#acidfolk — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #acidfolk, aggregated by home.social.
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Earheads Recs. #^https://mirlo.space/earheads is growing, 13 of 50++ releases now, and counting.
Take a listen :) It's pretty diverse.
I just found, that it makes no sense to have all kinds of projects I am involved in splattered over 15+ Bandcamp profiles. And @mirlo.space is a very cool new music distribution.
See here: #^https://mirlo.space/
The earhead - a head full of ears - was given to me as a gift by a sculpturer named Susanne in 1989. A birthday present. It still shows the way i am hearing :)
#FollowerPower #NewLabel #ambient #glitch #noise #futurepop #electronica #electroacoustic #acidfolk #impromptu #StandupTrackwriting #jayrope @Experimental Music -
CHRYSALIS
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1968 U.S. pressingA little acid-ridden #psychedelic #progressive #artrock to get my morning going.
The band’s ONLY album; not overly intricate, but pretty melodic sounding and introspective.
I found this at a flea market in Seattle, Wa. when I took my son there for a concert. I grabbed it because I had never heard of them before and looked pretty interesting.
I didn’t realize it was kind of sought after.“Lacewing” is the true gem here. Just a great tune. A beautiful little Beatles-esque #acidfolk number.
Odd thing about this band:
They don’t sound like they’re from NYC.
They sound a lot like the British bands of the time, and their singer James “Spider” Barborous actually slips in and out of an English accent occasionally.Apparently there’s a promo MONO copy that sounds infinitely better, as this one’s a little thin on bass.
Great record, regardless.#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #retro #vintage #art #music
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CHRYSALIS
Definition
1968 U.S. pressingA little acid-ridden #psychedelic #progressive #artrock to get my morning going.
The band’s ONLY album; not overly intricate, but pretty melodic sounding and introspective.
I found this at a flea market in Seattle, Wa. when I took my son there for a concert. I grabbed it because I had never heard of them before and looked pretty interesting.
I didn’t realize it was kind of sought after.“Lacewing” is the true gem here. Just a great tune. A beautiful little Beatles-esque #acidfolk number.
Odd thing about this band:
They don’t sound like they’re from NYC.
They sound a lot like the British bands of the time, and their singer James “Spider” Barborous actually slips in and out of an English accent occasionally.Apparently there’s a promo MONO copy that sounds infinitely better, as this one’s a little thin on bass.
Great record, regardless.#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #retro #vintage #art #music
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Really don't know a lot about the genre but I discovered this 1971 album a couple of days ago and have been playing it non stop - it's a real gem full of chilled out tunes. Probably just folk when it came out but I see it categorised as acid-folk/psych-folk now #folk #acidfolk #psychfolk
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Really don't know a lot about the genre but I discovered this 1971 album a couple of days ago and have been playing it non stop - it's a real gem full of chilled out tunes. Probably just folk when it came out but I see it categorised as acid-folk/psych-folk now #folk #acidfolk #psychfolk
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New #review today: "We’ve been following #CrystalJacqueline for many years from her first solo efforts on #FruitsDeMerRecords in 2013 and with The Honey Pot since 2016. Over the years she has grown musically, with her latest effort being her best to date." #ExposeOnline #PsychedelicRock #FolkRock #AcidFolk http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/crystal-jacqueline-friends-smoke-road-6.html
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New #review today: "We’ve been following #CrystalJacqueline for many years from her first solo efforts on #FruitsDeMerRecords in 2013 and with The Honey Pot since 2016. Over the years she has grown musically, with her latest effort being her best to date." #ExposeOnline #PsychedelicRock #FolkRock #AcidFolk http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/crystal-jacqueline-friends-smoke-road-6.html
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New #review today: "While recording their new album #UsAndThem found themselves pulled in two opposite directions, partly towards the pastoral and idyllic and partly towards darker realms, the result being an album that describes the different sides of life — the light that is at the starting point and the shadow that is always there." #ExposeOnline #fruitsdeMerRecords #acidfolk #PsychedelicRock http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/us-and-them-the-lights-and-the-shadow-6.html
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New #review today: "While recording their new album #UsAndThem found themselves pulled in two opposite directions, partly towards the pastoral and idyllic and partly towards darker realms, the result being an album that describes the different sides of life — the light that is at the starting point and the shadow that is always there." #ExposeOnline #fruitsdeMerRecords #acidfolk #PsychedelicRock http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/us-and-them-the-lights-and-the-shadow-6.html
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New #review today: "While recording their new album #UsAndThem found themselves pulled in two opposite directions, partly towards the pastoral and idyllic and partly towards darker realms, the result being an album that describes the different sides of life — the light that is at the starting point and the shadow that is always there." #ExposeOnline #fruitsdeMerRecords #acidfolk #PsychedelicRock http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/us-and-them-the-lights-and-the-shadow-6.html
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New #review today: "While recording their new album #UsAndThem found themselves pulled in two opposite directions, partly towards the pastoral and idyllic and partly towards darker realms, the result being an album that describes the different sides of life — the light that is at the starting point and the shadow that is always there." #ExposeOnline #fruitsdeMerRecords #acidfolk #PsychedelicRock http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/us-and-them-the-lights-and-the-shadow-6.html
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New #review today: "While recording their new album #UsAndThem found themselves pulled in two opposite directions, partly towards the pastoral and idyllic and partly towards darker realms, the result being an album that describes the different sides of life — the light that is at the starting point and the shadow that is always there." #ExposeOnline #fruitsdeMerRecords #acidfolk #PsychedelicRock http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/us-and-them-the-lights-and-the-shadow-6.html
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Hieronymus Harry – The River of Doom
#Folk #acidfolk #folkrock #freakfolk #progressivefolk #psychedelicfolk #Toronto
CC BY-NC (#CreativeCommons Attribution Non Commercial) #ccmusic
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Hieronymus Harry – The River of Doom
#Folk #acidfolk #folkrock #freakfolk #progressivefolk #psychedelicfolk #Toronto
CC BY-NC (#CreativeCommons Attribution Non Commercial) #ccmusic
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New #review today: "#LaNouvelleMusique, the London-based duo of #JoannaBeck (vocals and bass) and #IanDeSylva (guitar), have produced an album of ten originals plus a cover of #SandyDenny’s “Crazy Lady Blues.” The songs are a mixture of Joanna’s ethereal vocals, acoustic guitar, #AcidFolk, #ProgressiveRock, keyboards, and exquisite vocal harmonies." #ExposeOnline #FruitsDeMerRecords http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/la-nouvelle-musique-la-nouvelle-musique-6.html
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New #review today: "#LaNouvelleMusique, the London-based duo of #JoannaBeck (vocals and bass) and #IanDeSylva (guitar), have produced an album of ten originals plus a cover of #SandyDenny’s “Crazy Lady Blues.” The songs are a mixture of Joanna’s ethereal vocals, acoustic guitar, #AcidFolk, #ProgressiveRock, keyboards, and exquisite vocal harmonies." #ExposeOnline #FruitsDeMerRecords http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/la-nouvelle-musique-la-nouvelle-musique-6.html
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New #review today: "#CarolOfHarvest was a band that played what might be called #AcidFolk. Their only LP came out in ‘78 on a local label with only 200 copies. Much of what one hears on the album could easily pass for a sound produced a decade earlier, with acoustic guitars and harmonized male and female vocals dominant, but with drums, electric guitar, keyboards, and a bassist in the band, they are able to show their capacity to rock with the best of them." #FolkRock http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/carol-of-harvest-carol-of-harvest-3.html
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New #review today: "#CarolOfHarvest was a band that played what might be called #AcidFolk. Their only LP came out in ‘78 on a local label with only 200 copies. Much of what one hears on the album could easily pass for a sound produced a decade earlier, with acoustic guitars and harmonized male and female vocals dominant, but with drums, electric guitar, keyboards, and a bassist in the band, they are able to show their capacity to rock with the best of them." #FolkRock http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/carol-of-harvest-carol-of-harvest-3.html
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New #review today: "Back in 2016 I reviewed reissues of the two #Mormos albums on the Spalax label, and in the time since then, having reviewed a few thousand other releases, I’d completely forgotten about Mormos. So I was quite surprised to get a message out of the blue from #ErnieMansfield, one of the band’s members, who has released a live album, recorded on March 10, 1972 at Chat Écarlate in Paris." #ExposeOnline #FolkRock #AcidFolk #PsychedelicMusic http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/mormos-live-at-le-chat-Ecarlate-2.html
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New #review today: "Back in 2016 I reviewed reissues of the two #Mormos albums on the Spalax label, and in the time since then, having reviewed a few thousand other releases, I’d completely forgotten about Mormos. So I was quite surprised to get a message out of the blue from #ErnieMansfield, one of the band’s members, who has released a live album, recorded on March 10, 1972 at Chat Écarlate in Paris." #ExposeOnline #FolkRock #AcidFolk #PsychedelicMusic http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/mormos-live-at-le-chat-Ecarlate-2.html
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New blog post - Reverb Round-up #2. The latest instalment of our occasional series looking at some of the best music, zines, podcasts & all round creativity for anyone with an interest in folklore, hauntology & the folk revival in general 🦉🎧🎶
https://www.logofiasco.com/reverb-round-up-2/
#folklore #folkhorror #zines #podcasts #bandcamp #standingstones #stonecircles #modernantiquarian #vinyl #vinylcommunity #hexhamheads #hauntology #folklore #oldweirdalbion #electronica #ambient #folk #folkhorror #acidfolk
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CW: Tamsin's pinned post on anarres.family, my new home instance.
Hello, anarres.family, all other servers, and all ships at sea!
Welcome to Tamsin's Pinned Post, which includes a few things you might want to know about me.
Yes, this is a new instance, which I intend to be my new home on the fediverse... but it's the same old nonsense.
Please enjoy your stay, unless you're a fascist, a racist, a transphobe, a homophobe, or any other flavor of garbage person, in which case please fix your heart or die. Your choice.
So, who the heck am I?
Hi! I'm Tamsin: a white #GenX #queer #sapphic #nonbinary #trans #woman who likes doorstopper novels, director's cuts of movies, extended remixes of songs and albums, tabletop roleplaying games, 5-string basses, double-cutaway Les Paul Jr. guitars, beaches, forests, mountains, witchy things, late nights, lazy afternoons, writing down half of everything she thinks, and living places that haven't outlawed her.
I'm happily monogamously married to a polymath superhero, and we share our lives with my marvelous teenaged offspring, two adorable cats, and a host of delightful friends and co-conspirators.
Things I post about, in no particular order: #gender, #sexuality, #queerness, #QueerTheory, #transgender stuff, #transfeminine stuff, #magic, #witchcraft, #music, #books, #movies, #TTRPGs, #ADHD, #politics, #philosophy, #spirituality, making things, and whatever else is going though my brain at any given moment.When I talk about gender and sexuality, it's probably helpful to know that I hold a bachelor's degree in Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies (with a focus on #feminist history, queer theory, and trans studies) from the University of Washington. This doesn't make me "right" or "authoritative," but it does mean I've done some reading on the topics. Sometimes I joke that I had to get a degree to realize I'm a gay trans girl... which isn't quite true, but still makes me laugh.
I'm exactly the kind of person who likes #ProgRock, #PunkRock, #PostPunk, #TripHop, #GirlyPop, #DarkFolk, #BlackMetal, '70s #funk, old-school #RnB, #BritishInvasion, #ArtRock, #AcidRock, #AcidFolk, anti-fascist #NeoFolk, #SingerSongwriter, #blues, #EarlyMusic, #minimalist composers, anime soundtracks, and everything #Prince ever recorded. Among other things.
Sometimes I make things. I craft, I cook, I play (and occasionally run) tabletop role-playing games, I play (and occasionally write) music and songs. Most of all, though, I write: essays, poetry, stories, and—this one time at band camp, when I was feeling particularly sassy—a whole-ass book about gender, sexuality, queerness, and magic for witches, Pagans, occultists, and devotional polytheists. (If you want to check it out, there's a link in my bio to the publisher's page.)
Politically, I started out as a liberal in the 1980s, but—flying in the face of conventional wisdom—became increasingly leftist as time went by. I believe all life is sacred, hegemony and hierarchy are intrinsically inclined towards abuse, and bodily autonomy is fundamental to human rights. I believe people can own and control things, but that people are not things. As such, I believe fascism, racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, queerphobia, and ableism are all evils of the human heart. I support #UniversalHealthcare, #UBI, BLM, #antifa, indigenous rights, #TransRights, queer resistance, sex workers, undocumented and migrant rights, disability rights, autistic people, plural folks, defunding the police, and radical inclusivity. Whatever name fits those beliefs, that's what I am. I'm not a wholly uncritical leftist, though, and I'm probably not ideologically pure enough for most movements. (Then again, I'm a futch-y trans #lesbian, so many leftist movements don't want me around anyway.)
About following: I'm trying to be intentional and judicious in how I use social media, so here's the deal: folks are welcome to follow my account here, but I don't automatically follow people back. That's not a judgement on you, please understand. It's an acknowledgement that I have a limited amount of mental and social bandwidth, and it's easy for me to get overwhelmed by my social media feed if I don't tend it aggressively.
The odds of me following you back are significantly higher if...
• you have a bio I find interesting,
• you're somewhere under the rainbow (LGBTQIA2S+),
• we share interests in common,
AND/OR
• you interact with my posts in a positive way often enough that I think, "hey, I like so-and-so, I think I'll send them a follow request."The last condition might override any of the previous three, but the previous three do sway things, just saying. Regardless, anyone's welcome to follow my posts here.
Okay, I think that's about enough for now. Further updates as events warrant, or as I think of them.
Cheers! 💕
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Gratien Midonet – Fô Ou Tchimbi – Decision (1989, Martinique)
As randomly chosen by survey[1] on Mastodon, our next spotlight is on number 718 on The List, submitted by myself (buffyleigh).
At the beginning of this project, after we had amassed a few hundred album titles for The List and started to see where there were gaps, a few of us went searching around for gems that we maybe weren’t all that familiar with, but knew had to be included. This was one such artist I stumbled on, our only artist representing the Caribbean island of Martinique (in the French West Indies/Antilles).
I had a hard time deciding which of Midonet’s four albums to include, and still think maybe I should have picked his first, Ven en Lévé (1979). The title track of that one seems to have been an anthem of sorts for Martinique’s independence movement, and was apparently banned from French radio for 2 years. But then the second and third albums – L’Inité (1980) and Bourg La Folie (1984; a soundtrack to a since lost film by Antillean director Benjamin Jules Rosette) – as well as this one are all excellent, all highlight Midonet’s Creole lyricism, and all have their particular charms. And so, I simply went with the one that I thought would perhaps entice people to go back and check out the rest of the discography.
Anyway, if descriptions like “tropical acid folk”, “cosmic reggae jazz”, “transcendental fusion”, and “psychedelic dance” pique your interest, I would suggest you take a listen through them all. A compilation is also available, for a quick survey. Whichever you choose, it’s a good decision.
Happy listening.
- Bandcamp: Gratien Midonet – Fô Ou Tchimbi – Decision
- Discogs: Gratien Midonet – Fô Ou Tchimbi – Decision
- The survey choices that initially led to this spotlight were “He flows like the big muddy, but that’s okay”, “Pour him over ice cream”, and “for a nice parfait”, following the earlier surveys that had “Well, I don’t want no Abba Zabba”/“Don’t want no Almond Joy”/“There ain’t nothing better”/“Suitable for this boy”, “Well, it’s the only thing that can pick me up”/“Better than a cup of gold”/“See only a chocolate Jesus”/“Can satisfy my soul”, and “When the weather gets rough”/“And it’s whiskey in the shade”/“It’s best to wrap your savior”/“Up in cellophane”. The second option was the winning selection, and the survey result was translated as picking an album in The List that contained a word in the phrase – in this case, “him”, hidden in the word “Tchimbi”. ↩︎
#1001OtherAlbums #1980s #acidFolk #Antilles #Creole #CreoleSoul #funk #GratienMidonet #ListenToThis #Martinique #music #musicDiscovery #Musodon #WestIndies
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"acid-folk and minimal cosmic wonder, they're a trip." - Have a listen & read the full review over at the blog or newsletters (where you get all the tips a few days before the socials).
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/various-artists-everything-above-the-sky-astral-travelling-w-luke-una-warm -
"acid-folk and minimal cosmic wonder, they're a trip." - Have a listen & read the full review over at the blog or newsletters (where you get all the tips a few days before the socials).
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/various-artists-everything-above-the-sky-astral-travelling-w-luke-una-warm -
In Mara's Glove - 6majik9 (2005)
( I was part of this mission)
More primitive dirt psych explorations from the masters of the australian outback. Majik is the fully assembled ensemble encompassing almost-all the members of the musicyourmindwilllove you collective. Space shanty rhythms collide with tribal folk dirges to create true cosmic wreckage. Michael Donnelly and co are on a mission to find the perfect trip. Their cathartic releases are spewed straight from the earth’s core. This is the aural transfixing of melted rock and the hyperspace freeway. A total psychedelic journey. Welcome to fucking oz.Stephen Clover: "Though I've met them, I've no real idea who they are or which planet they came from. I've seen them live — twice, in fact, in the same weekend — and I've never heard or seen anything like it; never borne witness to such musical lunacy. I've also never heard anything contemporary that reminds me more of Can. But where, in the case of the kraut masters, you might expect — and generally will receive — precision and economy of gesture and deed, "Majik" (the 6 and 9 are silent, dig) can happily provide the opposite. It's as if they's some kinda barely-competent wedding band formed by members of Amon Düül I and who turn up late, fucked-up, and proceed to attempt Can covers, helped by guest appearances from Cheech and Chong.
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New stock now up online -
👉 'Peasant' - the new Weird Walk music zine.
👉 Angeline Morrison - 'The Sorrow Songs' - Green vinyl re-issue.
👉 Anne Briggs - Records Store Day 2024 limited edition re-issue + 7-inch EP.
Plus:
👉 Dave Evans great lost folk LP from 1972 - 'Elephantasia'.https://www.logofiasco.com/ 🦉🎶
#vinyl #beltane #vinylcommunity #vinyldeals #folk #folklore #acidfolk #topicrecords #annebriggs #weirdwalk #vinylvibes
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We have a dark electronica double whammy this week, with the arrival of Pye Corner Audio's 'The Endless Echo' from Ghost Box, and The Night Monitor's 'Horror of the Hexham Heads' from Library of the Occult.
Nightmares on wax...👀https://www.logofiasco.com/
🦉👁🎶#vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylcommunity #psychedelia #electronica #hauntology #synth #ambient #acidfolk #wyrdfolk #folkhorror #horror #folklore #Soundtracks #vinyladdict #vinyljunkie #vinylvibes
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New blog post - The Hexham Heads: A Nationwide Nightmare. Hauntological recollections of 70s TV show Nationwide and the legend of The Hexham Heads, in the company of Michael Barrett and The Night Monitor.
https://www.logofiasco.com/the-hexham-heads-a-nationwide-nightmare/
#vinyl #folklore #folkhorror #electronica #hexham #hexhamheads #70s #70stv #tv #vinylcommunity #hauntology #ambient #folk #thenightmonitor #synth #libraryoftheoccult #acidfolk #vinylvibes #dontfearthewolfman
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Just in time for the Spring Solstice, the Pagan Gods are smiling upon us with the arrival of 'Howl', the first in the new Weird Walk Record Cult series. 'Howl' is an album of atmospheric and otherwordly acoustic songs from Daisy Rickman. Limited Edition of 500 copies on gold vinyl plus 12" art print. You can order a copy here:
https://www.logofiasco.com/
🦉🎶
#vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylcommunity #weirdwalk #psychedelia #hauntology #acidfolk #wyrdfolk #folk #folklore #ambient #vinylvibes -
Dive into the soul-stirring world of Draken Asher, the prodigy behind acid folk. 🎶✨ Catch his exclusive interview and performance this Thursday at 7 pm. #DrakenAsher #AcidFolk #LiveMusic http://youtube.com/watch?v=VZ-eHSvSLz0&feature=youtu.be https://intheloop.tv/draken-asher-the-rising-star-of-acid-folk/
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Dive into the soul-stirring world of Draken Asher, the prodigy behind acid folk. 🎶✨ Catch his exclusive interview and performance this Thursday at 7 pm. #DrakenAsher #AcidFolk #LiveMusic http://youtube.com/watch?v=VZ-eHSvSLz0&feature=youtu.be https://intheloop.tv/draken-asher-the-rising-star-of-acid-folk/
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I make psychic maps for the new travellers, with sound, images and words. Audio structures that drive people into new states of awareness. A form of music that is medicine. Sounds that send people out of their minds, into the big beating heart of the cosmos.
"Black is the badge of hell / The hue of dungeons and the school of night."
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I make psychic maps for the new travellers, with sound, images and words. Audio structures that drive people into new states of awareness. A form of music that is medicine. Sounds that send people out of their minds, into the big beating heart of the cosmos.
"Black is the badge of hell / The hue of dungeons and the school of night."
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Now in stock - the vinyl reissue of Anne Briggs timeless classic 'The Time Has Come', originally released in 1971. Reminiscent of Nick Drake's Pink Moon in places, the combination of covers and her own compositions is the best recorded document of one of the greatest talents to emerge from the 60's folk revival. Includes extensive liner notes.
Released this Friday, you can order a copy now - https://www.logofiasco.com/ 🦉🎶
#vinyl #folk #annebriggs #folklore #acidfolk #acoustic #vinylcommunity
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New blog post just added - Reverb Round-up #1. The first of an occasional series looking at some of the best new music, zines, podcasts & general creativity for anyone with an interest in folklore, hauntology & the folk revival in general 🦉🎧🎶
https://www.logofiasco.com/reverb-round-up-1/
#folklore #folkhorror #zines #standingstones #vinyl #vinylcommunity #hauntology #senseofplace #someothersphere #kate bush #watersons #retrofuturistic #electronica #ambient #folk #acidfolk #vinylvibes
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CW: Hello, transfem.social, all other instances, and all ships at sea! Once again, it's a new instance, but it's the same old nonsense. 😉 Welcome to Tamsin's Pinned Toot(s). Please enjoy your stay, unless you're a fascist, a racist, a transphobe, a homophobe, or any other flavor of garbage person, in which case please step on a LEGO forever. What follows are a few things you might want to know about me if you plan to hang around.
So, who the heck am I?
Hi! I'm Tamsin: a white, middle-aged, Gen X #queer, #sapphic, #nonbinary #trans woman who likes doorstopper novels, director's cuts of movies, extended remixes of songs and albums, all kinds of table-top roleplaying games, 5-string basses, double-cutaway Les Paul Jr. guitars, beaches, forests, mountains, witchy things, living places that haven't outlawed her yet, late nights, lazy afternoons, and writing down half of everything she thinks.
I'm happily monogamously married to a polymath superhero, and we share our lives with my marvelous teenaged offspring, two adorable cats, and a host of delightful friends and co-conspirators.
Things I post about, in no particular order: #queer stuff, being a #trans girl, #magic, #music, #books, #movies, #TTRPGs, #ADHD, #politics, #philosophy, #spirituality, making stuff, and whatever else is going though my brain at any given moment.
When I talk about #gender and #sexuality, it's probably helpful to know that I have a bachelor's degree in Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies (with a focus on #feminist history, queer theory, and trans studies) from the University of Washington. Sometimes I joke that I had to get a degree to realize I'm a gay trans girl, which isn't quite true, but still makes me laugh.
I'm exactly the kind of person who likes #ProgRock, #PunkRock, #PostPunk, #TripHop, house, #DarkFolk, #BlackMetal, '70s #funk, old-school R&B, early rock'n'roll, #AcidRock, #AcidFolk, #blues, #EarlyMusic, #minimalist composers, anime soundtracks, and everything #Prince ever recorded.
I have a profound fear of spiders, heights, and isolation.
Sometimes I make things. I craft, I cook, I play (and occasionally run) role-playing games, I play (and occasionally write) music and songs. Most of all, though, I write: essays, poetry, stories, and—this one time, when I was feeling particularly sassy—a whole-ass book about gender, sexuality, queerness, and magic for witches, Pagans, and occultists. (If you want to check it out, here's the publisher's page: https://llewellyn.com/product.php?ean=9780738761329)
My politics are a simple story: I started out as a liberal in the 1980s and, flying in the face of conventional wisdom, became increasingly leftist as time went by. I support universal healthcare, universal basic income, BLM, antifa, indigenous rights, trans rights, queer resistance, sex workers, undocumented and migrant rights, disability rights, autistic people, plural folks, defunding the police, and radical inclusivity. I'm not an uncritical leftist, though, and I'm probably not ideologically pure enough for most movements. (Then again, I'm a gay trans girl, so most leftist movements don't want me around anyway.)
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CW: Hello, transfem.social, all other servers, and all ships at sea! Welcome to Tamsin's Pinned Toot(s). 😉 What follows are a few things you might want to know about me if you plan to hang around.
Once again, it's a new instance, but it's the same old nonsense. Please enjoy your stay, unless you're a fascist, a racist, a transphobe, a homophobe, or any other flavor of garbage person, in which case please step on a LEGO forever.
So, who the heck am I?
Hi! I'm Tamsin: a white, middle-aged, Gen X #queer, #sapphic, #nonbinary #trans woman who likes doorstopper novels, director's cuts of movies, extended remixes of songs and albums, all kinds of table-top roleplaying games, 5-string basses, double-cutaway Les Paul Jr. guitars, beaches, forests, mountains, witchy things, living places that haven't outlawed her yet, late nights, lazy afternoons, and writing down half of everything she thinks.
I'm happily monogamously married to a polymath superhero, and we share our lives with my marvelous teenaged offspring, two adorable cats, and a host of delightful friends and co-conspirators.
Things I post about, in no particular order: #queer stuff, being a #trans girl, #magic, #music, #books, #movies, #TTRPGs, #ADHD, #politics, #philosophy, #spirituality, making stuff, and whatever else is going though my brain at any given moment.
When I talk about #gender and #sexuality, it's probably helpful to know that I have a bachelor's degree in Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies (with a focus on #feminist history, queer theory, and trans studies) from the University of Washington. Sometimes I joke that I had to get a degree to realize I'm a gay trans girl, which isn't quite true, but still makes me laugh.
I'm exactly the kind of person who likes #ProgRock, #PunkRock, #PostPunk, #TripHop, house, #DarkFolk, #BlackMetal, '70s #funk, old-school R&B, early rock'n'roll, #AcidRock, #AcidFolk, #blues, #EarlyMusic, #minimalist composers, anime soundtracks, and everything #Prince ever recorded.
I have a profound fear of spiders, heights, and isolation.
Sometimes I make things. I craft, I cook, I play (and occasionally run) role-playing games, I play (and occasionally write) music and songs. Most of all, though, I write: essays, poetry, stories, and—this one time, when I was feeling particularly sassy—a whole-ass book about gender, sexuality, queerness, and magic for witches, Pagans, and occultists. (If you want to check it out, here's the publisher's page: https://llewellyn.com/product.php?ean=9780738761329)
My politics are a simple story: I started out as a liberal in the 1980s and, flying in the face of conventional wisdom, became increasingly leftist as time went by. I support universal healthcare, universal basic income, BLM, antifa, indigenous rights, trans rights, queer resistance, sex workers, undocumented and migrant rights, disability rights, autistic people, plural folks, defunding the police, and radical inclusivity. I'm not an uncritical leftist, though, and I'm probably not ideologically pure enough for most movements. (Then again, I'm a gay trans girl, so most leftist movements don't want me around anyway.)
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Neoclassical mutations, lysergic Freak Folk, pop goes ambient and trip hop whimsy from a viola player. Support these exciting new artists or receive Ed Sheeran CDs for birthdays and Christmas from here on in. https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/blog/great-new-singles-emerging-artists-from-the-independent-underground-january-22nd-2024
All the tracks are available on TSMM's playlists: https://sbmt.to/l/the-slow-music-movement-playlists
#slow #slowmusic #chill #independent #artists #acidfolk #psychedelic #triphop #ambient #pop #neoclassical #electronic -
Neoclassical mutations, lysergic Freak Folk, pop goes ambient and trip hop whimsy from a viola player. Support these exciting new artists or receive Ed Sheeran CDs for birthdays and Christmas from here on in. https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/blog/great-new-singles-emerging-artists-from-the-independent-underground-january-22nd-2024
All the tracks are available on TSMM's playlists: https://sbmt.to/l/the-slow-music-movement-playlists
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In Ancient Times... for this weeks blog post we take a look at standing stones and ancient sites in cover art, featuring a #topnine of some of the best examples.
https://www.logofiasco.com/in-ancient-times/ 🦉🎶
#coverart #ghostbox #trunkrecords #hauntology #electronicmusic #ambient #ritual #keepwalkingweird #acidfolk #hauntology #folk #XTC #juliancope #folklore #rockmusic #psychedelia #standingstones #megalithic #albion #stonecircle #haunted #landscape #antiquarian #archaeology #ancientbritain
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Wishing all our fellow Mastodonians a happy Winter Solstice and a very Merry Christmas. The latest blog post, 'New Towns, Mountains and Other Moons', is a whistle stop tour of our favourite words & music from 2023. You can read it, and listen to some musical highlights, here...
https://www.logofiasco.com/mountains-new-towns-and-other-moons/
See you all in 2024 🦉🎶
#wintersolstice #vinyl #vinylcommunity #hauntology #indie #dreampop #electronica #ambient #weirdwalk #folk #folkhorror #acidfolk #vinylvibes #merrychristmas
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Now available, a Vic Mars double whammy - new LP 'The Beacons' on turquoise vinyl, plus a green vinyl re-pressing of 2019's 'Inner Roads And Outer Paths'.
https://www.logofiasco.com/ 🦉🎶
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American singer-songwriter and fiddler Peter Stampfel (born October 29, 1938) #PeterStampfel #HolyModalRounders #musician #BOTD #music #acidfolk
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The joys of pre-ordering - I ordered this months ago, forgot all about it, and today, through the passage of time, it arrives, almost as if it had waited until I was old enough, and wise enough, to read it. And worth the wait it most certainly was. Take a bow @weird_walk 👏🧙♂️
#weirdwalk #keepwalkingweird #acidfolk #hauntology #folk #folklore #folkhorror #ramble #standingstones #megalithic #albion #stonecircle #haunted #landscape #wickerman #antiquarian#myth #neolithic #archaeology #ancientbritain
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Latest Review: Finch and Blasucci seem to have a way of leaning into the sweet spots of each other’s work…while living in different cities, Mapache have found the musical moments that bind the two as a band. Swinging Stars continues to deliver sheer west coast magic. #acidfolk #alternative #albumreview https://www.folkradio.co.uk/2023/08/mapache-swinging-stars-album-review/
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Jiminil rather self-deprecatingly describes his music as "quid-bin freak-folk" when really this is undoubtedly music for the record shop counter tops. So turn on & tune into this fine, freaky fusion of classic acid folk with its distinctly modern, hazy- shoegazey, indie-rocking twists & turns. It's a serious trip from this oddly underappreciated artist & his Nottingham pranksters.
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/blog/jiminil-other-mens-flowers-petrol-dream-recordsSlow Folk Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/31BF0CuBK1gnAPUyw4xZk7
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New #review today: Hot on the heels of the #FruitsDeMer retrospective An Introduction to #UsAndThem, the band has just released an EP of cover songs that did not make on their 2022 album ... and I Observed the Blue Sky. The four songs are covers of Nick Garrie’s 1969 song “Can I Stay with You?,” The #Zombies’ song “Beechwood Park,” #ThinLizzy’s “Little Girl in Bloom,” and #TheTrees’ “The Garden of Jane Delawney.” #ExposeOnline #AcidFolk #FolkRock #PsychedelicMusic http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/us-and-them-we-count-the-evening-stars-6.html
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New #review today: "At Exposé we’ve covered the majority of the #UsAndThem music on this retrospective and it is a joy to have these carefully curated songs all in one place." #ExposeOnline #AcidFolk #PsychedelicMusic http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/us-and-them-an-introduction-to-us-and-them-6.html
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New #review today: "#ImmaterialPossession is a band based in Athens, Georgia, and their name can be added to the roster of interesting outfits from that town. They're is in the realm of modern #PsychedelicMusic, and it's be no stretch to say they would fit in with the Fruits de Mer roster, but they have a sound of their own which takes old-school #AcidFolk and twists it into something a little reminiscent of Dengue Fever or The Cambodian Space Project..." #ExposeOnline http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/immaterial-possession-mercy-of-the-crane-folk-2.html