S/D current one-man-band(or one-woman-band) projects/albums

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i get tons of bad "beat-laced" "4-track" "experiments" from people in bands who are going it alone and showing their love for "Brian Wilson", "Neu", "Ennio Morricone", and other faves. There are always, like, 50 bands and genres listed as influences on the new "project" by the bass player for the Screaming Dingbats who wanted to "take some time off" and "get back to basics" with these "simple and disarming" yet "lyrically complex" "pop/rock/rap/punk/electronic/psych" compositions that inevitably all sound the same except for the 30-second electronic "sound collage" intros. Everyone wants to be a basement diy super-genius. why exactly? it smells in the basement. anyway:

destroy: James Figurine on Plug Research (some dude from the postal service who was "inspired" by a Kompakt cd!!! (total 3, i think) to make a bad electronic whatzit album with guest shots by jenny lewis and erland oye and some other people i can't remember.

search: Philip E. Karnats - Pleasesuite (the guitarist (ex-guitarist? are they still a band?) from Tripping Daisy (a band i've never heard). It' pretty good! spacey and poppy. it actually sounds homemade in a good way. he has a couple people helping out on vocals, i think, but it's mostly just him. Tim Ellison would probably dig this album (buyer beware!).

― scott seward (scott seward), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 15:27 (nineteen years ago)

There's lots out there. I kinda prefer folks who have been doing it that way all along but that's me. Pwdre Ser is a new fave of mine, friendly dude too.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 15:34 (nineteen years ago)

yeah, i just want to hear about interesting stuff and new stuff that is worth seeking out. no new jandek answers. if something is really bad though, please out it for what it is.

― scott seward (scott seward), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 15:37 (nineteen years ago)

I love me the Kitchen Cynics, who I first heard at Terrastock -- Alan is also a prince of a guy, very friendly and enthusiastic.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 15:41 (nineteen years ago)

Then there's the Floating World too. Drifty and zoney, aka very me.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 15:43 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.bluejean.com.tr/nevarneyok/02413/imperiaflex_0_27_0.jpg

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 15:44 (nineteen years ago)

Scott,

Jimmy Tamborello (James Figurine) has been making ambient techno since at least 1993 (when we DJ-d together). I highly doubt that he was wholly inspired by Total 3, check out his record under the name "Antihouse".

Steve Shasta
Semi-Professional Wakeboarder

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 15:45 (nineteen years ago)

FYI: http://www.discogs.com/release/199872

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 15:46 (nineteen years ago)

How dare you clutter this debate with facts, Steve.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 15:53 (nineteen years ago)

Me! Me! I'm great!

― Doctor Casino (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 16:31 (nineteen years ago)

is Radioface's solo thing just him? i'd be curious to hear it. i always thought the guitarist was the, um, brains in that outfit. people really seemed to like HIS solo thing (or things?), right?

― scott seward (scott seward), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 18:16 (nineteen years ago)

This is pretty good, but I only listened to it a couple of times and I don't think it made much of a splash.

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 19:02 (nineteen years ago)

SEARCH: http://www.myspace.com/softcircle

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 20:16 (nineteen years ago)

DESTROY: http://montanakids.com/dbaseimages/624.gif http://www.creationrecords.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/momus.jpg

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 20:18 (nineteen years ago)

ANybody know the story behind Trin Tran?
dude's got that one great split EP with the coachwhips and that's all i know.

― Fetchboy (Felcher), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 20:21 (nineteen years ago)

two years pass...

Search: Wavves

From SD, CA. It has beach punk roots, if you don't mind the simplicity. It kind of makes me want to skateboard again.

Some sample tracks: http://ravensingstheblues.blogspot.com/2008/10/wavves.html
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/wavves

― ☞*☜ (friendly ghost), Wednesday, 29 October 2008 15:50 (seventeen years ago)

amazing one-man band guy I saw recently and bought a CD-r from, plays guitar and beatboxes and sings or raps all at the same time: http://www.myspace.com/bowleggedgorilla

― some dude, Wednesday, 29 October 2008 15:54 (seventeen years ago)

Played a gig with this chap once.

http://www.myspace.com/mendiamler

Go straight to Houseache Horse

Exempliary as the eccentric but friendly ultra lo-fi singer songwriter teetering on the verge of a nervous breakdown in a live situation guy.

Great CD too.

Also Bob Drake, especially 'The Shunned Country' cd of minature musical ghost stories which deserves it's own thread really.

― MaresNest, Wednesday, 29 October 2008 16:58 (seventeen years ago)

I like Wavves. Sounds like a lot of other stuff coming out at the moment though, all that Times New Viking/No Age/etc etc stuff.

― I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE UP TO (Colonel Poo), Wednesday, 29 October 2008 17:02 (seventeen years ago)

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