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By: the of mirror eye » Sounds Dumpy

the of mirror eye » Sounds Dumpy — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:44:32 +0000

[...] There must be something totally liberating about lo-fi four-track recordings that causes musicians to come back to it, again and again. James McNew is a perfect example. As bassist for Yo La Tengo (look here and here), he already has an outlet for his musical demons and decent studios to work in and yet, he still breaks out the ole four-track and gives it a while every once in awhile as Dump (look here). [...]

By: su

su — Sat, 09 Apr 2005 18:56:02 +0000

hey, just wanted to throw some props. this blog is the only one i check regularly now for ingenious, creative sounds from the waaaaaaaaay out there, and the only mp3blog i know of that dedicates itself avant-garde classics, contemporary and old school. you SHOULD toot yr own horn - i hope you keep this up!

the music you post that i like the most is the japanese psychedelia (Cosmic Invention, MSHB and Ghost are all awesome!), and i would love it if you posted more improv and avant-garde from your abundance of records, for those of us who have considerably fewer records…:( —->

peace, su.
nb1.be

By: Gary

Gary — Sat, 09 Apr 2005 04:35:48 +0000

Any Dump recording is well worth tracking down, except “Superpowerless” (I think that’s the title, but I sold it back so I can’t check). And I’d add that hearing what James was doing as far back as 1993/94 or so suggests that he played a much bigger role in shaping Yo La Tengo’s sound than most YLT fans would ever imagine. For example, their first album, which featured Dave Schramm, basically sounded like a Schramms album. Dump’s “Superpowerless” and “I Can Hear Music,” on the other hand, include elements (e.g., certain loop techniques) that would later be heard on YLT’s “Painful.” Just my theory, but I think it holds some water.

By: cb

cb — Fri, 08 Apr 2005 20:57:31 +0000

Ah, yes. I think that I remember hearing that same thing about Prince. He seems to be a touchy fellow. At any rate. The home page for Other Music is here

-cb

By: shaun

shaun — Fri, 08 Apr 2005 19:25:13 +0000

i’ve met james mcnew several times and he said that prince found out about this album and sued. james had to go around the country and take all the copies of that album off the shelves. pretty messy ordeal. he said that he would keep a few copies on consignment at other music in nyc. i would say this is your best bet to find “that skinny motherfucker with the high voice”

By: Fil

Fil — Tue, 05 Apr 2005 18:54:18 +0000

I find your reviews insightful. I’ve just started checking out your blog and it reads as if you’ve been doing this forever, or at least since Al Gore ‘created’ the internets! Keep on trucking & I’d love a blog post featuring 80’s French musac if you catch my drift. I loved that stuff you played on the say to Sin City!