Michael Yonkers Band - Microminiature Love: Classic or Dud?

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I heard a song of theirs last week on the local college station and was blown away by it. Sort of moody-psych/lo-fi garage rock from what I recall, but abnormally stellar -- I can't remember what song I heard. Apparently this album was supposed to be released in 1968 by Sire but wasn't issued until 2003, by Sub Pop. There wasn't a thread on them and so I'm wondering what everyone's opinions are about this record.

― Ian Riese-Moraine: a casualty of social estrangement. (Eastern Mantra), Friday, 26 August 2005 20:09 (twenty years ago)

awesome....michael is a treasure!

he's been gigging in mpls the last few years, it's amazing, he has a wierd portable home-made amp and a wierd guitar that he's sawed off the body of....i guess he's done playing live now, cuz of his debilitating back problems. by all accounts a super nice guy as well.

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 26 August 2005 20:12 (twenty years ago)

i just bought this about a month ago. i think it's cool, but not amazing. it's a bit too tinny - absolutely no low end. all his weird guitar tunings make for sometimes samey chord progressions and sometimes remind me of sonic youth

― JAXON (jaxon), Friday, 26 August 2005 20:13 (twenty years ago)

classix!!
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'come one, come all to jaaaaaaayson town'

'i love a steak and a good can of beer here
i love my shoes and my gitar
i love dick tracy, and i love you too'

― jayzson, Friday, 26 August 2005 20:47 (twenty years ago)

so fucking awesomely classic, not even a question about it.

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 26 August 2005 20:47 (twenty years ago)

he was so gracious and seemed genuinely touched that all these young no1ze kidz were digging his music all the time i saw him...he'd always really intently watch the other bands as well....

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 26 August 2005 21:03 (twenty years ago)

saw him at the cmj subpop showcase in '03 with lauren. sooooo good, and soooo gooood to see confounded shins fans.

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 26 August 2005 21:08 (twenty years ago)

yonkers is the man, his solo sets remind me of a weird, timewarped, acid-fried Brick Layer Cake. the record is an excellent, strange artifact.

and jah he is a super-polite, gracious man

― chris besinger (chris besinger), Friday, 26 August 2005 21:10 (twenty years ago)

Michael Yonkers

― Stormy Davis (diamond), Saturday, 27 August 2005 00:27 (twenty years ago)

one of those rare albums where i was thinking "classic" after the first listen. i'm keeping the vinyl version and the cd and i don't do that often... for some reason his guitar playing makes me think of barrett-floyd but even more consistently fucked up and tonally weird.

it is a shame the bonus tracks on the sub pop cd are kind of eh.

― el sabor de gene (yournullfame), Saturday, 27 August 2005 01:37 (twenty years ago)

Definitely classic

― theantmustdance (theantmustdance), Saturday, 27 August 2005 10:52 (twenty years ago)

That's weird, that Michael Yonkers thread didn't come up when I searched under his name (and yes, I didn't search in keyword).

― Ian Riese-Moraine: a casualty of social estrangement. (Eastern Mantra), Saturday, 27 August 2005 11:41 (twenty years ago)

twenty years pass...

Rest in Peace, a one of one talent

glad he was able to see his work appreciated, sad he lived in so much pain

― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 29 April 2026 03:32 (one month ago)

oh no :(

RIP to a real one. he really was the realest and sweetest dude.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttEq9ERErX0

― Cattedrale metropolitana di Santa Maria de Episcopio, Wednesday, 29 April 2026 03:39 (one month ago)

RIP to a truly a singular person

He made a bunch of records with the Blind Shake, which was such a brilliant, perfect pairing, it really brought the best out of everyone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyDzJv64_Kc

― chr1sb3singer, Wednesday, 29 April 2026 13:32 (one month ago)

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