Record Store Day @ Other Music, NYC 4/18/09

Record Store Day won't save indie brick-and-mortar music retailers, but we can all agree it was a lot of fun. Between the exclusive releases and in-store performances and DJ sets, hopefully you found a reason to celebrate your favorite local... CONTINUE READING RECORD STORE DAY @ OTHER MUSIC, NYC 4/18/09»

Bill Callahan Does "Rococo Zephyr," "Faith/Void" In A Record Store

Yesterday Bill Callahan stopped into Columbus, Ohio's Used Kids Record Store to promote his fantastic new record Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle. The intimate environment suits "Rococo Zephyr," with its lingering fingerpicking and ripple ripple rippling riverside imagery.... CONTINUE READING BILL CALLAHAN DOES "ROCOCO ZEPHYR," "FAITH/VOID" IN A RECORD STORE»

Posted on April 14, 2009 in MP3, Video (6 comments)
Tags: Bill Callahan

Stream Shins, Bright Eyes, National Covering Merge Classics

Merge Records turns 20 this year and the celebration is well underway. Last week we told you about the five-day summer fest in North Carolina with Superchunk, Spoon, Conor Oberst, M. Ward, Destroyer, and others. If that's a party you... CONTINUE READING STREAM SHINS, BRIGHT EYES, NATIONAL COVERING MERGE CLASSICS»

New Bill Callahan - "Eid Ma Clack Shaw"

Bill Callahan settled in Plano, Texas last summer to record second solo LP Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle. He completed basic tracking in four sleepless days, then handed the tapes off to arranger Brian Beattie. In a recent... CONTINUE READING NEW BILL CALLAHAN - "EID MA CLACK SHAW"»

Posted on March 19, 2009 in MP3 (15 comments)
Tags: Arctic Monkeys | Bill Callahan

Progress Report: Bill Callahan

NAME: Bill Callahan PROGRESS REPORT: Releasing Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle (Drag City), his 13th album (his second as Bill Callahan) on April 14. Recorded at The Track in Plano, TX and Cacophony in Austin, TX. Maybe it's... CONTINUE READING PROGRESS REPORT: BILL CALLAHAN»

Posted on March 11, 2009 in Progress Report (12 comments)
Tags: Bill Callahan | Florence And The Machine | Tegan And Sara

Bob Dylan Hawks Caddies

What's that blowin' in the wind? Why it's the recently covered and screen-adapted Dylan acting the part of car salesman. Driving across the desert, rolling past cows and birds of prey, the freewheelin' one riffs wryly over a loop of... CONTINUE READING BOB DYLAN HAWKS CADDIES»

Posted on October 22, 2007 in Commercial Appeal, Video (11 comments)
Tags: Bill Callahan | Bob Dylan | Smog

New Bill Callahan - "Sycamore"

Bill turned in our single favorite set of this year's SXSW, performing old Smog stuff and new tunes with Joanna Newsom, and we've been remiss in not giving you our premature evaluation of Woke On A Whaleheart. So we'll do... CONTINUE READING NEW BILL CALLAHAN - "SYCAMORE"»

Posted on April 4, 2007 (5 comments)
Tags: Antony Hegarty | Bill Callahan | Bono | U2

SXSW: Last Day In Austin

As promised, here's our last photo roundup of the shows we hit and folks we pestered on the streets of Austin during this year's South By Southwest music festival. All in all we had a great time, saw some old... CONTINUE READING SXSW: LAST DAY IN AUSTIN»

Spoon Covers Smog

Download Spoon's Flag Day concert at Englewood, CO's Gothic Theater here (via Brooklyn Vegan). Great setlist ... first encore was a cover of Bill Callahan's "Held." Here's the original: Spoon - "Held" (MP3 Link Expired) ... CONTINUE READING SPOON COVERS SMOG»

Posted on June 21, 2005 (11 comments)
Tags: Bill Callahan | Spoon