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MONTAGE OF HEX

posted April 13th, 2016

Hex it up! Behold the righteous combination of Neil Michael Hagerty and The Howling Hex AND Fred Armisen! No, we're not talking about some unholy musical collaboration, but instead an audio-visual partnership of mega- (and maybe even meta-?) proportions! Comedian/actor/musician and international jet setter extraordinaire, Fred Armisen, recently journeyed to the Land of Fire and Ice (....Iceland, kids.) and we can prove it! The music video for the new Howling Hex single, "Mountain," showcases Armisen's trip to an Icelandic news station with the... (read more)

Artists in this story: Neil Michael Hagerty & The Howling Hex

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BON APPETIT! THE NEW MAIN COURSE FROM CATE LE BON

posted April 11th, 2016

Throw the net! Crab Day has arrived. With the glamorous slam of Cate Le Bon and band pulsing in and out, the moving pictures would together in "Crab Day" (the movie) transpire to mean more or less than words. Directed by award winning visual artist and Turner Prize nominee, Phil Collins, "Crab Day" utilizes inspiration and elements from Cate's stunning forthcoming album. Actually, other than Crab Day, there are no words in this particular picture - just the luxuriant images crafted by... (read more)

Artists in this story: Cate Le Bon

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A SPIN 'ROUND PECKHAM - THE RATTLING TREES COME CLOSER!

posted April 6th, 2016

Seasons change, and now that spring's around the corner, why not open up the windows and freshen your musty old interiors, huh? And since Here Come The Rattling Trees is such a fresh piece of wax, spin it on while you're doing your cleaning! The latest LP from the venerable High Llamas, England's finest purveyors of meticulously breezy-n-lite modern pop sounds, Here Come The Rattling Trees was just released in January to critical acclaim. And while everyone's clamoring for these blissfully woozy sounds (making... (read more)

Artists in this story: The High Llamas

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EXPLORE INTERNATIONAL WATERS WITH BITCHIN BAJAS AND OLIVIA WYATT

posted March 31st, 2016

Last year, filmmaker Olivia Wyatt invited Bitchin Bajas to add incidental music to the climatic sounds of her feature-length experimental documentary on the nomadic Moken people, Sailing A Sinking Sea. This new album release packages the soundtrack LP with a DVD of the film, thus opening several windows to the eternal questions posed on both formats and providing two distinct pieces of art coming from the same source. 

Sailing A Sinking Sea is a feature-length experimental documentary exploring the culture of the... (read more)

Artists in this story: Bitchin Bajas + Olivia Wyatt

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EUROPEAN SCOUTING REPORT

posted March 30th, 2016

Scout Niblett has been here and there and everywhere, and in each of those places she remains - she lies just beneath the surface until the time is right to strike! And what time is it? Oh-HO, right, it's time for Ms. Niblett to strike again! Starting Thursday in Leipzig, Germany, Scout Niblett embarks on a two week tour of Europe, totally solo, yo!

We know what you're thinking: "ah, now is a great time to get reacquainted with The Calcination of Scout... (read more)

Artists in this story: Scout Niblett

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FINALLY! SEE JIM O'ROURKE LIVE IN CONCERT!

posted March 24th, 2016

Now that 2015 is over, it's becoming easier to count on one hand what the true masterpieces of the year were - and Jim O'Rourke's Simple Songs was definitely the middle finger of that bunch! As it should be, it's still resonating (they say it's all in the mix - nice one, Jimbo!) with listeners worldwide, on stereos in dwelling spaces everywhere, and will inevitably do so until the (not too distant) end of time! With a record this compelling from an artist THIS... (read more)

Artists in this story: Jim O'Rourke

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BITCHIN BONNY BAJAS SAY HAPPINESS IS CRITICAL: WATCH DESPAIR IS CRIMINAL!

posted March 23rd, 2016

You will soon discover how truly fortunate you are! The fluid flavor crystals composed of effortlessly kindred spirits, Bitchin Bajas and Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, are bursting with the radiance of a thousand suns, the rays of which are set to irradiate our planet! Their brand new convocation ("album" seems too reductive a term!) is a collaboration of mammoth -erm, excuse us-
EPIC proportions! Glowing with goodwill and the fine fibers of facile fortune, Epic Jammers and Fortunate Little Ditties is a dreamlike sanctuary... (read more)

Artists in this story: Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Bitchin Bajas, Bitchin Bajas and Bonnie Prince Billy

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TUNE UP AND/OR IN FOR A LIVE MUGGING

posted March 22nd, 2016

Ty Segall & The Muggers have your best interest in mind! With the bulk of their North American tour safely in the rear-view (piled up in the squealing mess it left behind), Ty and Los Muggers wanna put us all down for the count with one last night-cap: TONIGHT! Set your TV, DVR, or European streaming service to TBS for CONAN at 11PM EST / 10PM CST for musical derangement this evening, yo! Ty Segall and The Muggers will give you candy via CONAN and... (read more)

Artists in this story: Ty Segall

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PEEL BACK THE PURLING, HISS IS ALONE ON TOUR!

posted March 18th, 2016

Purling Hiss was always a home-made daydream conceived in the cortexial-folds of Mike Polizze's mind, OK? That conception, initially four-tracked and blown out in Polizze's basement all by his lonesome, has blossomed into the high-flying dive-bomb blister of a power trio that festers and oozes with high-gain six-string slingin' across a bubbling, slithering rhythm section. That's the vibe of last year's Weirdon, which cloaks some of the best pure-rock righting in recent times, and 2013's Water On Mars, which carried serious... (read more)

Artists in this story: Purling Hiss

THE DRAG CITY NEWSLETTER!! MARCH 2016

posted March 18th, 2016

RACE FOR THE PRISE

2016’s heating up! Literally! It’s like we told you! The world’s coming to an end! These are “End Times”! Literally! And the sooner the big blast comes the better! Because the way it’s looking, if the race survives, it’ll be in its most animalistic form! And people are the worst! Who will WIN? May the source deliver us from any kind of year dictated by who wins or loses! But that’s all there are,... (read more)