the crust brothers
gregor | July 28th, 2010 - 7:01 pm
stephen malkmus covering silkworm’s never met a man i didn’t like off marquee mark
bottomless pit’s “38 souls”
gregor | July 8th, 2010 - 5:51 pm
hey! who’s psyched? you guessed it, me! a new bottomless pit record entitled blood under the bridge is due out on 8.10 on comedy minus one records. for those unfamiliar with bottomless pit, it is made up of tim and andy from silkworm, chris manfrin of seam and brian orchard of .22. if you have spent any time round these parts then you may know that i love silkworm, a lot. btw, if you have never checked out seam, im gonna link a track below bottomless pit’s “38 souls.”
38 souls
rafael off seam’s the problem with me
wakin up with silkworm
gregor | April 19th, 2009 - 9:57 am“i hope you” dont survive
wet firecracker
michael of silkworm doing an “a capella” version of treat the new guy right – rip michael
drunk
prayer to god – shellac cover
stephen malkmus on silkworm
the story of silkworm trailer
the gary
gregor | April 17th, 2009 - 12:00 pm
its not very often that a band likens themselves to silkworm. or, at very least claims them as an influence. which is actually a damn shame, cause quite frankly i think that silkworm for being just a 3 piece rock band had one of the most distinct sounds i have ever heard. i cant say i have heard a band that sounds remotely like em. anyway, so when a release came across my inbox that claimed texas’ the garys claim such an influence, i had to check em out. now, they aint the second coming of silkworm, kinda as i had hoped, but they’re pretty right on. dave norwood’s every man vocal stylings is something you may have to warm up to, but the songs are solid, and actually found myself listening to these two tracks at a dozen times whilst writing this. which, honestly, is about 10 more than i give most stuff that gets pushed to my inbox.
their new ep, chub, is out now me thinks…
damn machines
i may have a drink
here’s a silkworm track off their 97 matador release, developer.
never met a man i didnt like
could you elaborate on how you tempt fate?
gregor | April 19th, 2008 - 12:26 pm
[youtube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=GA3pHNMg_Ag]
seeing this, this being an upcoming silkworm documentary, kinda made me feeling quite nostalgic and even a little misty-eyed. listening to everyone from albini to malkmus to robbie fulks to adam reach(touch n’ go) speaking, so eloquently and passionately, the words that i have always thought, but couldn’t quite articulate, started me thinking about their music quite a bit. i know their footprint on musical history is quite small, but their impact, to the people that love em, is huge. the strange thing about silkworm is that they sound like no one and no one sounds like them – which is quite the feat considering they’re a 3 piece with nothing more than your standard guitar, bass and drums setup. what made them incredibly special is that, like fulks said in the trailer, “there’s no costumes, there’s no act, there’s no schtick.” they were just three dudes that made incredibly heartfelt and honest music no matter how deep you had to scratch to get there.
more info on the silkworm documentary couldn’t you wait can be found here and here on myspace. also, here is a collection of interviews including tweedy, malkmus and albini.
here is a brief introduction to the silkworm catalogue, most of which can be found on emusic or get off yr lazy arse and get down to your local shop and pick up an album or two. what a novel fucking idea.
couldn’t you wait acoustic off what’s up matador
never met a man i didn’t like off developer
give me some skin off developer
eff off blueblood
tonight we’re meat off blueblood
(i hope you) don’t survive off italian platinum
the ram off italian platinum
that’s entertainment off lifestyle
ooh la la off lifestyle
wet firecracker off firewater
little sister off even a blind chicken finds a kernel of corn
(i hope you) dont survive
[youtube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=OdUJioYWcqg]
wet firecracker
[youtube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=kEW3hsNVF9M]
