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Has Existential Bread crossed your mind lately? We know it can be a heavy loaf. Thankfully, now you can get into Jim Franks' book on bread making (and greater life lessons) without even turning a page! The all-new audiobook edition is soundtracked by the music of Whitney Johnson, Rob Frye, Bill MacKay, James Schroeder and special guest Shutaro Nogochi. As Jim reads aloud, his prose and wit more poetic than ever, a story slowly rises about trying, failing, adapting, and... (read more)

Finally, the time is nigh for Bitchin Bajas to bring their pulsating signals of life-renewing energy to the Europe! With the sounds of Inland See crackling through the air- and water-waves,  Cooper, Rob and Dan carry momentum from their successful US tours into this neon Spring, first stop Belgium then onward through Italy, with dates across the continent to follow. In the Bajas' universe, keys, organs, flute, sax and beats excite the nervous system through sound, creating a communal garden for the organic and synthetic... (read more)

Bill Callahan fans (and ye olde Smogolytes), hear here! Bill's setting up shop in your shop — the record shop! — to celebrate the release of his new album, My Days of 58. His brief March/April U.S. in-store tour will kick off in New York at Rough Trade on March 28, heading east in solo style and commanding every room along the route. If you've ever been packed in a small room with Bill and his guitar, it's an astounding quietude that'll shush a... (read more)

Attention, music lovers, sound freaks, and those who worship at the church of ROCK! Today, we're pleased to announce that Ty Segall and his furious band will return to the Euro Zone for the first time in two years(!) this September! Starting on the hallow'd fields of the End of the Road Festival, they'll stay on the Isle for three more UK shows before heading across La Manche for a Continental sojourn. First eystop, Amsterdam's legendary Paradiso of course, before riding through Belgium, Germany, France,... (read more)

Riding high on their Forever skyline, Glyders have now packed the party into your nearest television set! Friday afternoon, Joshua and Eliza stopped by WGN-TV in Chicago to make their television debut on Midday Fix with a boot-stompin' performance of "Super Glide," the opening track off their new album, Forever. If you missed it live, the full performance is below.

Before they head to Europe and the U.K. in May, Glyders are gearing up for a super-show this Saturday... (read more)

With his latest album, Hillbilly Ragas, still ringing in our ears, Sir Richard Bishop is stretching his calloused hands across Atlantic waters once more this coming vernal equinox. Springtide will see Sir Rick drawing diverse musics in the Continental air with his take on the "so-called" American Primitive guitar style, as he navigates Gaule, Hispania, the Balkans and Türkiye, repairing through Mitteleuropa to arrive finally in the Lowlands of the Old World. Be sure not to miss the untamed explorations of a musical loner, an... (read more)

From LA trumpeter-turned-tunesmith Tommy Peltier (who last week, we should note, turned 91!) comes a new single, out today: "10,000 Greyhounds," a frantic exorcism of jangle-blues with Tommy’s many dogs on the hell hound trail of lore. Recorded at Capitol Records in 1971, the rock ‘n’ rollin’ rhythm guitar drives the song with Lou Reed-style physicality, sending Tommy into scats and the band into jams. By the end, the song spirals out from bubblegum pop mode into an ebullient pocket epic of blissed... (read more)

Bill Callahan's exclusive UK in-store tour kicks off tonight, and his new 2xLP, My Days of 58 is officially released on Friday! While we're certain you've all pre-ordered the album, perhaps you're pining for more opportunities to see Bill live? Don't fret, we got you: today, we're pleased to announce that come October, Bill will return not just to the UK, but to the European continent as well, for a proper, full-band tour! Whichever days of whichever year you're entering, these are the times... (read more)

Heading out across the old country with new tracks in tow, Bill's hitting the road at 58 miles per hour this May for a thirteen-show tour in support of his new album, My Days of 58. He'll kick things off in Oklahoma City at Beer City Music Hall, with stops including an intimate pair of performances at Chicago's Constellation and a New York show in Queens at Knockdown Center. Bill will be backed by the core musicians featured on My Days... (read more)

Like a lightning strike that travels through time — is there a word for that? — White Fence are all of a sudden cracking again. Orange, out April 24, is an unstill life: a bowlful of killer pop from Tim Presley captured in ice fidelity by producer Ty Segall at his Harmonizer II studio. The first single, “Your Eyes,” is out today with a music video directed by Agathe Rousselle. 

"Your Eyes" gleams with clean electricity and white (sometimes black-and-blue-eyed) soul. Opening up with... (read more)