[atsonicpark]

[blank] is funny.

[GravitySlips]

I've heard Camoufleur, Upgrade & Afterlife, and Serpentine Similar. All fucking excellent. I would say Camoufleur is my favourite, and I'm surprised it's bottom of yr list atsonicpark. They are all awesome though, so it's no big deal. Everyneurotic's comment is spot on...their songs seem like they could go absolutely anywhere.

I love some of their lyrics as well.

Definitely need to get the rest of their albums.

Like what I've heard of Bastro, too!

[krastian]

Gastr Del Sol always inspires me to play more acoustic guitar.

[avantgarde1]

mirror repair, front to back is amazing.

[fugazifan]

i finally got U&A
amazing. really awesome. i already have camafleur and crooked... but this album is something else. i love this band! i think i should check out bastro

[super_charger]

I love Camoufleur the most but they're all great. Jim's solo output is also amazing as is his work with Loose Fur. Easily one of the most diverse and talented artists of the day.

[batreleaser]

serpentine similar is my favorite gastr record at the moment.

[khchris(original)]

Originally Posted by scott v

For a long time my fav. band next to SY in the mid to late 90's... then David and Jim broke up... the post gastr david grubbs stuff to me isn't nearly as good, and most of Jim's post gastr recording i think were really good... Upgrade & Afterlife is my fav. album by them from start to finish and a wonderful cover of John Fahey...

First time I ever heard them was seeign them live around 1995ish they performed as a duo on acoustic guitars, then played in an ensemble of TOny Conrad's where they performed a the lengthy piece "Ten Years on an Infinite Plane" it was my first introduction to experiencing experimental and minimalist music live, up to that point i was very into indie rock and it was quite hard to digest! but enjoyable, thus begun my long winding road with this type of music.

that was interesting cuz they were one of my favorite bands too. i personally was more into david grubbs than o'rourke. i tend to find david grubb's albums much better than jim's solos. loved halfway to threeway, but i always found o'rourke's stuff all over the place, meaning not really cohesive as an overall sound. every song sounded very different, i never got a sense of "o'rourke" or felt he had a particular sound or style. i think that's why i like grubb's albums much more. the way grubb's uses poetry in his lyrics are incredible itself. i loved rickets & scurvy, the thicket, and the spectrum between the most. i definitely have a feel for what grubbs is doing and each album has a sound or something that keeps it together in some sort of fashion/system. but, that's just me. i'm sure people preferred grant hart over bob just the same.

my favorite gastr del sol has to be crookt. i really liked john mcentire's work on this album. it was also my first gastr del sol album i bought.

[atsonicpark]

Just wanted to mention that David Grubb's solo shit is very awesome indeed.

[greedrex]

Who plays the drums on "Serpentine similar". This track with the awesome drums makes me regret there aren't that many drums parts on gastr records, but hey....
wow
yesssss!

[atsonicpark]

You should check out the new david grubbs solo disc, my man. It's his most gastr-like work since not doing gastr any more.

[lechaoscestmoi]

never listened to gastr del sol to be honest..

[narlus]

Originally Posted by greedrex

Who plays the drums on "Serpentine similar". This track with the awesome drums makes me regret there aren't that many drums parts on gastr records, but hey....
wow
yesssss!

i always assumed it was McEntire...i should check my copy.


GdS are a great band, but i am a bit surprised there is no mention of the 20 Songs Less 7"...the second side (w/ the field recording of the kids on the playground swings) is utterly great.

i saw these cats play once (same tour as w/ TC, but got there too late to catch Conrad sawing his way through the violin behind a scrim)...good show.

[lechaoscestmoi]

i love eureka though. is it anything similar?

[greedrex]

Originally Posted by atsonicpark

You should check out the new david grubbs solo disc, my man. It's his most gastr-like work since not doing gastr any more.

I have listened to the lastest Grubbs effort and i thought it was nice. Very gastr , yes, less rocky than the last couple of records. I like most of his work anyway unless it becomes pretentious as his thing with Avey Tare for instance but all his regular releases are awesome.

yes i do assume it's Mc entire but it doesn't say on Discogs so i thought i would ask... If someone wants to answer the question, i'm talking about the drums on Serpentine.

[greedrex]

Originally Posted by lechaoscestmoi

i love eureka though. is it anything similar?

oh no not at all, listening to Gastr is way more demanding (i find)

need hard copies of the gastr album. still listening to mp3 only, I hate that hahaha

[greedrex]

thief

I thik you missed my question the last days...is that your label? greed recordings? greedrex?

[greedrex]

yes but try to PM any questions related to it. I ain't trying to advertize within threads. It's just people give blogs URL and what not so yeah. But the answer is yes of course and to answer yr earlier question . Greed Recordings > Greed Recs >> Greedrex. It's my password on all things i do that need a password . he he