John Vanderslice C/D?

He's a smart lyricist and songwriter, his production is spotless, and he puts on a good show. From the little I've seen, he also comes across as very fan-friendly.

What I've never been able to figure out is why (some? most?) females have intensely bad visceral reactions to 'Slice. I saw him in Wash. and Philly earlier this year + in NYC a few years back... at each show, a lot of girls left after a few songs with twisted-up faces, and a few dragged their male friends out as well (when he opened for Pedro, most of them came back later). Played pre-release copy of Cellar Door for an (ex-)g/f in the car and she complained about how horrible it was for a whole week.

I mean, he's "cute," right?

First reaction: better than Cellar Door; worse than LADOAA4-T; the production is impeccable; Billy Corgan might be interested in following in Bill Gates's footsteps (tee-hee) after hearing "Radiant With Terror" (I mean, ho-lee shit does that thing sound like "Disarm." Pitchfork was charitable calling it a "kissing cousin." A genitally conjoined twin is more like it).

Revive. Emerald City is, eh, out there somewhere.

Only heard the first track at the moment since I can't stop repeating it for now

So much is going on in the first track with the fluttery reverb, piano, harmonies, and some sort of rapid, staccato, chimey business in the background. He blends it all in and out to great effect, though. Dude always seems to have such a great hold on his music/studio.

finally got around to hearing Emerald City today. it's typical Vanderslice, which isn't a bad thing in my mind. he's very prolific as i never got around to hearing the last album. before i know it he has a new one out...just checked Amazon, he has released six albums (debut in 2000) in seven years.

I think it's great. His best, easily.

I've been wanting to hear it, but haven't gotten to it yet. I still really love Pixel Revolt.

FREE DOWNLOAD AT: http://www.johnvanderslice.com/

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From John’s website:

"Happy fall everyone. I’ve had a good year of recording, working at Tiny Telephone, buying all kinds of crazy heirloom tomatoes at the Alemany farmer’s market, and living the domestic life. Let’s celebrate by downloading my new EP, Green Grow The Rushes." Green Grow the Rushes is a lovely EP John is giving away for free at http://www.johnvanderslice.com/

1. Thule Fog.mp3
2. I’ll Never Live Up To You.mp3
3. Pony Express.mp3
4. Streetlights.mp3
5. Lay Down.mp3
6. Penthouse Window.mp3

This is a free digital download. We’ll print vinyl early next year.

I am super proud of this record! It features: Ian Bjornstad, Carla Kihlstedt, Daniel Hart (St. Vincent), Matthias Bossi, George Ban-Weiss, and Ben Goldberg (who plays all the clarinets on "Penthouse Window"). Jim Eno from Spoon produced and engineered "Lay Down."

omg fantastic

thanks for the heads up Bee OK!

does this dude have anything as good as kookaburra b/c that song is really, really great

"The Mansion," hoo-yowza.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/johnvanderslice/tiny-telephone-oakland-new-analog-recording-studio

Original goal funded in two days

I've been listening to a side project from the TrueAnon podcast where their producer Yung Chomsky has created an audio documentary of the history of the Tiny Telephone studio via interviews with John Vanderslice and a number of the collaborators/musicians who recorded there.

On all the usual podcast places, here's a soundcloud playlist: https://soundcloud.com/trueanonpod/sets/keep-the-dream-alive

hits all the notes you'd expect so far, the old weird SF and its decline as the city changes, the vagaries of running a studio, etc

lol i have to go there today to take pictures of windows in an adjacent building ...

the old location or the new studio?

I'm realizing listening to this that I totally saw a show on the first John Vanderslice tour

xp - old, duh. because I'm old.