Red Mosquito

Bill Callahan retired his Smog alias in 2007 but has contined to make lovely, downcast folk under his own name, like 2011's Apocalypse. He's just announced the follow-up to that which is titled Dream River and will be out September 17 via his longtime home of Drag City. No songs have been released from it yet, but you can check out the tracklist below.

Bill Callahan - Dream River tracklist:
1. "The Sing"
2. "Javelin Unlanding"
3. "Small Plane"
4. "Spring "
5. "Ride My Arrow"
6. "Summer Painter"
7. "Seagull"
8. "Winter Road"

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2 ... han_r.html

Color me excited! Love everything BC does, but I especially love his solo-moniker work. Also, I am always happy to give Drag City Records my money; LPs priced at $14-$18, and free shipping on every order? This is how music distribution should go.

why do we need new threads for album releases?

in order to reach a wider audience

Tour dates announced! Can't copy/paste on my phone, but all of the info is on Drag City. Playing Providence on my birthday...awwwwww yeeeeeah!

i've heard half of these live. it should be pretty great

Dates!

9/25/13 McGonigel's Mucky Duck Houston TX
9/26/13 Spanish Moon Baton Rouge LA
9/28/13 40 Watt Club Athens GA
9/29/13 Cat's Cradle Carrboro NC
10/1/13 Jefferson Theatre Charlottesville VA
10/2/13 Sixth & I Historic Synagogue Washington DC
10/3/13 First Unitarian Church Philadelphia PA
10/4/13 Columbus Theatre Providence RI
10/5/13 The Sinclair Cambridge MA
10/6/13 Webster Hall New York NY
10/8/13 The Haunt Ithaca NY
10/9/13 The Warhol @ Carnegie Lecture Pittsburgh PA
10/10/13 Beachland Ballroom Cleveland OH
10/11/13 Trinosophes Detroit MI
10/12/13 High Noon Saloon Madison WI
10/13/13 Cedar Cultural Center Minneapolis MN
10/14/13 Alhambra Palace Chicago IL
10/16/13 Old Rock House St. Louis MO
10/17/13 Mojo's Columbia MO
10/18/13 Outland Ballroom Springfield MO
10/19/13 The Opolis Norman OK
11/12/13 Rhythm Room Phoenix AZ w/ Mick Turner
11/13/13 Pappy and Harriets Pioneertown Palace Pioneertown CA w/ Mick Turner
11/14/13 Japan American Theatre Los Angeles CA w/ Mick Turner
11/15/13 Soho Restaurant & Music Club Santa Barbara CA w/ Mick Turner
11/16/13 Slim's San Francisco CA w/ Mick Turner
11/17/13 The Chapel San Francisco CA w/ Mick Turner
11/19/13 Aladdin Theater Portland OR w/ Mick Turner
11/20/13 Neumo's Seattle WA w/ Mick Turner
11/22/13 Neurolux Boise ID
11/23/13 The State Room Salt Lake City UT
11/25/13 Oriental Theater Denver CO w/ The Howling Hex

not sure what's up with Drag City releasing all these Dub remixes (first OM, now Callahan) but they're selling a dub preview of the non dub new album.

http://www.dragcity.com/products/expand ... id-40s-dub

kreng wrote:not sure what's up with Drag City releasing all these Dub remixes (first OM, now Callahan) but they're selling a dub preview of the non dub new album.

http://www.dragcity.com/products/expand ... id-40s-dub

why is there no SoundCloud tag?

https://soundcloud.com/drag-city/bill-c ... anding-dub

Album is going to be reissued as a dub album, I loved the single so I'm actually really looking forward to this.

CALLAHAN'S DREAM RIVER NEWLY DUBBED 'HAVE FUN WITH GOD'
posted December 5th, 2013

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, dub- not just a coupla songs, like you thought. "Expanding Dub" b/w "High In The Mid-40s Dub" was simply the first message, mon! Now MC B.C. brings the whole production, and calls it, Have Fun With God. The tantalizing, liquid flow of Dream River as you know it will cease to exist; except, that it won't. It will exist in its earthly form and intergalactic, or heavenly, form. For a while. Or for a bit... we'll see! How does Dream River sound when it's off this earthly plane? Time to Have Fun With God and find out - the riddim riddle begins, on LP and CD, January 21st, 2014!

One of my favorite records of the year.

I have it on good authority that this album is going to be stuffed into my Christmas stocking this year.

kreng wrote:Album is going to be reissued as a dub album, I loved the single so I'm actually really looking forward to this.

CALLAHAN'S DREAM RIVER NEWLY DUBBED 'HAVE FUN WITH GOD'
posted December 5th, 2013

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, dub- not just a coupla songs, like you thought. "Expanding Dub" b/w "High In The Mid-40s Dub" was simply the first message, mon! Now MC B.C. brings the whole production, and calls it, Have Fun With God. The tantalizing, liquid flow of Dream River as you know it will cease to exist; except, that it won't. It will exist in its earthly form and intergalactic, or heavenly, form. For a while. Or for a bit... we'll see! How does Dream River sound when it's off this earthly plane? Time to Have Fun With God and find out - the riddim riddle begins, on LP and CD, January 21st, 2014!

Excellent!

Kevin Davis wrote:I have it on good authority that this album is going to be stuffed into my Christmas stocking this year.

Called that one. I got through about 1/3 of it and immediately went to Drag City's website and ordered "Apocalypse" and "Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle" too. Beautiful, chilling stuff.

Kevin Davis wrote:

Kevin Davis wrote:I have it on good authority that this album is going to be stuffed into my Christmas stocking this year.

Called that one. I got through about 1/3 it and immediately went to Drag City's website and ordered "Apocalypse" and "Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle" too. Beautiful, chilling stuff.

'atta boy.

Simple Torture wrote:

Kevin Davis wrote:

Kevin Davis wrote:I have it on good authority that this album is going to be stuffed into my Christmas stocking this year.

Called that one. I got through about 1/3 it and immediately went to Drag City's website and ordered "Apocalypse" and "Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle" too. Beautiful, chilling stuff.

'atta boy.

Glad you're enjoying, KD.

One article that really affected my view of Dream River was Steven Hyden's interview with Callahan. I haven't read it since it was posted, but the theory he posits about the album being a sort of journey into the unconscious seemed quite fitting to me at the time (and still does, although I'm wary of trying to force a "concept" onto an album like this). It's worth a read, for those interested: http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/965 ... ream-river

I really, really like "Apocalypse"--"Astral Weeks" as recited by Leonard Cohen. Brilliant stuff. "Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle" is good too but I find myself drifting off during the last few tracks--both "Apocalypse" and "Dream River" keep me pretty riveted throughout.

Blaine Ryan wrote:Glad you're enjoying, KD.

One article that really affected my view of Dream River was Steven Hyden's interview with Callahan. I haven't read it since it was posted, but the theory he posits about the album being a sort of journey into the unconscious seemed quite fitting to me at the time (and still does, although I'm wary of trying to force a "concept" onto an album like this). It's worth a read, for those interested: http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/965 ... ream-river

Also awesome, by the way.