ILX Gonna Shine in My Backdoor Someday (new post-Fahey folk for ppl posting in Takoma/Tompkins Square threads Pt II)

Sorry, *Drag* City News, not "Frag," since this ain't the Vietnam War.

this sounds really promising! thanks for posting

reminds me a bit of george cromarty

tangentially related to the thread but pedal steel player Chas Smith
who is on that California Sigh record, just passed away a couple days ago.
this is a good interview with him:
https://www.fretboardjournal.com/features/steel-legend-chas-smith-remembered/

yeah he has a lovely 10" record I was listening to yesterday

https://coldbluemusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-complete-10-inch-series-from-cold-blue-cold-blue-music-daniel-lentz-peter-garland-chas-smith-michael-jon-fink-rick-cox-barney-childs-read-miller

Thanks! Pedal steel is still such a minority niche, but at least we've got Dave Easley, Susan Alcorn, Greg Liesz, and records like this.
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:SHACKLETON & SIX ORGANS ALIGN

What might appear to be the most unlikely collaboration of 2024 proves also to be one of the most invigorating listens of the year! Shackleton & Six Organs of Admittance are in full aural/metaphysical alignment on Jinxed by Being: a no-brainer fusion of Shackleton’s bass heavy cosmic dread and Six Organs’ ritual folksong, out June 28.

Longtime listeners know that both Shackleton and Six Organs of Admittance have been unafraid to pursue their muse into any and all encroaching depth of darkness or outer boundary of potential dissonance. They also share that ol’ maverick psychedelic ritual transcendental music vibe, don’t they? And a fascination with repetition and cycles. And a mutual inspiration drawn from alternative tunings and literature… all this considered, it’s been basically inevitable that Ben Chasny and Sam Shackleton would work together. Jinxed by Being finds Shackleton & Six Organs of Admittance delighting in this synthesis, reveling in unique sonic textures, esoteric deliveries, and new reinventions. Sam’s vocals — a rare occurrence — find melody with Ben’s on several tracks; elsewhere on the record, drum samples by Chasny (recorded in Six Organs’ embryonic stage) are re-sequenced anew by Shackleton.

The first single, “Stages of Capitulation”, captures Shackleton & Six Organs of Admittance’s timely meeting in a marvelously organic playground of world beats, with acid guitar and deep bass oozing throughout. As they chant an arcane ritual, a widescreen stereo image of their exotic environs expands into a mix alive with details, flashing from left to right and back again. Chasny’s music video provides a potent incense to burn through the track’s seven-minute runtime

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ERSbUwGWT4

Against the categorization of perceived genre rather than intention, encounters like Shackleton & Six Organs of Admittance may never have found themselves sitting next to each other, beyond alphabets and other institutional organizing principles. Rearrange your libraries (vinyl and streaming, that is) on June 28, 2024 — or you might miss getting Jinxed by Being!

I’m seeing Gwenifer Raymond tonight at Public Records in NYC! Saving the new Daniel Bachman record for my drive down the 101 next week, thanks everyone for the recommendations.

she's great live, have fun!

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ITEM OF THE WEEKEND:
ALASDAIR ROBERTS' PANGS

Drag City's ITEM OF THE DAY program provides an amazing insider discount on a different Drag City release each day, exclusively for mail order customers! Every one of your favorite Drag City artists is eligible: it's up to our tireless selection committee, using a complex series of algorithms to pick a new one every 24 hours!

Friday items hang around all weekend and this weekend's item is Alasdair Roberts' Pangs! Following the acoustic austerity of his self-titled 2015 release, Alasdair’s applied himself to electric guitar and band once again for his ninth album, Pangs. While similarly broad in range, Pangs brings different forms of song-craft and modes of collaboration again.

Can also listen to some of it on bandcamp, along with tracks from his other DC releases:
https://alasdairroberts.bandcamp.com/album/pangs

Really enjoying the new Kevin Coleman album on Centripetal Force:
https://kevincolemancf.bandcamp.com/album/imaginary-conversations

Closing track on this is magnificent. Thanks for the heads-up.

Makes me weirdly think of East River Pipe (maybe I just mean 40 Miles).

damn, yes it is.

Glad to point some people to it! I think it's a great record and, yeah, that closer is just amazing.

Not sure if this is the thread where we talk about Myriam Gendron, but her new album is also fantastic. Might be my favorite of hers yet. A few tracks with Jim White and Marissa Anderson, plus a Zoh Amba appearance that works really well!

Kevin's playing is really great sounding, thanks for sharing. A long, long time ago I think had one of those moments you see someone and wonder what kind of music they'll be putting out in ten years, it's good to see it a reality! I'm pretty sure I used to see him around at a lot of shows in the Fredericksburg area.