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Corwood Industries Discography
Jandek is the musical project of Sterling Smith (born October 26, 1945), a Houston, Texas-based American lo-fi folk singer. Since 1978, Jandek has independently released over 120 albums while granting an interview extremely rarely and providing no biographical information, releasing on a self-made label, "Corwood Industries". Jandek often plays an idiosyncratic and frequently atonal form of folk and blues music, frequently using an open and unconventional chord structure. ''AllMusic'' has described Jandek as "the most enigmatic figure in American music." History A review of the debut album ''Ready for the House'' (1978) in ''OP'' magazine, the first ever national press given to Jandek, referred to the artist as Sterling Smith. Smith has kept his personal history secret, revealing only one story about his pre-Corwood years: he wrote seven novels but burned them upon rejection from New York publishers. In a 1985 private phone conversation with John Trubee for ''Spin'', Smith menti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houston, Texas
Houston ( ) is the List of cities in Texas by population, most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States. Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the county seat, seat of Harris County, Texas, Harris County, as well as the principal city of the Greater Houston metropolitan area, the fifth-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the United States and the List of Texas metropolitan areas, second-most populous in Texas after Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, Dallas–Fort Worth. With a population of 2,314,157 in 2023, Houston is the List of United States cities by population, fourth-most populous city in the United States after New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago, and the List of North American cities by population, sixth-most populous city in North America. Houston is the southeast anchor of the greater megaregion known as the Texas Triangle. Comprising a land area of , Houston is the List of United S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Neilson
Alex Neilson (born 22 September 1982) is an English drummer, percussionist and singer who is based in Glasgow but grew up in Leeds. He is a founding member and main songwriter of folk-rock group Trembling Bells (2008-2018). He is also known for his continuing collaborations with Alasdair Roberts, Will Oldham and Richard Youngs, and for his work with elusive American singer/songwriter Jandek. Career Over the years Neilson has performed alongside a large number of bands and artists including Lucky Luke, The One Ensemble of Daniel Padden, Ashtray Navigations, Alastair Galbraith, Isobel Campbell, Ben Reynolds, Matt Valentine, Tanakh, Josephine Foster, Six Organs of Admittance and Taurpis Tula, as well as Directing Hand and Scatter, both of which he founded. Collaborating with other musicians, he has accompanied on tour several folk artists who have enjoyed a late rediscovery of their work, amongst them Scott Fagan, Nick Garrie, Mike Heron and Shirley Collins. He also dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Modern Dances
''Modern Dances'' is the fourteenth album by Jandek Jandek is the musical project of Sterling Smith (born October 26, 1945), a Houston, Texas-based American Lo-fi music, lo-fi Folk music, folk singer. Since 1978, Jandek has independently released over 120 albums while granting an interview extreme ..., released as Corwood #0752. It is the first of two releases from 1987, and marks the end of the original "garage" band (which would have a different incarnation starting a few albums later). Track listing External linksSeth Tisue's ''Modern Dances'' review {{Authority control Jandek albums Corwood Industries albums 1987 albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Follow Your Footsteps
''Follow Your Footsteps'' is the second album released in 1986, and thirteenth overall, by avant- folk/ blues singer-songwriter Jandek Jandek is the musical project of Sterling Smith (born October 26, 1945), a Houston, Texas-based American Lo-fi music, lo-fi Folk music, folk singer. Since 1978, Jandek has independently released over 120 albums while granting an interview extreme .... The album was released as Corwood Industries 0751. Track listing {{Authority control Jandek albums Corwood Industries albums 1986 albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telegraph Melts
''Telegraph Melts'' is the twelfth album and first release of 1986 by musician Jandek Jandek is the musical project of Sterling Smith (born October 26, 1945), a Houston, Texas-based American Lo-fi music, lo-fi Folk music, folk singer. Since 1978, Jandek has independently released over 120 albums while granting an interview extreme .... It was released as Corwood Industries #0750. Track listing References External linksSeth Tisue's ''Telegraph Melts'' review {{Authority control Jandek albums Corwood Industries albums 1986 albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foreign Keys
''Foreign Keys'' is the second album released in 1985 by musician Jandek Jandek is the musical project of Sterling Smith (born October 26, 1945), a Houston, Texas-based American Lo-fi music, lo-fi Folk music, folk singer. Since 1978, Jandek has independently released over 120 albums while granting an interview extreme ..., and his eleventh overall. This is the first Jandek album featuring a full band, and is without acoustic numbers. It is also an album split between tracks sung by Jandek and tracks sung by a female counterpart. Track listing External linksSeth Tisue's ''Foreign Keys'' review {{Authority control Jandek albums Corwood Industries albums 1985 albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nine-Thirty
''Nine-Thirty'' is the tenth album by Jandek Jandek is the musical project of Sterling Smith (born October 26, 1945), a Houston, Texas-based American Lo-fi music, lo-fi Folk music, folk singer. Since 1978, Jandek has independently released over 120 albums while granting an interview extreme ..., one of two released in 1985, and was released as Corwood 0748. It was reissued on CD in 2001. Track listing References External linksSeth Tisue's ''Nine-Thirty'' review {{Authority control 1985 albums Corwood Industries albums Jandek albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interstellar Discussion
''Interstellar Discussion'' is the ninth album by Jandek, and his only release of 1984. It was released as Corwood 0747. It was reissued on CD in 2001. Track listing Album cover description Objects on the cover were also used on previous album covers. The drum set is from ''The Rocks Crumble'', minus the snare. The writing desk is from ''Your Turn to Fall''. The drum throne is a naugahyde chair. External linksSeth Tisue's ''Interstellar Discussion'' review {{Authority control Jandek albums Corwood Industries albums 1984 albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rocks Crumble
''The Rocks Crumble'' is the eighth Jandek album, released as Corwood 0746. It is his third release of 1983, and is the first Jandek album to feature extensive use of drums and electric guitar. It was reissued on CD in 2001. Overview ''The Rocks Crumble'' marks the beginning of what is often referenced as Corwood's "first electric period," since the majority of the album is played on electric guitar with clattering, earsplitting drums behind it. That said, Jandek eases us into this new phase gently, and its approach echoes the cover, in which an old Slingerland drum set is seen in a blurry, black and white photograph. For the next album, ''Interstellar Discussion'', we get up close and personal with the same drum set (which appears frequently on Corwood covers), this time in full color. The album starts like the prior seven, with an acoustic track. "Faceless" is an "invisible man" song in which the vocalist laments "He wouldn’t even look into my eyes/he wouldn’t know my na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Your Turn To Fall
''Your Turn to Fall'' is the seventh Jandek Jandek is the musical project of Sterling Smith (born October 26, 1945), a Houston, Texas-based American Lo-fi music, lo-fi Folk music, folk singer. Since 1978, Jandek has independently released over 120 albums while granting an interview extreme ... album, and was released as Corwood 0745. It was reissued on CD in 2001. Track listing References External links Seth Tisue's ''Your Turn to Fall'' review {{Authority control Jandek albums Corwood Industries albums 1983 albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Staring At The Cellophane
''Staring at the Cellophane'' is the sixth Jandek album, and his third of 1982. It was released as Corwood 0744. It was reissued on CD in 2001. The cover image appears to be the same picture taken for his previous album, '' Living in a Moon So Blue'', only from a different angle. This album finds the artist using the technique of repeated lyrics more frequently than before, with songs like "Sand I" ("You're stuck in the sand/Go home"), "I See Lights" ("I see red lights/I see green lights"), and "Michael", whose lyrics "Michael, Michael, where are you now" would be copped by the band Red House Painters Red House Painters were an American rock band formed in Atlanta, Georgia in 1988, before relocating to San Francisco, California in 1989. Originally formed by singer-songwriter Mark Kozelek and drummer Anthony Koutsos, the pair were soon joine ... ten years later in their song of the same name. Track listing External linksSeth Tisue's ''Staring at the Cellophane'' review ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living In A Moon So Blue
''Living in a Moon so Blue'' is the fifth Jandek Jandek is the musical project of Sterling Smith (born October 26, 1945), a Houston, Texas-based American Lo-fi music, lo-fi Folk music, folk singer. Since 1978, Jandek has independently released over 120 albums while granting an interview extreme ... album, and was issued as Corwood 0743 in 1982. It was reissued on CD in 2001. Track listing External linksSeth Tisue's ''Living in a Moon so Blue'' review References {{Authority control Jandek albums Corwood Industries albums 1982 albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
