In the Mike Aho-directed video for "How About Thank You," the opening song from Bonnie 'Prince' Billy's Chijimi 10", we follow two young boys in split screen preparing for a stand-off: One plays a guitar, one a Rubik's Cube. They... CONTINUE READING NEW BONNIE 'PRINCE' BILLY VIDEO - "HOW ABOUT THANK YOU"»
Posted on September 4, 2009 in (4 comments)
Tags: Bonnie Prince Billy | The Flaming Lips | Will Oldham
Will Oldham's been generating MP3s and videos of late, none of which are attached to the forthcoming Beware of course because Bonnie is prolific like that. The banjo and fiddle Americana march of "I Am Goodbye" is the collection's first... CONTINUE READING NEW BONNIE "PRINCE" BILLY VIDEO - "I AM GOODBYE"»
Posted on March 6, 2009 in (4 comments)
Tags: Bonnie Prince Billy | Spinnerette | U2
From Beware's "You Can't Hurt Me Now" to his take on Yusuf Islam/Cat Stevens' "One Day At A time" (thanks, Reid), there's been plenty Bonnie "Prince" Billy news as of late. Now, Ohio musician/artist Brian Harnetty's collaborated with Oldham on... CONTINUE READING NEW BONNIE "PRINCE" BILLY & BRIAN HARNETTY VIDEO - "SLEEPING IN THE DRIVEWAY"»
Posted on February 5, 2009 in (9 comments)
Tags: Bonnie Prince Billy | Brian Harnetty | Jay-Z | Paul McCartney | Will Oldham
As far as we can tell from the tracklist, "One Day At A Time" doesn't appear on the forthcoming Beware, but the uplifting -- one day at a time we can learn to leave machines behind, to fly, to look... CONTINUE READING NEW BONNIE "PRINCE" BILLY - "ONE DAY AT A TIME"»
Posted on February 2, 2009 in (4 comments)
Tags: Bonnie Prince Billy | Bumbershoot | Cave Singers | Will Oldham | Yo La Tengo
A couple weeks ago Kelefa Sanneh wrote an interesting (if overly mystifying) piece on Will Oldham in The New Yorker. In it, Sanneh notes that Oldham refers to Lie Down In The Light as "the little record" and that: In... Beware Album Art'">CONTINUE READING NEW BONNIE "PRINCE" BILLY - "YOU CAN'T HURT ME NOW" (LIVE) & BEWARE ALBUM ART»
Posted on January 13, 2009 (15 comments)
Tags: Bonnie Prince Billy | Girl Talk | Will Oldham
The transgendered cabaret harpist Baby Dee first bleeped on our radar via her associations with David Tibet and Antony a few years back, but it was her third album, Safe Inside The Day that's resulted in the closest listening. It... CONTINUE READING NEW BABY DEE VIDEO - "THE DANCE OF DIMINISHING POSSIBILITIES" (STEREOGUM PREMIERE)»
Posted on May 19, 2008 in (4 comments)
Tags: Andrew W.K. | Baby Dee | Bonnie Prince Billy | Matt Sweeney