That paragraph nails it. Even thinking about Album -- the "doo doo bah bah"s on "Lust for Life," or the perfectly timed phaser on "Summertime."
The dude just had an incredible ear for arrangement, the studio knowledge how to record it, and then the high tolerance for tedium to actually engineer the thing and get it perfect.
Saw Wild Pink open for Rawdawg Ryley Walker about a year ago at a small venue in Philly. Either they are an incredible live band or the edible was hitting just right but it was a supremely beautiful experience. Probably both.
Based on this track and some insight on Twitter to those who have heard the album already, I am supremely excited for the full release
Before everyone (rightfully) fawns over Bill Callahan and BPB, I wanna throw my love out for every non-Billy Corgan related project Matt Sweeney is a part of.
I'll never forgive Eddie for making me think everything he did came out of a guitar.
[me at 12 years old walking into music-go-round]: do you have a synthesizer pedal?
music store clerk: like a pedal for a synthesizer?
me: no, the one Eddie uses in "Jump"
music store clerk: you mean a synthesizer?
me:
clerk: ???
my mom: ???
Yea, I agree. Slave Ambient cuts tend to be my favorites during their shows, especially "Your Love is Calling My Name."
Glad to see "Under the Pressure" on here though. I had a transcendent experience during one of the 2018 Drugcember shows that I've been attempting to relive on YouTube, very much so in vain.
I feel like "How Lucky" has gotten some serious lovin' from fans after his death. Glad to see it get the proper treatment. It's one (of many, many) Prine tunes that is absurdly simple and profound, which is a poetic approach I really love.
I haven't. I own a good chunk of the releases on vinyl, but nowhere near the entire 20 year list of offerings. I feel like it's probably a good idea to buy in -- especially since you get the high quality downloads.
And well, because Cory rules and runs the raddest record label going.
That picture gets me every time I see it. Sounds like this will be a great way to honor Justin, and hopefully gives Steve some time for reflection and catharsis.
Outside of that, Steve Earle can do a hell of a cover. I'm really looking forward to hearing how he approaches this.
You guys remember Sparta a lot more favorably than I do, which might mean they're due for a revisit.
While in high school I saw them open for Incubus on the "A Crow Left..." tour, which was an arena tour. Going in I only knew they were one of the splinters of ATDI, and not that I knew what I was expecting, but it felt like some generic radio alt-rock*.
*In retrospect I understand some irony in this feeling, being at a mid-aughts Incubus concert and all.
I'll generally agree with this. Everything I've gotten from Merge over the past 5-7 years has been great, but a record from Thrill Jockey (it pains me to say) a few years ago stands out as a dud.
That said, every record I've ever received from Three Lobed is of the absolute highest quality.
Listening right now and immediately transplanted to one of my boring ass college co-ops where all I did was scour music blogs and Hipster Runoff. So it's impossible for me to pull that context away.
In other words: couldn't say.
But re-realizing Lisztomania and 1901 are the first two tracks. Two of the 00s biggest bangers are the first two tracks on the album?? Sequencing my dudes!
Ugh, I agree on Dirty Projectors. I have several friends whose musical opinions I (otherwise) typically respect, so I don't hate on fans of the band -- something has to be there that's appealing. But I find Dave Longstreth's approach to music to be incredibly tedious and overwrought.
Granted, all four of these releases are tedious in their own right, but none of them make me dig my fingernails into my thigh quite like Bitte Orca.
Maybe someday
And you know you're never sure
But you're sure you could be right
("Right on")
If you held yourself up to the light
And the embers never fade in your city by the lake
The place where you were born
("Oh?")
Believe, believe in me, believe
In the resolute urgency of now
("Well... huh")
Agreed. Somewhat related, I was requested to learn a Smashing Pumpkins song for my friends' (small and socially distant) wedding ceremony. I am only now realizing that sitting on top of beautiful melodies, chord progressions, and orchestral arrangements are some absolutely god-awful lyrics.
I think this was the performance that got me hooked on JTE years back. Odd unsolicited fact about my life, but his was the first show I ever went to by myself on the the HRB tour -- with a very green Shovels & Rope as the opener.
Great songwriter, great musician, and supremely inspired me with my own musical endeavors (the fingerpicking on "They Killed John Henry" alone, goddamn).
I think it's worth noting that when this video was shot, Jason Isbell -- who openly discusses this -- was working through his own substance issues.
New Idris Ackamoor! This is exciting.
Also, this this the first time I've tuned in here in a few months -- was there ever discussion of that Albert Ayler "New Grass" reissue? Been giving that one a bunch of time the past few weeks.
I had honestly thought the poorest people in Lambertville (assuming ", NJ") were those with mid six-figure salaries. Interesting to know that's not the case. Sorry about your neighbor [raises fist in solidarity]. Glad the community is rallying behind him.
That said, we could save both our neighbors from homelessness and our venues. As far as the venues go, I don't understand what the thought process is behind the banks. If you lose the venue-running tenant, you'll have empty space that you'll need to rent out. Rent it to whom exactly? Who, right now, is going to spend money on a new business outfitting a place that is currently set up to be a music venue with absolutely no guarantee of revenue? What's the other bank that is going to finance that business venture? Maybe there's something I'm missing here, but it makes zero sense to me.
I have actually had conversations with a person at a real estate group that owns a few properties operating as music venues. They (the real estate group) want to give the venues a break on rent, but the banks they still owe money to aren't having any of it. Each situation with a landlord and eviction is unique (and for the vast majority, fuck em) but at the end of the day, I say blame the banks.
Ultimate Success Today is incredible. I might like it more than Agent Intellect.
The Joe Casey interview on the AD Transmissions podcast is worth the listen, too.
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