#jon mckiel

[dustedmagazine]

Jon Mckiel — Hex (You’ve Changed)

Photo by Colin Medley

Jon Mckiel treats songs like miniature epics, rendering each detail in glowing, psychedelic hues. Though the basic framework of his music may be familiar, the feeling is perpetually off-kilter. On 2020’s Bobby Joe Hope — which I would have written about for Dusted’s Slept Ons in early 2021 if I’d have discovered it early enough — Mckiel combined the often mutually exclusive worlds of songwriting and sampling into a unique and beguiling brew. This knack for the uncanny continues on Hex, which feels even more kaleidoscopic.

Mckiel and co-producer Jay Crocker understand how peripheral details, such as backing vocals and percussion, can transform a song from good to great. Take “String,” for example, which begins with a disorientating and scratchy guitar loop. Next comes swirling synth arpeggios, then multi-tracked vocals, plus multiple rhythm guitar and percussion layers. The songform seems to warp and bend in real-time, an endlessly malleable resource. Best comparison is Olivia Tremor Control reined in, and Mckiel’s voice falls somewhere along the continuum between fellow Canadians Andy Shauf and The New Pornographers’ Carl Newman.

On one end of Hex’s musical spectrum we have “Concrete Sea,” a spare acoustic cover of a 1972 song by Terry Jacks, rendered simply with a smattering of slide guitar and percussion. At the other end we have “Memory Screen, pt. 2,” which begins as a gently wavering bedroom pop song, before unspooling into three-and-a-half minutes of spacious, swooshing ambient. In between there’s the fantastically groovy title track, an addictive slice of dusty, retro sampladelia with a gorgeous saxophone solo; “Still Life,” which features a long, tropical-sounding instrumental introduction that could almost be off a dub record; and the gorgeous “Everlee,” which harks back to the 1960s sun-shining tunefulness of Bobby Joe Hope’s“Deeper Shade.”

In Hex’s 34 minutes Mckiel ventures far and wide, but always brings you back to the strangeness of seeing something familiar in a new light, wondering at the possibilities.

Tim Clarke

[bandcampsnoop]

8/3/24.

Wow. The last time Nap Eyes (Nova Scotia, Canada) had their own post was 2018. Since then, they've garnered mentions in posts for Jon Mckiel, Olden Yolk, and Bingo Trappers.

Now, finally, Nap Eyes have emerged from a prolonged hibernation to deliver "The Neon Gate". First, I didn't realize Brad Loughead had previously been a member of Each Other. Makes sense.

Nigel Chapman's vocals have always set Nap Eyes apart from other bands mining a similar sound. So, if you took out Chapman's vocals the pace and sound of the music might recall Stephen Malkmus, Pop Filter/Ocean Party, Twerps, Ultimate Painting...this list could go on and on.

Paradise of Bachelors is handling this release - they have had a hand in each and every Nap Eyes release.

[aquariumdrunkard]

The Lagniappe Sessions :: Jon McKiel

Jon McKiel is responsible for one of our favorite records of 2020, the wildly hypnotic collection of songs that is Bobby Joe Hope. In anticipation of its follow-up, we caught up with the Canadian musician as he lays down his inaugural Lagniappe Session, paying tribute to both a ’70s childhood AM radio staple and what is sure to become a future classic.

[voskhozhdeniye]

Jon Mckiel - Hex

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Jon McKiel - Concrete Sea

[blackmail-victim]

Jon McKiel - Bobby Joe Hope (2020)

[onthecrescentofthehill]

fanmix I made for burrow’s end featuring moodog, bill callahan, josé gonzález and more. these stoats are taking over my life…

thanks!

full track list below:

No, The Wheel Was Never Invented - Moondog

Look at What the Light Did Now - Little Wings

Waters Of March -Tok Tok Tok

Free's - Bill Callahan

Sun Giant - Fleet Foxes

Just Like Anything - Jackson C. Frank

Build a Nest (feat. Ruby Parker) - Jeff Parker, Ruby Parker

Below The Valleys - Louis Cole

Mourning Dove - Jon McKiel

Sleeping Bear, Sault Ste. Marie - Sufjan Stevens

The Lonesome Border, Pt. 1 - Dear Nora

Just Before Dawn - Sonnymoon, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson

The Nest - José González

Rare Things Grow - Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith

Running, Returning - Akron/Family

[jefferyryanlong]

Infinite Pau Hana - January 18, 2022

“billy they don’t like you to be so free”

Hour 1

Main Title Theme (Billy) - Bob Dylan House of Glass - Warlocks Pow R. Toc H. - Pink Floyd Talking to the Grass - Curly Putman Surf’s Up - The Beach Boys Late Letter - Pete McCabe The Lantern - The Rolling Stones Morning Dew - Jeff Beck Need Your Love - Cheap Trick Redondo Beach - Patti Smith

Hour 2

Ojos Del Soul - Y La Bamba Nuestra Tema - Silvio Rodriguez Sampa - Caetano Veloso Nao Identificado - Gal Costa La Premier Bonheur Du Jour - Os Mutantes South American Getaway - Burt Bacharach Love Song for the Dead Che - The United States of America Cotton Eyed Joe - Terry Callier Send in the Clowns (live) - Cleo Laine Little Girl Blue - Lena Horne The Body Breaks - Devendra Banhart  Moon River - Frank Ocean Mourning Dove - Jon McKiel

Hour 3

Come on Feel the Illinoise! - Sufjan Stevens Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois - Sufjan Stevens Snow Is Falling in Manhattan - Purple Mountains I’m Getting Back into Getting Back into You - Silver Jews Hold Out for Love - James Yorkston, Nina Persson, and the Second Hand Orchestra Hometown Hero* - Andy Shauf Animal Kingdom Chaotic - Jesca Hoop Butchie’s Tune - The Lovin’ Spoonful Got a Feelin’ - The Mamas and the Papas  SOS - ABBA This Magic Moment - The Drifters Dreaming - Sun Ra and the Cosmic Rays My Head Is My Only House Unless It Rains - Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band Watercolours Into the Ocean - Destroyer

* - by request

KTUH - 90.1 FM Honolulu, 91.1 FM North Shore, ktuh.org

[theam-cjsw]

The AM: July 29, 2024

2024 has been a fantastic year for music so far. This week's episode takes a stroll through 30+ albums released in the first half of the year, from ambient to jazz and psychedelica—check out the rest of the list in the full blog post at Wander Lines.

This is also the last AM with Peter at the helm for the next month. Syf from Acheulean Age and Emily R from Greenhouse will be filling in for August, so you'll be in good hands. Enjoy and see you in September.

Listen at cjsw.com or use the embeds below.

Hour One:

A Treasure Chest Ariel Kalma, Jeremiah Chiu, Marta Sofia Honer • The Closest Thing to Silence

Get Some Rest Ezra Feinberg, featuring Mary Lattimore • Soft Power

Matsutaké Caméra • Caméra

Cutting and Layering Osmanthus • Between Seasons

Insecurities Shabaka, featuring Moses Sumney • Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace

Burnt Likshen Ayal Senior • Ora

Poeira Sam Gendel, Fabiano do Nascimento • The Room

On the Surface Bilal Nasser • How Can We Say Nothing

The Quarrel Geotic • The Anchorite

Flatland Buildings and Food • Echo the Field

Theme for Feeling Drunk and Cool Easy Idiot • Stock Music II

Cyclotron Temporal Waves • Temporal Waves

Hour Two:

Peace Piece Organic Pulse Ensemble • Zither Suite

Distance Learner Fuubutsushi • Meridians

Gloaming Way Circles Around the Sun, Mikaela Davis • After Sunrise

Bebaynetu The Sorcerers • I Too Am A Stranger

Floating on a Moment Beth Gibbons • Lives Outgrown

Lost in the Woods (Paranoia) Project Gemini • Colours & Light

No Mast Loving • Any Light

How Can I Possibly Sleep When There is Music (a response to Ryōkan Taigu) Luka Kuplowsky • How Can I Possibly Sleep When There is Music

Lugar Lau Ro • Cabana

Overwhelmed and Unprepared Unessential Oils • Unessential Oils

the wildflowers are upon us OHMA • On Loving Earth

Hour Three:

What's It Going to Take Cindy Lee • Diamond Jubilee

Fly! Little Black Thing Yu Ching • The Crystal Hum

Moon Retep Folo, Dorothy Moskowitz • Afterlife Album

Rue du Repos Bibi Club • Feu de garde

Hex Jon McKiel • Hex

Distant Dream Magic Fig • Magic Fig

Crushed Velvet Molly Lewis, featuring Thee Sacred Souls • On the Lips

Better Hate Jessica Pratt • Here in the Pitch

Bot for Teacher Eye of Newt • Stay in Your Lane EP

Cold Water In My Tea ROY • Spoons for the World

Fields of Grass / 9 Is the End (It's Over) Psychic Temple • Doggie Paddlin’ Thru The Cosmic Consciousness

[noloveforned]

we're back on wlur from 8pm until midnight for this week's show and if you can't listen live you can check out last week's show on mixcloud.

it's been quite a week! i flew down to florida early monday morning to take my mom to a rolling stones concert in orlando that night. seeing the stones is a bucket list item for her- she's been a fan for over sixty years but never had the chance! i picked up some floor seats on the secondary market last month and we had a total blast. we then crashed and mom dropped me off at the airport first thing on tuesday morning.

ps- that hoarseness last week was strep trying to ruin my trip! yay for antibiotics!

no love for ned on wlur – may 31st, 2024 from 8-10pm

artist // track // album // label courtney barnett and kurt vile // let it go // lotta sea lice // matador mammoth penguins // nothing and everything // here // fika oh boland // (no more) soft talk // western leisure // meritorio love battery // foot // dayglo // sub pop ultra lights // clockin' out // nostalgia 7" // chunklet the infinites // the bureaucrat // archetypes // meritorio melenas // k2 // ahora // trouble in mind plus/minus // gondolier // further afield // ernest jenning winged wheel // smudged textile // big hotel // 12xu sunlit // break my heart // sunlit // elefant caroline davis and wendy eisenberg // flounced // accept when // astral spirits sunburned hand of the man // nimbus // nimbus // three lobed bonnie 'prince' billy, nathan salsburg and tyler trotter // hear the children sing // hear the children sing and the evidence // no quarter tom skinner // camille // voices of bishara- live at "mu" // international anthem john taylor sextet // interfusion // fragment // jazz in britain jasmine myra // rising // rising // gondwana blu and shafiq husayn featuring jimetta rose, donel smokes and tiron // roll up // out of the blue // nature sounds don blackman // yabba dabba doo // don blackman // arista ibibio sound machine // political incorrect // pull the rope // merge kool and the gang // you are the one // emergency // de-lite mint field // sueño despierto // aprender a ser // felte jon mckiel // still life // hex // you've changed amy o // reveal // mirror, reflect cassette // winspear yea-ming and the rumours // before i make it home // i can't have it all // dandy boy blueboy // a gentle sigh // singles 1991-1998 // a colourful storm

[dustedmagazine]

Dusted Mid-Year 2024, Part III (The Lists)

Winged Wheel

Dusted’s writers picked two for the mid-year exchange, but any of them could easily reel off a dozen or more other favorites.  Find out what else they liked in this collection of lists. 

If you haven’t read Part I or Part II yet, check them out. 

Christian Carey

Arooj Aftab —  Night Reign (Verve)

Richard Baker —  The Tyranny of Fun (NMC)

Kyle Bruckman —  Of Rivers (New Focus)

Madi Diaz —  Weird Feeling (Anti)

Julia Holter —  Something in the Room She Moves (Domino)

Hurray for the Riff Raff —  The Past is Still Alive (Nonesuch)

Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh, Tyshawn Sorey —  Compassion (ECM)

Kali Malone —  All Life Long (Ideologic Organ)

Rosali — Bite Down (Merge)

Caroline Shaw and Sō Percussion —  Rectangles and Circumstance (Nonesuch)

Ches Smith —  Laugh Ash (Pyroclastic)

Waxahatchee —  Tigers Blood (Anti)

Tim Clarke

DIIV — Frog In Boiling Water (Fantasy)

Loma — How Will I Live Without A Body? (Sub Pop)

Jessica Pratt — Here in the Pitch (City Slang)

Jon Mckiel — Hex (You’ve Changed)

Winged Wheel — Big Hotel (12XU)

Corridor — Mimi (Sub Pop)

English Teacher — This Could Be Texas (Island)

Helado Negro — Phasor (4AD)

Ty Segall — Three Bells (Drag City)

The Smile — Wall of Eyes (XL)

Andrew Forell

Arab Strap — I’m totally fine with it 👍 don’t give a fuck anymore 👍 (Rock Action)

Camera Obscura — Look to the East, Look to the West (Merge)

Daryl Groetsch — Above the Shore (self-released)

Drahla — angeltape (Captured Tracks)

Geotic — The Anchorite (Basement’s Basement)

Iceboy Violet, Nueen — You Said You’d Hold my Hand Through the Fire (Hyperdub)

Kim Gordon — The Collective (Matador)

Mick Harvey — Five Ways to Say Goodbye (Mute)

Sandwell District — Where Next? (Point of Departure)

Umbrellas — Fairweather Friend (Slumberland)

Yosa Peit — Gutbuster (Fire)

Reissues:

Brion Gysin — Junk (WEWANTSOUNDS)

These Immortal Souls — Get Lost (Don’t Lie!) Mute

Bryon Hayes

Rosali – Bite Down (Merge)

Winged Wheel – Big Hotel (12xU)

Gastr Del Sol – We Have Dozens of Titles (Drag City)

Beings – There is a Garden (No Quarter)

Ambarchi Berthling Werliin – Dusted II (Drag City)

Sunburned Hand of the Man – Nimbus (Three Lobed)

Water Damage – In E (12xU)

Dun-Dun Band – Pita Parka Pt. 1: Xam Egdub (Ansible Editions)

Gerycz Powers Rolin – Activator (12xU)

Magic Tuber String Band – Needlefall (Thrill Jockey)

Alex Johnson

Rosali — Bite Down (Merge)

RE Seraphin —  Fool’s Mate (Take A Turn/Safe Suburban Home)

Uranium Club —  Infants Under the Bulb (Static Shock)

The Spatulas —  Beehive Mind (Post Present Medium)

Yohei —  Echo You Know (Perpetual Doom)

Pardoner —  Paranoid in Hell (Convulse)

NYSSA —  Shake Me Where I’m Foolish (Six Shooter)

Nowhere Flower —  Ruts the Place (Radical Documents)

Sheer Mag —  Playing Favorites (Third Man)

Cindy Lee —  Diamond Jubilee (Realistik Studios)

Oren Ambachi / Johan Berthling / Andreas Werlin —  Ghosted II (Drag City)

Winged Wheel —  Big Hotel (12XU)

Jennifer Kelly

Rosali—Bite Down (Merge)

Mdou Moctar—Funeral for Justice (Matador)

Mary Timony—Untame the Tiger (Merge)

Myriam Gendron—Mayday (Thrill Jockey)

Lupa Citto—S-T (12XU)

James Elkington & Nathan Salsburg—All Gist (Paradise of Bachelors)

Rail Band—S-T (Mississippi)

Winged Wheel—Big Hotel (12XU)

Six Organs of Admittance—Time is Glass (Drag City)

Split System—Vol. 2 (Goner)

Ian Mathers

The Body & Dis Fig — Orchards of a Futile Heaven (Thrill Jockey)

Broadcast — Spell Blanket: Collected Demos 2006-2009 (Warp)

Cassandra Jenkins — My Light, My Destroyer (Dead Oceans)

Chelsea Wolfe — She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She (Loma Vista)

Jessica Moss — For UNRWA (Self released)

Laura Masotto — The Spirit of Things (7K!)

loscil // lawrence english — Chroma (Self released)

Myriam Gendron — Mayday (Feeding Tube/Thrill Jockey)

Polar Inertia — Environment Control (Northern Electronics)

Whitelands — Night-bound Eyes Are Blind to the Day (Sonic Cathedral)

Jim Marks

Ben Allison, Steve Cardenas, and Ted Nash — Tell the Birds I Said Hello: The Music of Herbie Nichols (Sonic Camera)

Mary Halvorson — Cloudward (Nonesuch)

Demian Cabaud — Arbol Adentro (Porta Jazz)

Fabiano do Nascimento and Sam Gendel — The Room (Real World)

Francesco Sensi — In Abstracto (WoW)

James Brandon Lewis Quartet — Transfiguration (Intakt)

James Elkington and Nathan Salsburg — All Gist (Paradise of Bachelors)

Juan Pablo Alcazar — Otro Quatuor Pour La Fin Du Temps (Porta Jazz)

Michele di Toro, Yuri Goloubev, and Hans Mathisen — Trinomics (Calogola)

Tony Moreno Trio — Ballads Volume 1 (Sunnyside)

Patrick Masterson

Cindy Lee — Diamond Jubilee (Realistik)

Chief Keef — Almighty So 2 (43B)

Marika Hackman — Big Sigh (Chrysalis)

Water Damage — In E (12XU)

Oneida — Expensive Air (Joyful Noise)

Winged Wheel — Big Hotel (12XU)

Burial — “Dreamfear / Boy Sent From Above" (XL)

Gouge Away — Deep Sage (Deathwish Inc.)

Blues Ambush — Blues Ambush (Radical Documents)

Tei Shi — Valerie (self-released)

Armand Hammer — BLK LBL (self-released)

Donato Dozzy — Magda (Spazio Disponibile)

Bill Meyer

 أحمد  [Ahmed] —Wood Blues (Astral Spirits)

 أحمد  [Ahmed]—Giant Beauty (Fönstret)

Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet—Four Guitars Live (Palilalia) 

Itasca—Imitation of War (Paradise of Bachelors) 

Lisa Ullen, Heirloom (Fönstret)

Lumpeks—Polonez (Umlaut) 

Matthew Shipp Trio, New Directions in Jazz Piano Trio (ESP-Disk’)

Olivia Block—The Mountains Pass (Black Truffle)

Oren Ambarchi / Johan Berthling / Andreas Werliin—Ghosted II (Drag City)

Rafael Toral—Spectral Evolution (Moikai) 

The Handover—The Handover (Sublime Frequencies) 

Tomeka Reid Quartet—3x3 (Cuneiform) 

Jonathan Shaw

Bad Breeding—Contempt (Iron Lung)

Fuera de Sektor—Juegos Prohibidos (La Vida Es un Mus)

Cindy Lee—Diamond Jubilee (Realistik Studios)

SUMAC—The Healer (Thrill Jockey)

Thou—Umbilical (Sacred Bones)

VR Sex—“Hard Copy” (Dais)

[supersupersounds]

Jon Mckiel - Hex

Like a lo-fi Gorillaz that would rather be living in the 60s, this record just sounds different. It's great. -Kris

[aquariumdrunkard]

The Aquarium Drunkard Picture Show

Weird times, strange signals. Reverberating from the hills of Glassell Park, California, welcome to episode twelve of the Aquarium Drunkard Picture Show.

Feat: Cass McCombs | Jon McKiel | Quilt | Sean Thompson’s Weird Ears | Triptides | Hollow Hand | Amen Dunes

[jimdashb]

Jon Mckiel - "String"

[blastikmusik]

sunny side down 666

Briston Maroney - I Told You So Dehd - Mood Ring Iron & Wine - You Never Know Ultracrush - Summer Camp mui zyu - everything to die for Beth Gibbons - Floating On A Moment Holly Macve - Time Is Forever okaywill - Astral Projections Glad Sisifus - Fill The Gaps GOBLYNS - SAKURA Short Wave Craft - Northern Winds Jon Mckiel - Hex A. Savage - Black Holes, The Stars And You Deny - Labasheeda Amen Dunes - Purple Land