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, NewsListen to The Flaming Lips' Sci-Fi Radio Drama Featuring Bill Callahan, Grizzly Bear and More
The Flaming Lips have joined forces with McSweeney’s and KCRW to produce an hour-long sci-radio radio drama similar to the classic Orson Welles broadcast, War of the Worlds. Written by Richard Parks and Andrew Leland Foley, Wayne Coyne’s Human Head-Shaped Tumor is about a talking tumor on Coyne’s leg and features music from such artists as Will Sheff of Okkervil River, The Flaming Lips, Grizzly Bear’s Ed Droste, Bill Callahan, Eleanor Friedberger, Oneida and Nico Muhly with voice acting from Droste, Paul F. Tompkins and more. Check out the complete show here and a complete list of voice actors below,... read more
Found in: Music, NewsWatch 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, NewsBrilliant Corners of Popular Amusements Photos - Chicago, Ill.
Check out Josh Darr’s photos from Brilliant Corners of Popular Amusements in Chicago, Ill., which featured Dan Deacon, Hack and a Hacksaw, Bill Callahan, Charles Bradley and more. read more
Found in: Blogs, 1000 WordsWatch a New Video from Bill Callahan
Although Bill Callahan’s latest LP, Apocalypse, was released a few months back, the singer/songwriter waited until recently to debut the gorgeously animated video for the record’s rambling “America!”... read more
Found in: Music, NewsThe 20 Best Albums of 2011 (So Far) - Max Blau
Our brand new multimedia editor shares his favorite albums from the first half of 2011. read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayBill 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, TV Torso, Many More Featured on Austin Music Volume 10
Austin, Texas has just released its very own album last week to welcome the thousands of visitors expected for this month’s SXSW. The Bright Social Hour, The Trishas, Bill Callahan and Sahara Smith are a few of the artists representing the Live Music Capital of the World on Austin Music Volume 10. The CD and vinyl version of the record will also be available during the festival or at AustinTexas.org.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsPickathon 2011 Lineup Led By Mavis Staples, The Sadies, Bill Callahan, Many More
Taking place the weekend of Aug. 5-7 at Pendarvis Farm near Portland, Ore., Pickathon Festival showcases the best in indie-roots music. Pickathon prides itself on providing the “best festival experience in the country.” This includes a 100% plastic free environment, workshops and a schedule where every artists plays at least two sets over three days across six unique performance spaces. This includes a stage that must be hiked to through the woods, an intimate open air late night stage, the workshop barn where The Decemberists recorded their recent album, and a large pavilion that is “equal parts art and function.”... 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
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