Big news: In addition to his other upcoming dates with Ryley Walker and others, Steve Gunn will be touring with the mighty Wilco this Spring and Summer for their 20th Anniversary tour, including a date at Red Rocks in Colorado. Tickets go on sale this week.
Head over to Paste to stream the entirety of Jake Xerxes Fussell’s beautiful self-titled album, produced by and featuring William Tyler. Pre-orders have begun shipping! Remember to join us for the Chapel Hill release party on Jan. 30.
The third and finest album yet by Toronto artist Tamara Lindeman, recorded with Afie Jurvanen (Bahamas) and Robbie Lackritz (Feist), Loyalty crystallizes her lapidary songcraft into eleven emotionally charged vignettes and intimate portraits, redolent of fellow Canadians Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, and David Wiffen, as well as past collaborators Doug Paisley and Daniel Romano.
Many thanks to Paste for premiering Jake’s beautiful rendition of “Star Girl” from his self-titled album, out Jan. 27.
We are elated to announce that The Weather Station, the spellbinding musical project of Toronto songwriter Tamara Lindeman, has officially joined the PoB family; expect a new record this Spring. Also, those of you in North Carolina will want to join Jake Xerxes Fussell and pal Daniel Bachman at Jake’s record release party on Jan. 30 at the Center for the Study of the American South.
The first-ever reissue of the private-press country-rock rarity by Colorado auto body painter, Marine, and garage band lifer Kenny Knight—he played in the original `60s Black Flag—Crossroads recalls a homebrew American Beauty-era Grateful Dead in its world-weary, low-key mood and indelible songwriting. Faded, anxious, melancholy, and lovely, this out-of-time document belies its 1980 release date.
Steve Gunn is hitting the road in the US (some dates with Ryley Walker) & UK/Ireland, & Nathan Bowles heads out across the South and mid-Atlantic with Elisa Ambrogio. Good times ahead! Also, check out more year-end love for Steve’s Way Out Weather and Nathan’s Nansemond from NPR, Pitchfork, The Wire, & more.
Pre-order Jake Xerxes Fussell’s S/T debut album (produced by William Tyler) and receive an immediate download of single “Raggy Levy,” premiered today at PopMatters. Place holiday orders of all other releases by Dec. 20 for USPS domestic delivery by Dec. 24. Plus, our two other Nashville records (Chance and Promised Land Sound) are on sale!
In celebration of Krampus Day, all items in the PoB store will be discounted 20% through Friday, December 5th, 11:59PM EST. Enter the coupon code KRAMPUS during checkout. Plus, check out the premiere of the video for Nathan Bowles’ “Jonah/Poor Liza Jane.” (This sale is now over.)
Noisey has posted a great feature-length interview with Steve Gunn, which includes the premiere of a short film inspired by the final song on Way Out Weather, “Tommy’s Congo.” Sculptor and metalworker Ana Djordjevic stars in this film directed by acclaimed Serbian filmmaker Nikola Ležaić and shot in Belgrade.
