This fall Jennifer Castle will be playing a string of solo dates across the EU and in the UK, including shows with Eleanor Friedberger, Andy Shauf, and Hater. This is her first tour overseas since the release of Angels of Death—don’t miss it.
Pitchfork reviews Nathan Bowles’ Plainly Mistaken, calling it “his best album to date—his most mystical and earthbound, all at once.” Plus, a great interview with the folks at Aquarium Drunkard.
Nathan Bowles’ phenomenal fourth solo album Plainly Mistaken is out today! Stream the album everywhere music is streamable, and please considering buying a copy directly from us or from your favorite local shop, digi-merchant, or mailorder.
In advance of “banjo king” Nathan Bowles’ Plainly Mistaken officially hitting the streets tomorrow, The FADER is premiering the fourth single, the “much-appreciated freakfest” and Cousin Emmy/Osborne Bros./Silver Apples cover “Ruby/In Kind I,” proclaiming “the man has lost it here.”
Nathan Bowles has shared another track from his heady forthcoming album Plainly Mistaken (Out Oct. 5). The indelibly careening melody of “Fresh & Fairly So”—a staple of recent live sets—could be an old-time standard of the type Bowles might explore with the Black Twig Pickers, but here it’s given the kinetic trio treatment. Join the trio at their release show at Nightlight in Chapel Hill, NC on Sept. 29.
This November, the inimitable James Elkington is jumping in the van with fellow guitar sorcerer J. Mascis for a run of dates on the west coast and beyond – just after wrapping up a string of shows supporting Jeff Tweedy in September. Don’t sleep!
After announcing his album Plainly Mistaken and premiering “The Road Reversed” through NPR Music, Nathan is now sharing his cover of the Julie Tippetts song “Now If You Remember” via Stereogum. Bowles’s ethereal rendering represents a departure from his previous recordings; his placidly plaintive singing has been stripped of its otherwise genial, ursine gruffness, and the brief song floats by on the sedative ebb tide of banjo and pianos.
In just under two weeks from now Gun Outfit will hit the road with Itasca and Amps for Christ for a string of shows across the midwest – culminating in their appearance at Trouble in Paradise in Chicago.
On his playfully subversive fourth solo album, Nathan Bowles extends his acclaimed banjo and percussion practice into the full-band realm for the first time, showcasing both delicate solo meditations and smoldering, swinging ensemble explorations. Hear “The Road Reversed” via NPR Music and read Bill Callahan’s thoughts on dolphins. “Like Coltrane, Bowles tears open a tiny piece of fabric in the folk music continuum to let in the cosmic debris.” – NPR
Bowles extends his acclaimed banjo and percussion practice into the full-band realm for the first time, showcasing both delicate solo meditations and smoldering, swinging ensemble explorations featuring Casey Toll (Jake Xerxes Fussell, Mt. Moriah) on double bass and Rex McMurry (CAVE) on drums. As he considers the cycles of deceit and self-deception that shape both our personal and political lives, a mixed mood of melancholy and merriment permeates Bowles’s own compositions as well as the interpretive material.
