#198

Cheers for linking the piece! Was just browsing through the soundtrack playlist and there plenty of artists to check out as I’m only really familiar with Bill Callahan, Kevin Morby and Timbre Timbre. Some great picks indeed!

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#200

yeah i’d hesitate to say he’s got bad or anything but he’s drifted slightly away from the elements of his stuff that i liked the most

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#201

tune.

i had to go back and check actually but i liked the opener, and the second track sounds pretty decent too. i can’t decide whether America is good or a bit annoying, but it’s interesting at least, i can imagine a more lo-fi version of it being on Julius Caesar. i think the rest of it struggled to hold me. i’ll have to give it another listen at some point though and see if i warm to it more.

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#202

I get that they sound gorgeous, but I can remember very little about them once they’re done (I know, and like, Drover; and I vaguely remember a song about a javelin, but couldn’t name any others without checking).

I also can’t help drawing a conclusion based on the two times that I’ve seen him live. The first was on the Wish We Were An Eagle tour, at a church in Brighton. It was magical - heavy on Eagle material, but with a good cross section of earlier Smog stuff too. The second time was on the Dream River tour at the Royal Festival Hall. It was almost entirely Apocalypse/Dream River material; and remains the only gig that I’ve ever fallen asleep during.

#203

That RFH gig was terrible. Although he did play Dress Sexy at My Funeral

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#204

Listening to Starlite Walker by Silver Jews for the first time ever. Fucking great stuff.

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#205

That new No Age album is fucking class, really selfishly glad that they decided to get all this stuff up on Spotify

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#206

I bought it on vinyl the day before they put it up on Spotify, partly because I couldn’t easily listen to it. I was genuinely a bit annoyed for about a minute before I accepted that it probably meant more people would listen to it and it’s great, so good for them.

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#207

I bought it on vinyl BECAUSE I heard it first on Spotify and decided it was ace

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#208

And both ways No Age get the benefits of having made said ace album. So really everyone wins.

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#209

Too much Neil Hamburger.

#210

Listened to the one where he’s opening for Tenacious D the other day and is being booed and shouted at for the entire set. Lovely stuff.

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#211

Arise Therefore now on Spotify, although weirdly it’s listed under Bonnie “Prince” Billy rather than Palace Music.

#212

yeah, think it got reissued under the BPB name at some point in the last few years as i remember spotting a vinyl copy labelled with that name in a record shop a year or two ago and being a bit confused.

tbf there’s no artist name listed anywhere on the original record but still would make more sense to use the name he was actually going by at the time.

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#213

i actually quite like the staggered weekly releases for Will Oldham’s stuff. creates a bit of excitement and anticipation around new additions rather than the whole discography being there immediately to splurge on at once. (only confusing thing is a couple not being listed under the name you’d expect them to but that’s only troubling to us last.fm nerds)

they’re up to the wonderful I See A Darkness now.

#214

Loads more BPB up on Spotify now, notably Greatest Palace Music and Superwolf. The latter is an underrated gem: I recall that it got some fairly lukewarm press at time of release, which I found quite baffling. Listening again, it really is top drawer. I really like the combination of their voices, there’s some lovely guitar work from Matt, and the songs are great too (in particular, Blood Embrace). Recommended if you missed it first time round.

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#215

You are spot on - massively underrated album of his. Absolutely love a beast for thee from it, despite some pretty bad / strange lyrics.

#216

Waiting for The Brave And The Bold to rock up, His collaboration with Tortoise. Now, THAT is an underrated album. His versions of Daniel, Thunder Road and Pancho are just sublime.

Always loved Superwolf. Cracking album and yes, the aforementioned Beast For Thee and Blood Embrace are ace!

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#217

Actually, it wasn’t released on Drag City, so it will probably never rock up.

#218

Superwolf is that rare rare album that I wouldn’t change a note of. Nothing.