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Smoke signals, sirens, urgent messages: Bill MacKay's six-string mastery pulses like a sun with (Sandy) Bull-ish psycho fusions on Fountain Fire, his second solo album for Drag City. The fire in the album title is a continuity in Bill's life - part of his genealogy, his living history, his astrology and the scorching effect of the over-driven slide throughout the album!

Bill melds slide, acoustic and distorted electric tones on Fountain Fire to explore the enigma at the end of a... (read more)

The Dreams My Bones Dream was widely praised as one of 2018's albums of the year, and with good reason! Eiko Ishibashi's sixth solo album reached truly impressive and exciting heights in pop experimentalism, an accomplishment few can claim with any consistency. With songs reflecting upon the vast spaces that exist between people as close as family members, and ruminations of her own father and grandfather, The Dreams My Bones Dream is a record with exquisite musicality and deep emotions, a travelogue pointed towards... (read more)

Joe Gloor, Dan Berg and Dan Haligas were just a group of friends from the suburbs of Illinois with big city dreams of rock n' roll glory. Their lone release, "White Washed Afternoons" b/w "Watcher's Brawl", was released under the name StumpWater in 1975 and fell on mostly deaf ears, leaving the band with little option for a breakout. Undeterred, the boys continued to stay active for the love of music, gigging around their home state for decades (eventually carrying the torch without Dan Haligas,... (read more)

\A little less than two years on from 2017's Plum, Californian scrap polymorphs Wand are prepared to announce their newest, and fifth long playing record, Laughing Matter. By now, Wand is the shifting but unmistakable collaboration between Sofia Arreguin (keys, vocals), Cory Hanson (guitar, vocals), Robert Cody (guitar), Lee Landey (bass) and Evan Burrows (drums).  
 
Laughing Matter is marked by the confidence and fervor of a band that has lived, feuded, thrived and grown together through years of dedicated jamming, touring... (read more)

No Age exemplify efficiency as a means to creativity, as their two-man approach to huge sounding and thrilling punk music proudly displays. This dynamic appears effortless on Snares Like A Haircut, which is often a sign that in fact some serious thought and planning went into whatever the hell they're doing to make it sound so good. Since it's release, No Age have methodically toured all over the world, country by country, and they're still not done - 2019 ushers in the Snares Like... (read more)

The sound of Nowhere richly reflects the four dimensional world  Masaki Batoh has traveled since the early days--a vast space echoing the music of many eras, under the universal guise of rock and psych, played and sung in the tongue of many nations. With the releases of  Nowhere's first two singles, "Nowhere" and "Tower of the Silence", the venerable essence of Batoh's intricate songwriting was on full display. Now, it's time for the world to indulge in a new single, the extended Japanese folk-blues workout called, "Sundown"! 

Fred Armisen is bringing his catalog of local one hit wonders to the national stage next month! Armed with a repretoire ranging from groovin' yacht rock (Blue Jean Committee), angular art rock (The Fingerlings), thrash-y hardcorepunk (Crisis of Conformity) and smooth sentimental piano/bossa nova tunes (Joshua Rainhorn and Paulinho e Beatriz), seeing Fred live is like a wild ride through the history of popular music as we know it! Mixing it up with musical performances AND comedy all in one night, Fred aims to... (read more)

One thing the people know about our own Alasdair Roberts is that likes that old-time music. It's true, but being immersed in the auld and ancient hasn't ever stopped him from interfacing actively with the present and planning for the future. His discography over the last five years alone reveals solo activity alongside group projects such as Alasdair Roberts & Friends, as well as his acclaimed partnership in The Furrow Collective. Right now, Ali's on the road as a solo, opening for The... (read more)

Joy to the world, Ty Segall & White Fence reign! Whether you're walking, rolling and tumbling, driving your car, flying, or sitting still and meditating, wherever you go, JOY be with you. Spreadin' their gospel like belated holiday cheer, Ty and Tim are kicking off a short stint playing cities on the east coast starting with a spot at III Points Festival in Miami. What a perfect way to thaw through these record breaking temperatures nationwide!

Known for rock and roll both savage, incisive... (read more)

America's hardest working, most profoundly suffering Funnyman returns with another dazzling music video for all to feast their eyes (and ears!) on. No two Neil Hamburger albums have ever been alike, but Still Dwelling throws even the staunchest fan for a loop: Neil Hamburger created a pop album of epic proportions! Neil's personality always shines through, and with "Little Love Cup" so do his songwriting skills! Still Dwelling displays an array of 20th century masters from across genres, but with "Little Love Cup" Neil's got himself a bonafide... (read more)