Showing All "Willis Earl Beal" Posts
Oct 3rd, 2012 Comment
Next month, Chicago songwriter and Stereogum40 member Willis Earl Beal will put out a short animated film called Principles Of A Protagonist, and today he's letting go of the five-track soundtrack.… Read Story »
Sep 11th, 2012 134 Comments
When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to select the rising bands which have connected them, someone wrote a long time ago. Or, something close to that. Here's what… Read Story »
Aug 14th, 2012 Comment
The always-eclectic Øya collected dozens of big name international acts and local bands to Oslo's Medieval Park and neighboring clubs over four days last week. Among them: Björk, A$AP Rocky, the… Read Story »
Jul 14th, 2012 10 Comments
Friday's first day of Pitchfork Festival wasted no time getting into it, where many festival entrants walked in to the fully-wrought hypnotic swirl of Lower Dens, a set that eventually gave way to… Read Story »
May 29th, 2012 5 Comments
Coming off a year of can't-do-wrong press and one of the year's best records so far, throwback lo-fi soul sensation Willis Earl Beal allegedly did wrong this past weekend in Utrecht. And if this is… Read Story »
Apr 18th, 2012 3 Comments
On last night's episode of the British show Later With Jools Holland, the Chicago post-blues wailer Willis Earl Beal brought his reel-to-reel player and his brilliantly unhinged voice to television… Read Story »
Apr 3rd, 2012 1 Comment
"You gotta take yourself out of your own hell. You gotta dance like nobody else is watching ... You gotta stop waiting for someone to fucking discover you." That's stuff Willis Earl Beal said, after… Read Story »
Mar 29th, 2012 5 Comments
Chicago's Willis Earl Beal is a compelling musician who trades in vintage, early 20th century blues and rock stylings with much respect to the aesthetic, and we've recently heard a couple of tracks,… Read Story »
Mar 19th, 2012 4 Comments
Chicago folk-blues wailer Willis Earl Beal has a voice that seems like it shouldn't belong to a person alive in this century -- a fiery, possessed, devil's-chasing-me Old Testament groan. Below,… Read Story »
Feb 29th, 2012 2 Comments
If a label's cosign means something to you in 2012, then be advised that XL secured dustbowl throwback Willis Earl Beal to a four(!)-album deal for their imprint Hot Charity. The first of these… Read Story »
