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PoB + TiM = Trouble in Paradise.

Trouble in Mind and PoB, in cooperation with the venerable Chicago venue the Empty Bottle, are proud to present Trouble in Paradise, a three-day festival (Sept. 13-15) showcasing a simpatico sampling of both record labels’ critically acclaimed and wide-ranging international rosters. The lineup, which features an array of artists including The Weather Station, Gun Outfit, Nap Eyes, Itasca, James Elkington, JX Fussell & Nathan Bowles, among many others, explores the shared terrain between the respective realms of one label named for a classic blues song and another named for a Melville story.

Itasca Premieres “Grassland” for Our First 100 Days.

Our friends (and distributors) at the Secretly Group are assembling a durational 100-track compilation to benefit a variety of worthy organizations involved in the resistance against the current oppressive political regime in the U.S. Today, for Day 57, Itasca has premiered the sublime “Grassland.”

Itasca Embarks on UK/EU Tour.

Itasca has landed overseas and begun their UK/EU tour as a duo featuring Dave McPeters on pedal steel guitar. Mark your calendars and prepare to be mesmerized.

Mind Over Mirrors: Undying Color Release Day + Our First 100 Days.

If you require a mind-expanding tonic to our national spell of ignorant, truculent insanity, the new Mind Over Mirrors album Undying Color is available today in your favorite record shops and online merchants, digital and physical alike. Listen, read critical acclaim for the album, learn about Secretly Group’s Our First 100 Days Project, and catch up on current and upcoming PoB tours.

Itasca: Open to Chance Release Day.

“No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace/As I have seen in one autumnal face.” – John Donne. A week past the autumn equinox and a few hours till quittin’ time, now is an opportune moment to pause, heed the growing chorus of acclaim for Itasca’s gorgeous record, and spend some time with these absorbing songs, full of grit and grace and perfect for the fold into fall. Catch Itasca on tour this fall and winter in the US, UK, and EU, with Ryley Walker et al.

Stream Itasca’s Album Open to Chance.

Thanks to Folk Radio UK for hosting an advance stream of Itasca’s mesmerizing PoB debut Open to Chance, and to MOJO for their aptly written 4-star review: “simultaneously spare and complex, observational folk ballads turned psychic and strange by metal-stringed dissonance and troubling Symbolist metaphor.” Pitchfork calls the album “a sprawling fascination with the natural world and the nature of people.”

Hear Itasca’s “No Consequence” via Noisey.

Itasca has shared “No Consequence,” a new song from her upcoming album Open To Chance, out Sept. 30th. It premiered via Noisey (and was reviewed by Pitchfork), alongside a wide-ranging interview that covers everything from Laurel Canyon to cream of wheat to David Crosby’s cape. Check out US, UK, and EU tour dates with Promised Land Sound and Ryley Walker.

Itasca Shares “Carousel” via Rookie.

Itasca has shared “Carousel,” a subtly stunning new song from her upcoming album Open To Chance. Rookie, who describe the record as “gorgeous; enchanting, mind-expanding,” premiered the track alongside a wide-ranging interview with Cohen that touches on everything from witchcraft in NYC to Black Mountain College in NC.

Summer/Fall Performance News: Hopscotch, Southern Accent, Tours, and More.

News about the release show for Nathan Bowles’ Whole & Cloven at the Center for the Study of the American South, as well as PoB artists at the Hopscotch Music Festival, the Southern Accent exhibition at the Nasher Museum of Art, and tour date updates from Hiss Golden Messenger, Itasca, Jake Xerxes Fussell, Nap Eyes, Promised Land Sound, Steve Gunn, and Terry Allen.

Pre-Order Itasca’s Open to Chance + Stream a Song via NPR.

In this dark summer season of disharmony and violence, we can all use a few moments of serenity amid the storm. In recent months, Open to Chance, the beautiful new album by Itasca, has offered us respite and balm in the form of its quiet, cloudy idylls, and we hope it might do the same for you. Pre-orders include a 320k MP3 download of “Buddy,” which NPR Music’s Songs We Love premiered today. Plus, US and EU (with Ryley Walker) tour dates.