King Tuff’s Kyle Thomas reached back into his own past to make MOO, resurrecting an old Tascam 388 and dusting off a road-tested Gibson SG, even moving back to Vermont to shed the glitz of LA for the woolen-sweatered homeyness of his native Brattleboro. Funny thing, though. In rummaging through his own history, he tapped into a larger, longer narrative, making a raucous, rough-hewn country rock record that wouldn’t have been out of place in the mid-1970s.
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King Tuff :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
King Tuff’s newest album, Smalltown Stardust, looks back fondly on the place where Kyle Thomas grew up, couching sunny melodies in soft 1960s psychedelia and folk arrangements. In this interview, we talked about small town life Vermont-style and the experiences that shaped Thomas.“ When there’s nothing to do, you kind of make it up. You’ve got to figure out how to fill the time. We would go play music together or just hang out,” he recalls.“I do think that boredom is a huge part of creativity.”
King Tuff :: Bad Thing (At The Galaxy Barn, Pickathon 2013)
King Tuff performing “Bad Thing” (last summer in the Galaxy Barn at Pickathon) at the Pendarvis Farm in Happy Valley, Oregon. This year’s festival is happening this weekend – August 1-3. We’ll be there again, DJing all three days . […]
Diversions :: King Tuff – Five Albums
( Diversions , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, catches up with our favorite artists as they wax on subjects other than recording and performing.) Fans of King Tuff’s 2008 debut, Was Dead , rejoice this week […]