i guess she has a solo album coming out sometime this year -- not a lot of info about it I can find though.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 24 July 2013 21:13 (eleven years ago) link
Annd new song
https://soundcloud.com/drag-city/meg-baird-counterfeiters
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 2 April 2015 16:44 (nine years ago) link
sounds greatrelistening to this now: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Meg_Baird/Live_at_WFMU_on_Shrunken_Planets_July_7th_2012/
― tylerw, Thursday, 2 April 2015 17:17 (nine years ago) link
this is really lush, looking forward to the album
― ogmor, Monday, 6 April 2015 13:54 (nine years ago) link
welp, this album does not disappoint. amazing.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 14 April 2015 19:22 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, I am psyched for this. She is great.
― grandavis, Tuesday, 14 April 2015 19:27 (nine years ago) link
very exciting!
btw does anyone know if Espers still exists?
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 14 April 2015 20:36 (nine years ago) link
i think they're basically done, though i don't know if they're completely broken up. baird is on the west coast now and i believe i read that greg weeks is a high school teacher now. and bassist chris smith is co-running the awesome paradise of bachelors label.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 14 April 2015 20:40 (nine years ago) link
:(
after being initially so-so on it I came to love Espers III
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 14 April 2015 21:02 (nine years ago) link
yeah i feel like i didn't appreciate that band enough! anyway, the new baird has the espers vibe aplenty.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 14 April 2015 21:03 (nine years ago) link
Espers II is a towering work of art to me
tyler did you ever dig on Metal Mountains?
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 14 April 2015 21:04 (nine years ago) link
i haven't dug too deep into them -- tower recordings related, right?
― tylerw, Tuesday, 14 April 2015 22:10 (nine years ago) link
yep former members....
but yeah their 2011 album Golden Trees is otherworldly, higher recommended and if you dig Espers I think you will love it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCw0GjBgki4
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 14 April 2015 22:13 (nine years ago) link
classically titled ILM threadMetal Mountains is melting me
vinyl long gone but few for sale for not too bad on discogs
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 14 April 2015 22:15 (nine years ago) link
oh cool, so pg six is in there too? his records are kind of underrated i think.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 14 April 2015 22:19 (nine years ago) link
loved that Metal Mountains album back then but in my memories that track wasn't 11+ minutes long
― moans and feedback (Dinsdale), Wednesday, 15 April 2015 06:03 (nine years ago) link
saw her play a lovely show in london the other day, playing with i presume the same electric guitar guy on the album, whose playing is great imo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEyrIQgR4Jo
addition of that guy also allowed for a very nice rendition of espers' 'mansfield and cyclops'
― Merdeyeux, Thursday, 17 September 2015 01:28 (nine years ago) link
http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2016/03/09/heron-oblivion/
― j., Monday, 11 April 2016 04:17 (eight years ago) link
Really like this record
― Mule, Monday, 11 April 2016 06:25 (eight years ago) link
live heron oblivion show from last weekend -- massive jams. http://www.nyctaper.com/2016/05/heron-oblivion-may-28-2016-union-pool/interestingly, it seems that meg guests on the forthcoming chris robinson brotherhood album?
― tylerw, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 14:46 (eight years ago) link
saw em last night; sounded gorgeous.
― dc, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 14:58 (eight years ago) link
The Heron Oblivion album is amazing.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 15:01 (eight years ago) link
it definitely delivers! hoping it's not a one-off -- there's a tune on that NYC Taper recording that isn't on the album...
― tylerw, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 15:02 (eight years ago) link
i was at that show and it was really fuckin something. (chris forsyth + smb opened.) all the psych cliches about face melting and brain shredding were in full effect.
― adam, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 15:07 (eight years ago) link
Fantastic, thanks a lot. Been surprised that i Haven't come across any live sets from them on torrent sites so far.Was really hoping I'd find something while I waited for the lp release, & then had to hang around while I got a copy delivered since one disappeared on me.
― Stevolende, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 15:26 (eight years ago) link
I should of gone to the show DC saw last night. Liking the album enough
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 19:04 (eight years ago) link
pretty folk voice over psychedelic guitar freakout seems predictable at this point in time, but they do it well
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 19:14 (eight years ago) link
live set is fire, really makes up for the slight daintiness i sometimes rue on the album
― j., Friday, 3 June 2016 18:59 (eight years ago) link
another live set - http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Heron_Oblivion/Live_at_Monty_Hall_5262016/
― tylerw, Wednesday, 13 July 2016 17:27 (eight years ago) link
crosspost to the Mary Lattimore thread but MB makes this beautiful rendition: https://threelobed.bandcamp.com/track/fair-annie
― seandalai, Sunday, 25 November 2018 02:16 (five years ago) link
the lattimore / baird LP is great. think there is supposed to be a new Heron Oblivion record next year ...
― tylerw, Sunday, 25 November 2018 22:35 (five years ago) link
new record is awesome. they're playing union transfer together early february (opening for steve gunn) and i am stoked
― reggie (qualmsley), Monday, 26 November 2018 00:11 (five years ago) link
I picked up a second hand CD of Don't Weigh Down the Light. (I was already turned on to Heron Oblivion.) I'm really enjoying this. I suppose all of Baird's stuff is basically worth tracking down, right? I suspect it will be an availability thing here in Germany. Will check Discogs.
BTW, the CD is signed, which is nice.
― Duke, Monday, 30 August 2021 21:58 (three years ago) link
It's all great — worth tracking own the Baird Sisters LP as well.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 31 August 2021 16:13 (three years ago) link
espers II is one that sticks with me
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 31 August 2021 18:05 (three years ago) link
Weed Tree is my fave Espers but it's all good
― sleeve, Tuesday, 31 August 2021 18:09 (three years ago) link
Thanks. I've got two albums on the way - Dear Companion and the Lattimore collaboration. That may be enough for now. But I can keep an eye out..
― Duke, Tuesday, 31 August 2021 21:59 (three years ago) link
A Meg Baird/Mega Bog collab could totally work and the names should render it inevitable. Hop on it Paradise of Bachelors.
― Citole Country (bendy), Wednesday, 1 September 2021 16:10 (three years ago) link
Furling is really lovely.
think there is supposed to be a new Heron Oblivion record next year ...
still holding out hope here!
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 6 February 2023 22:24 (one year ago) link
Great show tonight with her and Chris Forsyth on their short tour out here -- both good sets with Forsyth joining her at the end of hers for a couple of songs.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 2 March 2023 07:21 (one year ago) link
was great in minneapolis. doug mccombs adds adds a lot to the forstyth band.
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 2 March 2023 14:41 (one year ago) link
It's taken me a while to get around to it, but the new album is, unsurprisingly, gorgeous.
― Stars of the Lidl (Chinaski), Friday, 19 May 2023 15:09 (one year ago) link
it really is, feels like a classic to me.
― tylerw, Friday, 19 May 2023 15:10 (one year ago) link
She's always had that timeless quality but this absolutely could have been released any time in the last 50 years.
― Stars of the Lidl (Chinaski), Friday, 19 May 2023 15:15 (one year ago) link
Yeah, the new one is absolutely fantastic.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 19 May 2023 15:25 (one year ago) link
Quite right
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 19 May 2023 15:28 (one year ago) link
Just popping in to remind myself and others how great the new record is. 'Ashes, Ashes' is reminding me of *The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys* this evening. Damn.
― Stars of the Lidl (Chinaski), Thursday, 6 July 2023 18:54 (one year ago) link