#no drums

[johnyorks]

Listen/purchase: Not yet fall by John Yorks

[typhlonectes]

[dustedmagazine]

D.C. Cross — Glookies Guit. (No Drums)

Arriving just six months afterward, D.C Cross’s latest is very much of a piece with his previous release, Wizrad. Both feature quirky titles (this one apparently referencing a cannabis strain), Cross in a similar pose on the cover, and, like several of his other earlier recordings, a combination of Takoma school acoustic fingerpicking — in this case, played on a six-string without a slide — with some ambient compositions. I suggested in my review of Wizrad for Dusted that that album would leave listeners wanting more, and here Cross delivers the goods.

Once again, Cross’s knack for creating and developing compelling guitar melodies and arrangements is on display. The tracks tend to be concise, with only a couple of them stretching past five minutes. The videos for “Edward River, Denilquin Flow” and “Gen Xer Love Story” showcase the cinematic quality of Cross’s compositions (he is also a videographer). In both tunes, introductory chords lead into a sprightly picking pattern that proceeds through a series of shifts and variations that seem simultaneously unexpected and inevitable, and then the chords are revisited toward the end to complete the journey.

The longer guitar pieces, “The Nepean” and “Rhinestones, in Black and White,” are particularly engaging. The latter, at nearly eight minutes, unfurls from a crystalline picking pattern into a gentle, loping melody and gradually picks up speed before easing up again toward the end in a series of chords leading back to a kind of reprise of the original melody.

The ambient tracks complement the acoustic tracks and contribute to the flow of the recording overall. “Wattle Battle” separates the aforementioned longer pieces, integrating woozy strums and gentle pulses, and “Failed Gen Xer Love Story” serves as a prelude to the similarly titled tune that follows. The longest of them, “EU Psychic Travel Club,” closes the set with found sounds swathed in warm hiss and faint low tones.

Cross is emerging as an important voice among the modern players who continue to find new territory in the world of guitar discovered by John Fahey (who, of course, also experimented with found sounds and electronics). With the release of two fine albums in so short a time, he seems to be on a creative tear. Fans of Bachman, Isasa, Jones, Rolin, et al., take note.

Jim Marks

[halfhappyhooligan]

“Good Boy.”

[dyingforbadmusic]

Music: hkmori - anybody can find love (except you.)

[wizardnuke]

hozier songs are all "i wouldn't be here without black artists" "you should kill your boss" "i love ireland :(" "DO Y OU NEED A DOG. I CAN BARK"

[retquits]

see what they don't tell you is that you HAVE to make the most self-indulgent ocs and self inserts to inject into your favorite media and to have the most tender moments with your favorite blorbos and to live out every fantasy and tragedy your heart desires. you just have to

[389]

[rhetthammersmithhorror]

Skeleton Frolic | 1937 — directed by Ub Iwerks it's easy to imagine this inspiring a young Ralph Bakshi

[girl-drink-drunk]

you would fuck that old man. i would fuck that old man. we are the same. hold my hand

[lackadaisycats]

These conditions make it awfully difficult to have a sardonic, cuttingly introspective film-noir interior monologue along with your drink.

This is actually from an animated vlog RitoBandito recently made in which he discusses working on Lackadaisy as a 3d artist. You can watch it here! Also, the 3d Rocky model was made by the marvelous Katie Nelson (Billie Bust Up)! We use it all the time in production as a scale reference for set design. Rito rigged it up and had some fun with it.

[chirrups]

feast my fellow owl enthusiasts

[draconym]

I HAVE ACQUIRED A VINTAGE DIGITAL DUPLICATOR

The government was trying to get rid of it just because it's old and kind of sucks at everything. EXCEPT MAKING RISOGRAPHS.

When I figure this thing out I am going to be so powerful.

[idkaguyorsomething]

“ap gwilliam was the worst prime minister” doctor. babe. i know why you don’t tell your companions everything at once, but you’re really gonna tell them a bald-faced lie like that. your ex murdered a tenth of earth’s population and immediately turned the entire planet into a hellscape, there is some steep competition here