Apr
14
I don’t know that I’ve read a better interview with a music personality than this one. Oldham comes across as good-humored, balanced, and wise. I feel like the time spent reading an interview on the internet wasn’t wasted; an uncommon feeling. Check it out.
Even though Will probably wouldn’t approve, MP3 from Beware after the jump. Read more
Apr
6
Richard Buckner: Ariel Ramirez
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Richard Buckner’s cover for his 1998 record, Since, shows nine pictures of a candle flame blowing out. The record’s third song, Ariel Ramirez, is the sound of that candle wavering in the breeze, his baritone and guitar fighting against a pointless and paralyzing loss. Buckner’s lyrics suggest more than they tell; it’s almost the sound of them that’s more important than the words themselves. Put Ariel on/And smoke away the night/And do the white net crawl/Until the hammers fall. A piano joins Richard, Read more
Mar
17
Drag City Records releases Beware by Bonnie “Prince” Billy today, March 17th. He’s bringing this record out less than a year behind Lie Down In the Light, one of my favorite records of last year. All accounts indicate that this one’s even better. I’m hoping to have a copy to play on the show tomorrow night. Tune in at 8:30 pm Pacific on KUOI, 89.3 FM, Moscow, or online here.








