M.C. Taylor recorded this spiritually devastating, austere antecedent to the celebrated HGM albums Haw and Poor Moon direct to a cassette recorder at the kitchen table of his pine-entwined home in rural North Carolina in 2010. Years after the destruction of much of the first edition of the album in a warehouse fire, this deluxe reissue restores the stark masterpiece to its intended full sequence, including three additional songs. (OUT OF PRINT)
We’re thrilled to officially open pre-orders for Chris Forsyth’s stunning new record Solar Motel. Read on for more details, to place your order, and to stream an exclusive excerpt of “Solar Motel Part I,” courtesy of the good people at The Fader.
His most ambitious and sublime work of Cosmic Americana yet, a 4-part suite of corporeal/cerebral psychedelic bliss. “A masterpiece,” says Aquarium Drunkard.
For a limited time, you can stream Promised Land Sound’s debut self-titled album on Spin. Dig in, y’all, and those of you in the mid-South are strongly urged to catch them live at the Cropped Out Festival (Sept. 27) and at their record release show in Nashville (Sept. 28).
Read on for a preview of much more Hopscotch Day Party documentation to come–featuring Lonnie Holley and Happy Muley–plus Steve Gunn’s Tiny Desk Concert, Chance Martin’s feature-length profile in Grantland, and more.
Free, feat. Steve Gunn, Spacin’, Chris Forsyth, Pelt + Daniel Bachman, The Black Twig Pickers, Birds of Maya, Lonnie Holley, Promised Land Sound, et al.
Please join us at this special free event at Raleigh Little Theatre’s beautiful Louise “Scottie” Moore Amphitheatre on Sept. 7, featuring performances by Steve Gunn (full band), Spacin’, Chris Forsyth & the Solar Motel Band, Pelt + Daniel Bachman, The Black Twig Pickers, Birds of Maya, Lonnie Holley, Promised Land Sound, and others TBA.
We are now accepting pre-orders for the self-titled debut album by Promised Land Sound, one of Nashville’s finest and most fiery young bands. This impressive record finds them cooking up some serious red dirt/swamp boogie & country-fried soul choogle. Order your copy now, and stay tuned for more details on our PoB/WXYC Hopscotch Day Party on Sept. 7.
The young Nashville band cooks up some serious red dirt/swamp boogie & country-fried choogle à la Jim Ford, Link Wray, and Dennis Linde. William Tyler guests.
Lauded guitarist and composer Chris Forsyth’s hypnotic recordings assimilate art-rock textures with vernacular American influences. This is his most ambitious, immersive, and sublime work of cosmic Americana yet, a face-melting 4-part suite of corporeal/ cerebral psychedelic bliss.
