Kurt Vile

[AFX]

io l'ho riascoltato l'altroieri e credo di preferirgli il disco precedente, pur essendo ben pensato e anche più coraggioso. Anche questo è un ottimo album, aumenta il rispetto perché quei pezzoni chilometrici non te li fanno tutti in questo campo, ma non si consacra definitivamente. Non è il capolavoro che forse ci aspettavamo tutti. Giusto quindi il voto e la recensione.

[rick81]

Daccordo con il voto e con la recensione, non con il discorso never run away.

[Frances]

[x119]

Sto album è un capolavoro, che suono ragazzi.

[AFX]

eccolo da Letterman poche sere fa

[Totemto]

Come al solito grande...peccato per 2-3 canzoni sotto tono nell'album, il resto è eccezionale.

[AFX]

"it's a big world out there (and i am scared)" è il nuovo EP 12”/digitale di Kurt Vile and The Violators in uscita per Matador Records il prossimo 20 Novembre e contiene sette brani, sei dei quali completamente inediti. L’EP è stato registrato durante le session dell’ultimo album e ricopre inoltre il ruolo di contenuto bonus per Wakin On A Pretty Daze: Deluxe Daze (Post Haze), disponibile in 2CD e Digital Download lo stesso giorno.

Kurt ha inoltre appena condiviso su KurtVile.com il mix di brani che ha dato ai Violators e al produttore John Agnello prima di entrare in studio per registrare Wakin On A Pretty Daze. E’ online con un messaggio da parte di Kurt (lo leggete sotto) ed è disponibile anche su SoundCloud.

"it's a big world out there (and i am scared)" track-listing:
Side A
1. Never Run Away (string synth)
2. NRA Reprise
3. Feel My Pain
Side B
4. Snowflakes Extended
5. Wedding Budz
6. The Ghost of Freddie Roach
7. (reprise reprise)


Kurt’s message on the Mixtape:

here is a "mix-tape" that i had been sort-of-conceiving for some time before i actually made it. i would say i made it mainly to pump myself up. and then my bandmates, extended bandmates, producer, etc… but also to get all my friends that were involved (at least subliminally) on my wave-length when i needed it most...

by the time the violators and i got back from a 7 week euro/uk tour, sometime in the summer of 2012, it was time to get back into the studio and the bulk of the "wakin" album done. we had already recorded a good chunk of the almost-title-track "wakin on a pretty day" before we left, and a few other songs. (another one called "feel my pain," a stripped-down, ominous folk number, exceptionally meticulous in it's finger-picked arrangement, has since become a favorite of mine for all it’s rawness... hear it soon on the new ep!)

anyway…

i remember the night before driving up to woodstock to start recording again and laughing to myself that it was so important i get the right sequence down on this ultimate vinyl-mix (and cd... and cassette!) when i probably had plenty of fine-tuning needed on my own songs, but hey...

i would jam alot of these mix-tape tunes on the road over n over all the time. from a discman (not kidding) into this miniature battery-powered vox amp that john agnello gave me as a christmas present. usually in hotel rooms in the wee hrs, post-gig...

i remember playing "a quick thing" by rowland howard and nikki sudden in
many-a-south-american-hotel-room (over and over) for instance, and getting so deep into it, positively spaced out. cuz that song's as real as it gets, mind you!
(ps i love nikki sudden but it's all about the rowland howard here as is per uzsch with mr. howard)

i don't want to dissect all my favorite music for everyone. but i sent this mix to my friends involved in my record for the purpose of loose/good vibes. and then i sent it to some other friends and loved ones. some of whom complimented it, and of course i was flattered cuz i did work hard on it like a total dork, hah.... i didn't just throw it together.

i don't wanna say all this stuff influenced my record in any obvious way.
but subliminally? most def.
cuz that's life. always influenced by your surroundings.

some top faves (besides "a quick thing") :
bill fay "warwick town"
the byrds "truckstop girl"
flamin groovies "whiskey woman"

"...and all of the rest."
-kv

[madsun]

ovviamente niente Italia...ci perdiamo una bella serata

True Widow's European tour with Kurt Vile kicks off tomorrow night in Utrecht! Who's coming out??

***European Tour With Kurt Vile except #***

Dec 03 Utrecht NL Tivoli Tickets
Dec 04 Frankfurt GER Zoom Tickets
Dec 05 Copenhagen DK Vega (main hall) w/Crystal Fighters Tickets
Dec 06 Gothenburg SWE Pustervik Tickets
Dec 07 Stockholm SWE Debaser Medis Tickets
Dec 08 Lund SWE Mejeriet Tickets
Dec 09 Berlin GER Lido Tickets
Dec 10 Eindhoven NL Effenaar Tickets
Dec 11 London UK Shepherds Bush Empire
Dec 12 London UK Birthdays # TRUE WIDOW HEADLINING
Dec 13 Leeds UK Brudenell Social Club
Dec 14 Manchester UK Academy 2
Dec 15 Glasgow UK Arches
Dec 16 Bristol UK The Fleece
Dec 17 Brighton UK Concorde 2
Dec 18 Haarlem NL Patronaat
Dec 19 Paris FR La Gaité Lyrique
Dec 20 Tourcoing FR Le Grand Mix

[Totemto]

Ultimamente ne perdiamo tanti per strada.

Sarebbe da vedere quello del 12 dicembre con i tw.

[madsun]

Ultimamente ne perdiamo tanti per strada.

Sarebbe da vedere quello del 12 dicembre con i tw.

sono tutte con i True Widow
il 12 sono loro headliner, le altre date invece fanno da supporto