Archive for December, 2019

ginchy shit, 2019

ginchy shit, 2019
Jesse Jarnow / @bourgwick
a running list

single-asterisk – extra-highly recommended
triple-asterisk – instant classic in my own personal canon

new or newish
Clan Caimán, Clan Caimán (EM)
Goodrazi, Evidence of Arrival (Feeding Tube)
Ibakku, Alien Cartoon (Akwaaba Music)
Mute Duo, Mute Duo (no label)
Geir Sundstøl, Brødløs (Hubro)
Deerhunter, Double Dream of Spring (4AD)
Nate Wooley, Columbia Icefield (Northern Spy)
Barry Walker, Diaspora Urkontinent (Driftless)
Mapache, Mapache (no label) ***
Kurt Vile, Bottle It In (Matador)
Cat Power, Wanderer (Domino)
Steve Gunn, The Unseen In Between (Matador) *
William Tyler, Goes West (Merge) *
Sarah Louise, Nighttime Birds & Morning Stars (Thrill Jockey) *
Tiny Ruins, Olympic Girls (BaDaBing)
Lambchop, This (is what I wanted to tell you) (Merge) *
Worthless, The Cave (Feeding Tube)
Stephen Malkmus, Groove Denied (Matador) *
Deerhunter, Why Hasn’t Everything Already Disappeared (4AD)
The Scene Is Now, Untitled/Unreleased LP #9 (no label)
Chris Forsyth, All Time Present (No Quarter)
Meat Puppets, Dusty Notes (Megaforce)
75 Dollar Bill, I Was Real (Thin Wrist) *
Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society, Mandatory Reality ***
Garcia Peoples, One Step Behind (Beyond Beyond is Beyond) *
Mdou Moctar, Ilana (The Creator) (Sahel Sounds)
Mary Lattimore & Mac McCaughan, New Rain Duets (Three Lobed) *
De Lorians, De Lorians (Beyond Beyond is Beyond)
Jake Xerxes Fussell, Out of Sight (Paradise of Bachelors) *
M. Geddes Gengras, I am the Last of That Green and Warm-Hued World (Hausu Mountain) *
House and Land, Across the Field (Thrill Jockey)
Kendra Amalie, Intuition (Beyond Beyond is Beyond)
The Schramms, Omnidirectional (Bar/None)
C Joynes and the Furlong Bray, The Borametz Tree (Feeding Tube)
SPAZA, SPAZA (Mushroom Hour Half Hour)
Chris Brokaw, End of the Night (VDSQ) *
Sam Cohen, The Future’s Still Ringing In My Ears (30th Century)
Ted Reichman, Reeds and Oscillators (no label)
Joan Shelley, Like the River Loves the Sea (No Quarter)
Bill Orcutt, NEU BROS / OK PHONE / RURAL BEATLES (Palalia)
Luka Productions, Falaw (Sahel Sounds)
Damon Locks Ensemble, Where Future Unfolds (International Anthem)
Gong Gong Gong, Phantom Rhythm (Wharf Cat) ***
Modern Nature, How To Live (Bella Union)
Vampire Weekend, Father of the Bride (Columbia) *
Purple Mountains, Purple Mountains (Drag City) ***
Matt LaJoie, The Center and the Fringe (Flower Room) ***
Village of Spaces, Shaped By Place (Feeding Tube)
Cy Dune, Lagniappe Sessions (Aquarium Drunkard) ***
William Tyler, Lagniappe Sessions (Aquarium Drunkard) *
Thee Reps, Minimal Surface (Gold Bolus)
M. Grig, Mount Carmel (12k)
Rocket 808, Rocket 808 (12XU) *
David Kilgour & the Heavy Eights, Bobbie’s A Girl (Merge)
Angel Bat Dawid, The Oracle (International Anthem)
Kim Gordon, No Home Record (Matador) *
v/a, Quilt of the Universe (Spinster Sounds)
Saariselka, The Ground Our Sky (Temporary Residence Ltd.) *
SUSS, High Line (Northern Spy)
Carl Stone, Himalaya (Unseen Worlds)
Rima Kato, Sing-Song (Flau)
Moon Duo, Stars Are the Light (Sacred Bones)
Bill Orcutt, Odds Against Tomorrow (Palilia) ***
Dump, Blown Dunks (edita la servidumbre) ***
Abstract Black, In Circles With Self (no label)

singles/short-form/individual non-album performances
“steve reich clapping music but on a snare with swing” – Marc Giguere (YouTube)
“The Moonlight Sonata but the bass is a bar late and the melody is a bar early” – Isaac Schenkler (Soundcloud)
“Siren” – Gong Gong Gong, Siren 7” (Em)
“Outerhelios” – DADAbots
misc. vaporwave mixes – DBOM
“Not Dark Yet” – Bob Dylan, 2019 arrangement

reissues/new old things
Allman Brothers Band, Fillmore East, February 1970 (Deluxe Edition) (Owsley Stanley Foundation)
Jerry Garcia Band, Electric on the Eel (Round)
Akofa Akoussah, s/t (Mr. Bongo)
Tohru Aizawa Quartet, Tachibana, vol. 1 (BBE)
John Hartford, Backroads, Rivers & Memories (Omnivore) ***
Christy Essien Igbokwe, Give Me A Chance (Afrodesia) *
Animal Collective, Crispy Pops (Live 2009) (no label)
Bob Dylan, Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1975 Live Recordings (Sony/Legacy) *
Plastic Device, E Pluribus Plastic (no label)
v/a, La Contra Ola: Synth-Wave & Post-Punk from Spain, 1980-1986 (Bongo Joe)
Troupe Ecole Tudu, Oyiwane (Sahel Sounds)
v/a, Strain Crack & Break: Music From The Nurse With Wound List, Volume One (France) (Finders Keepers)
Grateful Dead, Ambient 4 – The Plateaux of MIDI (Summer ‘94) (no label) *
Bob Dylan, Travelin’ Thru, 1967-1969: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 15 (Sony/Legacy)
New Riders of the Purple Sage, Dawn of the New Riders of the Purple Sage (Owsley Stanley Foundation) *
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, The Soundboard Archive (no label) ***
June Tyson, Saturnian Queen of the Sun Ra Arkestra (Modern Harmonic) ***
Lee Hazlewood, 400 Miles From LA (Light in the Attic)

misc. new-to-me
Bruce Kaphan, Slider (Hearts of Space)
Demola Adepoju, Olufe-Mi (Addlar) ***
Ofo the Rock Company, Live in Europe (PMG)
BJ Cole, New Wandering Dog (United Artists)
v/a, Township Jazz ‘n’ Jive: 18 South African Urban Swing Classics From the Jivin’ ‘50s (Nascente) ***
Bongos Ikwue, You Can’t Hurry the Sunrise (Arc)
Flying Burrito Brothers, Live at the Avalon Ballroom 1969 (Amoeba) *
Roy Loney, Artistic As Hell EP (Albertson Frost) ***

live recordings
Bob Dylan, 9 February 2002, Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA ***
Robyn Hitchcock with Benmont Tench, WIlliam Tyler, & Thayer Serrano, 30 August 2018, Largo, Los Angeles, CA ***
Mary Halvorson Octet, 4 November 2018, haus der Berliner Festpiele, Berlin, DE
Devo, 4 November 1978, Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN
Marisa Anderson & Jim White, 21 July 2019, The Hideout, Chicago, IL
Jimmie Dale Gilmore, 13 October 1991, KUT, Austin, TX ***
The Bangles, 25 August 1986 Kingswood Music Theater, Toronto, ONT
Bob Dylan, 23 July 2000 Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY
Silver Jews, 8 September 2008 Theory of Everything, WFMU, Jersey City, NJ
Netherlands Metropole Orchestra: Brian Eno, “The Shutov Assembly,” 20 June 1999 Paradiso, Amsterdam, NL

live 
11 January 2019 Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society / Ben LaMar Gay at Nublu 151
1 February 2019 Steve Gunn / Mary Lattimore & Meg Baird at Bowery Ballroom
7 February 2019 Dire Wolves, Starbirthed at Union Pool
26 February 2019 Ace of Cups at Mercury Lounge
5 March 2019 Ryley Walker/Steve Gunn/Ryan Jewell at Union Pool
9 March 2019 The Mike & Micky Show at Beacon Theater
5 April 2019 Jake Xerxes Fussell, Brooklyn Folk Festival
18 April 2019 SUSS / Elkhorn at Nublu 151
10 May 2019 Dire Wolves / Sunwatchers with Eugene Chadbourne at Nublu
17 May 2019 Garcia Peoples at Magick City
21 May 2019 Chuck Johnson / SUSS at Union Pool
26 June 2019 Sarah Louise / Kikagaku Moyo at Elsewhere
20 July 2019 High Time at Union Pool
27 July 2019 Weak Signal / Dire Wolves / Garcia Peoples, Chris Forsyth at Market Hotel
4 August 2019 Condo Fucks / 75 Dollar Bill at Union Pool
4 October 2019 Steve Gunn & John Truscinski Duo / Natural Information Society at Union Pool
2 November 2019 Lambchop at Murmrr
14 November 2019 Jake Xerxes Fussell / Joan Shelley at Park Church Co-Op
15 November 2019 Kikagaku Moyo / Miniami Deutsch at Warsaw
23 November 2019 Nate Wooley’s Seven Storey Mountain at St. Peter’s Church
26 November 2019 Bob Dylan at Beacon Theater
22 December 2019 Yo La Tengo & co at Bowery Ballroom
23 December 2019 Yo La Tengo & co at Bowery Ballroom
24 December 2019 Yo La Tengo & co at Bowery Ballroom
25 December 2019 Yo La Tengo & co at Bowery Ballroom
26 December 2019 Yo La Tengo & co at Bowery Ballroom
27 December 2019 Yo La Tengo & co at Bowery Ballroom
28 December 2019 Yo La Tengo & co at Bowery Ballroom
29 December 2019 Yo La Tengo & co at Bowery Ballroom
30 December 2019 Phish at Madison Square Garden
30 December 2019 Garcia Peoples / Chris Forsyth / Ryley Walker at LPR

etc.
Greene County Ghost Music by James Adams
Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened / Fyre Fraud
Grateful Dead Scholars Caucus, Albuquerque, NM, 20-23 February
“40 Acres & A Shul Bequeathed Unto Me” by Jeffrey Lewis
May We Forever Stand: A History of the Black National Anthem by Imani Perry
Tales From the Tour Bus, seasons 1 & 2
High Weirdness by Erik Davis
Sanctuary for Independent Media, Troy, NY
Fall (or Dodge in Hell) by Neal Stephenson
The FeMale Man by Joanna Russ
Mescaline by Mike Jay
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood by Quentin Tarantino
Foucault in the Desert by Simeon Wade
The Lark Ascending by Richard King
Bicycle Day by Brian Blomerth
Desolation Center by Stuart Swezey
Banjo and Bread by Andrew William Smith
Burning Down the Haus by Tim Mohr
The Butterfly Kid (reprint) by Chester Anderson
Infinite Tuesday by Michael Nesmith
Swamp Thing by Alan Moore
The Cyberiad by Stanislaw Lem
The Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi
Maggot Brain #1

yo la tengo, hanukkah 2019, night #8 setlist

Yo La Tengo at Bowery Ballroom
29 December 2019
*(Hanukkah, night 8)*

opening act: Jon Spencer & the Hit Makers
mentalist: Zebrecky
mix CD: Georgia
benefiting: Equal Justice USA

whole set minus opener with Bill Frisell on guitar

Seven Day Weekend (Doc Pomus) (sung as “Eight Day Weekend”)
Return To Hot Chicken
More Stars Than There Are In Heaven
Super Kiwi
Barnaby, Hardly Working
Ashes
Detouring America With Horns
The Summer
Awhileaway
The Days of Wine and Roses (Dream Syndicate) (with Rob Zebrecky on vocals)
Little Eyes
We’re An American Band
Drug Test
I Heard You Looking (with Joe Puleo on organ)
I Feel Like Going Home

*(encore)*
Bridge Over Troubled Water (Paul Simon) (drone) (with Laurie Anderson on violin)
Venus In Furs (Velvet Underground) (with LA)
My Little Corner of the World (Bob Hilliard & Lee Pockriss) (with Marilyn Kaplan on vocals)

yo la tengo, hanukkah 2019, night #7 setlist

Yo La Tengo at Bowery Ballroom
28 December 2019
*(Hanukkah, night 7)*

opening act: Snail Mail
comedian: Matt Walsh
mix CD: YoshimiO
benefiting: RIP Medical Debt

Dream Dream Away
Cherry Chapstick
Avalon or Someone Very Similar
Beanbag Chair
The Race is On Again (with Dave Schramm on guitar)
Pablo and Andrea (with DS)
Season of the Shark (with DS)
From Black to Blue (with DS)
I’ll Be Around
For You Too
False Alarm
Autumn Sweater
The Story of Jazz
From A Motel 6
Blue Line Swinger

*(encore)*
with Robyn Hitchcock on guitar/vocals
Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window (Bob Dylan)
Kill Your Sons (Lou Reed)
Drug Train (The Cramps)
I Wanna Destroy You (Robyn Hitchcock)
Love (Robyn Hitchcock)

yo la tengo, hanukkah 2019, night #6 setlist

Yo La Tengo at Bowery Ballroom
27 December 2019
*(Hanukkah, night 6)*

opening act: Sylvan Esso
poetry/music: Luc Sante & William Parker
comedian: Brittany Carney
mix CD: James
benefiting: National Abortion Federation

entire set with Brian Chase on drums

Out of the Pool
And the Glitter is Gone
The Last Days of Disco
Don’t Have To Be So Sad (with William Parker on bass)
Outsmartener (with WP on horn)
Song For Mahila
Above the Sound (with Nick Sanborn on electronics)
The Crying of Lot G (with NS)
Satellite (with NS)
Center of Gravity
Mr. Tough
Styles of the Times
Shaker
Decora
The Story of Yo La Tango

*(encore)*
Shock Me (Lenny Kaye)
She’s My Best Friend (Velvet Underground)
Secret Agent Man (P.F. Sloan/Steve Barri) (with Allen Hill on vocals)
Hanky Panky (Jeff Barry/Ellie Greenwich) (with Amelia Meath on vocals & Brian Chase on drums)
Fourth Time Around (Bob Dylan)

yo la tengo, hanukkah 2019, night #5 setlist

Yo La Tengo at Bowery Ballroom
26 December 2019
*(Hanukkah, night 5)*

mentalist: The Amazing Kreskin
organist: Josh Kantor
opening act: Sir Richard Bishop
mix CD: Mary Halvorson
benefiting: Alliance For Justice

You Are Here
The Ballad of Red Buckets (with Sir Richard Bishop on guitar & Josh Kantor on organ)
Damage (with SRB & JK)
Upside Down (with JK)
Did I Tell You (with JK)
You Baby (P.F. Sloan/Steve Barri) (with JK & Sam Elwitt on guitar)
Eight Candles (Sam Elwitt) (with JK, SE, & Kevin Micka on drums)
When It’s Dark (with JK)
If It’s True (with JK)
I Should Have Known Better (with JK)
Paddle Forward (with JK)
Government Center (Modern Lovers) (with JK)
Ohm
Our Way To Fall

*(encore)*
Beautiful World (Devo)
That’s Cool, That’s Trash (P.F. Sloan/Steve Barri) (with JK, SE, & Todd Abramson on vocals)
Tom Courtenay (acoustic version)

yo la tengo, hanukkah 2019, night #4 setlist

Yo La Tengo at Bowery Ballroom
25 December 2019
*(Hanukkah, night 4)*

comedian: Todd Barry
opening act: Christmas
mix CD: Laurie Anderson
benefiting: Community Musicworks & Eva’s Village

Santa Claus Goes Modern (Sven Swanson) (plus Ira as Santa)
Big Day Coming (slow)
Can’t Forget
Let’s Do It Wrong
Point and Shoot
Laisse Tomber Les Filles/Chick Habit (France Gall/April March) (with Christmas’s Liz Cox on vocals & Michael Cudahy on guitar)
Moby Octopad (with C.J. Camerieri on trumpet & French horn)
Shadows (with CC)
Black Flowers (with CC)
Before We Run (with CC)
The Kid With the Replaceable Head (Richard Hell)
Nothing To Hide
Double Dare
Heroin (Velvet Underground, Roky Erickson arrangement) (with Lee Ranaldo on guitar & vocals)

*(encore)*
Junk (Christmas)
This Ain’t the Summer of Love (Blue Oyster Cult) (with Todd Barry on drums)
Temptation Inside Your Heart (Velvet Underground) (with LR & TB)
Temptation Inside Your Heart reprise (Velvet Underground) (with LR & TB)
Maggie’s Farm (Bob Dylan) (with LR)
Mary-Christ (Sonic Youth) (with LR)

yo la tengo, hanukkah 2019, night #3 setlist

Yo La Tengo at Bowery Ballroom
24 December 2019
*(Hanukkah, night 3)*

comedian: David Cross
opening act: Sun Ra Arkestra
mix CD: Ira
benefiting: National Immigration Law Center

Sun Ra Arkestra horns enter during “Speeding Motorcycle” & stay for rest of set.

Here To Fall
Stupid Things
Forever
Evanescent Psychic Pez Drop
Walking Away From You
The Weakest Part
Five-Cornered Drone (Crispy Duck)
Speeding Motorcycle (Daniel Johnston)
Dreaming (Sun Ra)
Clumsy Grandmother Serves Delicious Dessert By Mistake (Jad Fair)
Emulsified (Rex Garvin & the Mighty Cravers)
Big Day Coming (fast)
Little Honda (The Hondells)
Nuclear War (Sun Ra)

*(encore)*
This Diamond Ring (Gary Lewis)
Walk Away Renee (The Left Banke)
I’ll Be Your Mirror (Velvet Underground)

yo la tengo, hanukkah 2019, night #2 setlist

Yo La Tengo at Bowery Ballroom
23 December 2019
*(Hanukkah, night 2)*

comedian: Fred Armisen
opening act: Lucinda Williams
mix CD: Lariane Newman
benefiting: Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide

whole set with Janet Weiss on drums/percussion

Rock and Roll Santa (Jan Terri)
Green Arrow
Sudden Organ
I Was the Fool Beside You Too Long
She May, She Might
Madeline
I’m On My Way
Wallflower (Bob Dylan) (with Lucinda Williams on vocals)
Pale Blue Eyes (Velvet Underground) (with LW)
Get It On (T-Rex) (with LW, and Fred Armisen on drums)
Deeper Into Movies (with FA on keyboard)
Artificial Heart (with FA on drums)
Sugarcube (with FA on drums)
Mushroom Cloud of Hiss (with FA on drums)

*(encore)*
with Lenny Kaye (guitar/vocals), Bruce Bennett (guitar), Miriam Linna (percussion)
Yesterday’s Numbers (Flamin’ Groovies)
Have You Seen My Baby (Randy Newman)
Teenage Head (Flamin’ Groovies)
Slow Death (Flamin’ Groovies)

yo la tengo, hanukkah 2019, night #1 setlist

Yo La Tengo at Bowery Ballroom
22 December 2019
*(Hanukkah, night 1)*

comedian: Jon Glaser as the Man in the Green Mask
opening act: Steve Gunn and William Tyler
mix CD: Duane Harriott
benefiting: GLAD

whole set minus opener with William Tyler on guitar
whole set and encore with Fred Armisen on drums

From Me To You (The Beatles, sung as “From Me to Jews”)
Everyday
Here You Are
Stockholm Syndrome
Let’s Save Tony Orlando’s House
The Point Of It
Swing For Life
Tears Are In Your Eyes (guitar instrumental version)
Shades of Blue
Flying Lesson (Hot Chicken #1) (with Steve Gunn on guitar)
Wharf Rat (Grateful Dead) (with SG on keyboard)
Today Is The Day (fast) (with SG on guitar)
Tom Courtenay (with SG on guitar)
Pass the Hatchet, I Think I’m Goodkind (with SG on guitar)

*(encore)*
Live Fast Die Young (Circle Jerks) (with Greg Hetson on guitar)
S&M Party (Red Cross) (with GH)
Chinese Rocks (Dee Dee Ramone/Richard Hell) (with GH)
Carbona Not Glue (The Ramones) (with GH)
White Christmas (Irving Berlin) (with “Jon” on vocals)