"The world is rubbish. It's a colation of inescapable feelings and fabricated nonsense, each propping the other up. Crab Day is an old holiday. Crab Day is a new holiday. Crab Day isn't a holiday at all." It's hard to believe it's already a year since, with these words, Cate Le Bon introduced our 21st century calendar to an all-new, take-or-leave it event for the calendar with which to do what you wish - at last! No chasing after eggs, or demands of candy in... (read more)

Sir Richard Bishop and his transcendental guitar are at it once again! Since the early days of Sun City Girls through 2015's critically acclaimed Tangier Sessions, Sir Rick's virtuosic playing and influences have led him all over the world - but we're happy to say, that beginning early next month Rick will be performing stateside for an impressive 21 dates! Traveling from the west coast to the south, to the east coast to the Midwest and back again, Bishop's surely making a... (read more)

Unearthed from the raw, unfettered sounds of two sold out dates on opposite ends of the country comes the new/ "live"/old song /new performance album that is yet another chapter in one of the best books out there. Yes, Royal Trux wrote that book and Platinum Tips + Ice Cream brings us the skillfully rendered Truxian addendum, piercing through the dim, calculated bullshit that permeates our eyes and ears on a daily basis, reminding us that Royal Trux have done more to define the look,... (read more)

Purling Hiss' High Bias is still soaring! Now, just in time for the bloom, those woolly Philly pals are set to hop on a plane and wing on over to Europe for a springtime tour! If'n we aren't all a little afraid of at least some, if not "Everybody In The USA," just like the barn-burner of a last song on High Bias suggests, then at least we're all 100% mega-down with the hair-on-fire attack of the Hissian power trio! High Bias is the... (read more)

Next Monday, the San Francisco Film Society is presenting a very special night of unique programming at the Castro Theatre! Improvised music presented byBonnie ‘Prince’ Billy and Bitchin Bajaswill be performed live alongside a projection of experimental films created by artist Jerome Hiler! Curated by Oldham and Hiler; Words of Mercury (2011), Marginalia (2015), and Bagatelle II (2016) will be shown on 16mm film as Bonny Bajas opulent chemistry spark into one of kind jams. And if this wasn’t enough to get you... (read more)

With the release of Best Troubador shining bright in our future, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy unveils a performance that's so steamy you can practically feel your own skin getting pruned! Just last month, Bonny and Elsa Oldham stopped by the esteamed (ahem, pun intended) Drag City Limits to perform a devoted tribute to the late, great Merle Haggard.

Seven of the sixteen songs on Best Troubador are from Merle Haggard's later period, after his long run at the top of the country... (read more)

Drag City is proud to announce the release of John Mulaney's third comedy album, The Comeback Kid! Performed and recorded for Netflix at The Chicago Theater in 2015, this masterly, critically acclaimed stand up set was never released on any physical formats... until now! With The Comeback Kid, Mulaney's stand up will be available for the first time ever on vinyl and that hilarious format, compact disc! Packed with jokes (duh), bits and utter genius, The Comeback Kid blasts John's charismatic... (read more)

OUR FIRST HUNDRED DAYS

Welcome back to Drag City! You’re here for a very exciting time. You see, the first three months of the year is a crucial time for every record label. This is when our initial music roll-out music conveys to the listeners out there our priorities, and accents what will be our focus in the year to come. Success or failure for the whole year can literally be determined by the combination of these initial releases! One... (read more)

The exploratory transition into solo song-scribe found on Cory Hanson's The Unborn Capitalist From Limbo put newly formed strengths as a songwriter and lyricist on display with palpable acuity. After its release at the end of 2016 and the fantastic February tour of the Pacific Northwest that followed, it's about time we approach The Unborn Capitalist From Limbo from a new angle, and through a lens: yes, Cory has a fresh music video ripe for consumption! "Garden of Delight" was shot earlier this year,... (read more)

Attention! The Peacers now present: Introducing the Crimsmen! Escalating from a disembodied voice to slowly mounting full-band hypnosis, this is a trip into the goldenrod days of fandom, a dimension where a t-shirt could change your life. Since their first LP in the summer 2015, The Peacers have been gigging in SF and around, collecting tunes for this divinely awaited moment: Introducing the Crimsmen. Lurching back into life, with buzz and hum alight and colors flashing, is the name, but the instigators of... (read more)