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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)

In 2018, Ty Segall and the The Freedom Band -- Mikal Cronin, Charles Moothart, Emmett Kelly, and Ben Boye -- stormed the world in support of Freedom's Goblin, playing songs from Ty's catalog in a series of ecstatic setlists. Each night, they sought freedom for themselves and the audience, even it if was just one night of emancipation from the world's numbing chill. Then they went and did it again the next night! That blunt-force impact of The Freedom Band in full... (read more)

If good news comes in threes, what about 3 x 10? That makes 30, according to our specially-obtained higher maths skillz, and so all of a damn sudden do we too make 30 here at Drag City. All year long we'll be celebrating our thirty big ones with a series of special shows - and given that we prefer ALL our events to be as unpredictable and momentous as the sight of a rocket hurdling towards its historic cleavature of the moon, this bodes for... (read more)

Rock! It crunches beneath your feet as they shuffle their infinite pattern, it echoes down deep in the chasm when you leap across. Tim Presley knows how it feels as it crashes against him; now White Fence is sinuously tooled up to shoot out neighborhood lights everywhere. Exquisite guitar extroversion! 

Throughout the epic daze of these 20teens, we've known/loved the music of White Fence, growing increasingly addicted to their contempo-psych twisted pop tunes, all marked by a distinctive signature; the classically-informed pop... (read more)

Neil Hamburger is once again singing in front of a band with his new album, Still Dwelling! This time, instead of pandering to the US of Red States with more contempo-country rock as he did on Sings Country Winners,"America's Funnyman" is letting a song go out of his heart (thirteen of 'em, actually! (Songs, not hearts)) with assistance from the great hitmakers of the past century. Yes, Still Dwelling is a lushly orchestrated covers record, with an original thrown in for good measure!  

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Fountain Fire is Bill MacKay's second solo album on Drag City. The Chicago-based guitarist's continued sonic journeys in conversation with himself follow a travel-worn map written in his own hand. Bill has followed the trail from familiar confines to unknown places, catalyzing a style equally enamored with the traditional and the avant-garde to make his most expansive and forceful music to date. 

You can hear it in the opening track; as the lava and lakes of "Pre-California" simmer to boiling, Bill assembles a bridge of guitars, layering beams of rumbling... (read more)