"overnite religion" and "my best friends" are so so fucking good
― kamerad, Tuesday, 10 November 2009 01:29 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3Nf59X22m4
― ☀ ☃ (am0n), Friday, 2 April 2010 17:04 (fourteen years ago) link
re: Record Store DayMexican Summer is re-releasing "God is Saying.." as a one-time-only vinyl/cassette combo.
― van smack, Monday, 12 April 2010 23:16 (fourteen years ago) link
http://e2ma.net/userdata/24823/images/medium/e1270658628.jpg
― van smack, Monday, 12 April 2010 23:17 (fourteen years ago) link
really ended up in love with childish prodigy. have totally overplayed the heck out of heart attack in particular
― aarrissi-a-roni, Monday, 12 April 2010 23:26 (fourteen years ago) link
man this new EP is good... title is Square Shells and the 7+ minute jam is sounding so fine right now, almost like Spacemen 3 but with more of a ticking motorik beat.
― bug holocaust (sleeve), Saturday, 22 May 2010 20:13 (thirteen years ago) link
agreed... this is wonderful...
― Worth waiting for the fannypunch at 4.02 (stevie), Saturday, 22 May 2010 20:27 (thirteen years ago) link
Thanks for the heads up! I've been looking forward to some new Kurt Vile.
― ImprovSpirit, Sunday, 23 May 2010 03:15 (thirteen years ago) link
Snagged it! Top-notch sounds from Kurt.
― ImprovSpirit, Monday, 24 May 2010 01:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, formless music in general can irritate me to no end, but I find his stuff mesmerizing. Really loved Childish Prodigy.
― musicfanatic, Monday, 24 May 2010 02:24 (thirteen years ago) link
He reminds me a bit of what might've happened if someone had given Jeffrey Lee Pierce a cheesy/cool drum machine & said 'go at it.'
― ImprovSpirit, Monday, 24 May 2010 19:36 (thirteen years ago) link
getting harder and harder to ignore this guy
― (e_3) (Edward III), Monday, 24 May 2010 20:08 (thirteen years ago) link
?
― ( `ハ´)☞ ☜(´∀`☜) (am0n), Monday, 24 May 2010 20:13 (thirteen years ago) link
I think he's rolling through town in two weeks. I'm gonna try hit it up.
― van smack, Monday, 24 May 2010 20:19 (thirteen years ago) link
I dunno he was always a kind of take 'em or leave 'em kind of thing for me, liked but not loved, but I've been digging the recent ish a bunch
― (e_3) (Edward III), Monday, 24 May 2010 20:42 (thirteen years ago) link
Apparently giving away new Kurt Vile EP at the Matablog today only:
http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/05/25/download-kurt-vile-square-shells-ep-for-free/
Gotta give them yer email, but its Matador, no biggie. Haven't gotten the email back yet, so claim of "instant download" maybe a little off, but still cool deal. Like everything I have heard by this guy so far, wanna hear more.
― grandavis, Tuesday, 25 May 2010 17:53 (thirteen years ago) link
The instant download popped up for me as soon as I entered the e-mail addy, didn't even have to wait for a confirmation. Hmm.
― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 25 May 2010 18:33 (thirteen years ago) link
Firefox, Safari, or Explorer?
― grandavis, Tuesday, 25 May 2010 18:40 (thirteen years ago) link
good lookin' out grandavis
i got the download immediately but maybe cuz i have a matador account already cuzza mail order
(i used firefox)
― m@tt (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 25 May 2010 18:41 (thirteen years ago) link
Firefox. It did pop up in the background, so it took me a few minutes to notice it.
― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 25 May 2010 18:41 (thirteen years ago) link
Thanks folks. Gonna try again ...
― grandavis, Tuesday, 25 May 2010 18:42 (thirteen years ago) link
Firefox did the trick, not sure why I persist in using Windows for anything. Maybe this will convince me to go see KV in a few weeks with Real Estate. On the fence.
― grandavis, Tuesday, 25 May 2010 18:49 (thirteen years ago) link
the last half of "invisibility: nonexistent" is really blissed out :)
― m@tt (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 25 May 2010 19:02 (thirteen years ago) link
― (e_3) (Edward III), Monday, May 24, 2010 4:42 PM
ah i misread it as you were trying to ignore him, but yeah otm
― ( `ハ´)☞ ☜(´∀`☜) (am0n), Tuesday, 25 May 2010 19:04 (thirteen years ago) link
def gonna try to catch him live next month
― ( `ハ´)☞ ☜(´∀`☜) (am0n), Tuesday, 25 May 2010 19:05 (thirteen years ago) link
i never heard him before this...is this pretty much what he's like on the albums?
some parts remind me of the quieter parts of swell maps but more pop
― m@tt (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 25 May 2010 19:08 (thirteen years ago) link
he's pretty varied. God Is Saying This To You (my fave) is mostly solo material with a lot of slide guitar. his last EP credited to Kurt Vile and the Violators was more rock. some of his other stuff is more pop/rock with drum machine.
― dmr, Tuesday, 25 May 2010 19:40 (thirteen years ago) link
solo as in just voice and guitar, no band
haunted springsteen imo
― 69, Tuesday, 25 May 2010 19:52 (thirteen years ago) link
― m@tt (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, May 25, 2010 12:02 PM (51 minutes ago)
this is what I was referring to above and it is already one of my favorite things of 2010.
― bug holocaust (sleeve), Tuesday, 25 May 2010 19:56 (thirteen years ago) link
ah yeah i see that now...really beautiful
also is it me, or is this song title:
"Losing Momentum (For Jim Jarmusch)" a great parody sonic youth song title or what?
― m@tt (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 25 May 2010 20:09 (thirteen years ago) link
"i wanted everything" sorta reminds me of if jandek made conventional music
― m@tt (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 25 May 2010 20:12 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah I definitely get a hint of Jandek on KV's stuff sometimes
― bug holocaust (sleeve), Tuesday, 25 May 2010 20:12 (thirteen years ago) link
on = in
― bug holocaust (sleeve), Tuesday, 25 May 2010 20:13 (thirteen years ago) link
war on drugs should be putting out a new album this year too
― mr. milquetoast (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 25 May 2010 20:25 (thirteen years ago) link
thats a gr8 bandname
― ( `ハ´)☞ ☜(´∀`☜) (am0n), Tuesday, 25 May 2010 20:28 (thirteen years ago) link
"hunchback" on ep >>>> "hunchback" on childish prodigy btw
― (e_3) (Edward III), Tuesday, 25 May 2010 21:15 (thirteen years ago) link
i figured out who his voice reminds me of.. george brigman
― am0n, Thursday, 27 May 2010 17:41 (thirteen years ago) link
little bit like j. mascis too
― am0n, Thursday, 27 May 2010 17:42 (thirteen years ago) link
still really love square shells
― You know, Caps... Jimmy Hats, Gloves, McRibs, Slee (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 8 September 2010 23:24 (thirteen years ago) link
totally. Ocean City one of my favorite songs of the year
― dmr, Thursday, 9 September 2010 03:43 (thirteen years ago) link
the really long track is dreamy too
― the cusses of 2 live crew (stevie), Thursday, 9 September 2010 07:35 (thirteen years ago) link
been really loving the war on drugs album without realising this dude was in 'em. need to investigate more now ic
― midiverb II program 49 (electricsound), Friday, 17 December 2010 02:34 (thirteen years ago) link
I think you would like Square Shells.
there's a mew single on Matador, only listened once so far but the sound is more full-band.
― sleeve, Friday, 17 December 2010 04:43 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/25kurtcover_mo2d.jpg
March 8
A side:Baby’s ArmsJesus FeverPuppet To The ManOn TourSociety Is My Friend
In My Time is pretty nice.B side:Runner UpsIn My TimePeeping TomboySmoke Ring For My HaloGhost Town
― mizzell, Sunday, 2 January 2011 03:14 (thirteen years ago) link
hell yes
― sleeve, Sunday, 2 January 2011 03:19 (thirteen years ago) link
Just listening to a promo of the new one. I havne't previously heard him before, but this is stripped down acoustica with a few effects on top. Kind of M.Ward with J.Mascis's voice with a hint of Ariel Pink(?) Didn't think much of it at first, but it might be growing on me. Anyway, what's the previous stuff like? Does it rock or subvert any more than this?
― dentarthurdent (dog latin), Thursday, 10 February 2011 14:11 (thirteen years ago) link
It alternates between stuff like that, some more straight-forward indie-rock/pop moments (thinking "Freeway"), and NY+Crazy Horse style rockers/jammers.Childish Prodigy is probably his most "rockin" and "god is saying this to you" his most subdued.
― Trip Maker, Thursday, 10 February 2011 14:48 (thirteen years ago) link
and they're all great
― I'd rather climb into the saddle of my Ford Mustang and sink spurs (stevie), Thursday, 10 February 2011 19:33 (thirteen years ago) link
new one is streaming on npr's website
― mizzell, Monday, 28 February 2011 16:37 (thirteen years ago) link
wakin on a pretty day is good
album w courtney barnett is tops
― corrs unplugged, Saturday, 16 April 2022 10:11 (two years ago) link
listening to the new album now, sounds great to my ears, very on point, he is what he is
― corrs unplugged, Tuesday, 26 April 2022 08:49 (two years ago) link
i guess maybe i am starting to wonder exactly how many Kurt Vile songs i need in my life― alpine static, Thursday, October 11, 2018 2:08 PM (three years ago)
― alpine static, Thursday, October 11, 2018 2:08 PM (three years ago)
― alpine static, Tuesday, 26 April 2022 09:05 (two years ago) link
hehe well yes
― corrs unplugged, Tuesday, 26 April 2022 12:43 (two years ago) link
I saw him a few years ago at a festival in Cancún. By far the dullest act of the entire four-day festival.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Tuesday, 26 April 2022 19:25 (two years ago) link
Alpine Static OTM in both 2018 and 2022
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 26 April 2022 19:35 (two years ago) link
'smoke rings' is still the best thing he's done by leaps and bounds, but i'm glad he's still out there doing his thing (and for a major label now!)
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 26 April 2022 19:37 (two years ago) link
Yeah
When I’m realizing is that he’s kinda like Spiritualized for me - gimme the best song from each album and I’ll put together a single killer playlist that provides what I need from this act
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 26 April 2022 19:38 (two years ago) link
the ep where he’s asleep on the front cover is really sweet, can’t remember the name. think the songs were all from the smoke ring sessions?
― brimstead, Tuesday, 26 April 2022 21:03 (two years ago) link
Finally getting around to the album. I really like it tho it’s not surprising. Completely in character , kind of lazy and mellow but has some nice moments. The track “fo sho” is exactly what you’d expect
― calstars, Saturday, 18 June 2022 12:24 (one year ago) link
albums vmicalbums where I'll have what they're havingalbums i wish i was in the mood for more oftenbless im
― maf you one two (maffew12), Saturday, 18 June 2022 13:35 (one year ago) link
any whiff of him or Courtney Barnett briefly sends me back to their collab album. i think it's the best thing either has done
― maf you one two (maffew12), Saturday, 18 June 2022 13:37 (one year ago) link
“Even if I’m wrong I’m gonna sing until the ass crack of dawn and it’s probably gonna be another long song”
― calstars, Friday, 24 June 2022 12:43 (one year ago) link
Kurt Vile was on this week's Hollywood Handbook although I'm not sure he enjoyed it too much.
― cajunsunday, Friday, 24 June 2022 16:58 (one year ago) link