (Jim Reckling), Tuesday, 28 December 2004 17:35 (twenty-one years ago)

four weeks pass...

This is fucking great!

― hmmm (hmmm), Tuesday, 25 January 2005 15:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Magnolia Electric Co. have just announced tour dates for the spring.
Check their site for details.

― cdwill, Wednesday, 26 January 2005 04:26 (twenty-one years ago)

i checked some of this out based on the ILM raves and most of it sounds like second rate Joel Phelps at it's best and Neil Young power chord karaoke at it's worst

― Roger Fidelity (Roger Fidelity), Wednesday, 26 January 2005 05:07 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't know Neil Young well enough but you're not the first person to note the similarities between the two.

I also just found out that they are going to be playing in Glasgow on May 31st. I am super excited!!

― hmmm (hmmm), Friday, 4 February 2005 10:04 (twenty-one years ago)

this record: i need to give it some more time. not sold yet.

neil young: did anyone else think that, vocally, he was ripping off oldham until the magnolia electric co. album (on which he started copping young)? i mean didn't it rain is like a companion disk to i see a darkness. but maybe this is just me though.

other great stuff: axxes and ace is a damn good album too. edith frost does some back up on there.

― rob mackey (mackey), Friday, 4 February 2005 10:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Really looking forward to that gig, especially after hearing T&E.
Synergy are putting on some amazing gigs - heard about the Joanna Newsom with White Magic and Six Organs of Admittance at the Opry? THat's incredible!

― stew, Friday, 4 February 2005 11:22 (twenty-one years ago)

Synergy appear to be the shit. I'm very happy that they are doing what they are doing.

― hmmm (hmmm), Friday, 4 February 2005 12:53 (twenty-one years ago)

two years pass...

Bad news
http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/2746993

Evan Farrell, best known for his work with Jason Molina’s Magnolia Electric Co., died on the 22nd of December in a fire.
The news was revealed on the collective’s website on the 27th of last month. The statement reads thus:
All of us are tremendously saddened by the sudden and tragic death of our good friend and collaborator, Evan Farrell.
Evan, who played bass and pedal steel with us during our fall tour this year, was caught in a fire caused by a faulty furnace in an apartment in Oakland, CA late last week. He died due to massive smoke inhalation.
Evan was an incredible musician and a dear, dear friend. He was a member of Japonize Elephants, Rogue Wave, The Hollows, Mega Mousse, Kentucky Nightmare, and countless other projects and collaborations. He was funny, kind, generous, and supremely talented — he will be missed terribly.
Evan was also a husband and a father, and a memorial fund has been set up in his honor. If you find it in your heart, please donate.
We love you, Evan, and we are better people for having known you.
That memorial fund mentioned above can be found here.
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_xclick&business=gogoyayaliveson%40gmail%2ecom&item_name=Evan%20Farrell%20Memorial%20Fund&no_shipping=0&no_note=1&tax=0¤cy_code=USD&lc=US&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF&charset=UTF%2d8

― Herman G. Neuname, Wednesday, 2 January 2008 20:45 (eighteen years ago)

ow man that's so sad, and everything seemed to be going so well these first couple of days

rip

― rizzx, Wednesday, 2 January 2008 21:07 (eighteen years ago)

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