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Jandek is a musician, presumably from Houston, Texas. Since 1978, he has self-released 61 albums of unusual, often emotionally dissolute folk and blues songs without ever granting a real interview or providing any biographical information.
Jandek plays a very strange and frequently atonal form of folk and blues music, often using an open and unconventional chord structure. Jandek’s music is unique, but his lyrics closely mirror the country blues and folk traditions of Eastern Texas.
Barely a handful of people claim to have contacted Jandek, whose steadfastness in anonymity is legendary. Without any conventional attempts at promotion, he releases albums through his own record label Corwood Industries, which is addressed at a Houston post office box. Fans can write to Corwood for a typewritten catalogue and order Jandek’s albums, usually at inexpensive prices. Jandek’s work has been available on vinyl and on compact discs. Many of his albums feature pictures of the same young man (seen above) at various ages; in light of Jandek’s live performances it is almost entirely certain that the person featured on the album covers is Jandek himself.
Jandek’s first album, Ready for the House (1978), was first accredited to a band called “The Units” but it was obviously a solo work. Jandek presumably plays acoustic guitar and has recorded much of his work apparently unaccompanied (assuming that the person singing is also the person playing guitar). However many other songs feature female vocals and/or different male vocalists.
Jandek plays a very strange and frequently atonal form of folk and blues music, often using an open and unconventional chord structure. Jandek’s music is unique, but his lyrics closely mirror the country blues and folk traditions of Eastern Texas.
Barely a handful of people claim to have contacted Jandek, whose steadfastness in anonymity is legendary. Without any conventional attempts at promotion, he releases albums through his own record label Corwood Industries, which is addressed at a Houston post office box. Fans can write to Corwood for a typewritten catalogue and order Jandek’s albums, usually at inexpensive prices. Jandek’s work has been available on vinyl and on compact discs. Many of his albums feature pictures of the same young man (seen above) at various ages; in light of Jandek’s live performances it is almost entirely certain that the person featured on the album covers is Jandek himself.
Jandek’s first album, Ready for the House (1978), was first accredited to a band called “The Units” but it was obviously a solo work. Jandek presumably plays acoustic guitar and has recorded much of his work apparently unaccompanied (assuming that the person singing is also the person playing guitar). However many other songs feature female vocals and/or different male vocalists.
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Ready for the House
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Chair Beside a Window
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Graven Image
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Glad to Get Away
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TheMusicalVito wrote:
You're stuck in the sand.
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kaylastarkiller wrote:
SO excited to see him with thurston next year.
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ggoes wrote:
i always had a bloody lip.
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corwood wrote:
look at your condition.
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sidekic77 wrote:
Look at me walking alone.
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ggoes wrote:
but I was holding you forever, as you stared into my eyes.
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Listigovers wrote:
Just started listening to this guy. Amazes me to no end, after I stop listening I hear the untuned chords echoing in my head, begging me to listen to more.
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FarahSabz wrote:
so damn good.
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ayaribaregis wrote:
Няша, чёрт возьми.
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Crinall wrote:
Any What Was Out There Disappeared download links yet?
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goodmorningcptn wrote:
great article: A Conversation with Jandek, “Sterling Smith”
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johntardsbaby66 wrote:
this is good.
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fjosjd wrote:
ready for the house is the greatest album of all time
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Solvant wrote:
Come to Paris !
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TheLizard528 wrote:
anyone else think The Living End is a stand-out in the catalogue? also, I psyched... I didn't realize he's playing here in Nashville this weekend.
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avantdeath wrote:
Jandek radio is amazing! Most diverse and bizarre station I've heard thus far.
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AnUub1s wrote:
Jandek is Charles Mansons related artist
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Skwert wrote:
He shouldn't collaborate with anyone.
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foolonahill235 wrote:
he should collaborate with sotl
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Aeroaviones wrote:
haha mukeys you just dismissed the whole of the Western art canon and otherwise since the renaissance, so no, stop saying nonsense. how do you know he isn't conscious of musical norms? are you in his head? his 'outsider' status doesn't make him a mindless kid doing his thang. he's formally rejecting quite a lot of things, as well as the workings of the music industry. I repeat, stop saying nonsense.
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Jan
23
JANDEK
Teatro Maria Matos, Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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Apr
29
Jandek
Hollywood Theater, Portland, OR, Portland, United States
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| 13 attendees
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sakaikiyou and fire_island_AK added Jandek to their libraries. 18 hours ago
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JoshCIVM tagged Jandek with ‘songs in the key of z’. yesterday evening
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elchileverde tagged Jandek with texas, houston, american and one other tag. Sunday evening
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mistawill wrote about Jandek in Top 30 of 2009. Wednesday morning
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bradleybee wrote about Jandek in bradleybee at 30,000 tracks scrobbled. 8 days ago
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DrReverend, silvasaint, xtcfm and 2 other people added Jandek to their libraries. 8 days ago
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A deleted user tagged Jandek with experimental, post-punk, avant-garde and 4 other tags. 12 days ago
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Top 30 of 2009
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