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Most years, Kurt Vile, the recording artist, plays months\u2019 worth of gigs, either with his band, the Violators, or with various friends and idols, so he\u2019s on the road a ton. But home is Philadelphia, as it\u2019s been for all but a couple of his forty-six years. The name of his latest album, his tenth, is \u201cPhiladelphia\u2019s Been Good to Me.\u201d<\/p>\n

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One of the ways Philadelphia\u2019s been good to him is by being close to New York. \u201cI benefit from coming here and not having to pay the rent,\u201d he said recently. He was sitting in a corner of Old Rabbit Club, a bar on MacDougal Street, drinking a non-alcoholic beer. He had on a Waylon Jennings T-shirt under a red plaid shirt, and an MF Doom baseball cap that contained a cascade of curly hair that Vile has a tendency to hide behind. A beer-menu lamplight suggested that the color of his Chuck Taylors was lavender. He was hanging out late (a) to make the trip down the turnpike at midnight (\u201cMusicians know, it\u2019s an easy shot late at night\u2014it\u2019s like teleportation\u201d) and (b) to catch another band\u2019s gig at Le Poisson Rouge. \u201cIn some ways, I like to go to shows more than play. I get the feeling. I\u2019m a fanboy first.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI can tell you every show I\u2019ve been to,\u201d he said. \u201cMy first show, which is a little embarrassing, was on my fourteenth birthday-ish, the Counting Crows at the Tower Theatre. But it was on the day of that show that me and my brother, the one just under me\u201d\u2014Vile has nine siblings\u2014\u201cfirst heard \u2018Loser\u2019 on the radio. I called in\u2014it was WDRE, the alternative station\u2014and said, \u2018Can I hear that \u2018Loser\u2019 song again?\u2019 The guy was, like, \u2018Beck! You want to hear Beck!\u2019\u00a0\u201d That summer, Vile saw Beck perform, on the Lollapalooza tour, along with Pavement, Hole, Sonic Youth, and Cypress Hill, whose music he\u2019d been listening to on a Walkman while skateboarding. He was hooked.<\/p>\n

\u201cBefore the pandemic, I was so busy with the family\u201d\u2014he and his wife have two teen-age daughters and live in the neighborhood of Mt. Airy\u2014\u201cI didn\u2019t know how to leave the house. But the pandemic taught me how important shows are. There are so many people putting out records and touring. It\u2019s competitive.\u201d He maintains a wall calendar with upcoming concerts and reckons that, if he writes one in, \u201cninety-nine per cent I\u2019m going.\u201d That\u2019s a strong N.F.A. (Non-Flake Average) for a middle-aged dad. \u201cAs long as there\u2019s something up ahead, I won\u2019t go insane,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He made his way over to Le Poisson Rouge, on Bleecker Street. The act tonight was the Messthetics, a punk-prog-jazz outfit, featuring the drummer and the bassist from Fugazi (Brendan Canty and Joe Lally), a guitar wizard (Anthony Pirog), and a sax man (James Brandon Lewis). Vile greeted Canty and Lally at the merch table and then found a spot at the back.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think last time I was here was fourteen years ago. J Mascis and Mike Watt were doing a Stooges thing. I got up and sang that song \u2018No Fun.\u2019 When I was done, Watt hollered into the mike, \u2018No buns, Kurt Vile! No buns!\u2019\u00a0\u201d They were busting on his skinny ass.<\/p>\n

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The Messthetics came on. \u201cAll right, we\u2019re going to play,\u201d the drummer said.<\/p>\n

Vile popped in a pair of earplugs. After ten minutes, he darted off, then reappeared. \u201cCome this way,\u201d he said. \u201cGuitar sounds better over there.\u201d He was correct. When Pirog played a flashy line, which was often, Vile let out a cackle, an impish, cowpoke whoopee ti-yi-yo. \u201cThis guy sends you to the clouds!\u201d he said. As Pirog\u2019s guitar let out an atonal howl, Vile held up his phone to record it: \u201cAlways roll tape.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Messthetics went at it for ninety minutes. No one seemed to notice Vile. Afterward, he gave his compliments to the band but didn\u2019t hang out, as he typically would. He said that certain acts made him tear up (he cited a recent Adam Sandler gig), but the Messthetics wasn\u2019t that vibe. \u201cThis was more like transporting noise. I get chills, but it doesn\u2019t make me cry.\u201d<\/p>\n

Outside, he met up with his guitar tech, who was doubling as his driver. There was stuff up ahead\u2014the calendar entries, and rehearsals with the Violators, in preparation for a tour. (\u201cI was anxious about playing the new stuff, but this record is bonehead simple,\u201d Vile said.) Also, the next evening, a can\u2019t-flake performance of \u201cChicago,\u201d with his daughter Awilda in the ensemble. He recalled a night in Nashville, years ago, with John Prine and Billy Ray Cyrus, who told Vile, about Awilda, \u201cListen, man. I\u2019ve got bad news. That one\u2019s got charisma. You\u2019re in trouble.\u201d<\/p>\n

Home before daylight: Vile and the guitar tech commenced turnpike teleportation protocol.\u00a0\u2666<\/p>\n

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