The musicians in these acts were inspired in part by what Greil Marcus called the "Old, Weird America." For the purposes of There Stands the Glass, I'll call 'em post-Tom Waits bands. Their dusty indie-rock draws on Beatnik jazz, the psychedelic folk of Bert Jansch, Richard Thompson and Jerry Garcia and the sonic mayhem of late-career Waits.
One of the best examples of the form is Califone's album Sometimes Good Weather Happens to Bad People. It's just been reissued on vinyl by Jealous Butcher. The original 2002 release compiled two separate late '90s recordings.
Although I don't listen to the stuff much these days, the creaky, hushed, experimental music still resonates with me.
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I reviewed Primus' game-changing concert Friday at the Uptown Theater.
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I reviewed Lindsey Buckingham's solid appearance Sunday at Yardley Hall.
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I shared some of my favorite music on a program about Kansas City's music scene on KCUR's Up to Date last week. The program is available here.
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I sat in with Chris Haghirian and Michael Byars for the most recent episode of The Mailbox.
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Here's a new song from Steddy P.
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I'm hardly an expert on the source material, but the fascinating Egyptian Project seems to be a cross-generational roots-based effort.
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Time magazine offers a feel-good story about P.O.S' kidney situation.
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Jan Garbarek, Egberto Gismonti and Charlie Haden collaborated as Magico thirty years ago. RIYL: ECM, breathing.
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Buke and Gase are donating proceeds from sales of their new single to a hurricane relief effort in Red Bank, New Jersey. The duo's version of "Blue Monday" is very fine.
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Here's excellent footage of Dan Deacon's recent show at the Granada.
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Kansas City Click: David Bazan will perform "Priests and Paramedics" Monday at the RecordBar.
Snuff Jazz returns to The Brick on Tuesday.
Young Guru hits the Czar Bar on Wednesday.
Candace Evans plays at EBT restaurant on Thursday.
(Original image by There Stands the Glass.)
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