Kurt Vile... new on Gulcher.

its the new studio album out next week

Yeah square shells was an ep. Thanks for the info on the new shit.

new album's excellent

for anyone in brooklyn, kurt vile is gonna be playing at academy records in williamsburg around 5pm tomorrow!

I'll be at the Generation Records show, very excited.

as I have the day off, expect to be at Academy.

dang. would have gone to that. workin.

me to.

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Academy @ 5pm w/ Thurston Moore & folks
Generation @ 7pm
Other @ 9pm

(I figure the 2nd and 3rd shows are acoustic)

Amazing show at Generation Records, place was packed.

Setlist

1 New Song
2 Babys Arms
3 In My Time
4 Jesus Fever
5 Ghost Town
6 Slow Talkers
7 On Tour
8 Blackberry Song

"runner ups" is my favorite song off this -- great album tho

agree, "runner ups" is A+ best song here

http://www.threadbombing.com/data/media/22/thumbs_up_rip.jpg

hey that's my .gif!

its all about tomboy

Wish I could get my money back for this unmelodic lazy record.

lol u mad

This is great.

i held the same opinion as calstars the first few times. i wouldn't say it's classic, but it has moments. "society is my friend" is my choice cut.

reminds me of the verve a little bit for some reason; in a good way.

can't hear it without thinking of sy's "society is a hole" which is by design I take it

society is my friend, it makes me lie to a hole

can't hear it without thinking of sy's "society is a hole" which is by design I take it

they are labelmates now. i love that callback though.

I think he played 6 of those 8 at Academy

wish i could have gone to that. very excited about the show with j mascis later this month

Childish Prodigy > Constant Hitmaker >>> Square Shells >> Smoke Ring > God is Saying This to You

smoke ring's just a runner up?

I'm warming up to it...

ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS DUDE THO

not feeling this new album... really same-y songs, no variation like on Square Shells, no weird little instrumentals, no big loud sounding stuff like "Freak Train" from CP, his voice sounds the same on every song with the same accent and inflections. Plus I think having what sounds like a consistent lineup throughout makes these tunes sound even more similar, which does not serve them well imo.

Those are all completely valid points and pretty much why this isn't an "o_O OMG I love this album" album for me. But, having said that, I really do love the vibe, so even if it is kinda samey - its a great one.

Wish this album would had more of a "Freeway" vibe

I mean where are the electric guitars?

His voice sounds yards better when he projects

this is a gorgeous album

normally i would not like a dude who sings like this, but his writing for guitar is ridiculously good.

liking this a lot, it's a grower

his sound is always so pretty & inviting imo but w/ this album i find myself aimlessly singing a bunch of the songs

me too. like "jesus fever" isn't even one of my top three on the album but it runs thru my head

I loved Childhood Prodigy. Reading this thread and a few reviews, I'm guessing the new one is closer to Square Shells than CP. I'm alright with that but prefer his more freewheeling style.

http://www.tweetdeck.com/twitter/matadorrecords/~ACp19

bummer. i have tickets for friday night's show. hope he gets his stuff back together soon

does a Ned Raggett like Kurt Vile, or does he just follow random people's Twitters?

Vile doesn't seem like "Ned music" imo

More of an RT in this case.

ah got it

suddenly it all makes sense & my life has been restored to balance & normalcy

"Smoke Ring..." is a damn near perfect record, marred only by the out of place "puppet to the man." Three three plus minute outro on "Ghost Town" is a sheer wonder, esp. when that insect like guitar bubbles up in the mix.

No one does stoner observations like Vile.

"puppet" is great, fuiud

Yeah, Puppet was the first track I got into on this.

***runs and hides***

hey it's each to his own.