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Bill Callahan, "Woke on a Whaleheart"
over 2 years ago

Bill Callahan, "Woke on a Whaleheart"Bill Callahan the deep-voiced, eccentric poet behind Smog, has a new solo album out called "Woke on a Whaleheart". It's not one of those perfect albums, but it's got one sort of perfect song which I wrote about in my Dusted review, up today. Not always, but sometimes, Callahan hits the exact balance that, I think, he's looking for, in songs that sound like...

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I'm a Child of Linger On........Bill Callahan
6 months ago
There's something about Bill...
over 2 years ago
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Bill Callahan (Smog) Releasing New Record | In-Store Tour, MHOW, LPR
8 months ago

Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were An EagleBill Callahan (aka Smog) has a new record coming out on April 14 entitled Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle (Drag City) and he’ll be stopping at NYC’s Other Music on April 18 (Record Store Day) as part of a multi-city “in-store” promotional tour. In [...]

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Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle
7 months ago

The artist formerly known as Smog returns with another collection of sonorous, sombre ballads, which perfectly showcase both his stellar songwriting and funereal drawl. Callahan certainly hasn’t torn up the blueprint that served him so well on his previous 12 albums, 11 of which appeared under the Smog moniker. Tracks…

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Q: Why Is Bill Callahan Going on Tour with Lights This December? A: So He Can See Through the (Smog)!
about 1 month ago

That's right, Mr. Smog, a.k.a. Mr. (Smog), a.k.a. Mr. Callahan, is touring with Drag City newbies Lights. Six dates hardly makes a tour, but we here at TMT are going to tell you about it anyway cause it's the news and we pride ourselves in giving our readers up-to-date news on anything we damn well please. So, let's get to the point: If you wanna see Bill Callahan or Lights, you have six option...

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Live Review: Bill Callahan, St George's Church, Brighton, UK Aug 18
3 months ago

With lyrics such as, "it's time to put God away" on 'Faith Void', the final track from his excellent latest album Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle, a church was perhaps a questionable choice of venue to see Bill Callahan. Even Callahan clearly struggled with the religious surroundings, forgetting he was in a place of God he slipped in an anecdote about the urinal at the...more.

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Bill Callahan's New Album Scores Highly
5 months ago

Check it out. I became curious about this album when the British rock magazine Mojo gave this 5 stars and called it an instant classic. Not something they do very often. I would Give it 4.5 stars. Very interesting lyrics. The album really draws me in. There is also a feature on him on the NPR website.

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5 days ago
Mixtapes alert: ACID GIRLS & JUICEBOXXX
about 1 month ago

Could a Monday get any better? Not only did we post some great remixes earlier, and an interview, but we've got not one, but TWO mixtapes for you to check out, download, and enjoy! The first is by longtime iheartcomix lovers, the ACID GIRLS. They rock our socks with this amazing mix called Live from the Celestial Megaclub Green Room. GREG ACID GIRLS- Live from the Celestial Megaclub Green Ro...

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Does Bill Callahan's New Album Signal the End of the Depression? One Writer Thinks So.
9 months ago

In 2007, Bill Callahan, contemplative folkster, shifted away from his dark moniker of 10 years (Smog) to his given name (Bill), and with that shift resolved positivity. At nearly the same time, financial institutions around the world began to crumble. Callahan's new album, Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle is coming out April 14 on Drag City, and we are all fairly sure by then the world will be...

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Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle
8 months ago

As the resident Poet Laureate of Drag City, Bill Callahan only has two albums between his former moniker as Smog, but in this small gap of time we’ve seen a drastic evolution of style that would take most artists a lifetime to flesh out. On his newest effort Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle, [...]

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Bill Callahan: Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle (Review)
7 months ago

As if in an attempt to gain the attributes of the album’s namesake bird, the songs on Eagle feel like they’re rising on thermals, shifting and soaring effortlessly where the wind takes them. And occasionally they dive right for your throat.

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Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle
8 months ago

The artist formerly known as Smog's thirteenth album in total, but his second under his given name, sees him reach an unsteady maturity.

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Bill Callahan
7 months ago

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