Seems like everytime i pull out Dirt of Luck i pre-convince myself that it's going to sound like Ruby's Salt Peter (which, 12 years hence still pays dividends). My mistake - but the cover art on Timony's records were always so richly hued that I can only guess that my perception was directed by the involving and placeboed palette.
― christoff, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 18:58 (sixteen years ago) link
<i>dirt of luck is one of my favoritest albums ever - non of the rest can touch it</i>
yeah, me too! I like 'Magic City' and 'No Guitars' but not as much. still haven't heard all of Pirate Prude. the Pat's Trick 7" b-side "Ghost Car" is super great and really creepy, if you can find it. also the whole 'Superball' EP ("What Institution Are You From?" + "I Am a Witch" = CLASSIC)
― daria-g, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 23:00 (sixteen years ago) link
"did I tell you Im not your bitch on loan? I'm a witch, an ugly hag, a crone"
― daria-g, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 23:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Anybody know the "Mind Science" album she did with Joan Wasser and Nathan Larson...klassic
― sonnyboy, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 23:12 (sixteen years ago) link
first single "American Jean" is pretty classic too. Good guitar technique.
― Steve Shasta, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 23:16 (sixteen years ago) link
cue Mary Timony shreds...
echoing: "The Dirt of Luck" is very very classic. "Magic City" is really good too - and when they hell are they going to put those early vinyl singles/b-sides on a cd comp already? "American Jean", "Hole In the Ground", "Lucy", "Ghost Car" - imo, these are some of the best songs they ever did.
I think I prefer her keyboardy solo stuff (Mountains/Golden Dove) over the recent guitar-heavy records (Ex-Hex/Shapes We make), although they are all solid (yet uneven) records. Her guitar riffs seem to be getting less creative as the years go on, but the songs are still there.
also search: "All Dressed Up In Dreams", the song she did with The 6ths. I think I've played it like a hundred times.
― Michael F Gill, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 00:39 (sixteen years ago) link
dirt of luck is classic, esp. the first half of it
― Zeno, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 00:50 (sixteen years ago) link
pirate prude and the lucy single are both tremendous, although i've never been quite as into their full lengthers
x2 on the 6ths vocal..
― electricsound, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 00:53 (sixteen years ago) link
more praise for the 'Pirate Prude' ep from me. amazing guitar and voice.
― nicky lo-fi, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 05:48 (sixteen years ago) link
clicking on the top 77 tracks thread i was not expecting going down memory lane with helium and their magic city (via mary timony being in a new band). things were so different back then it was like another life, taping songs off the radio and having just enough money to buy a dozen cds per year. i wouldn't be surprised to know that i am the last person in north america who recorded long-ass radio shows on vhs tapes. i played that record a lot back then, sold it years ago and sort of forgot exactly how the tunes goes but listening to it now via the innenets i am surprised finding myself singing along as the songs are playing.
― Sébastien, Thursday, 26 January 2012 15:08 (twelve years ago) link
Oldy but goody (and new to me, at least)... this site apparently put some Mary Timony/Helium demos online:
http://www.nogoodforme.com/2011/06/21/i-dont-know-how-i-ever-lived-without-all-these-beautiful-helium-demos-from-like-18-years-ago/
― Maria Tesla Pizzeria, Tuesday, 20 November 2012 16:35 (eleven years ago) link
I can't believe I didn't hear all of Magic City until recently. Classic Amerindie + classic prog + guitar heroics + pretty singing = me-bait
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Tuesday, 14 May 2013 05:36 (eleven years ago) link
Oh Magic City is fantastic
― Drugs A. Money, Tuesday, 14 May 2013 07:23 (eleven years ago) link
I assumed this thread had been revived because of this (really nice) Washington Post profile of her:
http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-05-09/lifestyle/39131263_1_mary-timony-ian-mackaye-indie-rock
― Walter Galt, Tuesday, 14 May 2013 09:09 (eleven years ago) link
Nice profile, and revealing re her struggles with depression. Glad to see she's working through that
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 14 May 2013 14:16 (eleven years ago) link
Great profile - answered questions I'd had. Should've included ref to how Matador dropped her though.
Glad to see her having a career resurgence.
― Beatrix Kiddo (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 14 May 2013 14:27 (eleven years ago) link
So Wild Flag are on hiatus it seems
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 14 May 2013 14:54 (eleven years ago) link
But now the band is on hiatus and Timony is back in Washington trying to figure out what comes next. She has been writing songs and gigging with local musicians Alex Minoff and Amy Domingues, and other friends as they come through town.
Have missed recent gigs by Minoff and Domingues. I saw her a year and half ago with Domingues
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 14 May 2013 14:56 (eleven years ago) link
Should've included ref to how Matador dropped her though.
What's the story there?
― Walter Galt, Tuesday, 14 May 2013 15:34 (eleven years ago) link
found this 2005 (I think) interview:
I think after Mountains (Matador) kind of gave up on me a little bit," Timony said from her home in Washington, D.C., a few days before leaving on the tour that brings her to Omaha May 26. "I don't think they were fans of the record." Relations with the label became stormier after 2002's The Golden Dove, which continued on the same path as Mountains and failed to catch fire with fans.
Timony said she found out that Matador had dropped her only after she began gearing up to make the follow-up to The Golden Dove. "I called Chris (Lombardi, founder of Matador) to tell him I was ready to record and discuss the budget," Timony said. "That's when he told me they weren't going to do another record with me. They had already made the decision, but never let me know. It was hard times for about a month, and then I realized this could get interesting."
http://www.timmcmahan.com/timony.htm
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 14 May 2013 15:54 (eleven years ago) link
So lame
― Beatrix Kiddo (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 14 May 2013 16:00 (eleven years ago) link
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just for the record: THE DIRT OF LUCK IS BETTER!
― nostormo, Tuesday, 14 May 2013 16:12 (eleven years ago) link
rarities comp and tour! (as 'mary timony plays helium')
― mookieproof, Thursday, 23 March 2017 15:49 (seven years ago) link
Very excited!
― Evan, Thursday, 23 March 2017 17:12 (seven years ago) link
gdammit i'm out of town during the tour
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 23 March 2017 17:38 (seven years ago) link
Is the Ex Hex still active?
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 23 March 2017 18:03 (seven years ago) link
They left out "The American Jean?" Whyyyy
― Michael F Gill, Thursday, 23 March 2017 18:03 (seven years ago) link
Ex Hex are still active, although on hiatus now until they tour soon--
Belle and Sebastian • Spoon • Andrew Bird, Ex Hex. at Merriweather Post Sun., Jul. 30
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 23 March 2017 18:17 (seven years ago) link
^^^I was considering buying tickets to this but refuse to go to another MPP show unless I can find someone to come with me.
― Crazy Eddie & Jesus the Kid (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 24 March 2017 01:06 (seven years ago) link
My wife and I are going to MPP show but we got pavilion seats. We can hang in between bands...
― curmudgeon, Monday, 27 March 2017 15:53 (seven years ago) link
picked up the Magic City reissue on sale this week, and I dunno if its remastered or I just havent listened to it loud in a long time but it sounds fucking fantastic. A really well-mixed record, so many great sounds & details.
― turn the jawhatthefuckever on (One Eye Open), Friday, 6 March 2020 18:15 (four years ago) link
You mean the one with "No Guitars"?
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Friday, 6 March 2020 21:09 (four years ago) link
yeah, i think it came out at the same time as the rarities comp a couple years ago
― turn the jawhatthefuckever on (One Eye Open), Friday, 6 March 2020 21:26 (four years ago) link
"Ends With And" is fantastic, though I did supplement my digital copy with all the non-lp that couldn't fit.
I never noticed "No Guitars" is on Spotify, will check out.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Saturday, 7 March 2020 03:34 (four years ago) link
Oh wait, that's some of the stuff I had to add. Great stuff!
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Saturday, 7 March 2020 03:36 (four years ago) link
not that fond of the mid-period 'prithee hear this madrigal' era but she rules and 'the dirt of luck' is untouchable
― mookieproof, Saturday, 7 March 2020 03:44 (four years ago) link