Browse archive 2017

Opossum Sun Trail
Death Raga Run-on Sentence

2017 # psychedelic, psych rock

Oh man, this Opposum Sun Trail album is hard to descibe. It's like a menu of acid laced greek yoghurt, after a main course of spaghetti western with a side of sauerkraut-rock and american goth primitivism. Death Raga Run-on Sentence is a really cool, …

Matteo Fiorini
Le Grand électrificateur des âmes

2016 # american primitive, solo guitar, field recording

Very interesting guitar music from Italy again. The setting Matteo Fiorini has chosen to record his debut, is a former church with a beautiful natural reverb. He went there to let his guitar tell stories. Stories about Le grand électrificateur, a mo …

dfbm #98
Songs of Wild Nothing Pt. 8

2017 # psychedelic, solo guitar, mixtape

Welcome to a new episode of Songs of Wild Nothing. I think I've never described the purpose of this show or mix, so this might be a good opportunity to give some insight. tl;dr Over the eight or so years, this label and music blog exists I've always …

Mark Fosson
Solo Guitar

2017 # american primitive, solo guitar

Digging in the Dust, the reissued demo tapes by Mark Fosson that he sent to Takoma Records in the late 70s, was one of the first records of a rediscovered American Primitive guitarists I've ever heard. Sure, there was Robbie Basho, Peter Walker, but …

dfbm #97
Morning Raga Pt. 16

2017 # american primitive, mixtape

All strings considered. A new mix with most recent and almost forgotten solo acoustic and electric guitar work. tl;dr Tim Pilcher & Monica Lord released their debut on the label Dismal Niche a label from Missouri who also released a new Scott Tum …

Kevin Henry
Last Thoughts

2017 # american primitive, folk

Kevin Henry's album Last Thoughts is the soundtrack to a documentary and road movie he produced in 2006. In this award-winning documentary, filmmaker Kevin Henry retraces the travels of his grandfather Rob, a former rail-riding hobo who tape-record …

Rick Deitrick
Gentle Wilderness + River Sun River Moon

1978 # american primitive, private press, folk, solo guitar

Tompkins Square just reissued another gem from the treasure trove of their Imaginational Anthem Vol. 8 compilation, while the next one1 is already in the pipes. On that compilation, record collector Michael Klausman and Brooks Rice shared the most ob …

dfbm #96
Songs of Wild Nothing Pt. VII

2017 # folk, psych folk, singer-songwriter, lo-fi, experimental, mixtape

After some silence I worked through my stacks of music to compile a new edition of Songs of Wild Nothing. tl;dr Starting off with an exclusive song by Simone Romei aka Desmoines. He recorded a beautiful folk album that should be of interest for every …

P.J. Phillips
Colder Days

2017 # american primitive

It's summer and yets it's cold right now. Either it's a glitch in the weather pattern or it's the nuclear winter looming ahead. Let's hope for the best. Cold Days is the first album by German/American guitarist P.J. Phillips hailing from the Ruhr are …