Resuscitate

2 LP FIRST BIRD COYOTES KEEP SOME STEADY FRIENDS AROUND PARTITION DROVER PIGEONS EVERYWAY NAKED SOULS NATURAL INFORMATION PLANETS The date was March 6, 2023. Bill Callahan strode onto the stage at Chicago’s Thalia Hall, flanked by Matt Kinsey on guitar, Dustin Laurenzi on alto sax and Jim White on the kit. They all were […]

The Hard Quartet

The Hard Quartet announce their eponymous debut album, out October 4th on Matador Records. Following speculation, The Hard Quartet’s existence was made official on July 30th with the band’s first single and video, ‘Earth Hater’, and an accompanying video directed by EYEDRESS. Watch it HERE. “Soon, the whole group is reflecting and laughing and offering […]

Porcupine Tattoo

“Everything Is Recorded, the collaborative music project centred around producer Richard Russell, returns with a brand new single, “Porcupine Tattoo” – a stripped-back lament featuring two American musical icons – Noah Cyrus and Bill Callahan – who appear on record together for the very first time. The collaboration came together while Russell was hosting sessions […]

Spur

Joan Shelley returns with “The Spur” her fi­rst new album in three years. The twelve song set is a profound meditation on light and darkness, recorded in the spring of 2021 at Earthwave Farm in the Kentucky countryside. James Elkington serves as co-producer (alongside Shelley) and the album features collaborations with Bill Callahan, Meg Baird […]

All Hits: Memories

Tracks: Curtains Percussion Build Marketplace Soft Material St. Francis Place Set Up Uncoverup Walking the Block Jully Long Assemblage Names Make the Name No/Know Now Stationary Figure Here Comes This is long overdue. I mean, looooooonnnnnng overdue. A solo album by Jim. The trap kit—so straightforward, so mysterious. What’s inside those things? Air and light—from […]

Ytilaer

Tracklisting First Bird Everyway Bowevil Partition Lily Naked Souls Coyotes Drainface Natural Information The Horse Planets Last One At The Party From the beautiful to the jarring, intrepid explorer Callahan charts a passage through all kinds of territory, pitting dreams of dreams against dreams of reality. When he makes it back to us, his old […]

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle

Bill Callahan returns for his second LP under his real name (having previously gone under the pseudonym Smog), following 2007s Woke On A Whaleheart. Like its predecessor, Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle sees Callahan a somewhat cleansed and lighter songwriter than on his notably dark and soul…

Gold Record

For his first record in….uh, well, just a little over a year (!), Bill Callahan’s given us his first Gold Record. They can’t all be gold, and they’re not all six years apart either — all good! You could probably call the album “Gold Records,” too: all the songs have a stand-alone feel, like singles, […]