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The True Topography: A PoB Playlist.

You may remember some months ago we collaborated with Aquarium Drunkard to bring you the PoB guide to science and fantasy fiction. Now, for your listening pleasure, we present to you The True Topography playlist via Spotify. Within you’ll find just under five hours of sonic material to help facilitate losing yourself in whatever post-apocalyptic, Afro-futuristic, new age, or kosmische dreamscape you wish. Plus, a new playlist from our fantastic interns Hannah and Milica.

Jake Xerxes Fussell What In the Natural World Release Day + Show at Nightlight.

Alongside the release of the album today, the Oxford American has featured an interview, with a special emphasis on the fifth track, “Bells of Rhymney.” Fussell will head out on a spring UK and EU tour co-headlining with Daniel Bachman, followed by a summer US tour with Joan Shelley. He celebrates the album release with a full-band performance at the Nightlight in Chapel Hill today, March 31.

Nap Eyes Premiere “Your Samples, Our Obsession” 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 70, Nap Eyes has premiered “Your Samples, Our Obsession,” a recently rerecorded version of a favorite song from their infancy as a band. Check out Nigel singing in French!

James Elkington Premieres “Corridor Country” 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 66, James Elkington has premiered “Corridor Country,” a foretaste of his upcoming album.

Bonnie “Prince” Billy & Nathan Salsburg Share “Wallins Creek Girls” from RSD EP.

“Our names are Sals and Bonnie, two rounder boys you know”: In which the intrepid Louisville duo gamely paddle forth to explore two Kentucky creeks, singing an ode to Beargrass and meeting their match in two hitchhiking, car-riding young ladies of the Cigarette Crew. This delightful 45rpm 7″ EP, the pair’s first recorded artifact, is limited to an edition of 2000 copies, and is available for purchase exclusively on Record Store Day, April 22, 2017. Hop in.

Nathan Bowles Premieres “the i in silence” 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 58, Nathan Bowles has premiered “the i in silence,” a riveting addition to his growing catalog of solo banjo meditations.

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.

Michael Chapman Profiled on NPR’s Morning Edition.

Thanks very much to NPR’s Morning Edition and Joel Rose for this morning’s lovely story on Michael Chapman, in which the Fully Qualified Survivor, along with producer Steve Gunn and critic Andrew Male, looks back at his long career and discusses why Yorkshiremen are cheap, how his career started with a rainstorm, why he never sings sober, and his moving, universally acclaimed new record 50 (which you can order, and hear, below.)