Showing posts with label appalachian yard art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label appalachian yard art. Show all posts

Monday, February 16, 2015

god-fearing fruit

here is the new "single." picture a cool, new vinyl 7" tucked into a nice paper sleeve with awesome cover art. then hit play and listen to it on some shitty computer speakers.



Wednesday, February 26, 2014

memorabilia

looking to burn all that money ya got? look no further.

Antiquated Future has all sorts of wares that you didn't realize you needed, including AYA tapes.

seriously though, they've got some way cool stuff and good jams.

Friday, December 27, 2013

a place to be loud

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

fiery little bits

something new.

Saturday, May 18, 2013

[green glass] about damn time.

finally. here is the follow-up to the smash hit super success "sorry to be leaving."

i think there is a theme here.


Friday, July 20, 2012

sorry to be leaving


truly.

here is a little 3 song EP sort of thing. one song is a reworked version of something that appeared on kidsounds. the other two are very new. written and recorded in the last week or so.

as relocation occurs, recording toys must be placed in boxes and stowed away. figured it'd be best to go  ahead and get this out as is, rather than wait for more material to materialize.

download here.



Wednesday, June 13, 2012

kidsound

























this is a 36 minute piece.  it was pretty much all recorded on the handheld tape deck.  field sounds and mostly unfinished, acoustic numbers.  it's all one track as i can't help but feel that's how it just ought to be.  i enjoy it.  hope someone else does as well.  song titles coming soon.



download at archive.org
note: i wouldn't be surprised if a few of these tunes resurface sometime in the future in different forms.

Friday, May 18, 2012

nothing is better than you

it's about time.

























it's been a while since anything has been finished and posted. this is the newest hodge-podge of songs. some acoustic and some electric. most pretty noisy, made by things of wood and wiring and metal and plastic.  i tried to crawl a bit beyond the shell with some of them.  i don't know how far i got, but i am fairly pleased with a few.

some recorded digitally, some on tape, some from tape to homemade vinyl back to digital, etc.

1. an intro
2. plain clothes jane
3. a postcard from me to me
4. control
5. do you know
6. dogs
7. hidden tracks
8. compound
9. tornado dream




notes of non-interest: the original working title was "nothing is better than you, anything would be better than you."  -- nothing meaning nothingness.

i reckon there will be another "handholder" tape coming soon chock full of the left overs from this one.

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Post title

here's another one.


have a few other things recorded and a few things that need to be recorded.

Monday, March 26, 2012

nobody is looking for you

i really don't feel like writing some sort of introduction.
this is a thing that is made up of other things.


















listen & download

that last one is kinda noisy.

Thursday, March 15, 2012

handholder vol. II





















here is another tape of random junk recorded on the old tape cassette deck.  some songs have been on other recordings. some have not.  the ones that have been recorded time and time again were really just recorded to give to a friend.  these are all just me by my lonesome. listen & download at the archive.

i hate naming songs.





some day you'll look down at your child and say, "you know, i listened to that stuff way back when no one knew about it."

and your child will look up at you and respond, "what are you talking about?"


oh, and i think there will be another little EP or some sort of recording being finished and posted soon, sometime in the next week or two.

oh, other update: i am steadily making progress on improving the sound quality on these homemade records.  i've been cutting on super thin polycarbonate sheets, so they're quite flexible/flimsy/fun. if you want one, let me know.

Friday, February 24, 2012

so much for the big plans

so what's been keeping me busy/not posting rubbish? remember that record lathe thing? well, it's up and running now. which means things are now running around in the sub-lo-fi abyss. below-fi? lower-fi?

chlorophyll? more like bore-ophyll.

i've been experimenting with cutting some 7" records on lexan polycarbonate (much thanks to Michael of Secret Message Machine, again). they're starting to come out a bit better each time.  of course, any sort of punch-y note ends up with a bit of a bendy-wobbly-is-this-thing-spinning-at-uneven-speeds kinda sound.  however, you may notice that voices and some stuff sounds better. i have to adjust the speed to compensate for differences between the lathe and a 45 rpm player.
they're all one-offs. they're square. they're clear.



















i may try to play a show sometime.  see if i can put this plastic burden on some other folks.

now, to rest on my laurels.

you on the run:

colors on the run:

song for mike (not mike's song):

mad as hell:

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

these internets are just a fad. like the yo-yo.

so with all this commotion about web hosts n shit, some things on mediafire may or may not get barfed up like last night's Blatz 'n' fish tacos. it shouldn't, but it might.  either way, it doesn't matter much.  almost everything is up on archive.org.  but should you find something down, let me know and i'll get it back up. shut up. i know what you're thinking.


Thursday, January 12, 2012

pterophine


 
this is the new e.p.
3 songs. 3 days. 30 minutes. 
i had been sitting on these three songs for a long time now and had somewhat kept putting off recording them for whatever reasons. maybe they just seemed like they'd be a hassle to record. but in all honesty, i do really enjoy them and they were fun to record (this is the first project since getting a new recorder. digital, but still lo-fi and homemade). so if anyone would like a free cassette of this, just let me know. i hope to be making some soon. and it can even come in the color of your choosing!! (as long as you choose red or yellow) 



it felt good to get to record again.

Saturday, December 17, 2011

an introduction to worms

























new ep.
some stuff that's been heard before in different forms. most of it was recorded on my handy little cassette recorder. a bit in ohio. a bit in seattle. a few songs and some random street noise stuff.

1. an introduction
2. a funny farm with your name written on it
3. secret songs
4. william of orange
5. once through the market

listen & download


Friday, December 16, 2011

coming soon (buy yourself some ear muffs)

updates from the place where i am:

1. a new ep - some recently recorded music and found sounds. primarily on handheld cassette.
2. a collection of outtakes and unused songs. these will range from pretty darn old to pretty darn new.
3. after i drunkenly fried my 4-track (not quite sure what happened, but it happened) i have purchased a new multitrack recorder. it should be waiting patiently for me in ohio when i return. after which, i intend to get started recording another ep of sorts that i have been wanting to get down for a while now. all songs written. just need to be recorded.
4. the split with Halaka and Pile Records now has over 300 downloads on archive.org. So thank you very much to everyone who checked it out. Also, thanks to those guys for including me in it. Go take a listen.

that is all.

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

the ohio driver companion

















earlier today i promised no one that i would put up the newest tape by the end of the day.  that minute has rapidly been approaching.  i  immediately regretted saying i'd get it online today. but by god, i did. 


UPDATE: the two tracks have now been split into separate songs.  they're posted both as individual tunes and as the complete sides over on archive.org.  


anywho, a lot of the recording of this was somewhat improvised and ultimately put together on my trusty handheld tape recorder.  much like the older cassettes, which was fun.  some folksy, some noisy. i think there are some good moments on this tape. also, i may end up uploading a higher quality version as well someday.  


side a:
i.
ii.
iii.
iv. the son of my father
v. hell is hotter than hell
vi. murder mystery pt. 1
vii. colors on the run
viii. fake accents
ix.
x. 
xi. virginian land
xii. a night for 
xiii. me on the run
xiv. murder mystery pt. 2
xv.


side b:
xvi. away from me
xvii. 
xviii. you on the run
xix. sobriety doesn't make you right
xx. ghost town high school reunion
xxi. acetylene flares
xxii. seattle's last song

DOWNLOAD



































also, there are a lot of other takes and songs from these tapes.  i'll plan on trying to make them available soon.

Monday, October 24, 2011

one year

wow. one year ago today i started this thing.  gee, i really feel like i've accomplished something.  thank you to anyone who is listening.  much appreciated.

so in honor of this momentous occasion (not just mere coincidence) i will be posting the newest tape-o-noise later on today.