Teach me about Anti-Folk

[ethel]

on a related note. i'm off to the fence collective's halloween party

http://www.fencerecords.com/

 

[the button]

I just see it as a bunch of singer/songwriters who don't want to be labeled folk for the sole reason that the term isn't in fashion in our forward looking yet despairingly revisionist world.

Innit. Although most of what is called "folk" seems to be a bunch of singer/songwriters also.

Let's hear it for the 1954 definition.

Folk music is the product of a musical tradition that has been evolved through the process of oral transmission. The factors that shape the tradition are: (i) continuity which links the present with the past; (ii) variation which springs from the creative impulse of the individual or the group; and (iii) selection by the community, which determines the form or forms in which the music survives.
The term can be applied to music that has been evolved from rudimentary beginnings by a community uninfluenced by popular and art music and it can likewise be applied to music which has originated with an individual composer and has subsequently been absorbed into the unwritten living tradition of a community.
The term does not cover composed popular music that has been taken over ready-made by a community and remains unchanged, for it is the re-fashioning and re-creation of the music by the community that gives it its folk character.

 

[killer b]

What pub? Would love to see him

mad ferret near the university. 11th i think - pm me and we'll meet up if you fancy.

 

[cyberfairy]

mad ferret near the university. 11th i think - pm me and we'll meet up if you fancy.

That would be ace-will see if there is train back to Lancaster

 

[killer b]

you know it makes sense. although my mate's band from lancaster is supporting - i'll see if he's able to offer a lift home if you like?

i found a flyer for you to cut out and keep:

 

[SW9]

I play bass in an antifolk band
filthypedro.com

Get your freaky beak on.

If anyone needs guestlist to an antifolk night message me!!!!!

 

[Threshers_Flail]

you know it makes sense. although my mate's band from lancaster is supporting - i'll see if he's able to offer a lift home if you like?

i found a flyer for you to cut out and keep:

Saw the great man last night.

You happen to be mates with the wave pictures?

 

[killer b]

nope, new zealand story.

can't wait - should be a cracker, the venue only has a capacity of about 100 - 120...

 

[editor]

I went to an Anti Folk night at the Sidewalk Cafe in NYC last year - I think they claim to be home to the movement or summat.

Anyway, the only 'movement' I saw was people coming in to watch their friend's band and leaving immediately after. It was pretty dire.

Mind you, I went to a fucking great anti-folk night at thr 12 Bar a couple of weeks ago, and that was much more like it. It was like punk goes folk a didly-diddly - chaotic, lively and a whole heap of fun (and SW9 was in the best band of the night!)

 

[Threshers_Flail]

nope, new zealand story.

can't wait - should be a cracker, the venue only has a capacity of about 100 - 120...

Yeah same size venue for me too. Great night to be had.

 

[sim667]

Have you listened to kimya dawson? she's a quirky one.......her album hidden vagenda is good.....

I only got into it a bit after watching juno and getting the soundtrack....... true antifolk fans may being spitting on me now

 

[HoratioCuthbert]

These genre titles are getting out of hand, you're not supposed to feel old at 26.

It's all that devendra stuff in't it?

 

[Dillinger4]

there are some good compilations out there.

 

[cliche guevara]

Have you listened to kimya dawson? she's a quirky one.......her album hidden vagenda is good.....

I only got into it a bit after watching juno and getting the soundtrack....... true antifolk fans may being spitting on me now

She's pretty good, although her solo stuff pales in comparison to The Moldy Peaches imo.

 

[matt m]

this may be of interest to anyone reading this thread. Free entry to first ten attendees to whisper the magic words "Urban 75" on the door.

TUESDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 7.30pm
downstairs @ the Corner Store, Covent Garden

playing live:

CAROLINE WEEKS
www.myspace.com/carolineweeks
Caroline plays as part of the backing group for the Mercury Music Prize-nominated Bat For Lashes. Currently on tour supporting Radiohead, she has recorded a solo album, to be released later this year. Her songs are witchy, folky and strange. Starker ’n’ darker than BFL, her nocturnal spookery will appeal to anyone who digs Josephine Foster, Joanna Newsom or Shirley Collins.

NIGEL OF BERMONDSEY
www.myspace.com/nigelofbermondsey
Nigel used to play bass in the indie band Gay Dad. His songs take all the best bits of American 70s pop – think Lou Reed, Neil Young, Crosby Stills & Nash – and add a peculiarly English indie bedsit meleancholy. He is indeed from Bermondsey.

MATT MILTON
www.myspace.com/matthewradmoremilton
MM plays earthy blues and folk with stream-of-consciousness lyrics about climate change. He used to play keyboards for Simple Kid. He used to play fiddle for bluegrass psychopath Rod Stern. He worries a lot.

£3
The Corner Store is at 33 Wellington St, Covent Garden, WC2E 7BN
5 mins from Covent Garden or Charing Cross or Embankment or Temple tube stations; or you could take any one of about a million buses.