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Following riveting performances at Pitchfork Festival and Pickathon, Circuit des Yeux continue to advance the Reaching For Indigo tour across land, water, and through the air. Today, we're pleased to reveal Haley Fohr and Co. will extend their reach across multiple continents in the coming months! After a few exclusive dates in North America, including presentations of the live score to Salomé in New York and Chicago, September sees CdY touching down in Medellin, Colombia, for the first Circuit des Yeux performance in South America.... (read more)

Dead Rider Trio Featuring Mr. Paul Williams features Mr. Paul Williams on words and performance on top of Dead Rider playing their wicked, rumbling inspirations.

Let's assume that if you're reading this, you got the Dead Rider part covered: three guys making a THICK-ASS sound, dipped in corrosive and absinthe and still steaming from the bath; pulsing funkily, flashing blue desperate images! Whipped up by the tour dates and promo cycle of Crew Licks, Dead Rider were feeling hot enough to jam,... (read more)

American Water by Silver Jews was first released two decades ago. Observing the time between then and now, the album has been half-speed mastered at Abbey Road to provide depth and nuance for all future vinyl listeners - and current ones! Additionally, a cassette version of this timeless album makes its debut, to provide an alternative aural timestamp for intrepid audio voyagers who weren't there the first time around. You can pre-order both versions NOW for the 9/28 release date. American Water - here's to... (read more)

Will Oldham first heard Kevin Coyne and Dagmar Krause’s BABBLE record from friends Rich Schuler (the original drummer for Louisville’s King Kong). He became engrossed and enchanted, maybe a little obsessed, to the point where he began to envision covering the entire record from beginning to end. The biggest issue Oldham faced in undertaking this endeavor was that the music required a skilled, emotional, dynamic female singing counterpart, and he hadn’t yet met someone to perfectly fit the bill. He played the record... (read more)

Faun Fables have been bouncing around across the continental US (with some dates in Denmark too!) since May, playing shows in towns large and small with the three little faunlings in tow. Summer vacation isn't over just yet however; Dawn, Nils and the kids are continuing to spread their eclectic mix of music, theater and wonder all throughout August! With a couple of dates in the South Atlantic (Louisville and Knoxville, natch), it's off to the blissful shores of California to spread the gospel... (read more)

Chicago born John Mulaney is back with his third stand-up comedy concert film and album, Kid Gorgeous at Radio City! Recorded on February 17th, 2018 in New York City at Radio City Music Hall, Kid Gorgeous was the culmination of a 150 date stand-up tour that took John all over the country. This special, which was originally broadcast worldwide on Netflix, is now available for the first time on vinyl. Pre-order your copy of Kid Gorgeous at Radio City and keep the laughs coming... (read more)

Emmett Kelly (The Cairo Gang) writes:

I would receive a manila envelope at certain intervals. the envelopes contained finished works of lyric. completed music-less songs. I was living in the farmhouse that was once Will’s brother Paul’s home and studio. The house was somewhat of a husk of that previous existence placed in a small clearing inside of a 170 acre cornfield. I sought to live here as a come down from what had been the longest tour I... (read more)

Tremors rhythmically shaking your place - the air's gone electric! You've seen this kind of weather before...but, you weren't expecting it today. This is the beginning of Allways. 
 
During the making of the last album, Threace, CAVE was in the process of becoming a quintet.They toured the world afterwards, playing on four continents and eighteen countries - as close to everywhere as they could get. Then they took a minute. They recorded it over time, in Chile and then Chicago.... (read more)

The Six Organs flare is back in our orbit, bringing it SOLO ACOUSTIC-style for the first time in front of, perhaps, a whole new audience! Beginning at The Highline on August 17th, 6OOA will be performing a string of dates on the west coast with none other than Xasthur and Wino. This is a true melding of the metal minds--all with an acoustic twist! The torched hands of Ben Chasny will emit languid tones and rich wooden moans that will  likely incite nights of  apocalyptic... (read more)

In deep Kentucky winter, Will Oldham asked Cheyenne Mize and Emmett Kelly to come to his house and record a four-song EP. The EP was to be called “Chijimi”, after a style of fabric crafted in northern Japan during snowy months. It was just the three of them in the room together, and to Oldham it felt ideal. Why weren’t all recording sessions like this? The sounds of the room were captured by the microphones, the three voices worked very well with each other, the... (read more)