Bill Callahan Announces Summer Tour
In his first tour since summer 2011, singer-songwriter Bill Callahan will be hitting several U.S. cities early this summer. read more
Found in: Music, NewsSongs for the End of the World: A Playlist for the Mayan Apocalypse
Since tomorrow marks, well, at least the day when you need to trade your old Mayan calendar in for a new stone tablet, we're celebrating songs that celebrate the end. read more
Found in: Blogs, High GravityNo, Jonny Greenwood is Not in Brazil Awaiting the Apocalypse
The Daily Mail recently reported that, according to a Sao Paolo newspaper, Jonny Greenwood has been hiding out in the Brazilian countryside awaiting the apocalypse on Dec. 21. The paper also claimed that the rest of Radiohead would be joining the 41-year-old guitarist before the End of Days.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsThe End is Nigh: Kansas Apocalypse-Proof Condos Sell Out
If pop culture and apocalyptic fiction has told us anything, it’s that the world won’t end in a whimper, but instead in a teeth-nashing, brain-eating nightmare. Luckily Larry Hall, a condo developer out of Denver is prepared. Below a field in Concordia, Kan., Hall has retrofitted a Cold War-era missile silo into a post-apocalypse safe house.... read more
Found in: Blogs, Awesome of the DayWatch the Trailer for Bill Callahan's Tour Documentary
A tour documentary with Bill Callahan and his band is on its way. The collection of performances and moments on the road from Callahan's 2011 U.S. Apocalypse tour will provide the audience into a rare glimpse of the life of an American songwriter. read more
Found in: Music, NewsTake Shelter
Take Shelter, the new film by Jeff Nichols, opens with an ominous dream. Though the exact cause of the threat is veiled, its manifestations are not—the wind blows, a massive storm front approaches and a viscous fluid that’s definitely not rain begins to fall. For Curtis (Michael Shannon), the dream leaves a lasting impression even as he attempts to shake it off and meet his responsibilities as a husband, father and blue-collar working man.... read more
Found in: Movies, ReviewsBill Callahan Moves LP Release Date Up, Announces Tour
The end is nearer! Apocalypse, the forthcoming album from Bill Callahan, will hit shelves sooner that expected. Originally set for release on April 19, the album will now be available a few weeks earlier on April 5. Apocalypse is the third album by Callahan since he dropped the Smog moniker after the release of A River Ain’t Too Much to Love in 2005.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsBill Callahan Unleashes the Apocalypse
After a recording a several albums under his own name, Bill Callahan seems to have put his old stage moniker, Smog, to rest. The lo-fi songwriter will be putting out Apocalypse, his third Bill Callahan record, this spring. The upcoming release will be Callahan’s first new work since 2009’s excellent Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsHigh Definition: The Apocalypse Will Be Televised
Sci-fi television is often full of storylines about heroes who prevent the destruction of humanity, but post-apocalyptic visions have mostly been reserved for the big screen. From Mad Max to The Road and every zombie movie before and in between, we’ve seen our worst fears come to fruition and looked for hope beyond them. But these same dystopian dreams have begun to pop up in TV, as well.... read more
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