“People, prepare to be spellbound!” proclaim Drag City, and they may well be right. The man who recently released the “YTI⅃AƎЯ” and “Gold Record” albums, and some impeccable live recordings on “Recusitate”, returns to the UK, […]
One of Maida Vale 4’s brilliant, arcane recordings. It would be safe to say John Peel championed Smog. Bill Callahan recorded three Peel Sessions, the first in November 94, then again in October 97 and finally […]
Extraordinary live document that takes the listener into the room. Magisterial! The date is March 22nd, 2022. Bill Callahan is on the stage at Chicago’s Thalia Hall, flanked by Matt Kinsey on guitar, Dustin Laurenzi on […]
We were a bit surprised when The Count dropped in this morning, as there was something a little different about him – he was still counting of course, because he loves to count, but this time […]
Rereading Cormac McCarthy’s ‘The Road’ for last month’s edition of Paperback Riders, I was reminded of another, and in my view far better, “post-apocalyptic” novel. ‘Station Eleven‘ is about a worldwide pandemic, The Georgia Flu, that […]
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