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Last year's YTI⅃AƎЯ is this year's YTI⅃AƎЯ. The album came out ten months ago and we now have our first video. A video that feels like it gestated that long, that it needed to gestate that long to become what it is. There's a lifetime portrayed in this video. In the same way that the song plays with only a few images, the video matches that minimalism -- suspended in a pleasant and rich purgatory.

Bill Callahan deals out a character portrait of the... (read more)

Lost in time yet always in season, here’s a blast of that ol’ perennial, the punk rock, representative of the swiftly changing times around Bailey’s Crossroads, just outside Washington, D.C., in the early 80s. Skam recorded this stuff in ’82–’83, then broke up, leaving these songs to be released . . . maybe never? Or more preferably, now, to race into the bloodstream of jaded, faded today with all the vigor and rigor of Skam’s eternal youth.

Though they didn’t release any records... (read more)

Finally! Vinylly! The Prison break of our dreams at long last. Freedom is the goal for Rockaway Beach’s very own state-of-mind jam band. Everybody’s got their point of view, and one slamming riff at a time unites all of them: five guys, four vocals, three guitars together outrageously, melding a craft that runs on it’s own rock and roll synergy, and lots of it. Sure, it goes too far! How the hell else you gonna get Upstate?

Prison embrace a loose, free-flowing... (read more)

Resolve acts in dialogue with the minimalist inspirations of the first Arnold Dreyblatt & The Orchestra of Excited Strings release, 1982’s Nodal Excitation – in effect, looking beneath the hood of several decades of progression to review and renew the revolutionary intent of their microntonal foundation credo. This new Orchestra – Oren Ambarchi, Konrad Sprenger and Joachim Schütz – combine effortlessly to explore new scalar dimensions.

The compositions found within Resolve demonstrate the Orchestra’s unique feel — incorporating rhythmic accents that act as microbeats within Dreyblatt’s... (read more)

The return of P.G. Six’s deep acoustic focus, a devotional style honed from childhood, oozes forth from every pore of his new LP, Murmurs & Whispers. Based in hypnotic figurations on his Triplett Celtic Harp (and hurdy gurdy, guitar and keyboards), Pat Gubler effortlessly projects a whirlwind of emotions, from wistful melancholy to dark remonstration and ethereal exultation.

P.G.'s progressive visions radiate from ancient traditions; on Murmurs & Whispers' second single, “I Have A House,” he adapts lyrics from a 13th... (read more)

Since 2011, Mike Donovan has been a Drag City stalwart, first with Sic Alps, then as a solo and with The Peacers — but Mike “The Mighty Flashlight” Fellows has been a behind-the-scenes figure at Drag City since the early early days, playing live and on record with Royal Trux, Silver Jews and Will Oldham. A multi-hyphenate, Fellows has also contributed to releases from Endless Boogie, Pigeons, Weeping Bong Band and Prison in recent years. So when these two rambling musicians found... (read more)

Bitchin Bajas are about to whisk you away on an auditory adventure that'll make your brain tingle with delight! This upcoming Fall, the trio will be touring the Northeast with an immersive live performance that defies conventional boundaries, merging elements of electronic music and ethereal melodies to create an otherworldly experience.

Bajas' innovative approach to sound and composition seamlessly blend analog and digital elements and, combined with their masterful manipulation of hypnotic rhythms, has created a truly unique sonic landscape that transcends genre boundaries.

Keeping Secrets Will Destroy You is a tale old as time. It’s an album. Its songs and music are by and for people together, for listening together. Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy stands at the nexus all the kinds of music he can summon, with friends, with family and community.

Rough and ready, Bonny confronts the tough details of present, future and past with everything he’s got on "Crazy Blue Bells": “My hand in my mother’s hand and her hand on my daughter, my... (read more)

What if a sophisticated composer had scored a 70’s prison-break flick where the escape never happens, and instead just slowly amplifies the internal turmoil and existential dread of everyday life, Morricone style? No need to speculate: Emil Amos' latest single, "Zone Black", does just that! The melancholy moog flute/synth enabled with conservatory-style guitars and an elastic bounce hybridizes disparate moods, flexing into a new kind of library music.

Utilizing elements from classic television and film soundtracks of the 20th century and informed by... (read more)

The Bish is back! Sir Richard Bishop has dug deeper into his bag of extra-musical gestures from the eternal and unknowable, along with a few sounds we might recognize, all transmuted for our mortal ears’ enjoyment. Preparing that luggage and embarking out on the trail, SRB has announced he'll be touring across the country (and Canada!) this August through September.

The upcoming tour promises to showcase the breadth and depth of Sir Rick's musical prowess! Folks in each city can expect an eclectic repertoire, featuring... (read more)