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The Philadelphia Inquirer
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Entertainment
Dan DeLuca

Kurt Vile wants to be a stay-at-home rock dad

PHILADELPHIA — Kurt Vile is giving a tour of OKV Central, the basement studio in his stately Mount Airy home where the Philadelphia rocker recorded much of his new album, "(Watch My Moves)."

The singer and guitarist points out prize possessions, like an original pressing of West Philly gangsta rap pioneer Schoolly D’s 1985 debut LP and a recording console acquired from producer Mitch Easter.

The Lansdowne-raised rock star puts a Robert Johnson cassette on his four-track tape player and explains to his daughter Delphine that he owns not just one, but both Neil Young "Archives" box sets, “because that’s how I roll.”

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