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Your head...it's a locked door - but Dead Rider's got the key. And Chills On Glass is sliding it open.

Chills On Glass, Dead Rider's third ride, juxtaposes high and low values - serious playing, danceablity, controlled-outcomes experimentation, and don't-give-a-fuck rad-itude. The fantasy of Dead Rider is akin to the spectacle of a night on the town, gliding through the darkness while thrust up, out of the limousine's sunroof. Scribble, confetti and other sonic details rain down like snow, providing... (read more)

It's that time again; baby new year comes bouncing in while the old man is shown the door. We're raised to take hope in these things, these "years" - that the clock can be reset instead of ticking, ticking, ticking towards it's damnable conclusion, that 99 percent of us lose again. Don't believe the hype, brothers and sisters! This is a cartoon, foisted upon you by the powers that be, designed to keep you complacent, feeding at government tits. Don't reach for the reset button,... (read more)

THE END OF THE ROAD

2013 is winding down; we’re all closer to the finish, but just like you know who, we can’t stop, and even now, as the journalists of the country lazily echo each other’s best-of-the-year lists, Drag City has fresh new releases out (and fresh old ones too! – anatomically correct ed.), and each one of them reflect the odd drifts of the year we will one day understand in a way we can’t possibly now. There’s another jewel from... (read more)

If you've seen The Source Family film and want to take the plunge into the world of Source Family audio-cana but don't know where to begin, let Aquariana provide you with a beginning! Aquariana's previously unreleased LP of songs recorded within the Source Family studios were meant to come out on house label, Higher Key, back in the 70s. But relocation and other struggles, culminating with Father Yod's untimely death, prevented the ethereal sounds from ever being heard by the people of the light... (read more)

We're sweating some kind of wicked anticipation syndrome fever buried underneath the snow here in the DC bunker. The origin of the virus strain is unknown, but one thing is for certain - these Michael Yonkers fans are more persistent than pack of rabid zombies! But we can't really blame them; we're giddy with Yonkers delight, ourselves, and really can't fathom keeping a lid on things all the way to January's release date. So! We missed out on Hanukkah, but we're early for Xmas with... (read more)

Dub is a spiritual, abstract, visceral, mystical thing. Finite and Infinite at the same time. Deeply rooted in the earth and embracing outer space. Don’t be fooled by names, Dub has come and gone. Dub is a ghost, a duppy. A duppy of a childhood guppy. Flushed and thriving in the sewers and the swamps. Bill Callahan, no stranger to a good flushing, has thus taken his #1 Album of the Year, Dream River, and turned it dub! The whole thing now,... (read more)

Wonder is the word! A winterized Bonnie 'Prince' Billy needs little in the way of extra clothing to keep warm; as long as his dear friends are near, an inner glow emanates from his wolf-soul and permeates outward. That burning light touches us in more ways and places than we ever thought possible (physical contact is scary!), and with greater frequency, we count on it for guidance through the darkening days leading up to winter solstice. If you think that you too might be seeing... (read more)

Hey! We like to talk about the future as much as possible - because while vintage has it's rightful place in our mind-wardrobe, knowing what's new is always where it's at. Now, 'bum'' is a 19th century term, but there's something new afoot with them bums - so let us get down to it and introduce a new musical band: New Bums!

New Bums is the the grudging match-up of Ben Chasny (Six Organs of Admittance, 200 Years, Rangda... (read more)

Despite what seems like continuous vibrational passage to all spots on our earthly terrain (in other words, touring), OM can't always be in the same place at the same time! Their individual talents require them to split apart even as the notes of the final show are dying away, miles removed from the concert ground - and so, as satisfying as it is thinking about the members of OM eating the same meals, together, after a day of writing and practicing, before retiring to the... (read more)

This Sunday, November 24th, Drag City’s Soccer Club Club is thrilled to host the surreal, hallucinogenic (and fun!) art of the infamous Australian musician and painter, Mick Turner. Yep, or "Dirty" Mick Turner, as we fans of his work in the Dirty Three sometimes call him (but never to his face, mind you!). You know, we might even consider starting to call him "Venom P." Turner (secretly, of course!), because of his also infamous but now quite distant participation in the... (read more)