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Drag City is excited to introduce Resolve, the first release of new music from Arnold Dreyblatt & The Orchestra of Excited Strings since 2002.

Dreyblatt’s minimalist conception - a rhythmic drone played on a double-bass strung with piano wire, playing in concert with other stringed instruments performing in 20 unequal microtones per octave and changing key but keeping the same fundamental pitch - dates back to the 1970s, while he studied under La Monte Young and Pauline Oliveros. Resolve acts in... (read more)

Emil Amos' forthcoming Zone Black album is a fully inhabitable world, its episodic narrative divided into an improbable balance between morbid ambient anthems and insouciant hip-hop instrumentals. Emil hadn’t heard it done quite this way before, so he took it upon himself. And it sounds real!

Straight out of Madlib’s kitchen sink, and with a sense of brooding dread, "Jealous Gods" features throbbing beats, low synth paired with high vocal melody, layered together into something even more impossibly bizarre than the sum of... (read more)

Rust never sleeps and neither does Bonnie 'Prince' Billy! With the recent announcement of the forthcoming Keeping Secrets Will Destroy You and his impending summer tour dates, the Prince has more revelations up his sleeve to share.

This upcoming November, Bonny will be collaborating with the esteemed Jon Langford (Mekons, Waco Brothers, Bright Shiners) on a tour of select venues dotted across the Northeast! Featuring a carefully curated set that combines their individual repertoires and showcases their unique styles, this harmonious... (read more)

Xylouris White, the duo of George Xylouris and Jim White, have performed together since 2013. Whether live or on record, Xylouris White produce a head-spinning construction of Cretan lute and drums compositions and improvisations, the latest of which are found on their just-released LP, The Forest In Me.

Similar to their collaborations with The Forest In Me producer, Guy Picciotto, Jim and George have also teamed up with filmmaker, Jem Cohen, to expand their artistic vision. The result,... (read more)

New Yorkies and those who sail with them, get your eyes and ears out! Mayo Thompson and the Corky Band are set to return to the Poisson Rouge for their first engagement since pre-pan times. Back in 2019, it was the 50th anniversary show for Corky's Debt To His Father - this time around is for the next 50 years of Corky!

The show's on August 12th, but get your tickets as soon as they go on sale June 1st.

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The western themes of Cory Hanson's previous album, Pale Horse Rider, carry on in the form of his electric backing band, Slowhand. The quartet’s sound — two guitars, bass and drums — acts as a beat-making principle, as well as template for Cory’s layers of six-string and vocal textures. The band highlight a gnarled, proggy pulse to harness new sounds and directions for Cory to travel.

Each preview of Western Cum thrusts Cory's sharpened musical focus into a comprehensive vision. The latest single has... (read more)

People, let’s us talk about an album. Bonnie Prince Billy has made a number of them, and heard a bunch more in his time of knowing. He’s found them hewn from moments, admired them as small and accountable – the communication of music in emotion, release and catharsis, to edify, to entertain, in two sides and less than an hour.

Keeping Secrets Will Destroy You presents simply – an album made as it was meant to be heard, in a room. The sound... (read more)

Originally commissioned by the legendary KPM music library, Emil Amos' Zone Black presents a new kind of library music.

While deeply inspired by 1970's television themes, Emil (Grails, drummer of OM and podcaster supreme) carves out a much more personal interpretation of “music for television” with Zone Black. Taking classic pieces that he grew up with (like the “Lonely Man Theme,” from the original Hulk TV series) as a starting point, he imagined an alternate reality where composers explored... (read more)

In addition to his day job transforming pop music with music, as well as his collaborations with others over the past few decades, did you know that Jim O’Rourke has been contracted for several dozen film scores over the years?

Sure he has! It makes sense too – his abilities as an improviser, composer and producer allow him to interpret cinematic moments with a unique understanding for the construction of moments, and how they work. What doesn’t make sense is how Hands That... (read more)

The Fucking Champs' contribution to music was no less than Total Music™: energetic and virtuosic, with intricate work from guitars and drums (not to mention SYNTHS!) thrilling to all the senses. The forthcoming reissue of III reminds the listener (that's us) how the Champs blended the best elements of countless genres into their singularly unique and exciting sound.

The third transmission to draw the listener (that's you) into the orbit of III is "Flawless Victory"...yes! An homage to Mortal Kombat, as flawless... (read more)