Each Tuesday stop by Muzzle of Bees for our recommended purchases for the week. Here are the albums we suggest for the release date of April 24th: Artist: Bill Callahan Album: Woke On A Whaleheart Label: Drag City Myspace: Bill Callahan MP3: Bill Callahan - Sycamore MoB: Something new to be found with each listen, always [...]
No, it wasn't a once off. The second nialler9 podcast is here, presented by Aoife Mc, presenter of The Indie Hour on 103.2 Dublin City Anna Livia FM (who just started a blog where you can download the radio shows as a podcast at http://indiehour.wordpress.com ). This month we're playing songs from new releases from Bill Callahan, Cornelius, El-P, Dan Deacon and Antibalas along with three Irish bands -Dark Room Notes, Cap Pas Cap and Super Extra Bonus Party amongst others. You can subscribe to the [...]
Woke on a Whaleheart - Bill Callahan (Drag City) After being sucker-punched by 2005's A River Ain't Too Much To Love , I thought I'd learned my lesson with Bill Callahan. He's repeatedly been the Lucy to my music critic Charlie Brown, tricking me into thinking his albums can be easily digested. And I'll promptly lunge into them headfirst, forming preconceptions on initial listens that I'll imagine I can adhere to. I'll decide that the songs sound kind of homogenous, that this new effort in no way approaches past glories. [...]
Un petit billet vite fait, mal fait pour signaler la sortie imminente du prochain (et premier) album de Bill Callahan. Soit Smog. Houlala! Je suppute ce que vous allez vous dire à des kilomètres, encore des textes neurasthéniques chantés d'une voix morne de baryton à transformer à vous pétrifier la meilleure des volontés curieuses dont je suis sûr que vous ne manquez pas. Alors deux raisons à ce billet: je suis allé voir le concert de sa girlfriend Joanna Newsom et j'en suis encore tout époustoufilé, mais on n'est pas chez Gala. Et surtout, cet album [...]
This week's episode of gorilla vs. bear blog radio on Sirius was basically a compilation of our favorite songs of 2007 that have been made available by bands and/or labels as free + legal mp3 downloads. Click the read more link to view the playlist and to download all of the songs, and marvel at just how much great music bands/labels have given away for free so far this year... right click/save as to download: 1. Busdriver -- The Troglodyte Wins 2. [...]
Nobody does Americana quite like Bill Callahan. His new post-Smog album, Woke on a Whaleheart , comes out everywhere next week, but, as Pitchfork reported, us Texans can get it today. Callahan will be at Dallas' Sons of Hermann Hall tomorrow night, where you can no doubt score a copy of Whaleheart along with your pleasantly atonal folk. Bill Callahan - Sycamore Though he doesn't care for the album overall, Sean Gramophone nonetheless had some nice words to say about this song.
Release Date: 04.24.07 It is not totally correct to call Woke On A Whaleheart a debut album, although I guess it works in the sense that this is the first for Bill Callahan without using the moniker Smog. He has dropped Smog as a name, but don't expect a drastic change musically on his latest offering. Pigeonholing Callahan's style of songwriting is far from easy. While many may lump him in alt-country or folk, I find the only description that fits is that of being timeless. He is [...]
In House #1849: Bill Callahan's Woke On a Whaleheart ; New Clientele In House #1849. Airdate: 4/16/07 Focus: New release from Bill Callahan, Woke On a Whaleheart , plus new music from The Clientele, Apostle of Hustle, Julie Doiron, and more. BONUS MP3- Bill Callahan, from Woke On a Whaleheart : "Sycamore" (MP3) [...]
Notable releases for the week of April 17th: Bill Callahan (Smog) - Woke on a Whaleheart (Drag City) Elk City - New Believers (Friendly Fire) Noisettes - What's The Time, Mr. Wolf? (Universal) The Old Soul - The Old Soul (Friendly Fire) MP3s: Bill Callahan (Smog) - Sycamore [ Insound ] Elk City - Cherries in the Snow [ Insound ] Elk City - Los Cruzados [ Insound ] The Old Soul - Nectar of the Nitwit [ Insound ] [...]
(((Powerhouse Sound))) - Old Dictionary (for Bernie Worrell) (Atavistic 2007) (((Powerhouse Sound))) – Oslo/Chicago: (((Breaks))) / Atavistic By this point, I've written about jazz a good number of times, but every now and again while doing my initial research on an album, I come across a review written by a true jazz critic that makes me hesitate to write anything at all. This is the problem I came across while preparing my critical improv for Ken Vandermark's latest group (((Powerhouse Sound))), which is actually two collectives of musicians [...]
The Fader is a New York based music magazine that publishes 8 issues a year. Covering a wide and diverse range of genres, the latest issue has two artists making a statements musically in 2007. Bill Callahan (cover star) and the breathtaking genius that is Panda Bear. They do excellent podcasts with each issue. You can download the latest one right now. Fader Issue 45 Podcast. Bill Callahan 's new record "Woke On A Whaleheart" is due out later this month. He has now dropped the Smog moniker and if you [...]
Rating: 9.5/10 Modern Music Review Alternative Country The artist formerly known as Smog releases his debut recording under his real name, and offers up an emotive and carefully crafted collection of folk-rock masterpieces. And for this one, i'm superbly exited to tell my feelings. While listening your favorite music, you don't know where you go, the things that you like, problems that you'd
This is kind of an old song, but it's new to me, and maybe it'll be new to you: Gary Haché by Andrew Vincent & the Pirates In a recent post, I wondered where the hell AV's new album is, and then my brother sent him an email, and AV replied that it was coming. So there you go. "Gary Haché" is a nearly perfect song. I kinda wish the vocals were a little louder in the mix, cuz that wicked riff kinda overpowers them, which is a what [...]
MP3: BILL CALLAHAN "Sycamore" ( Drag City ) Officially opting to use his own name instead of his Smog moniker, Bill Callahan offers this track adorably sad, rootsy indie ballad from his upcoming album Woke on a Whaleheart , available April 24. tags: music | mp3 | indie rock | Bill Callahan
The Boston Phoenix reviews Lucina Williams' show, in which she's way too modest: "It's not that often that a 54-year-old woman achieves her greatest success,'' said Lucinda Williams from the Orpheum stage last Saturday, referring to the trajectory of her career. "It's about the talent, about the work. Thanks for letting me into the fold." The Detroit Metro Times covers the Sebadoh reunion:
Although the album opens with a track that is Callahan by numbers ("From The Rivers to the Ocean"), the next couple of tracks reveal a different side of Callahan, one which listeners will surely be able to warm up to.
feist when the flake changes colour (live @ Bazaar Curieux 2004) feist flight #303 (from Monarch ) [mp3] Find more Feist MP3s. the broken west down in the valley [mp3] Highly Recommended Find more Broken West MP3s . bill callahan sycamore [mp3] Find more Bill Callahan and Smog MP3s. yacht see a penny (pick it up) [mp3] Find more Yacht [...]
Bill Callahan : "Sycamore" [mp3] from Woke on a Whaleheart @myspace other music blog posts: @elbo.ws @hype Carlos Giffoni : several tracks [mp3] "No More Air" [mp3] from Arrogance other music blog posts: @elbo.ws @hype Carol Bui : "This Is How I Recover" [mp3] from This Is How I Recover @myspace [...]
Bill Callahan - "Sycamore". It's a song that borrows its guitar-line from the song that James, Donna and cousin Maddy record in the living-room on Twin Peaks. And just like that Twin Peaks number it's a track filled with a diffuse and undirected love. Neither Bill Callahan nor James know who to thank for this moment*, for the magnificence of it, for a hot heart on a cold evening. "There's sap in the trees if you tap 'em / There's blood on the seas if you map 'em." Callahan sings crooked platitudes, half-wisdoms, blind man's advice - and do you [...]
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Het slechte nieuws is dat Smog gestopt is, maar dat verbleekt bij het feit dat Bill Callahen gewoon onder zijn eigen naam verder gaat. Binnenkort komt zijn eerste album onder die naam uit. De eerste single van het album heet Diamond Dancer en past prima binnen het straatje van Smog. De naamsverandering heeft muzikaal dus nauwelijks voor verandering gezorgd. Misschien dat Bill Smog toch iets te negatief vond klinken? Anders kan ik de naamsverandering niet verklaren. Misschien dat er iemand is die hier meer over weet? Ander goed nieuws [...]
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