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Taken from his new album Locust Land, Bill MacKay shares his second single, ‘Glow Drift’, on which he locks into a relatable psychedelic groove with Mikel Patrick Avery and Sam Wagster. Intelligence and imagination are the order of the day for these sonic explorers.

Our song of the day is Jim Woehrle & Michael Yonkers – Borders of My Mind. The title track of the latest reissue from Drag City celebrating the work of Yonkers…If you like The Fuggs & ISB you’ll love it!

Bill Callahan has released a new video for Small Plane taken from his latest LP/CD “Dream River”. It features a silent movie in which Bill plays a tyrant factory manager.

Mike Donovan’s debut solo record, Wot, sees the light of day this week on Drag City and he get’s the ball rolling with a new video for Do Do Ya?

Bill Callahan’s latest offering: ‘Dream River’ is another stunning chapter, an album where nothing shouts but everything works.

Mick Turner of Dirty Three is to release a new album that Drag City are touting as the first post-rock rock opera of our times.

Our Song of the Day is Expanding Dub, Bill Callahan’s re-imagined take on the song ‘Javelin Unlanding’ from his new album Dream River.

This interview has been updated as a feature via our Substack: ‘It’s Up To Emma’ was Scout Niblett’s final album and is all about departure, cutting free – sometimes violently – and starting again, albeit with a bitter residue.

Tu Fawning have been tipped by their label, Drag City, as the most eccentric band in Portland and provide a classic description of their sound: “dramatically colored soundscapes and indigo tinted dreams make David Lynch movies look like Disney parodies”. The good news is that they return in May with a new album titled A Monument from which Bones (track below) is taken from. Download Link They head over to …

Our song of the day is Bill Callahan’s cover of Leonard Cohen’s ‘So Long, Marianne’. In other news, Bill Callahan is to release a new 7″ cover of the late Mickey Newbury’s “Heaven Help The Child”.

Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy has released a digital only single titled ‘Quail & Dumplings’. The single features a track from the forthcoming album Wolfroy Goes to Town as well as some bonus tracks. Watch the video featuring Nina Nastasia!

This is an excellent album, and one that provides a vivid visualisation of salty sea and sunrise. A story of America as narrated by a 21st Century voice that feels so wisely ancestoral in its huskiness.

Last night, Drag City released an insight into the new Bill Callahan album, Apocalypse. The album contains seven tracks or Seven Messages: The soul of your country called and left you a message. Seven messages. Hear the track Baby’s Breath below.