Kurt Vile... new on Gulcher.

Dead Alive is his best song ever

― nostormo, Saturday, September 24, 2011 6:23 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_hkraCqA9k

the album version is better imo

Kurt Vile and The Young will be such a killer show to catch. Kind of bummed that new 7" is only available at two shows.

Seriously, fuck off Matador. Looks like I have to re-buy Smoke Ring For My Halo in order to get the new EP. The only way its available on its own is vinyl, with either CD or digital you have to buy the Smoke Ring deluxe edition to get both the album and the EP. Hate when labels pull this bullshit, I expect it from major labels, but Matador? C'mon guys.

get a record player

Have one, but its in storage for now because I had to sacrifice the space for our nursery. Its just frustrating. And you wonder why people turn to illegal downloading when you won't give willing customers an option to pay for your product.

yeah whenever i am frustrated with a company, i just steal from them, it makes me feel so much better.

I didn't say that, c'mon now.

can you not get the EP from iTunes?

hey jon

will be available on amazon tomorrow for $6

http://www.amazon.com/So-Outta-Reach/dp/B005TD5RCO/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1320683141&sr=8-2-fkmr0

hope u feel better

$6? Seriously, fuck off Amazon.

$6 is reasonable for an EP! I am feeling happier now. I didn't see it on iTunes as a standalone and digital wasn't an option at Matador's store. Didn't even think to check Amazon.

yeah amazon mp3 is great now IMO, usually cheaper and also no DRM and 320k quality, i love it, i haven't bought anything off itunes in forever

the free cloud player works well too

the title track has a v tom petty vibe imho

i don't know about tom petty but the intricate guitar sound of the first song is even more magic than anything on smoke rings. it's like a naturally dyed persian carpet woven from guitar strings.

I just bought the songs individually from iTunes (in this case, cheaper than Amazon).
It's really great.

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on tour

<3

nice shirt

If it's a Kurt Vile thread bumping-I'll check it out

Smoke Ring For My Halo is such a gorgeous freaking record. I heard it in a store the other day, Googled some lyrics, and was surprised as to what it was. I had checked out some clips long ago and never followed up, but this was really, really immediately striking to me, and I picked it up the next chance I got. And I'm so not in this headspace right now; that vast majority of what I've been listening to the past six months is metal. The vibe he conjures is so immediate and evocative; I love everything about it.

any plans for a new record?

i'd heard there should be one before the end of the year, but have heard nothing more

You can stream the first single, which is over 9 minutes on his website http://kurtvile.com/. New DOUBLE Album out in April.
This song is so awesome and slackerish. The beginning sounds a lot like Pavement, but then turns into something so much more amazing.

never too early to anticipate a new Kurt Vile record - Wakin On A Pretty Daze? (2013)

Think there might be a thread for it already!

ooops, sorry folks.

he never sounded so angry, aggressive and dirty as he did on Childish Prodigy.
(vocals and production)

i hope he'll make another "dark" record like this, only with much less fillers.

New song with Courtnet burnett is excellent

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/courtney-barnett-kurt-vile-over-everything/

sometimes there's no poison like a dream

he's covered belly??

i like how chill + happy this album is

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New single Loading Zones is really good

Another new song. Sadly, it's boring.
(Loading Zones is boring too imo)

Hope he didn't lose it completely..

But isn't that his shtick? To always make the same boring song? Which usually is great btw.

The melodies are weaker. He becam too monotonic and lost the melancolic atmosphere.

"bassackwards" is amazing imo

i don't remember which new one i heard recently but i too was disappointed

The slightly warped sound of Bassackwards is great. That song flows majestically towards the delta.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOFWHty4XFQ

oh i really like that (and yeah "loading zones" is the one i didn't much care for)

yeah it's gorgeously produced too

ok so i am looking forward to the album then lol

those lyrics, ugh. when he started in second verse, same as the first, I had to bail

Yup. The first verse wasn’t even all that. writers using the word “bay” is usually a bad sign
I think Loading Zones is much better

I enjoyed the song right up to the point where I thought, “That was a pretty good song,” then looked at the time and realized there were four plus minutes left.

Pitchfork uploaded his live performence of the new album on youtube.
I like the arrangements but the melodies are meh imo

i guess maybe i am starting to wonder exactly how many Kurt Vile songs i need in my life

Marc Maron interview up today that I haven't listened to yet

co-sign with alpine though