Manic Monday: Kurt Vile Gets Ragged On “Goldtone” Live on KEXP 2015

As we head toward the May 29 release of Philadelphia’s Been Good to Me, we’re revisiting some of Kurt Vile’s most distinctive moments this week. Among the best — and definitely one of the loudest — is his mesmerizing live performance of “Goldtone,” recorded at the KEXP studio on October 19, 2015.

Originally the sprawling closing track on 2013’s Wakin on a Pretty Daze, “Goldtone” found an even bigger audience through the now-classic KEXP session. Joined by The Violators, Vile stretches the song into a dreamy swirl of shimmering guitars, warm distortion, and loose psychedelic groove, creating something that feels both weightless and thunderously huge all at once.