Alvarius B
General
| Oct 2006
Reviews
Chauncy Sunderland
Reviewed 2006-10-23
Reviewed 2006-10-23
32 short solo acoustic guitar compositions by Alvarius B (of Sun City Girls). Experimental, lo-fi, wandering. Ranges from appalachian folk, drone, raga, noodles, to unconventional plucking+strumming. Tempted to compare to the usual suspects Newman, Basho-Jughans, & Rose, but unlike the above, technique is not really present, but is made up for by intimacy and refreshingly naive and earnest musicality. Times range from 0:48 to 2:19. A reissue of recordings made from 1981-1989. Picks ***14,24 **4,5,10,11,13,16,23,27 *2,9,12,15,30. Really, all good. Just drop the needle. FCC clean. Moo-cows on the beach!!
Raga - 2,11,13,22,30
Korean influence - 4,5,8,18
Percussive - 1,6,13,15,17,23,29
"Traditional" folk - 2,7,11,14 (harmonica),19,28
Midtempo - 4,9,13,16
Fast & frenetic - 1,6,15,17,22,23,29,31
Herky-jerky - 1,15,17,29,31
Stripped Down & Bare - 5,16,24,28 (ends -0:30)
Bluesy - 18,32
Rockish - 20 (slow),25 (fast)
Slow & restful - 12,24
Slow, pained & anthemic - 14
Slow & melancholy - 9 (harmonica),26,27
Darker & dramatic - 3,6,27 (whistling),30,32
Flowing &/or harmonious - 2,7,11,12,19,28
Experimentally Noodley - 8,10,15
Experimentally Searching - 21,24,26
Recent airplay
70 Mile House
lost and found — Nov 27, 2010
Gloomy June
Satan, still in the playoffs — Oct 21, 2010
Outside Steppes
Outside Steppes
Kremit visits Brownian Motion — Sep 29, 2010
The Waxing
Brick's In Oahu Pt. II — Sep 23, 2010
Bleak
Value Machine — Jul 01, 2010
Charting
2006-10-29 — 2006-12-31
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Dec 31 | 2 |
| Dec 17 | 2 |
| Dec 3 | 2 |
| Nov 26 | 4 |
| Nov 19 | 2 |
| Nov 12 | 6 |
| Nov 5 | 4 |
Track listing
| 1. | The Mighty Bufo | ||
| 2. | Gloomy June | ||
| 3. | Day-Glo Joe | ||
| 4. | Mystery Altitude | ||
| 5. | 70 Mile House | ||
| 6. | The Waxing | ||
| 7. | Blue West | ||
| 8. | Cold Piece Capsule | ||
| 9. | Mosquito | ||
| 10. | Phantom Green Light | ||
| 11. | El Mirage | ||
| 12. | Outside Steppes | ||
| 13. | Jet Nicholson Murder | ||
| 14. | Bleak | ||
| 15. | 66 Miles North Of Vegas | ||
| 16. | Bad Moves Of Distinction | ||
| 17. | Wreckage The Julip | ||
| 18. | Mouth Pacific | ||
| 19. | Jackalope | ||
| 20. | Deputy Piano-Wired | ||
| 21. | Vongco Texa | ||
| 22. | Mesarchuleta | ||
| 23. | Incident In Your Hair | ||
| 24. | Flaming Stagecoach | ||
| 25. | Bloody Whiteshirt Handshake | ||
| 26. | Missing From Pasture | ||
| 27. | Mr. Lonely | ||
| 28. | Cupid's Crossbow | ||
| 29. | Black-Eyed Shrubbery | ||
| 30. | Cancer To Capricorn | ||
| 31. | Missing Trombone | ||
| 32. | Sky Realty |