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Kurt Vile & The Violators 19. 6. 2013 @Ljubljana

May 11, 2013

Kurt Vile & The Violators 19. 6. 2013 @Ljubljana

Philadelphia songwriter Kurt Vile was
already recording himself at home by age 14, shortly after his bluegrass-loving
father purchased him a banjo to encourage his youthful creativity. By age 17,
Vile was self-releasing cassettes of his home recordings, which in the earliest
days were strongly influenced by the raw slacker pop of the Drag City roster.
He would continue to record prolifically, releasing cassettes and CD-Rs of his
solo material while holding down a day job as a forklift operator.
After a brief move to Boston, Vile returned
to Philadelphia in 2003 and began collaborating with singer/guitarist Adam
Granduciel, and by 2005 their duo the War on Drugs was morphing from its
nebulous beginnings into a fully realized band, growing to include more
members, release albums, and tour to critical acclaim and larger audience. By
2008 Vile was splitting his time between the War on Drugs and his solo
material, with his album Constant Hitmaker seeing release around the same time
as tWoD’s breakthrough full-length, Wagonwheel Blues. As tWoD’s fame grew, Vile
decided to leave the band, predicting their increased profile and expansive
touring schedule would ultimately waylay his solo career.
Amicably parting with the band, but often
still sharing members as backup musicians for his own shows, Vile concentrated
on his own thing and released a steady stream of strong and increasingly more
adoringly received albums. A 2009 reissue of Constant Hitmaker on the
tastemaking Woodsist label got the ball rolling, and was followed shortly by
God Is Saying This to You…, a collection of older tracks from CD-Rs as well
as various EP releases. Childish Prodigy arrived in 2009 and marked Vile’s most
produced work to date. The lo-fi production and jagged drum machine rhythms of
his earlier self-released fare were replaced in part by fuzzy live
instrumentation and songwriting that leaned both on his Drag City-emulating
roots as well as the influence of Dinosaur Jr.’s guitar tone wizardry and Bruce
Springsteen’s blue-collar rock sentiments. The record drew favorable press and
respectable sales, and buzz grew for Vile as toured more.
By 2011 he had signed to Matador for the
release of his more subdued fourth full-length, Smoke Ring for My Halo. This
was Vile’s best-received work yet, charting on Billboard and meeting with
across-the-board critical praise. Ever prolific, Vile released the So Outta
Reach companion EP; appeared as a guest on his former band the War on Drugs’
second album, Slave Ambient; and toured ceaselessly in the wake of his
ever-growing success. A fifth album, Walkin’ on a Pretty Daze, was released in
2013.
– http://www.allmusic.com/
Tickets:
13,00 €/16,00 €
Presale:
LJUBLJANSKI GRAD (info center)
INFO ŠKUC (Stari trg 21, LJ), ŠKUC
Metelkova (Metelkova 6, LJ)
EVENTIM, Hiše vstopnic (Hala Tivoli,
Citypark, Europark, Kino Šiška, Križanke), Petrol črpalke, Pošte, Big Bang, K
kioski, Kompas, 3 dva trafike, Mercator Hipermarketi, M holidays in Alpetour. 
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