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Heathen · **Joined:** Wed January 30, 2013 4:30 pm **Posts:** 3988

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Bill Callahan retired his Smog alias in 2007 but has contined to make lovely, downcast folk under his own name, like 2011's Apocalypse. He's just announced the follow-up to that which is titled Dream River and will be out September 17 via his longtime home of Drag City. No songs have been released from it yet, but you can check out the tracklist below.

Bill Callahan - Dream River tracklist:
1. "The Sing"
2. "Javelin Unlanding"
3. "Small Plane"
4. "Spring "
5. "Ride My Arrow"
6. "Summer Painter"
7. "Seagull"
8. "Winter Road"

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2 ... han_r.html

Simple Torture · **Posted:** Thu June 20, 2013 1:34 pm

Color me excited! Love everything BC does, but I especially love his solo-moniker work. Also, I am always happy to give Drag City Records my money; LPs priced at $14-$18, and free shipping on every order? This is how music distribution should go.

Malloy · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 4:57 am **Posts:** 2820

why do we need new threads for album releases?

Heathen · **Joined:** Wed January 30, 2013 4:30 pm **Posts:** 3988

in order to reach a wider audience

Simple Torture · **Posted:** Tue July 09, 2013 9:54 pm

Tour dates announced! Can't copy/paste on my phone, but all of the info is on Drag City. Playing Providence on my birthday...awwwwww yeeeeeah!

Malloy · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 4:57 am **Posts:** 2820

i've heard half of these live. it should be pretty great

Simple Torture · **Posted:** Wed July 10, 2013 2:39 am

Dates!

9/25/13 McGonigel's Mucky Duck Houston TX
9/26/13 Spanish Moon Baton Rouge LA
9/28/13 40 Watt Club Athens GA
9/29/13 Cat's Cradle Carrboro NC
10/1/13 Jefferson Theatre Charlottesville VA
10/2/13 Sixth & I Historic Synagogue Washington DC
10/3/13 First Unitarian Church Philadelphia PA
10/4/13 Columbus Theatre Providence RI
10/5/13 The Sinclair Cambridge MA
10/6/13 Webster Hall New York NY
10/8/13 The Haunt Ithaca NY
10/9/13 The Warhol @ Carnegie Lecture Pittsburgh PA
10/10/13 Beachland Ballroom Cleveland OH
10/11/13 Trinosophes Detroit MI
10/12/13 High Noon Saloon Madison WI
10/13/13 Cedar Cultural Center Minneapolis MN
10/14/13 Alhambra Palace Chicago IL
10/16/13 Old Rock House St. Louis MO
10/17/13 Mojo's Columbia MO
10/18/13 Outland Ballroom Springfield MO
10/19/13 The Opolis Norman OK
11/12/13 Rhythm Room Phoenix AZ w/ Mick Turner
11/13/13 Pappy and Harriets Pioneertown Palace Pioneertown CA w/ Mick Turner
11/14/13 Japan American Theatre Los Angeles CA w/ Mick Turner
11/15/13 Soho Restaurant & Music Club Santa Barbara CA w/ Mick Turner
11/16/13 Slim's San Francisco CA w/ Mick Turner
11/17/13 The Chapel San Francisco CA w/ Mick Turner
11/19/13 Aladdin Theater Portland OR w/ Mick Turner
11/20/13 Neumo's Seattle WA w/ Mick Turner
11/22/13 Neurolux Boise ID
11/23/13 The State Room Salt Lake City UT
11/25/13 Oriental Theater Denver CO w/ The Howling Hex

kreng · **Joined:** Fri January 04, 2013 10:53 pm **Posts:** 1100

not sure what's up with Drag City releasing all these Dub remixes (first OM, now Callahan) but they're selling a dub preview of the non dub new album.

http://www.dragcity.com/products/expand ... id-40s-dub

kreng · **Joined:** Fri January 04, 2013 10:53 pm **Posts:** 1100

kreng wrote:

not sure what's up with Drag City releasing all these Dub remixes (first OM, now Callahan) but they're selling a dub preview of the non dub new album.

http://www.dragcity.com/products/expand ... id-40s-dub

why is there no SoundCloud tag?

https://soundcloud.com/drag-city/bill-c ... anding-dub

kreng · **Joined:** Fri January 04, 2013 10:53 pm **Posts:** 1100

Album is going to be reissued as a dub album, I loved the single so I'm actually really looking forward to this.

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CALLAHAN'S DREAM RIVER NEWLY DUBBED 'HAVE FUN WITH GOD'
posted December 5th, 2013

Dub is a spiritual, abstract, visceral, mystical thing. Finite and Infinite at the same time. Deeply rooted in the earth and embracing outer space. Don’t be fooled by names, Dub has come and gone. Dub is a ghost, a duppy. A duppy of a childhood guppy. Flushed and thriving in the sewers and the swamps. Bill Callahan, no stranger to a good flushing, has thus taken his #1 Album of the Year, Dream River, and turned it dub! The whole thing now, dub- not just a coupla songs, like you thought. "Expanding Dub" b/w "High In The Mid-40s Dub" was simply the first message, mon! Now MC B.C. brings the whole production, and calls it, Have Fun With God. The tantalizing, liquid flow of Dream River as you know it will cease to exist; except, that it won't. It will exist in its earthly form and intergalactic, or heavenly, form. For a while. Or for a bit... we'll see! How does Dream River sound when it's off this earthly plane? Time to Have Fun With God and find out - the riddim riddle begins, on LP and CD, January 21st, 2014!

Blaine Ryan · **Joined:** Wed November 06, 2013 9:16 pm **Posts:** 431

One of my favorite records of the year.

Kevin Davis · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 6:06 pm **Posts:** 8568

I have it on good authority that this album is going to be stuffed into my Christmas stocking this year.

Simple Torture · **Posted:** Fri December 06, 2013 3:50 pm

kreng wrote:

Album is going to be reissued as a dub album, I loved the single so I'm actually really looking forward to this.

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CALLAHAN'S DREAM RIVER NEWLY DUBBED 'HAVE FUN WITH GOD'
posted December 5th, 2013

Dub is a spiritual, abstract, visceral, mystical thing. Finite and Infinite at the same time. Deeply rooted in the earth and embracing outer space. Don’t be fooled by names, Dub has come and gone. Dub is a ghost, a duppy. A duppy of a childhood guppy. Flushed and thriving in the sewers and the swamps. Bill Callahan, no stranger to a good flushing, has thus taken his #1 Album of the Year, Dream River, and turned it dub! The whole thing now, dub- not just a coupla songs, like you thought. "Expanding Dub" b/w "High In The Mid-40s Dub" was simply the first message, mon! Now MC B.C. brings the whole production, and calls it, Have Fun With God. The tantalizing, liquid flow of Dream River as you know it will cease to exist; except, that it won't. It will exist in its earthly form and intergalactic, or heavenly, form. For a while. Or for a bit... we'll see! How does Dream River sound when it's off this earthly plane? Time to Have Fun With God and find out - the riddim riddle begins, on LP and CD, January 21st, 2014!

Excellent!

Kevin Davis · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 6:06 pm **Posts:** 8568

Kevin Davis wrote:

I have it on good authority that this album is going to be stuffed into my Christmas stocking this year.

Called that one. I got through about 1/3 of it and immediately went to Drag City's website and ordered "Apocalypse" and "Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle" too. Beautiful, chilling stuff.

Simple Torture · **Posted:** Fri December 27, 2013 4:44 am

Kevin Davis wrote:

I have it on good authority that this album is going to be stuffed into my Christmas stocking this year.

Called that one. I got through about 1/3 it and immediately went to Drag City's website and ordered "Apocalypse" and "Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle" too. Beautiful, chilling stuff.

'atta boy.

super nintendo chalmers · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 7:47 pm **Posts:** 2357

Simple Torture wrote:

Kevin Davis wrote:

I have it on good authority that this album is going to be stuffed into my Christmas stocking this year.

Called that one. I got through about 1/3 it and immediately went to Drag City's website and ordered "Apocalypse" and "Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle" too. Beautiful, chilling stuff.

'atta boy.

Blaine Ryan · **Joined:** Wed November 06, 2013 9:16 pm **Posts:** 431

Glad you're enjoying, KD.

One article that really affected my view of Dream River was Steven Hyden's interview with Callahan. I haven't read it since it was posted, but the theory he posits about the album being a sort of journey into the unconscious seemed quite fitting to me at the time (and still does, although I'm wary of trying to force a "concept" onto an album like this). It's worth a read, for those interested: http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/965 ... ream-river

washing machine · **Posted:** Fri December 27, 2013 8:59 pm

Kevin Davis · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 6:06 pm **Posts:** 8568

I really, really like "Apocalypse"--"Astral Weeks" as recited by Leonard Cohen. Brilliant stuff. "Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle" is good too but I find myself drifting off during the last few tracks--both "Apocalypse" and "Dream River" keep me pretty riveted throughout.

Kevin Davis · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 6:06 pm **Posts:** 8568

Blaine Ryan wrote:

Glad you're enjoying, KD.

One article that really affected my view of Dream River was Steven Hyden's interview with Callahan. I haven't read it since it was posted, but the theory he posits about the album being a sort of journey into the unconscious seemed quite fitting to me at the time (and still does, although I'm wary of trying to force a "concept" onto an album like this). It's worth a read, for those interested: http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/965 ... ream-river

Also awesome, by the way.

Bill Callahan - Dream River [September 17]

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