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Will Oldham
Inlander:
To the best of my knowledge, we've never had a Will Oldham thread here.
Now we do.
Love? Hate? Think a particular album should get more attention than it usually does? Discuss!
Misereatur:
I really liked a single from his last album, but I was rather unimpressed by his older albums, mainly from I See a Darkness.
I should give him another listen, though.
He's playing live this weekend in Tel Aviv and I'm going to miss it because it costs way too much (120NIS for a show in a club the size of my basement).
ScrambledGregs:
I think that I See A Darkness is one of the best albums of the past 10 years that most people have never heard. It rarely makes 'best of' lists and I only knew about it because of, you guessed it, Pitchfork. I think that his Superwolf collaboration with Matt Sweeney was pretty ace; I have it on vinyl, so maybe I like it better because of that.
Jackie Blue:
I See a Darkness is probably the best of his Bonnie "Prince" Billy albums, but I prefer his older material as Palace/Palace Music/Palace Bros.
My all-time favorite is Lost Blues and Other Songs. Viva Last Blues is a close second, and Guarapero: Lost Blues Volume 2 is also quite nice. A friend of mine swears by Days In the Wake but, while the songs on it are great, I think it's a very poorly-recorded album and the live versions of those songs are much better. Also, Arise Therefore is a really wonderful album.
My main problem with his Bonnie "Prince" Billy albums is that they're just too... slick and polished and quiet. His Palace stuff was more raw and had more rockers.
When I saw him live, he looked like Jimmy Buffet.
ScrambledGregs:
His use of different names bothers me, but only as an obsessive music fan. I mean, do you file all his stuff under the same name?? If so, which one?? Or do you just file it all, chronologically, under Will Oldham??
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