Re: Mark Kozelek | Sun Kil Moon | Red House Painters
Posted: Mon July 22, 2013 11:18 pm
Sure is. This guy needs to give Eddie a few pointers on how to write a ballad that won't induce vomiting.psychobain wrote:gorgeous tune
Sure is. This guy needs to give Eddie a few pointers on how to write a ballad that won't induce vomiting.psychobain wrote:gorgeous tune
nice onekreng wrote:i guess he writes for NYTimes now.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/20 ... nce-billy/
Yeah, I saw Red House Painters in '01 and while onstage, Mark basically said "I just woke up and this is the last place I want to be right now". He then went on to say that he wished he was back in bed with some groupie he screwed the night before. I'm not kidding.executed anyhow wrote:It's weird, but I've had trouble listening to Koz since watching the On Tour DVD. The musical performances in the film were all quite good, but the man is a complete tool. There is even more "Wahhhh, touring is so hard, why do I have to do it" whining than in Radiohead's 'Meeting People Is Easy', and he totally disses parts of his fanbase ("guys without girlfriends", or something stupid like that).
95% of the time, I'm able to seperate the recorded music and the artist as a person, but his stage banter was just so incredibly douchey. It's colored my perception of his recent (post-April) stuff to the point where I can't work up the motivation to listen to it.
The RHP records all kick ass, though. Ocean Beach is untouchable.

Release Date: January 14, 2014
(Caldo Verde Records)
Recorded between March and August 2013, Mark Kozelek sings about his childhood years
and his life today. Mark is joined by guest musicians Steve Shelley, Jen Wood, Will Oldham and Owen Ashworth. Album title and song titles to be announced in December.
http://pitchfork.com/news/52419-sun-kil-moon-announces-new-album-benji-shares-richard-ramirez-died-today-of-natural-causes/
Mark Kozelek is back with another new Sun Kil Moon album. Benji is out February 4 via Kozelek's label Caldo Verde. Guest musicians include Sonic Youth's Steve Shelley, Jen Wood (who has worked with the Postal Service), Will Oldham, and Owen Ashworth (formerly known as Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, now of Advance Base). You can stream "Richard Ramirez Died Today of Natural Causes", featuring Shelley, above.
"A crack head was hassling me outside of the studio and I put a mic up and sang about it. I didn't have a chorus, so I started rattling names of guitarists, trying to get my part over with. I'd ask the guys 'What rhymes with Johhny Marr?' and one of them would say 'Jay Farrar'. It just went like that until the punchline somehow ended up falling on Nels Cline. I don't hate the guy. It was just funny, so we kept it."
I rectified this and it's pretty fucking good.turned2black wrote:Note: I've only listened to the Desertshore album once so far.
I don't see it being better than Admiral Fell Promises, so it can only be better than Among The Leaves, which doesn't mean anything because that one was bad.solace wrote:but i'm glad it's better than the last 2-3 SKM records.
i didn't love Admiral Fell all that much... it had it's moments, but was generally just very monotone and all the guitar parts started to sound the same by the end.Heathen wrote:I don't see it being better than Admiral Fell Promises, so it can only be better than Among The Leaves, which doesn't mean anything because that one was bad.solace wrote:but i'm glad it's better than the last 2-3 SKM records.