i love childish prodigy
― kushighway (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 10 October 2009 18:55 (fourteen years ago) link
freak train is some real http://i36.tinypic.com/do554x.jpg shit
i don't think he'll ever do anything as good as "taking the farm" or "arms like boulders" but this one smashes the war on drugs album
need to hear constant hitmaker
― kushighway (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 10 October 2009 18:57 (fourteen years ago) link
Constant Hitmaker's pretty great, and a few of the songs on God is Saying are still my very favorites. I am trying to warm up the new one, but tbh I'm not really feelin' it.
― The World's Biggest Christ (Z S), Saturday, 10 October 2009 20:28 (fourteen years ago) link
huh i really like the new one a lot. it gets a little samey near the end but the first half is pretty solid. maybe i'm weird but i like the strong songs on childish prodigy more than the formlessness of the earlier albums.
― congratulations (n/a), Saturday, 10 October 2009 20:30 (fourteen years ago) link
"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 (thirteen 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 (thirteen years ago) link
http://e2ma.net/userdata/24823/images/medium/e1270658628.jpg
― van smack, Monday, 12 April 2010 23:17 (thirteen 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 (thirteen 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
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 (one year ago) link
“Pretty Pimpin” is his only listenable song IMO
― papal hotwife (milo z), Saturday, 16 April 2022 05:05 (one year ago) link
wakin on a pretty day is good
album w courtney barnett is tops
― corrs unplugged, Saturday, 16 April 2022 10:11 (one year 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 (one year 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 (one year ago) link
hehe well yes
― corrs unplugged, Tuesday, 26 April 2022 12:43 (one year 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 (one year ago) link
Alpine Static OTM in both 2018 and 2022
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 26 April 2022 19:35 (one year 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 (one year 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 (one year 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 (one year 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