The first week of class blues. First and foremost, a really cool dude, PhilaTaper, passed away last week. I encourage everyone to check out his archive of recordings. I’m really digging Circuit Des Yeux these days and we heard her twice tonight. We also heard Deerhunter twice, in honor of the 10th anniversary of Microcastle, seeing them at Chelsea’s on that tour was my freshman dream come true when I got to LSU. Second hour oscillates between docile and feral throughout. Highly recommend digging up this Dewey Redman session, the ending of “PS” has me feeling like I’m in another world. And it still sounds fresh alongside McPhee and Corsano’s “For Paul Flaherty”. We ended the night with one of Annea Lockwood’s glass experiments and I sent everyone off to bed with Roy Orbison’s “In Dreams” (hopefully while Blue Velvet plays in yr head).
Hour 1
Raincoats – “Adventures Close to Home”, The Raincoats, Rough Trade, 1979
Lightning Bolt – “Dead Cowboy”, Hypermagic Mountain, Load Records, 2005
Sonic Youth – “Youth Against Fascism” (BBC Radio Session, 1992)
Deerhunter – “Nothing Ever Happened / Strange Lights” (09/09/08, Le Poisson Rouge, NYC, nyctaper)
Purling Hiss – “Walkin’ With Jesus” (07/21/18, Johnny Brenda’s, Philadelphia, PhilaTaper (Spacemen 3 cover)
Circuit Des Yeux – “Paper Bag” (11/16/17, Johnny Brenda’s, Philadelphia, PhilaTaper)
Mountain Movers – “Unknown Hours”, Mountain Movers, Trouble In Mind, 2018
Circuit Des Yeux – “Dream of TV”, In Plain Speech, Thrill Jockey, 2015
Hour 2
Jlin – “Nyakinyua Rise”, Dark Lotus, Planet Mu, 2012
Kevin Drumm – “I Like The Idea of a Power Trio Where…”, Split with Pita, Boxmedia Records 2001
Jack Rose – “Hart Crane’s Old Boyfriends”, Raag Manifestos, VHF Records, 2004 / 2016
Michael Hurley – “Help Me To Get Rid of Her / How Sweet I Roamed”, Blue Hills, Mississippi Records, 2010
Chuck Johnson – “Calamus”, Balsams, Vin Du Select Qualitite, Thin Wrist Recordings, 2017
Samara Lubelski / Bill Nace – “Mazed”, Samara Lubelski / Bill Nace, Open Mouth, 2018
Dewey Redman – “PS” (12/19/69 Blue Note Session)
Joe McPhee & Chris Corsano – “For Paul Flaherty”, Scraps and Shadows, Roaratorio, 2012
Annea Lockwood – “Bottle Tree Showered With Fragments”, The Glass World, Tangent Records, 1970
Roy Orbison – “In Dreams”, Blue Velvet (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Varèse Sarabande, 1986
Psychic and Powerless 8/22/18
By Tuff Gnarl
August 23, 2018