Lo Fi High Fives... A Kind of Best Of... O Genesis; 2012 By Nick Neyland ; August 30, 2012 Artists: Find it at: Music from this release A thread that ran through The Wire 's recent cover feature on R. Stevie Moore highlighted how often the singer has battled against preconceptions formed about his music. The "lo-fi" tag is often attached, even though many of his best recordings purposefully battle against the kind of tape-recorder grime the likes of Guided by Voices deliberately wield as an aesthetic tool. Moore also commented on how little he had in common with "outsider artists" with whom he is constantly bracketed, giving a nod to the talents of Wesley Willis and Daniel Johnston while highlighting how his skills as an arranger put him in a different league. In fact, as Wire writer Matthew Ingram asks: "Why is he in the 'weird' camp at all?" Part of the reason is the 400 or so albums he's released since the late 1960s, coupled with the fact that he's still working at a prodigious rate despite turning 60 earlier this year. Anyone attempting to find an entry point into his work would be forgiven for feeling over-awed by the sheer breadth of it-- something this compilation seeks to address. Moore was born the son of famed Nashville musician Bob Moore , who counted gigs as a sideman for Elvis Presley , Jerry Lee Lewis , Roy Orbison , and Bob Dylan among his towering achievements. His uncle,