Will Oldham’s next long player (with the Cairo Gang) is out March 23rd on Drag City. He and Emmett Kelly have dubbed this one The Wonder Show of the World. I have yet to hear a note of it, but the pair did issue this non-album teaser—a stark, bare bones, reworking of Conway Twitty’s “Play, [...]
Former Frente! vocalist, Angie Hart, duets with Bonnie “Prince” Billy on “Little Bridges” off her 2009 disc Eat My Shadow. The Juxtaposition between Hart and Oldham’s off-kilter vocals works perfectly here.
MP3: Angie Hart & Bonnie “Prince” Billy :: Little Bridges
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What is it that makes us want to deconstruct art by units of time? Lists. We love making them. We love arguing over them. And here, on the verge of a new decade, we’re in a position to do the same again. What were the best albums of the past ten years?
Here at AD, we [...]
Just in time for the holidays! Markedly different from the stark I See A Darkness version, MBV just debuted this live rendering of Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy’s “Death To Everyone,” a track that while culled from the same session will not be available on the forthcoming BPB live album Funtown Comedown. Recorded with the Picket Line; [...]
Drag City just unveiled the new video for Bonnie “Prince” Billy’s “How About Thank You“, culled from the companion 10″ from one of my favorite LPs of the year, Beware. As with most things Will Oldham related, it’s ‘unique’. ++ New, better, video courtesy of our friends at MBV.
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Bonnie “Prince” Billy made several appearances L.A. last month in support of his new album, Beware, including a proper evening show at the El Rey, an Amoeba in-store, and a mid-morning studio taping for Fuel.tv at a studio in west L.A. While I missed the El Rey show, I did made it over to the [...]
A few weeks ago while in Austin, a group of us were discussing Bonnie “Prince” Billy’s new LP Beware — a conversation that soon shifted to Will Oldham related side-projects. Among other titles discussed was Swedish singer/songwriter Nicolai Dunger’s 2003 album Tranquil Isolation. While by no means his first rodeo, the LP served as my [...]
When a songwriter’s prolificacy creates the volumes that Will Oldham’s has, it can become difficult to draw reference from his catalogue. It often exists as one vast document of his contribution, nuance be damned to the onlooker. With notable exceptions Greatest Palace Music and the Tortoise-backed The Brave and the Bold, Oldham’s shifts in tone [...]
We’ll be discussing Bonnie “Prince” Billy’s upcoming album, Beware, at length in the very near future. Until then, chew on the new video for “I Am Goodbye,” which is very demonstrative of Beware’s overall sound as a whole. It goes without saying that we love it. Another high five to Will Oldham, [...]
Album artwork: Does it indeed affect our listening experience, and if so, how? Scratch the Surface is a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard that that takes a look at particularly interesting cover art choices.
Bonnie “Prince” Billy’s The Letting Go is broadly considered, even in rare negative critique, as Will Oldham’s most unexampled result. The album, [...]
As Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy prepared to embark on what would become a very busy fall of 2006, he played two very special nights at Joe’s Pub in New York City. With brothers Paul and Ned Oldham (Will Oldham/BPB/Palace Music), the trio blistered through nearly 40 covers, nearly all traditionals – playing only one original (“Cursed [...]
Have you been listening to Lie Down In The Light? I’m calling it my favorite Will Oldham release since the 2005 Superwolf collaboration with Matt Sweeney. Not to discount The Letting Go (which still stands very tall on my Best of 2006 list), but Lie Down conveys sides of Oldham that are both [...]
