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Who says Neil Hamburger doesn’t care about you? Drag City’s premier anti-comic has announced 20 new tour dates, hitting a handful of cities too-often neglected. Neil’s raunchy mix of trash talk and contemplative philosophy kicks off on Earth Day(!) in Newport, KY. While no celebrity or rock star is safe from his material, audience members can rest assured it’s okay to laugh. Earth would have wanted it that way.

Peep the dates below and start planning your carpools.

4/22/10 Southgate House - Newport, KY
4/23/10... (read more)

DRAG CITY FOR KIDS

What’s up?!? Back in action for the second time in less than a month, your Drag City scribe is gonna keep it simple for you. We’re a record company, which means we make phonograph records, compact discs and digital downloads for around a couple dozen artists and thirty or so different records per annum. However, as a company that makes things, we’re forever dabbling – we’ve made books, magazines, DVDs, posters, a coin (!) and sometimes just a t-shirt. Actually, we’d... (read more)

“Drag City you never give us downloads,” “Drag City, you should have given us FLACS,” “Drag City, you’re not promoting my favorite artist right,” “Drag City, I have to go to the bathroom again!” SHUT UP! Okay baby — get ready for your candy...

We’ve got a unique new promotion for the vast, only semi-explored Drag City catalog. Every Monday, we’ll announce the Item of the Week on the Drag City website - and for the next week of days, you’ll be able to mailorder... (read more)

The Israeli powerhouse otherwise known as Monotonix are preparing to release a new 7” called Never Died Before (neither have we) on 4/20 (shut up), as recorded by none other than Steve Albino (D’oh! I mean Albini!). And to the band, I hope the rest of your tour goes well. Break a leg (Ami! That’s not your cue!)!

4/16/10 Jerky’s Bar - Providence, RI
4/17/10 Musica - Akron, OH
4/18/10 Mohawk Place - Buffalo, NY
4/19/10 Schubas Tavern - Chicago, IL
4/20/10 Bayview Legion Hall... (read more)

Faith No More have reunited and will be playing some sold-out performances in San Francisco this week. What does this mean - are Faith No More now a Drag City concern? Not at all! Well, we're making a little room in our souls for Faith No More, since our very own Neil Hamburger will be MCing the shows, adding his signature routines to the already eclectic mix onstage. Will the fans go for it? Faith We Have!

As we mentioned, the shows are sold out,... (read more)

Baby Dee is a beacon of light, the kind of light that takes its time to slowly engulf a room, leaving even the faintest of cracks (and some not so faint) emanating with an other-worldliness. Dee's new record A Book Of Songs For Anne Marie will show itself to the world on April 20th, and she will be debuting her tour in Philadelphia tomorrow that will carry her across this grate land, while her fantastical croons lift even the heaviest of hearts, and those who... (read more)

Bill Callahan is full of surprises lately -- and a lot more than the usual "Callahan Spunk!" What, with his vinyl release Rough Travel For A Rare Thing that hit stores last week, and now he's playing a benefit show at The Hideout of all places for Chicago's Children's Advocacy Center of all things...! There will be two shows, one at 7:00 PM and another at 10:00 PM, and tickets are going, going almost gone. Mothers, you don't have to hide your daughters after all!... (read more)

Baby Dee is a beacon of light, the kind of light that takes its time to slowly engulf a room, leaving even the faintest of cracks (and some not so faint) emanating with an other-worldliness. Dee's new record A Book Of Songs For Anne Marie will show itself to the world on April 20th, and she will be debuting her tour in Philadelphia tonight that will carry her across this grate land, while her fantastical croons lift even the heaviest of hearts, and those who... (read more)

If you’re in Brooklyn, we envy you — for once! Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy & The Cairo gang kick off their tour on Friday and Death play a once-in-a-lifetime (or so you think) show at Europa! Not to worry though, both are in Brooklyn and you might be able to catch both shows, if you are capable of travelling the brief 1.5 miles between them....

Death
4/2/10 Club Europa Brooklyn NY

Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy
4/1 Monster Island Basement — Brooklyn, NY — 8:00 PM
4/1 Monster... (read more)

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE DAY AFTER YESTERDAY?

It’s gone! We were so looking forward to our future, too! Somehow, the new day that was to promised everyone – it’s over! How can it be dark again already? When do we get to enjoy our today?

Oh…hello readers. Sorry you had to hear that little outburst. We’re usually pretty cool with time, but lately... well, we know we haven’t written lately. But that’s because nothing’s been going on, can you believe that?

You don’t believe that.... (read more)