#kilgour

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Jack Kilgour (1900-1987) The Convalescent 1938

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brandon kilgour

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Brandon Kilgour, Lucas White-Smith, Reece Cain, Calvin Shelwell, and Wilson Harris via Brandon's IG (x).

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David Kilgour - The Gas Station, New York City, June 18, 1992

Good news! The Great Unwashed's Clean Out Of Our Minds is getting a much-needed reissue soon. This band was the 4-track project of David and Hamish Kilgour following The Clean's initial splintering. Killer stuff — but then, pretty much everything that the Brothers Kilgour touched is magic. Like David's first solo LP, Here Come The Cars! That one has been reissued a few times over the years, but it looks like it could use another edition; even the reissues are going for beaucoup bucks these days. Beaucoup!  

Anyway, here's something that passed my way recently, and I'm passing it your way, too — David playing an abandoned NYC gas station on a short tour in support of Here Come The Cars?! Why not! I could listen to only this guy play guitar for the rest of my days and be happy. There's something about his strumming/sparkling style that just knocks me clean out of my mind.

Over on Facebook recently, David offered up a fond remembrance of this gig:

"I could only afford to bring Noel Ward on bass from NZ so we picked up drummer James Kavoussi from Fly Ashtray. Unrest also played they were fantastic!!!!! A CMJ festival, I think...We got a flat tyre outside the venue and couldnt find a spare, all the while fighting off the junkie who was stripped to his waste and covered in lathered soap. There was a shooting gallery nearby . It was a terrifying scene. It didnt help Noel and I were driving Hamish and Lisa's car which was a huge stationwagon, like a oldsmobile from the 70s, fucking huge, mid summer, no air con. Ha! The glamour life!"

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10/22/24.

Any fans of The Clean, David Kilgour, or Hamish Kilgour, here is your chance to own a reasonably priced copy of The Great Unwashed "Clean Out of Our Minds" on vinyl. Noise Prints (Portland, Oregon) somehow landed the opportunity to release this gem of lo-fi pop. Really, think of it as Tall Dwarfs crossed with Syd Barrett while retaining the signature Kilgour brothers sound.

Tex Houston remastered this which was originally released by Flying Nun 40 years ago.

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Jack Noel Kilgour - The Attic Window, 1934

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Day 1 - Wild

The triumphant return of me being active during October!!!!!

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a subset of hand theory is like. tongues. i understand anatomy btw

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Brandon Kilgour - Instagram

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David Kilgour - Everytime it Rains (2008)

David Kilgour sounds perfect on a blustery February day. From his excellent collaboration with poet Sam Hunt.

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J. Noel Kilgour - Snow in London, 1939

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"a creation which I, like the pelican, fed with the blood of my own heart"

Goethe on Werther | 1824

Credits: "Conversations on Goethe" (1824) by Johann Peter Eckermann | Hereford Cathedral, created by Robert Kilgour, Stephen Florence and Peter Murphy.

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Go Fund Me for Hamish Kilgour - https://gofund.me/9d06d2d9

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11/13/24.

You all know that either Micah or I will post something directly or tangentially about David Kilgour (Dunedin, New Zealand) pretty regularly. It would be interesting to count how many times he's been mentioned over the past 10 years (10th anniversary is coming up in December).

I bought the "Left by Soft" LP (Arch Hill Recordings) off of Discogs the other day and it's been fun listening to this Merge release again. Kilgour can always hit the sweet spot. I also read the AllMusic release and loved it. It's one of Ned Raggett's reviews (you can follow him on Bandcamp). I thought I would just include his review:

David Kilgour's way with music over the years is the kind of gift of talent that maintains its own pace; without being demonstrative about it, he just seems to release one excellent album after another in group, collaborative, and solo contexts, where one listen is all it takes to remind someone of just how good he is. Such is the case with his latest album backed by the Heavy Eights, Left by Soft, where the opening instrumental title track has not one, but two brilliant solos that seem to float above the energetic, crisp chug of the main arrangement like birds skimming over a lake. It's a hell of a start, and from there Left by Soft maintains an easy grace song for song, Kilgour is still in good voice and creates lyrics that are often gently unusual in their understated metaphoric impact. Little surprise, then, that he grapples with the subject of lyrics directly on the understated, country-flecked "Pop Song" and does so with his typical skill, promising someone that "I'll write you a pop song one day," then following it up with the question "Did you swallow a bucket of words?" When he combines that kind of gift with his playing the results can be lovely; thus the idea of "A Break in the Weather" may seem like a well-worn comparison point, but when, again, his solo comes to the fore toward the end of the song, it really does feel that the sun has come out through the clouds. The soft flanging and chimes on "Steel Arrow" and "Diamond Mine" show that the New Zealand reputation of melodic rock remains strong, while the concluding instrumental "Purple Balloon" balances a quiet but energetic band performance with a simply lovely Kilgour lead that is a spotlight moment if there ever was one. The group's overall gift for handling their arrangements in contrast shows up throughout: thus, "Way Down Here" starts with what sounds like a gentler tune, only to turn more tightly wound and almost manic toward the end, Kilgour's singing gaining a suddenly sharper edge as the band rips into a surging crunch at once triumphant and, as with the song lyric, sliding on a descent. "Autumn Sun" plays up that melancholic/glam-derived musical sense even more; if anything, it almost sounds like a song by the Church, not a bad place to be at all. But given the the Heavy Eights' strengths throughout, it makes more sense to say that Kilgour's definitely found his own personal Crazy Horse.

Also, RIP Tane Tokona (drummer in The Heavy Eights)...not sure if Micah or I mentioned that back in 2020.