Our friend and collaborator Doug Shaw passedaway from a stroke at home on Tuesday morning.

Whether you knew Doug from Gang Gang Dance, White Magic, Highlife or by his “Sleepy” nom-du-profession, he was a dude of incredible energies, as capable of bubbling over effervescently as getting deep down inside. We recognized him as a deep-thinker, a real freak and a picker unto himself. When he played the guitar, one felt in the presence of the absolute latest in the name of the real folk... (read more)

How soon is yesterday? That was the day when the city of Nevada City, California officially decreed: May 27, 2026 - Joanna Newsom Day! Please raise one with us for today, The Day After Joanna Newsom Day, as we take a long winter's nap til the 1yr anniversary next Spring. Wherever you are in our timeline, salut! Start gathering sustainably-sourced peacock feathers now for next year's parade float...!

How do you tour America for the first time in approximately forever, aka almost 15 years? If you're the Dirty Three, you bring EVERYTHING. Not simply the music and the merch for their 2024 release Love Changes Everything. You bring it all - and leave it all on the stage every night. Anyone who saw their show on the tour - all three hours of it - knows of what we speak. But if you don't, dig this 33 minute Love Changes Everything performance... (read more)

White Fence is back in front of the house making good neighbors of us all with their clean lines of power pop illuminating thoughts/feelings/SONGS. Orange you glad you can reel 'em in the ears? Open ‘em up White and buy an ‘O’ for Orange: Tim Presley's new album is out now! Check out a new visualizer for "I Came Close, Orange For Luck" below.