seeing this, this being an upcoming silkworm documentary, kinda made me feeling quite nostalgic and even a little misty-eyed. listening to everyone from albini to malkmus to robbie fulks to adam reach(touch n’ go) speaking, so eloquently and passionately, the words that i have always thought, but couldn’t quite articulate, started me thinking about their music quite a bit. i know their footprint on musical history is quite small, but their impact, to the people that love em, is huge. the strange thing about silkworm is that they sound like no one and no one sounds like them - which is quite the feat considering they’re a 3 piece with nothing more than your standard guitar, bass and drums setup. what made them incredibly special is that, like fulks said in the trailer, “there’s no costumes, there’s no act, there’s no schtick.” they were just three dudes that made incredibly heartfelt and honest music no matter how deep you had to scratch to get there.
more info on the silkworm documentary couldn’t you wait can be found here and here on myspace. also, here is a collection of interviews including tweedy, malkmus and albini.
here is a brief introduction to the silkworm catalogue, most of which can be found on emusic or get off yr lazy arse and get down to your local shop and pick up an album or two. what a novel fucking idea.
couldn’t you wait acoustic off what’s up matador
never met a man i didn’t like off developer
give me some skin off developer
eff off blueblood
tonight we’re meat off blueblood
(i hope you) don’t survive off italian platinum
the ram off italian platinum
that’s entertainment off lifestyle
ooh la la off lifestyle
wet firecracker off firewater
little sister off even a blind chicken finds a kernel of corn
(i hope you) dont survive
wet firecracker
