Michael Yonkers

http://citypages.com/databank/23/1112/article10262.asp

more later, i've got to go eat.

yonkers' lyrics are pretty damn solid as well, focusing on themes of individuality, society, war, etc, in a way that resonates quite well even now and doesn't really seem corny. his voice, which is slightly odd, might turn some people off but i reckon this album is in my top 10 psych albums; it's that good. why de stijl decided to limit the reissue so severely (99 copies, supposedly) is totally beyond me, i would think they could sell 500-1000 easy.

it. fucking. rocks.

I could burn more CD-Rs in mere days than that. LAME

good to hear - i had several people (including the store i bought the LP from) tell me it was 99 copies. maybe this was just a false assumption based on the hototogisu LP or something. good news on the CD release...

sorry for spreading misinfo.

http://villagevoice.com/issues/0347/eddy.php

i just listened to Grimwood (coming out soon on De Stijl). i really like it. way more than Microminature Love. it sounds more like a really acid fried folk album. super atmospheric. tons of tape hiss. seems to be in normal tunings (my complaint of the other album).

so i'm assuming that's some oooooold stuff, right?

1974 i think. it's weird folk stuff, nowhere near as interesting to me as microminiature but still quite good.

seems to be in normal tunings (my complaint of the other album).

buh? what's wrong with different tunings?

oh, i musta written it on the other yonkers thread. i wasn't really feeling the other album because i felt like it sounded like sonic youth :-/

lol, when i played it at work once this dude came over and was like "is this hendrix?!?"

"grimwood" is a whole 'nother beast but it's hitting the spot. thanks jaxon!

Michael Yonkers is playing tonight in St. Paul with the Blind Shake.

It's the "Grimwood Re-Release Party," sorry to be so last-second about it...

Wow "Microminiature Love" is fucking awesome!

yeah it's great.
i don't think he can play live anymore : (

some friends of mine do a podcast zine thing and have a big yonkers interview episode

http://tevscast.podomatic.com/

That was great, thanks M@tt!

I'd never heard that first song in there either -- gotta track down that cd.

My old Skin Graft band opened for Hair Police, Michael Yonkers, and Dream Aktion Unit (Thurston Moore, Jim O'Rourke, etc) about five years back. Great show. Yonkers was the least of it though.

grimwood is perfect on a rainy, kinda cold, dreary day like today.

My old Skin Graft band opened for Hair Police, Michael Yonkers, and Dream Aktion Unit (Thurston Moore, Jim O'Rourke, etc) about five years back. Great show. Yonkers was the least of it though.

― Nate Carson, Thursday, June 11, 2009 7:00 AM (4 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

nate u were on skin graft????

also new (very old) yonkers record - Michael and the Mumbles is coming out soon

http://destijlrecs.com/mumbles.html

I've heard good things about the record w/ The Mumbles.

It's pre-Microminiature Love, from what I understand.

yep real early stuff

this goldberg record - produced/released by yonkers -- is pretty happening if you're into the loner folk/private press thing: http://lightintheattic.net/releases/1738-misty-flats
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