Drag City Records

Tryna get a handle on things doesn’t seem to be ANYONE’s bag these days – so let’s all nod thank ye to the Nathan Bowles Trio for their new music, PLUS the conviction that titles their memorable new album collection: Are Possible. Yes! We’ve been dying to hear somebody say something like this in 2024. And now they’ve upped the ante AND provided something with a handle – two of ‘em, even! Yup, it’s a tote bag ONLY available as part of the “Totes Possible” Bundle – either an LP or CD copy of the Nathan Bowles Trio Are Possible album and a bag for them to ride in on! Classy, branded and affordable – Get yours now on Bandcamp or the Drag City site, link in bio

It’s Wand alone in the studio - well, alone together with YOU. Go to wand.band to virtually explore and get into the place where Wand got Vertigo - then go to our website and get Vertigo for yourself. Sick and sicker!

We went On The Record with @tysegall to talk about his new record ‘Three Bells,’ the evolution of his sound career over the course of fifteen albums, and the importance of collaboration in music. Listen to the full conversation on our YouTube channel—link in bio.

On her 1976 album debut, Troubadour, self-made travelling musician and folklorist Dorothy Carter wanders the world’s vanished landscapes and their traditional ways, playing songs from all over on her varieties of hammered dulcimer and psaltery: Appalachian folk tunes, old and ancient psalms and hymns, Scottish and French melodies and a few of her own songs for good measure. Over 45 years later, Troubadour stands as an epochal folk exegesis for our new age.  Listen to the current single, “King of Glory”, now. Link in bio.

Eiko Ishibashi has given us a glimpse of Evil Does Not Exist, with live performances of GIFT and film screenings plus Q+As with directory Ryusuke Hamaguchi in various spots around the globe. There’s been two pre-release singles. If you don’t know by now, when will you? Today, Evil Does Not Exist is OUT NOW and fully in the world. Now, what will you do with the rest of your life? Linky in bio—

The sun rises again - but this time, we don’t have to wonder what might have been and instead focus with clarity of purpose on what will BE: guitarist Lee Underwood’s 1988 acoustic guitar opus, California Sigh, sees its first-ever release on LP and TSP (Them Streaming Platforms, eh?) TODAY.  Lee Underwood’s syncretic blend of jazz, folk, and blues was a seismic force propelling Tim Buckley’s genre-stretching late 60s/early 70s music to the far cosmos – but Lee’s mid-80s return to planetary space with California Sigh - a meditation upon the land with folk and ambient healing musics, co-produced by Steve Roach - has remained a unsung footnote to his story. Until now! Let forth with a deep California Sigh, link in bio to purchase and listen!

Turn the key and walk into your future! Chris Corsano’s feverish essay on drumming (or album stream, as some of you no doubt call it), The Key (Became the Important Thing [& Then Just Faded Away]) is literally AHT NAH!!! Chris’ solo approach here is rooted in an exploration of extended technique with an invention of his own - the string-drum - pulling his abiding focus on free improvisation and noise into a trian-granular fusion of acoustic experiments and hot-wired ideations of hard rock riffing and the post-punk sound. All in one encompassing one-man band!  Get your copy of The Key (Became the Important Thing [& Then Just Faded Away]) today! And when you play it, say it! The whole title, please. And then you too will know that the world can know... Link in bio

Well it’s officially out today: Shackleton & Six Organs of Admittance - Jinxed By Being. You can check it out wherever you listen to things and also available on DBL LP on @dragcityrecords . Sam pretty much produced this thing and he was a fan of early era 6Ø so in a way this has the acid cult folk vibes of my early stuff with a real forward looking sound with bass, rhythms and vibes unique to Shackleton. Kind of surreal to finally have it in the world when it was recorded so long ago (started planning it Dec of 2020). Thanks all who have offered kind words on the release already. Sam and I are stoked. Front cover painting by Marian Wawrzeniecki (1910). Back cover collage by Steve Quenell @qthewingedserpent (2023). If you haven’t checked out Shackleton yet, you have a whole great world of records waiting for you.

Love Changes Everything is out now on vinyl, CD & streaming everywhere! Already available physically during the vast national tour - the first in 12 years - the album achieved chart success reaching #12 on the ARIA Album Chart, #2 on the Vinyl Chart and #1 on the Aus Album Chart! Link in bio 🔥 #dirtythree #lovechangeseverything #newmusic #newvinyl #outnow #ariacharts #touring #nationaltour

Wandies - and the conceivable rest of you! Here’s a pre-order bonus offer for they who want to raise the level on their album experience. It’s the Turn On, Turn Off, and Tune Into the Vertigo Bundle: your choice of format - LP/CD/CS - on the Vertigo release, PLUS a Black Light Poster, plus PLUS Bumper Sticker! Take a look - all items come branded to represent for their boggling new album; also with a really, kind of absurd sense of aesthetics - impeccable ones, yeah - intelligently designed to make you go Hmmm-into-HAAAAAAA - ahhhhh!  It’s not the heat, it’s the Vertigo! Bundle yours up now y’all! Linkin bio -

Cemented as a dynamite triad and fully locked in since 2018, the Nathan Bowles Trio set the table for their upcoming album, Are Possible, with a tender new single and music video today: “Our Air” Are Possible captures Nathan on the banjo, keys, percussion, and a custom mellowtone, with Rex seated on the kit and Casey handling double bass and guitar; Skylar Gudasz’s flute sneaks in on track ‘Our Air’ to light up a soulful aroma. Listen to the single and pre-order Are Possible today, link in bio — out July 26th!

Make this Summer a Magik Markers one — starting mid July, Magik Markers will be performing LIVE around the state of California! Can you believe it? well, YES! And we believe these will be thee shows of the summer! So drive, fly, bike in—we don’t care just as long as you make sure you get yourselves to one of these shows! MM Summer 2024 Dates: 7/19/24    The Stork Club    Oakland    CA         7/20/24    V Street House    Sacramento    CA         7/22/24    Sub Rosa Community Space    Santa Cruz    CA         7/24/24    Signal    Ojai    CA         7/25/24    Zebulon    Los Angeles    CA         7/28/24    Edinburgh Castle    San Francisco    CA