Spectre Folk is Pete Doolan (previously DCed here), drummer for Magik Markers and a player in GHQ, a crafter of parsed down, lo-fi psych-folk. No better companion could've been made for Doolan and his joyfully fuzzed out concoctions then the good folk at Woodsist, the lighthouse on a hill for all things lo-fi and folk. [...]
Dec 20, 2010, 12:00am
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Das magistrale Zusammenspiel von Steve Gunn und John Truscinski macht eine schlichte Platte zum wertvollen Schmuckstück. Ende letzten Jahres tat's der Ausnahme-Gitarrero Steve Gunn noch alleine , nun spielt er sich in Begleitung zurück in Trance und ins geneigte Ohr. Seit sechs Jahren schon verlieren sich er und Drummer John Truscinski regelmässig in ragaesken Improvisationsmeditationen, zuletzt auch in Gunns Band GHQ. Als Duo mussten sie jedoch erst vom famosen ExperimentalFolk-Label Three Lobed Recordings ins Studio gezerrt werden, damit nach elektrisierender Reaktion die Chemie ihres Zusammenspiels endlich [...]
The other day I began to describe the origins of the Sunday Mix Tape feature. Today, I'll describe the end of an era. The second fifty mix tapes, which commenced on January 28th, 2007, saw an increased amount of attention paid to marginalized artists. It was almost as if the first few dozen installments were my way of convincing people to come along for the ride, and the second fifty mix tapes were my way of introducing people to the really good shit. Three years ago, before the reissue and the recent Pitchfork review, you'd never see an [...]
Dec 19, 2009, 7:00am
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Steve Gunn ist einer jener unzähligen Musiker, die ihr Instrument besser beherrschen als so mancher hippe Durchstarter und doch im Untergrund versteckt bleiben. Eine irgendwie traurige Tatsache, die auch sein neustes Solo-Werk (zum Glück) bestätigt. Zumindest Insiderkreisen ist der in Philadelphia geborene
Today was one of those "I hate my life" days, but since I came home from work things are slowly turning around. Maybe a little Sunday Mix Tape will help sooth my frazzled nerves. RULES for uninitiated noobs : With roughly 100MB of webspace, I give birth to a weekly Mix Tape to be deposited on your iPods or Zunes or Kingklangs or whatever the industry is currently pushing on you. Sometimes there will be themes that link all the songs together, other times I'll just throw songs at a wall (not literally) and see [...]

Just when our ears had stopped ringing from the thunderous performances of Sunburned Hand of the Man and Jackie O’Motherfucker at Yamoy’s Soy Festival last fall, the ecstatic sound of the American psychedelic Underground returned to the Nantes last Friday with Tom Carter and GHQ –this time, however, in one of its gentler incarnations. Friday March 21st, Nantes. The Grimault, a cramped, dim, saloon-style bar tucked away along the Eastern bank of the Erdre, was packed by 8pm. Tom Carter (Austin, Texas) and two of the members of the New York trio GHQ (Marcia Basset and [...]
Half Man Half Biscuit - Blue Badge Abuser (Probe Plus) Taken from the new album "CSI Ambleside". Buy Here Bardot Pond - A Tune (Three Lobed Recordings) Taken from the new mini album thingy "Batholith" which is apparently just a small compilation of stuff they just had lying around. There are only six tracks on here but every one's a winner. The Wedding Present - Boo Boo (Pinnacle) Another track from the new album "El Ray". Out 26th April. [...]

And on the seventh day, your lord (that's me!) rested. It was a much needed rest, considering the week both began and ended with heavy alcohol consumption. Come to think of it, the flow of booze was fairly consistent this week. And all the while, Sari and Nicci (at least I think...) have not been totally put off by my debauchery yet. Those girls are real troopers! They even laugh at my jokes, sometimes! I think love them. As for Ilya...he's used to me by now. Now here's the music. RULES for uninitiated noobs [...]

1. Vodka Soap - Untitled 6 Un Chand Pyramidelier (2006 New Age Cassettes) 2. Pengo - Trans-Love Abattoir A Nervous Splendor (2002 Hahoma Records) 3. Neil Campbell & Richard Youngs - Soil How The Garden Is (2001 HP Cycle) 4. Rauhan Orkesteri/Lauhkeat Lampaat - Bile-Kalkkuna Sylissain Oot (2006 Ache Records) 5. GHQ - Lie, Live, [...]