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Stripped of partnerships both musical and personal, self-reliance has become more than survival technique for Scout Niblett. Arming herself with the old Rollins'-ism, "And at the end of the day, all you have left if yourself and your mind," and therefore encouraged to see her own strengths and utilize them, Scout ready to drop a storming new record, It's Up To Emma, her first long-jammer in 3 years. It's Up To Emma illuminates friction between partners, generates gradual tension, and explodes from... (read more)

All week long, we the Drag City simply stayed in bed! Why? Cause it's just too nice rolling around in some sweet Everly Brothers covers made by Dawn McCarthy & Bonny Billy to get up and get out into mid-February- or any month, for that matter! Whether it's romping to the pleading revelry of "Somebody Help Me," or snuggling up with the harmonious, patient transcendence of "Omaha," What The Brothers Sang, the freshly released long-player from Dawn McCarthy & Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, warms... (read more)

The Best Of The Howling Hex? Why yes, it is - the best of their releases this year, at least. That's a fact you can take to the bank (along with the fact that this is a new album of new music, and not a greatest hits of any kind), and a fact which you dang sure should take from the bank all the way to your local head shop to pick up the latest from Neil Michael Hagerty and the gang. The Howling... (read more)

AHEAD ON OUR SHOULDERS

Drag City - Dateline, March 2013! Another delightfully incongruous release date is upon us - Dawn McCarthy & Bonnie 'Prince' Billy sing What The Brothers Sang paired with the new The Howling Hex album The Best Of The Howling Hex. Plus a rare Blue Chopsticks LP release - Night, Sleep, Death, the new album from The Wingdale Community Singers. Plus Bonnie 'Prince' Billy floaty pens for all participating US stores with vision and a like-eyed constituency! Plus great... (read more)

It's New Release Tuesday here at destination: Drag City! And if you don't already got yer copies of Dawn n' Bonnie's What The Brothers Sang, The Howling Hex's The Best Of The Howling Hex, and the latest Blue Chopsticks release, Wingdale Community Singers, spinning on your platter, yous better hop to it, little pre-Easterite bunnies! But get your front paws at the ready, cuz today also marks the first date of pre-sale for the head-bangers of March:

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Artists! Right? They always feel the need for change (keeps the creative rolling constant), some things always gotta stay the same - such as a need for bread, you know? Or cheese, or lettuce, depending on your agricultural region. We're talking about dosh, paying bills, making do (or do wah diddy, if the spirit moves 'em). So just cause Meg Baird moved from Philly to San Francisco doesn't mean she's taking a breather or something/anything, ok? In fact, she's taking advantage of the new locale... (read more)

What is Feathered Fish? It all started when artist and musical freak Jennifer Herrema, Black Bananas front-woman, approached her favorite jewelry designer, Pamela Love, about collaborating on a remake of the iconic Royal Trux skull ring. Pamela, a longtime fan of Jennifer’s and a musician herself, immediately said, hell yes! Realizing they have way more in common than just skull rings, ideas poured like wine and moonshine- too fine and too strong to let go by the wayside. These visions... (read more)

Springtime's for tantric coupling, right? Peace, Sting! So May 1st is (very) high time for a theatrical premiere of THE SOURCE FAMILY, the feature-length documentary directed by Maria Demopoulos and Jodi Wille about Father Yod and The Source Family's radical experiment in '70s utopian living, yo! It all begins at the IFC Center in New York: a pleasure chest of interviews with never-before-seen home movies, photographs, and original music created by The Source Family themselves provides an unparalleled insider's view into the cult/commune... (read more)

The Soccer Club Club and is pleased to announce Wane's World: A History of "Things", a solo exhibition of works by Venice, CA-based artist, Becca Mann. Making paintings and drawings from photographs, applying a series of editing and transcribing strategies to work towards a sublimated analogue of the original image - sounds complex, right? Well in the "art" world it's called, "the process" (we assume, duh!), and it's exactly how Becca operates. Ms. Mann selects images in an attempt to create a dialog... (read more)

February 19th is fast approaching! So it's now or never for you to take an exclusive look at the making of Dawn McCarthy and Bonnie 'Prince' Billy's sweet, full-length Everly Brothers covers odyssey, What The Brothers Sang. Shot by Lara Miranda during the album's Nashville recording sessions (produced by David Ferguson at Butcher Shop Studio in McCreary County, KY), the footage provides bite-sized, behind-the-scenes glimpses into the languid, affecting, at times humorous, yet mostly downright spiritual creation of an extremely special album.

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