Drag City is pleased to announce an album of music by Mayo Thompson. Quiet Days in Cliché is out Dec. 4th. Mayo thinks of this collection as just some strumming and notes to self.

With The Red Krayola, Mayo worked on some 30-odd musical releases, along with writing a few books. For those of you unfamiliar with Mayo's work with The Red Krayola, we suggest you consult the web ;). That brings us to Quiet Days in Cliché,... (read more)

At long last, Oren Ambarchi's newest full-length masterpiece, Cooked, arrives this Friday! To celebrate, we're pleased to share a unique sneak peak of the entire, 22-minute song, "Sleight of Hand", in the form of a short film created by Maximilien Luc Proctor! 

The film stitches together warped images of images of Oren and others with color manipulation, and footage from Lasse Marhaug, who took the photo for the Cooked cover, transporting the viewer to an equal part lucid and... (read more)

Like a week-long fever finally breaking, Axis: Sova coolly bring the heat on their newest full-length offering, Flowerage, to be released on October 23rd. To quench your thirst until then, Sova et. al share a new single "Fever Days" with a companion visualizer, and new tour dates to boot.

"Fever Days" extrudes the bloody, ice-cold sweat and trembling implied in the title. Wired tight from the top, the band lay it down emphatically with a tactile guitar jigsaw at work amidst slithering fuzz bass... (read more)

Bill Nace & Mike Polizze, two Philadelphia noisemakers of different varieties and velocities, join forces in the form of a one-sided vinyl scorcher - Live at Pageant : Soloveev, out October 23. With Bill on taishogoto and Mike on guitar, this recording showcases the duo's first-ever improvised performance in a furious white hot spirit.

The date was May 10th, 2025: a warm spring day in Philadelphia, and a damned hot night over at Bainbridge and 6th. Inside the Pageant... (read more)