karl blau: classic or dud

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If you can't answer, order 'Shell Collection' (the most widely available release) asap. You'll thank me for it.

d on y, Tuesday, 15 October 2002 15:21 (twenty-three years ago)

one month passes...
Classic. Island folk genius. There is no one else making music that sounds like this. Deserves recognition beyond "cult hero" status.

Kevin Erickson, Tuesday, 19 November 2002 09:19 (twenty-three years ago)

six years pass...

So, Karl Blau has made a lot of music over the past 6 years, although I suppose a lot of it is released via his Kelp! Monthly zine. I only own this year's Nature's Got Away, which is finding it's way onto my record player more and more frequently as the year goes by. Anyone else into his stuff? Should we still be ordering Shell Collection and thanking d on y for it, or is there a better place to start?

Z S, Tuesday, 16 December 2008 00:08 (seventeen years ago)

Beneath Waves owned. Particularly the first song.

:O (wilter), Tuesday, 16 December 2008 00:29 (seventeen years ago)

enjoy Nature's Got Away a ton (one of my year's favourites) - but also a lot more than anything else i've heard by him.

sean gramophone, Tuesday, 16 December 2008 03:21 (seventeen years ago)

six years pass...

FYI, he lost a lot of stuff in a fire:

https://www.gofundme.com/KarlBlau

polyphonic, Wednesday, 9 December 2015 20:34 (ten years ago)

five months pass...

This new country covers album is delightful.

Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 14 May 2016 13:05 (ten years ago)

I agree. Only recently stumbled across him, can't even remember how, but I'm well into this. In the Matthew E White ballpark, but I got bored with him so will take this instead.

mike t-diva, Monday, 16 May 2016 21:39 (ten years ago)

nine months pass...

Spotify has been recommending the past two weeks and I am digging.

Nesta Leaps In (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 6 March 2017 01:22 (nine years ago)

He was also in this band D+ that I caught at a record store a long time ago.

https://dplus.bandcamp.com/track/our-father

billstevejim, Monday, 6 March 2017 06:22 (nine years ago)

D+ also included Bret Lunsford (beat happening) and Phil Elverum (microphones/my eerie)

tbh I haven't really enjoyed what I've heard but that's a top notch dude trio

Karl Malone, Monday, 6 March 2017 06:36 (nine years ago)

Loved his record from last year. He played up the road last month and I didn't go because life. I hope he doesn't mind.

The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums (Chinaski), Monday, 6 March 2017 20:06 (nine years ago)

his version of "Fallin' Rain" is transcendent

Number None, Tuesday, 7 March 2017 00:23 (nine years ago)

^^^^ Agree * 100. I make a yearly favorites cdr comp for myself, and was culling other favorite tracks because I HAD to include that 9+ min song.

the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Tuesday, 7 March 2017 20:37 (nine years ago)

I love that whole Link Wray era so it's like catnip to me

Number None, Tuesday, 7 March 2017 22:04 (nine years ago)

Yeah, that version of "Fallin' Rain" kills me. Saw him play last year and that one definitely brought the waterworks.

spastic heritage, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 01:01 (nine years ago)

six years pass...

Loved his record from last year. He played up the road last month and I didn't go because life. I hope he doesn't mind.
― The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums (Chinaski), Monday, 6 March 2017 20:06 (six years ago)

He was up the road again last night (supporting then accompanying Laura Veirs) and it was a beautiful show. I bought his last copy of *...Introducing* and the big bear signed it for me. He looks a lot like David Harbour in person.

He's moved to Philly and has recorded an EP with some of the dudes from War on Drugs. It's good: https://opaleskar.bandcamp.com/album/opal-eskar-ep

I would prefer not to. (Chinaski), Monday, 27 November 2023 22:10 (two years ago)

Thanks for this. Buying it this Bandcamp Friday.

the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Wednesday, 29 November 2023 00:06 (two years ago)

one year passes...

Just saw that he's playing a small club here in Portland this coming Monday. Listening to him for the first time, his most recent album. Into it! Good Purple Mountains cover, too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3u6SX8KWai0

bratwurst autumn (Eazy), Saturday, 7 December 2024 06:17 (one year ago)


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