kurt vile-songs, singing, strumming of 6 & 12 string gtrs + altered resonator thru amplifiers, trumpet, tweeking of the korg family trio: k2, maxi-korg, mono-poly/// a. granduciel- memory man gtrs, take-the-edge-off effects, sweet loops, perfect samplage/// j turbo- sax, electric 6-string and baritone gtrs/// mike zeng- thunder kit, water drums, perfect percussion/// HONORARY ALUMNI: michael johnson- skins, korg bubbletone, modular jumpsuit/// timmy von trimble- he'll GET you.
Influences
room to live, love to burn, street hassle, street legal, beat street, bully of the bayou, heartland feeling, yellow schwinn stingray, roots train number 1 (extended mix), cocaine in my brain, juicy juicy juice, strawberry wine, violent students, richie records, ag tonez, tusk, ccr, neil young, crazyhorse, suicide, the dead c, charlie patton, bertha lee, blind lemon jefferson, mississippi john hurt, blind willie johnson, furry lewis, fred mcdowell, harry smith anthology, american primitives, etc, robert johnson, lightnin hopkins, john fahey, doc watson, hank williams, townse van zandt, bob dylan, bobby neuwirth, eat the document, the vu, lou, the stooges, iggy, the ramones, the stones, the kinks, cluster, morton subotnick, isoa tomita, the fall, kurt's garage, blue kangaroo and the rest of wattle & daub.
Sounds Like
when u wake from a long and glorious slumber, then u realize u don't have to go to work, then u fall back into long and glorious slumber...
kv: Fall Demons 7" OUT NOW on skulltones: www.skulltones.com ... i will have them at shows for a little bit so come up and see me sometime. i'm sure they will end up in some stores and distros but of course... kv: Constant Hitmaker vinyl lp OUT NOW on Woodsist! kurt vile & the violators: The Hunchback 12" ep SOLD OUT on richie records//testostertunes. repress soon. cd still available and i tunes. kurt vile: God Is Saying This To You 12" mini-lp SOLD OUT on Mexican Summer but i got a few copies still. come see me. this is also available via download thru i tunes and mexican summer, etc. more tripped out shit to come including maybe a sweet belgian cassette or maybe something even more obscure. Kurt Vile "Childish Prodigy" recorded by philly-genius engineer Jeff Zeigler OUT THIS FALL on matador records. shit, yes!!! features the violators in addiition to a bunch from kv's trusty psyche-pool of music friends. man, that came out weird, but i think you know what i mean. "oh shnap! no, he did not just..."
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hey I just listened bought the Constant Hitmaker, and it's really awesome! Freeway is like one of my new favorite songs...lol Good luck, and I hope you come to Chicago sometime!
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