have always been on my list & i've never been in the right place; i would totally go. the last thing i heard about was a new york show, they were a three-piece & played for hours.
― quick brown fox triangle (schlump), Friday, 20 January 2012 19:23 (twelve years ago) link
yeah I saw a really long set too
― “How you like that, Mr. Hitler!” (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 20 January 2012 19:24 (twelve years ago) link
ha, well, last night was *not* a long set -- probably only 45 minutes. and early too! he started at 930pm, which is not the norm for the venue. but fine with an old dad like me. music was awesome -- he had a very straightlaced, 50-something looking rhythm section who just oompahed away endlessly behind him as he tore out wild, fuzzy solos. only one song from the latest record, i think. apparently he lives in denver for the time being, so i think i'm gonna see him a lot in the next year. yay! maybe i can be in his band! i could definitely do what the bass player was doing last night.
― tylerw, Thursday, 26 January 2012 15:53 (twelve years ago) link
oh man that sounds so great. there was an auction of paintings and stuff on the hex site last year, I think prior to him leaving NM. hope you & NMH sync rhythms!
― quick brown fox triangle (schlump), Thursday, 26 January 2012 15:59 (twelve years ago) link
lol after the show i said to him "great show!" and he visibly recoiled. i'm in!
― tylerw, Thursday, 26 January 2012 16:00 (twelve years ago) link
also http://www.howlinghex.com/diary/1477/smokestack-lightning
xp ha ha. idk man, he seems to absorb his environs, so maybe you just have to loudly do your thing in the proximity & he will gravitate towards your sludge rock/high-pitched-voice country songs/whatever project
― quick brown fox triangle (schlump), Thursday, 26 January 2012 16:02 (twelve years ago) link
maybe! also, just looked -- the next show in Denver he's playing with Michael Gira!!!
― tylerw, Thursday, 26 January 2012 16:04 (twelve years ago) link
MG solo? sounds good
― quick brown fox triangle (schlump), Thursday, 26 January 2012 16:31 (twelve years ago) link
think i'm going to go see the Howling Hex again tonight in Denver! Who's with me! Sadly I missed the Gira show last month. Apparently Gira got reallllllllly mad at a chatty audience.
― tylerw, Friday, 20 April 2012 15:30 (twelve years ago) link
THURSDAY! Howling Hex June residency kicks off in Denver! Will go to at least two of them!
― tylerw, Wednesday, 6 June 2012 02:02 (twelve years ago) link
somewhat comically un-revealing interview w/ hagertyhttp://www.heyreverb.com/2012/06/06/howling-hex-interview/
― tylerw, Wednesday, 6 June 2012 19:34 (twelve years ago) link
lol @ dissing albums but not record companies
― retro-shittified (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 19:46 (twelve years ago) link
rad interview
― blossom smulch (schlump), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 20:20 (twelve years ago) link
haha! i actually kinda know the guy who did it. he's a good guy, i'm sure, you know, circumstances.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 6 June 2012 20:21 (twelve years ago) link
i was totally sincere! though i think the build up maybe makes the interview into something of a deadpan punchline.
i'm psyched you're catching this show anyway. these are still the group i wanna catch somehow sometime, i don't really know how. report back.
― blossom smulch (schlump), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 20:31 (twelve years ago) link
yeah will do. totally psyched he's in Denver for the foreseeable future.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 6 June 2012 20:33 (twelve years ago) link
currently uploading a terrible video i took at last night's show! well, the sound is OK, but the venue was incredibly dark. will post! great show!
― tylerw, Friday, 8 June 2012 15:30 (twelve years ago) link
what was the format? how many folks in the band?
― Stormy Davis, Friday, 8 June 2012 16:14 (twelve years ago) link
same band as a few months ago, just a bassist/drummer.
― tylerw, Friday, 8 June 2012 16:16 (twelve years ago) link
man. I was actually toying with the idea of coming out there in a couple of weeks to catch the Hag on Thursday and then Wilco on Fri/Sat at Red Rocks. probably not gonna happen tho
― Stormy Davis, Friday, 8 June 2012 16:29 (twelve years ago) link
DO IT. I'm definitely going to at least one more of these. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1PQ_U4gh88behold my superior videographer skills. the sound is OK anyway.
― tylerw, Friday, 8 June 2012 16:30 (twelve years ago) link
thanks tyler! i actually skipped through mid-solo because fuzz & youtube don't totally fit, but it sounds great. the set-up suits NMH pretty well, i think. i'd love to have seen the theater-fire lineup, but there's something neat about the minimal, repetitive thing they have going.
― blossom smulch (schlump), Friday, 8 June 2012 18:09 (twelve years ago) link
totally going back tonight! woooo.
― tylerw, Thursday, 28 June 2012 18:29 (eleven years ago) link
wooo. this rocked! pretty much the same deal as before, tho he actually played some shorter, punchier numbers. highlight is the epic march he closed out both shows with. forgot to take the camera.
― tylerw, Friday, 29 June 2012 17:06 (eleven years ago) link
only just remembered to check in w/this. sounds good. what'd you mean march? can't figure out if you mean an arkestral troop outta the venue or a shuffly norteno number.
― blossom smulch (schlump), Sunday, 1 July 2012 23:22 (eleven years ago) link
guy's blog is both amusing & coherent right now. weird rountable w/commenters going on about romance.
― , Blogger (schlump), Thursday, 9 August 2012 19:14 (eleven years ago) link
new album in feb. called "the best of the howling hex" but is indeed new material -- seems to be the stuff he was playing this year in Denver. sounds amazing.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 28 November 2012 22:45 (eleven years ago) link
hope it's better than wilson semis FWIW
― 69, Wednesday, 28 November 2012 22:53 (eleven years ago) link
awesome awesome awesome& great title. it was kinda longer, dirgier jams, right?
― absurdly pro-D (schlump), Wednesday, 28 November 2012 22:53 (eleven years ago) link
aww. i don't have my copy of WS with me so i can't spin it, but i have affection for it.
i really like wilson semis, but i think this one is better. last track is 24 minutes! so yeah longer, dirgier.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 28 November 2012 22:55 (eleven years ago) link
i really loved earth junk, but WS kind of was just a blah retread imo
― 69, Wednesday, 28 November 2012 22:56 (eleven years ago) link
this is p cool, incidentally:http://www.howlinghex.com/diary/1625/rehearsals-are-ongoing
whoa, tyler you have charmed NMH & gained access to his stack of tapes. i think i speak on behalf of everyone outside of your state when i ask if you can quietly post this to your blog.
― absurdly pro-D (schlump), Wednesday, 28 November 2012 22:56 (eleven years ago) link
ha, i just posted that & was like don't antagonise 69 about hating on wilson semiconductors again, let it lie. it's cool. some of earth junk i still love, other parts of it just aren't super enjoyable listening for me, including some of the best stuff on there. it reminds me of murder mystery by the velvets a little, like that. all this makes me wanna listen to WS, though, so. btw 69 i am for real missin your radio show, i hope you are on air again sometime.
― absurdly pro-D (schlump), Wednesday, 28 November 2012 22:58 (eleven years ago) link
xp haha, no, drag city just sent me the promo...
― tylerw, Wednesday, 28 November 2012 22:59 (eleven years ago) link
oh whoa & there's this too:
Navajo Rag: long form psychedelic mixing by Neil Hagerty and the Howling Hex, with mixing by Harpoon Forever & artwork by RAFTAR. 44 minuteslisten to the first couple minutes at soundcloud
http://soundcloud.com/osrtapes/the-howling-hex-navajo-rag
― absurdly pro-D (schlump), Wednesday, 28 November 2012 22:59 (eleven years ago) link
ha, okay. keep working toward that anyway. you're into it? i thought it was interesting the thing neil said about not really caring about records so just sending stuff to DC & letting them decide what to do with it.
― absurdly pro-D (schlump), Wednesday, 28 November 2012 23:00 (eleven years ago) link
first jam on the record for those not sitting around in smoking jackets supping cognac & talking pedals with NMH every week:
http://www.rockdelux.com/noticias/p/the-howling-hex.html
― absurdly pro-D (schlump), Wednesday, 28 November 2012 23:03 (eleven years ago) link
― absurdly pro-D (schlump), Wednesday, November 28, 2012 10:58 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
awww u can antagonise me anytime. and thanks for the nice words about the show -- too busy with work stuff this week to do it today, and there's definitely been a lag in putting the links up on the archive page. did you see the link to the show ian and i did the other week when i was in NY? it was really fun!
― 69, Wednesday, 28 November 2012 23:07 (eleven years ago) link
aw no! i didn't, i am missing stuff, i'll go check it out. you guys are a dream team. the last thing i heard was you co-presenting with my buddy BN, i had no idea you guys knew one another, it was so lovely. on another note, i bumped this thread in yr direction a while ago: THE PIANO CHOIR
will keep lookin out anyway.
this new hex jam is good. not a zillion miles away from the last record.
― absurdly pro-D (schlump), Wednesday, 28 November 2012 23:12 (eleven years ago) link
should be noted that the final track is about 10 minutes long (with an unlisted bonus track tagged on there).
― tylerw, Wednesday, 28 November 2012 23:19 (eleven years ago) link
how is this? it's kinda expensive at the store & i can't jump right in right now.
― schlump, Wednesday, 27 February 2013 22:59 (eleven years ago) link
"traschan bahamas" song of the year so far imho
― reggie (qualmsley), Tuesday, 9 April 2013 14:00 (eleven years ago) link
http://osr-tapes.com/http://osr-tapes.com/images/hh.jpgNavajo Rag: long form psychedelic mixing by Neil Hagerty and the Howling Hex, with mixing by Harpoon Forever & artwork by RAFTAR. 44 minutes[free download]
― tylerw, Tuesday, 9 April 2013 14:53 (eleven years ago) link
tyler you rule. thanks
― reggie (qualmsley), Tuesday, 9 April 2013 18:09 (eleven years ago) link
haha, you're welcome. it's basically like an extension of the weirdo remix thing at the end of the new album.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 9 April 2013 18:17 (eleven years ago) link
NMH followed me on twitter. i guess he's on team follow back.
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 17:56 (ten years ago) link
what's his handle?
― tylerw, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 21:48 (ten years ago) link
@thehowlinghex
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 21:52 (ten years ago) link
Neil Hagerty @TheHowlingHex 9 Jul7 hot dogs, 8 buns...smdh
― tylerw, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 22:00 (ten years ago) link