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WINTERTIME LOVE (AT THE WHITE PALACE OF DESPAIR)

Late February and all is swell! Amidst all the thundersnow, white-outs, slush-pack, and the eventual thaws, we find ourselves in tune with the nature underneath it all — blown-out, buffeted and half-frozen, but bolstered by all the water, ready to bloom again. Hell, we’re blooming now — and not just blooming idiots. Naw, there’s gold in these here chills, you just gotta get the pick outta yer nose and get it.

That’s our trip, so whether you’re... (read more)

People, go on and get down! Party with Sophia Knapp (singer/axe-slinger for Cliffie Swan (formerly Lights)) tomorrow night, live at Coco 66 in Brooklyn! Yeah, it's a release party for her debut 7", "Nothing To Lose," which will surely become one of your favorite cuts to recut when we officially release it in March. Can't wait that long to get your hands on one? We understand - so here's the plan! Those wild enough and lucky enough to hit the show tomorrow will have the... (read more)

...with the High Llamas, kids! We the staff of Drag City have been getting High for the last few weeks, digging the fresh sounds of the new High Llamas record coming out in the rest of the world outside of our office in April! When asked about previous efforts, time in between projects and what's ahead, His Highness Sean O'Hagan gave Pop Shifter some insight on how he and the rest of the Llamas have stayed High for so long. No one likes a bogart,... (read more)

Everywhere we look, from old school print rangs to the 'net worldwide, people are alive with praise for Asleep On The Floodplain, the striking new LP/CD/DL from Six Organs Of Admittance. And why wouldn't they be? The record is rad! So we want to give you the wot fer in knowing about it too, because you're going to gently bond and grow with the sounds contained within, developing eventually into the relationship known as "love." There's no better way to feel it than by... (read more)

It's been a year since the catastrophe in Haiti & ONE MILLION remain homeless! Back in October - when you were stuffing your skull with Halloween candy while humming your fave Bonnie 'Prince' Billy album - an outbreak of cholera was confirmed by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. There have been 140,000 cases - with the death toll now well over 3,000 people. Does this make you wanna get off your still-costumed duff (what's with that, anyway?)? Well, you CAN help by simply... (read more)

Callahan's across the water! Fresh off a blistering reading set in Brooklyn, Bill Callahan has responded to Her Majesty's request - he will next read from his book, Letters To Emma Bowlcut, in London-town on Tuesday, February 15th at 6pm. That's fucking tomorrow! With the House of Commons strangely booked up, Rough Trade West were kind enough to bow to Sir Callahan and allow their intimate venue on short notice for what we're expecting will be the greatest bit of spoken word since Henry... (read more)

Callahan's across the water! Fresh off a blistering reading set in Brooklyn, Bill Callahan has responded to Her Majesty's request - he will next read from his book, Letters To Emma Bowlcut, in London-town on Tuesday, February 15th at 6pm. That's fucking tomorrow! With the House of Commons strangely booked up, Rough Trade West were kind enough to bow to Sir Callahan and allow their intimate venue on short notice for what we're expecting will be the greatest bit of spoken word since Henry... (read more)

Here ye! Our friendly Sic Alps got their hands on a camera again, watch out! A super vid with super shots including super mysterious things being flinchingly thrown at a Super 8-ish camera lens, it's "The First White Man To Set Foot On California Soil," and it will shock you! Shock therapy from the dirty white walls of Napa Asylum. And check it out, Sic Alps are bringing their shocking bods direct to you coming up at the end of the February and through... (read more)

If you're reading this from somewhere outside America, we're sorry - sometimes we lose perspective. We get swept up in the rush of excitement of all the activity close to home - but really, we're sailing the good ship Drag City all around the world! Every once in awhile an email or a photo or a bit of press reminds us that we're not just an American label, but one for the whole world. The latest such instance was this radio program from merrie old... (read more)

Last we spoke of Bill Callahan, we told you he was off to Spoonbill & Sugertown in Brooklyn, NY, to read from his book, Letters To Emma Bowlcut. Like UFO sightings, what we once considered myth and delusional conjecture from certified crazies is now widely believed to be fact-based and true-- Bill Callahan not only wrote a book of fiction, he is reading from it in specially selected public places! If you thought we were just talking through our bowler and weren't sure that... (read more)