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In anticipation of their forthcoming holiday single, "Christmas Eve Can Kill You," old friends and collaborators Dawn McCarthy & Bonnie 'Prince' Billy wrap it up and present you with the tune as a viewable gift! From the Seeger Sisters to Mariah Carey, Elvis to Sinatra, from Johnny Cash to Merle Haggard; there is a remarkably strong tradition of fa-la-la-ing in popular music--to say nothing of the rich tradition of the holiday music video. Yet, there's no snow, no presents, no sacrificial goose or... (read more)

It hasn't felt like a Year since AZITA released Disturbing The Air, but shit - it's been, like, longer than that and the record's still on our turntable. Just in time for our needle change, AZITA's returned from where she goes when we can't see her, bearing drifts of music that shock us out of our reverie and into hers! Yes, Year is undoubtedly the most varied collection AZITA's yet carved her name into, sweetly played with flexion and understatement through and... (read more)

Feel that rumble? It quakes beneath the discourse of election day, waiting for its time to roll - a time of the dominion of no man. Feel it deep within? Yes: the vibrations of OM, poised to uncoil their spirit-roll on a long-awaited North American tour. It begins November 17th in Chicago, and the band are primed; calmly, and with great predetermination, they've delivered a massive, black and white video for "State Of Non-Return," offering a fly-on-the-wall glimpse of OM deep in... (read more)

Thought you'd seen it all? Put your eyes back in your head and thank god you did, sinner! Ty Segall's back on the small screen, shredding it live on massive-matrix network television, ascending "The Hill" to stand on the late night summit with Sir David Letterman, tonight on The Late Show! With Twins popping up everywhere, most notably in your local brick and mortar corner bodega bin, headshop and/or undergarment section of the department store, and what with it wearing out the... (read more)

Aye, we cast our ballot this way every year, you know. It's not partisanship either, but a genuine hunch on our part. But this year, you and everyone else can punch Alasdair Roberts for Scots Singer of the year in the 2012 MG Alba Scottish Traditional Music Awards. Fuck a president - whether tradding the boards as a solo singer or and collabing with the likes of Jackie Oates, Karine Polwart and Mairi Morrison, or preseneting brand-spanking new materials like the stuff-of-epochs found... (read more)

She's already asked us, "Find Me The Pulse Of The Universe," and provided us with "The Rule Of The Game." Now yet another entree to the Silencio speakeasy affirms itself on the horizon, just as apocalyptic weather changes lives across the globe. And like the weather, the video for "Lightning Thunderbolt" strikes once before your eyes and twice behind your mind. The final angle of a video triangle supporting Laetitia Sadier's "spry, melodic, and totally charming" (Uncut) new... (read more)

As the holidays approach, look sharp! You've got dinners to go to! Gift-getting ceremonies! Arraignments...no matter where you are, a t-shirt always says "I woke up just for this occasion." And we've got a sweet-smelling shit-ton of them here to clothe your exhausted (upper) ass! No matter how many classics we got in stock, we can always count on the Bonnie 'Prince' of Billy to supply us with fresh designs for his fiends and mignons alike. The latest is a pink reason for living -... (read more)

It's useless to fight it! The history of rock and roll is laced with a myriad of inevitabilities, from the senseless death of The Big Bopper so that Waylon Jennings might live on through to the (years-late) demise of Oasis. Each it's own tragedy, each with it's own moral. But were we able to take a hand, how would the pasts play out, and indeed would we have altered the future in which we so smugly sit today?

Back in 1988, the rock and roll... (read more)

Duck! No, wait - goose! Actually...we don't know what the fuck it is. And if it's flying over Drag City and we don't know what's up with it, you can bet your buckskins it's from our resident bin divers at Galactic Zoo Disk and Yoga Records. Yeah - and whatever it is, it's coming down fast! Check it out - November 6th, we've scheduled your lazy ass for another journey through the past, when times were simpler and the music was therefore somehow more... (read more)

End of the month and hurlaween's a-comin'! If you haven't dropped all your loose coin on clown shoes and a clown nose and a Romney wig for the oncoming Saint's Day parade - or even if you have - we've got something for you to throw your credit shield at! That's right! SPEND, SPEND, SPEND becuz tomorrow ain't guaranteed - and when it does come, don'tcher wanna sweet l'il ol' Drag City packageroo waiting for you in the post? Sure you do! And what better... (read more)