Will Oldham fanatics (raises hand) can expect the new Bonnie “Prince” Billy album, Lie Down in the Light, out next month via the Drag City label. While there is no firm trackist yet, it looks like the album drops stateside May 20th. Excerpt from product description (amazon.com): “Lie down in the light’ is the follow [...]

It’s 2008! What 2007 albums are you just catching up on now that it’s a brand new year? Leave ‘em in the comments. I have several I am working on, but the past week has seen a lot of concentration on Scout Niblett’s LP This Fool Can Die Now. Yup, that is Will Oldham in [...]

It’s no secret Will Oldham likes a good cover, and just to prove it, see: here, here, here, here. What I particularly love (and respect) from Oldham’s cover choices is that he consistently executes them without irony, no matter the origin, making them his own. Sure, it would be easy to have turned R. Kelly’s [...]

Drunkard favorite Will Oldham has been tinkering around the lo-fi and alt-country scenes for the better part of two decades. Still, you almost forget his vast contributions given his multiple incarnations (Bonnie Billy, Palace Music, Palace Brothers, Palace Songs) and roving collaborations (Jason Molina, Tortoise, to name a few). But to call his musical harvest [...]

As a longtime Will Oldham fan, the 2006 LP, The Letting Go, recorded under his Bonnie “Prince” Billy moniker, quickly rose to the top, becoming one of my favorite albums of that year. What I was unaware of at the time, though, was that a limited number of copies, of the album, came with the [...]

Shortly after Friday’s Zach Galifianakis/Will Oldham video post, a reader sent over this little gem…it’s quite disturbing too. Here, Will Oldham, inhabiting his Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy persona, dutifully covers, a synth styled version of, Mariah Carey’s “Can’t Take That Away.” Consider this fair warning. If contemporary indie artists covering songs you probably can’t stand is [...]

“So utterly simple but the most powerful spirit I have ever seen or heard….” – Youtube quote A huge thank you to the hero who filmed and uploaded this 2004 Will Oldham concert, with Matt Sweeney, to Youtube. All seventy minutes and nineteen seconds of it. This is as close as many of us will [...]

Zach Galifianakis & Will Oldham’s video of Kanye’s “Can’t Tell Me Nothing” looks like it could be the bastard child of Oldham’s “Cursed Sleep” video from 2006. Let’s get weird. (via: Culture Bully) ——————————————————————————————————————————