The opening track from Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy’s of I Made A Place gets transformed into a body-movin’, certified New Orleans-style Bounce banger courtesy of J Dawg.
Connect with Bonnie on the streets of his hometown Louisville as he rolls with gorgeous greyhounds, larger than life apparel and even a goddamn Volvo wagon! “New Memory Box” is phrased urgently and oriented communally, showing the mystic state of optimism as somewhere fine to be. Check out the video below.
With the help of frequent co-conspirator Ben Berman, the ‘Prince’s vid for “New Memory Box” explodes the screen and jolts straight into your cerebellum. Armed with J Dawg’s hi-energy remix of the song (thanks Dawg!), Bonnie’s video presentation ripples into the absurd, but couched in an everyday-reality setting that emphasizes the kind of lyric meditation that only the hand of ye Billy can summon.
BONNIE ON TOUR WITH JONATHAN RICHMAN
March 5th @ Buskirk-Chumley in Bloomington, IN*
March 6th @ Stuart’s Opera House in Nelsonville, OH*
March 7th @ Lincoln Theatre in Washington, DC*
March 8th @ Union Transfer in Philadelphia, PA*
March 9th @ Town Hall in New York, NY*
March 11th @ College Street Music Hall in New Haven, CT*
March 12th @ Columbus Theatre in Providence, RI*
March 13th @ State Theatre in Portland, ME*
March 14th @ Academy of Music in Northampton, MA*
*All dates billed as “Bonnie “Prince” Billy & Emmett Kelly