RIP DEMOND WILSON π
31.01.2026 14:48 β π 97 π 32 π¬ 10 π 5Listening to all their records chronologically is fascinating. They start out a 4-piece band full of confidence and swagger, basically inventing "alt-country," then their drummer and 2nd guitarist leave, they aren't replaced, and everything gets slower and slower and more profoundly dismal
14.01.2026 21:51 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 1 π 2Their last 2 records before this one (Frozen and Notes Campfire) are exactly "meandering slower than sound with unusual music shapes and something to say"
14.01.2026 21:43 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0I've been obsessed with this video for a long time
11.01.2026 20:27 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The βToo Many Cooksβ of music videos. Every new shot seemingly pans to a previously unseen musician onstage. youtu.be/0eOHu0rMqMI?...
11.01.2026 16:27 β π 8 π 5 π¬ 3 π 0It's actually an oud, not gtr - cheers
08.12.2025 18:02 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
On the occasion of the last Bandcamp Friday of the year, a recap of my year in rock.
2182recordingcompany.bandcamp.com/album/abacom...
2182recordingcompany.bandcamp.com/album/drueling
harmonicoozerecords.bandcamp.com/album/arid-p...
Beloved @derekmonypeny.bsky.social et Turner Williams Jr. croisent le Shahi Baaja (je dΓ©couvre) et quelques effets bien sentis pour une rΓ©ussite psychΓ©dΓ©lique ππ»
12.11.2025 17:16 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Today on WFMU: On Blurred and Obscured with Jonathan Herweg, a live on-studio set from Joshua Treed based guitar explorer Derek Monypeny. Tune in to hear Derek's patented blend of improv guitar excursions, psychedelic drones, and primitive experimental folk (10 p.m. ET).
09.11.2025 16:15 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
New article/interview just dropped, via the Flow State Substack.
www.flowstate.fm/p/derek-mony...
I'm playing 4 solo shows next month with Ak'chamel, my first East Coast shows since 2019:
11/6: Brooklyn @ Union Pool (sold out)
11/7: Philly @ 2223 Fish
11/8: Baltimore @ Wax Atlas
11/9: Washington DC @ Rhizome
On my label:
yuccaaltarecords.bandcamp.com/album/voicel...
This record, of which my label recently released a very special 3-sided double-LP edition, has officially been submitted to the Recording Academy for Grammy Award consideration!
yuccaaltarecords.bandcamp.com/album/voiceless-mass-vinyl-2lp-edition
OUT NOW: The 2nd release on my Yucca Alta label:
Raven Chacon/Present Music: "Voiceless Mass" double-LP
3-sided, with etched artwork in Side 4. Visually and aurally beautiful. Title track "Voiceless Mass" was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 2022.
yuccaaltarecords.bandcamp.com/album/voicel...
Great review of my recent shahi-baaja-duo LP with Turner Williams Jr., "Drueling."
www.tumblr.com/dustedmagazi...
PIONEER TOWN WEDS!! desert show ya'llΒ first gig of the run, we're running on a 100% track record of killer first shows on our runs...Β FAAFO!!! w/ the desert's own sensational @derekmonypeny.bsky.social opening.Β
8pm Doors/ 8:30 Derek/ 9 OSM
TICKETS:Β www.eventim.us/event/orcutt...
episode 274 of The Radio Hour That Feels Like Two Hours now playing (link below), this week with new stuff from Lukid, Fadensonnen, Anthony Milton, Turner Williams Jr. & Derek Monypeny and much more
www.mixcloud.com/gerardcosloy...
Funny that Mason Jones would mention Caroliner as a contrast to TFUL that he preferred, since most of the members of TFUL were in Caroliner at that time
17.08.2025 20:29 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I also saw them twice on the '92 SCG tour
17.08.2025 20:25 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Announcing the 2nd release on my Yucca Alta label: a deluxe 3-sided double-LP (etched artwork on Side 4) edition of Raven Chacon & Present Music's "Voiceless Mass." Available for pre-order now: www.yuccavalleymaterial.org/shop/yvml-ap...
16.08.2025 20:52 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
You can hear Jesse talk about it on this new SCG podcast:
open.spotify.com/episode/16Rx...
Speaking of - 2182recordingcompany.bandcamp.com/album/drueling
08.08.2025 15:27 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
OUT NOW on 2182 Recording Co.: Turner Williams Jr. and Derek Monypeny: "Dreuling."
This is possibly the first duo-shahi-baaja record ever made? It sounds like nothing else out there.
2182recordingcompany.bandcamp.com/album/drueling
Order it here, and maybe check out some of the other artists on the label: 2182recordingcompany.bandcamp.com
07.08.2025 15:53 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Today is a good day to listen to/buy this:
2182recordingcompany.bandcamp.com/album/abacom...
Fun fact: one of the members of Child Abuse is the son of the guy that wrote the hugely popular "Chicken Soup For The Soul" series of books
30.07.2025 17:20 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The original version of The Vanishing from 1988 is in this category
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