Blog - Dying For Bad Music

Don Bikoff ~ Hallowed Ground

2014 # american primitive, solo guitar

2012 and 2013 was the year where so called American Primitive got back in the focus of media attention. Sure, Fahey is timeless and every now and then, there was a guitarist extraordinaire, but in said years, the Tompkins Square Label, well known for …

Nick Castell ~ The Water Margin

2014 # solo guitar, psych folk, american primitive

Back in 2010 I found Nick Castell's music on bandcamp and was stunned by his variety of styles and his playing skills, because he seemed so very young. But after an interview I made with him, it was clear how he approached music. As an ethnomusic …

Myriam Gendron ~ Not So Deep As A Well

2014 # singer-songwriter, acoustic, folk

Myriam Gendron is a Singer-Songwriter from Canada and even if the record cover with the black and white photo and the bold yellow stripe on top stayed in my mind since weeks, I never got too much into her music. Reason number one is, there was and is …

Forklong Daruplat ~ s/t

2014 # american primitive, solo guitar, psych folk

Forklong Daruplat emerges from a very active psych scene in Belgium. American Primitive or solo acoustic guitar music from there got some attention in the past - I think of the split 7" by Silvester Anfang and Jack Rose, Wouter Vanhaelemeesch ak …

Joplin Rice
Spine Adagio Part II & The Prince

2014 # lofi, bedroom folk

Joplin sent me his music a while ago and I just left it buried under a pile boring submissions. When I cleaned them out I wasn't sure if I should give it a listen. As I mentioned before, it's a thin line to put yourself into the same line as …

Matt Sowell
The Dead Man's Rag

2013 # american primitive, solo guitar

I found Matt Sowell's album, a few weeks ago when I researched Jerry Hions album (both are from Philadelphia) and I was kinda deterred by Sowell's excessive self-labeling with the "American Primitive" term in his bandcamp page heade …

Jerry Hionis – Arrakian Circle Dances

2014 # american primitive, folk, solo guitar, acoustic

Philly based solo guitar player Jerry Hionis has been featured last year with his great debut Graveyard Stomps & Funeral Rags which crossed many paths with Dr. Ragtime aka Jack Rose (RIP). Not only in terms of music and presentation, maybe also t …

Gabriel Slavitt – No Skinny Minnie

2014 # solo guitar, american primitive, singer-songwriter, garage rock

Mostly electrified solo guitar tunes by Gabriel Slavitt from Philadelphia who is also working as an artist in the field of mixed media and sculpture. The No Skinny Minnie ep is completely stripped down to a lonely sounding guitar in a room. Nonethele …

Folklore Tapes – BIRDomenlore

2013 # avantgarde, psych folk, electronic, ambient, field recording, ritual

Folklore Tapes is a music, art and research project from Great Britain that leaves me back with many questions that I don't want to get answered. There is a mystery around them or him (the blog is connected with the name David Chatton Barker …