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BILL HITS THE ROAD AT 58 MPH

posted February 18th, 2026

Heading out across the old country with new tracks in tow, Bill's hitting the road at 58 miles per hour this May for a thirteen-show tour in support of his new album, My Days of 58. He'll kick things off in Oklahoma City at Beer City Music Hall, with stops including an intimate pair of performances at Chicago's Constellation and a New York show in Queens at Knockdown Center. Bill will be backed by the core musicians featured on My Days... (read more)

Artists in this story: Bill Callahan

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WHITE FENCE SPOTTED IN THE MIRROR

posted February 10th, 2026

Like a lightning strike that travels through time — is there a word for that? — White Fence are all of a sudden cracking again. Orange, out April 24, is an unstill life: a bowlful of killer pop from Tim Presley captured in ice fidelity by producer Ty Segall at his Harmonizer II studio. The first single, “Your Eyes,” is out today with a music video directed by Agathe Rousselle

"Your Eyes" gleams with clean electricity and white (sometimes black-and-blue-eyed) soul. Opening up with... (read more)

Artists in this story: Ty Segall, White Fence, Tim Presley

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EXISTENTIAL BREAD NOW IN AUDIOBOOK FORMAT!

posted February 6th, 2026

In celebration of one inspired year since Jim Franks' acclaimed 2025 book release, we're delighted to spill this: out March 10, a hot-out-the-oven audiobook version of Existential Bread, read by Jim himself and soundtracked with music played by Whitney Johnson, Rob Frye, Bill MacKay, James Schroeder and special guest Shutaro Noguchi. A chapter of the audiobook is available to hear now via Bandcamp and Drag City's website.

It was ‘round about a year ago or so that we... (read more)

Artists in this story: Jim Franks

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ETERNAL AMBIANCE FROM JOSHUA ABRAMS

posted February 3rd, 2026

Music for Pulse Meridian Foliation, out March 27, is the work of Chicago-based composer and multi-instrumentalist Joshua Abrams. His new work is the aural manifestation of an art installation described as “an in-between space and access point to a pulsating experience that connects body and land.” An excerpt of the album is out today with a music video.

Music for Pulse Meridian Foliation was written in dialogue with Lisa Alvarado, Joshua's partner and Natural Information Society bandmate — specifically, for Alvarado... (read more)

Artists in this story: Joshua Abrams