Attention friends! We have three excellent new entries into the pantheon of Paradise of Bachelors Spotify playlists: “Spring Shadows: Sounds and scenes for unpacking in the rain” by Nathan Bowles, “Nigel on the letter B”, by Nigel Chapman of Nap Eyes, and “Summer’s Hear: Songs & Tunes of Heat & Delight,” by none other than Jake Xerxes Fussell. Follow us on Spotify so you can stay updated on new PoB singles, artist playlists, and more.
Hey denizens of Moogfest: We’ll be at Fullsteam Brewery slinging records and other PoB merchandise, and drinking beer, on the afternoon of Saturday, May 20 from 12pm–4pm. The event is free and open to the public–no wristband required! See y’all there?
The Nap Eyes puppets are back! Take another trip through the microscope to the absurd inverted world of mad scientist Nigel and gang in the new video for “Roll It,” off Thought Rock Fish Scale, a sequel to the “Click Clack” video. The band is about to hit the road with Car Seat Headrest—check out the full US/CA tour dates herein.
In April 2018 Mind Over Mirrors will take up residency at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago to premiere their major new piece Bellowing Sun, featuring a large interactive kinetic sculpture and expressly commissioned by the MCA. PoB will release the accompanying studio recording.
We’d like to extend our thanks to The American Association of Independent Music for nominating Michael Chapman’s 50 for Best Country/Americana/Folk Album of 2017.
As you slip on your record-buying shoes tomorrow morning, don’t forget that our second ever official Record Store Day release—Bonnie “Prince” Billy & Nathan Salsburg’s untitled EP—will be available at participating shops. We will also offer a small number of copies for sale here to coincide with the release of the digital version of the album on June 9, 2017. Catch Nathan at Guestroom Records in Louisville. And get our previous collabo 7″s on sale now!
Ladies and gentlemen, here is Mr. Michael Chapman performing “Sometimes You Just Drive” on Later … with Jools Holland on BBC Two last night, on the same episode as Christine McVie, Valerie June, and Ed Sheeran. We are so proud of Michael and this moving performance.
Drawing from British folk, avant-rock, and jazz traditions alike, Wintres Woma—Old English for “the sound of winter”—is Elkington’s debut solo record, but you’ve likely heard his masterful work with Jeff Tweedy, Richard Thompson, Steve Gunn, Michael Chapman, & Joan Shelley. Watch the video for “Make It Up” via The Fader, who call him “the guitar king … already a visionary in his own right.”
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.”
Tomorrow, April 18, at 10pm GMT/5pm EST, the legendary Michael Chapman will appear for the first time ever on Later … with Jools Holland on BBC 2. He will likely play some material from his critically acclaimed new album 50, produced by acolyte (and spring tour mate) Steve Gunn. He will be joined on the program by Valerie June and another guitar guy called Ed Sheeran… a rather motley crew. Tune in.
