“Hysteria” is great!
― calstars, Sunday, 14 October 2018 03:34 (five years ago) link
https://open.spotify.com/track/1oRu9aGmEgnzxrtyz601j7?si=2PlEIcxaSTauLtZloeD4pg
Could have used Stella on the title track tho
― calstars, Sunday, 14 October 2018 04:13 (five years ago) link
Well shit I guess it is her on the title
― calstars, Sunday, 14 October 2018 04:18 (five years ago) link
he wrote one near-perfect song in Wakin On A Pretty Day but everything else has felt like rehashes of it or just doesn't come close
― ufo, Sunday, 14 October 2018 05:15 (five years ago) link
"runner ups" is his near-perfect song. he has several! but it's true that many of them seem to have ended up with rehashes at some point down the line -- tho they can still be pleasant
still need to listen to the new one
― dyl, Sunday, 14 October 2018 17:37 (five years ago) link
smoke rings is still his best album. his approach on that one was a bit more motorik, not as much of the rambling Neil Young-isms that define his most recent work, a lot of tight finger-picking in interesting tunings. baby's arms and runner-ups are my favorite tracks of his.
― voodoo chili, Sunday, 14 October 2018 20:44 (five years ago) link
To me it sounds like he’s trying too hard on Smoke Ring. It sounds so busy all the time. Stuff since then has been more relaxed, dare I saw meditative
― calstars, Sunday, 14 October 2018 21:28 (five years ago) link
I liked the new one as I listened to it but now I don't feel super compelled to go back to it. Wouldn't turn it off if it came on, but don't think I'd actively seek it out either.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Sunday, 14 October 2018 23:18 (five years ago) link
that pretty much sums up Kurt Vile in general
― alpine static, Monday, 15 October 2018 00:13 (five years ago) link
he peaked when he was kurt vile... new on Gulcher
― 1-800-CALL-ATT (Karl Malone), Monday, 15 October 2018 02:04 (five years ago) link
This is a good record man!
― calstars, Saturday, 20 October 2018 23:43 (five years ago) link
I can totally picture post-Benji Kozelek taking guest verses on Bassackwards.
Other than that, the new album feels like it's a thousand hours long (I haven't been able to hear it in full so far), and yes Runner-Ups and Baby's Arms are some of his best tunes on what happens to be his best album.
― Dinsdale, Sunday, 21 October 2018 21:17 (five years ago) link
this album must be terrible because the album cover art has like fake "ring wear" as the actual cover. why do people do this?
― budo jeru, Sunday, 21 October 2018 22:00 (five years ago) link
ufo otm.
WOAPD the album is all the kurt i imagine i'll ever need.
― budo jeru, Sunday, 21 October 2018 22:01 (five years ago) link
the new album i mean xp
― budo jeru, Sunday, 21 October 2018 22:03 (five years ago) link
i've been kinda looking at his output post smoke-rings along the lines of yo la tengo when they released "and then nothing..." and "summer sun" but instead all they ever did were to keep releasing records in those veins and say not put out a "pass the hatchet, i think i'm goodkind."
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Monday, 22 October 2018 02:11 (five years ago) link
this album must be terrible because the album cover art has like fake "ring wear" as the actual coverhaha yeah I wtfd at this too
― niels, Monday, 22 October 2018 06:15 (five years ago) link
When free online photoshop tutorials go wrong
― Karl Malone, Monday, 22 October 2018 06:19 (five years ago) link
give 'em a glass of woodergive 'em a cherry pie
― dripping in fennesz (sanskrit), Thursday, 27 December 2018 01:50 (five years ago) link
Bonded with my wife's college-age cousin on Christmas Eve over KV. (Unsurprisingly, he's also into Mac DeMarco.)
― jaymc, Thursday, 27 December 2018 06:30 (five years ago) link
https://open.spotify.com/track/22YbmBNDcL1jACZIPuItR8?si=iy3lodDqT3uwmORZ4oEaQA
― calstars, Saturday, 26 September 2020 22:05 (three years ago) link
Really loving his song with John Prine, a take on "How Lucky", very sweet and heartbreaking in retrospect. The rest of the EP is okay, but "Dandelions" is such an on the nose, meandering song that it borders on Vile self-parody.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 23:15 (three years ago) link
New song is very much what I needed
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 15 February 2022 21:42 (two years ago) link
https://pitchfork.com/news/kurt-vile-announces-new-album-watch-my-moves-and-tour-shares-video-for-new-song-watch/
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 15 February 2022 21:43 (two years ago) link
NiceHappy to see Stella return too
― calstars, Tuesday, 15 February 2022 22:09 (two years ago) link
a new song called “Exploding Like Stones,” which features Sun Ra Arkestra’s James Stewart. Watch it below, and find Vile’s upcoming tour dates, too.The new album includes a cover of Bruce Springsteen’s “Wages of Sin.”
The new album includes a cover of Bruce Springsteen’s “Wages of Sin.”
Oh yes.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 15 February 2022 22:19 (two years ago) link
I really enjoy the new singles but nothing will best freeway
― calstars, Saturday, 26 March 2022 23:57 (two years ago) link
I couldn’t get more than halfway through the new one. It was fine, but it just occurred to me that I do not need 75 more minutes of Vile. I just don’t hear a ton of growth. In fact, even some of the older stuff I once really liked has lost its luster for me.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Saturday, 16 April 2022 04:56 (two years ago) link
“Pretty Pimpin” is his only listenable song IMO
― papal hotwife (milo z), Saturday, 16 April 2022 05:05 (two 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