Cowboy and the Stranger is a co-release of L.A. Louver and PoB, on the occasion of Terry Allen’s retrospective drawing exhibition The Exact Moment It Happens in the West (Stories, Pictures, and Songs from the ’60s ’Til Now) at L.A. Louver, Summer 2019. Limited to an edition of 500 cassettes. All recordings are previously unreleased demos and work tapes, 1968/2018.
Terry Allen’s Pedal Steal + Four Corners, our most deluxe and detailed release to date, is out worldwide today, in stores and streaming. Celebrate with the man himself at record release shows in Dallas (tonight) and Houston (March 30, with a meet and greet and album signing at Cactus Music the same day.)
The fourth and final installment of Pedal Steal—the stunning conclusion!—has premiered today via Texas Monthly on the eve of the March 22nd release of Pedal Steal + Four Corners. Listen and read an interview with Terry, get tickets for Dallas and Houston shows, and tune into WXYC tonight for a radio premiere of the entire 2.5 hour set.
Terry spoke with Aquarium Drunkard about his upcoming release, Pedal Steal + Four Corners, and the groundbreaking Rawhide and Roses radio show (1967–1971) he produced with host Jo Harvey Allen. Hear the third installment of Pedal Steal and selections from Rawhide and Roses and see more previews of the LP+3CD+book artwork.
Hear the second installment of Terry Allen’s Bessie-Award winning “Pedal Steal” and get a sneak preview of the deluxe LP edition of “Pedal Steal + Four Corners” by watching our unboxing video.
Preorder a deluxe LP+3CD+book edition of Allen’s radio plays and long-form narrative audio works—2.5 hours of cinematic songs, stories, and country-concrète sound collage. Hear “Pedal Steal: Chapter 1” via American Songwriter. Plus, TA Tomorrow’s Tamale t-shirts are back in stock, and Allen is Howlin’ in Austin.
Pedal Steal + Four Corners collects, for the first time, Allen’s radio plays and long-form narrative audio works—2.5 hours of cinematic songs, stories, and country-concrète sound collage—in a deluxe gatefold edition, including one LP, three CDs, a DL code, and a Grammy-nominated 28pp. booklet boasting the first in-depth essay to explore this singular body of work; dozens of images of Allen’s related visual art; and full scripts and credits for all five pieces.
This week, The Weather Station, Terry Allen, and a PoB crew will descend upon the small West Texas town of Marfa for the third annual Marfa Myths festival. On Thursday, April 12, The Weather Station and Terry Allen are sharing a bill, followed by a drag show. We’ll have a big ol’ house in town. Come on by for a visit and a sip of mezcal.
‘Tis the season to give records to beloved friends and family (and to yourself too.) In lieu of the madness of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, we prefer to observe Krampus Day (honoring the Central European folkloric anti-Santa critter). Shop PoB through Dec. 15 and enter coupon code KRAMPUS during checkout for a 20% discount on all catalog items.
Our friends at the Secretly Group are assembling a 100-track compilation to benefit a variety of organizations involved in the resistance against the oppressive political regime in the U.S. Today, for Day 89, Terry Allen has premiered “Stroll,” an appropriately apocalyptic (and discomfitingly calm) solo song recorded during the Bottom of the World sessions, and the first new music Terry has released since 2013. “Screaming from zombie horror movies … fades.”
