15 years ago in 2008, singer and songwriter Michael Nau released his band’s debut as Cotton Jones Basket Ride, The River Strumming. Only 300 copies were pressed that immediately sold out, making it an obscure, rare record. Suicide Squeeze has recently reissued the record. This is an atmospheric album that is ready for rediscovery, a southern gothic summer night trip.
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Cotton Jones :: Paranoid Cocoon
Few contemporary artists have graced these pages as often as Michael Nau. As Cotton Jones, Nau and his wife, Whitney McGraw, landed on our radar a decade ago with the […]
Michael Nau :: Winter Beat
Cotton Jones have been relatively quiet since their last studio album, 2010’s luminous and glacial Tall Hours in the Glowstream , a master recording of Cosmic Americana that placed the group in a category all their […]
Cotton Jones :: Wax Hand Asleep In A Glove
The reissue of Cotton Jones’ 2009 Rio Ranger EP includes the previously unheard “Marula” – a breezy, cantina waltz. The track, which can be streamed here , finds frontman Michael Nau singing and scatting […]
Cotton Jones :: That Wheel (Porchlight Records 7″)
B-side off Cotton Jones upcoming Porchlight Records’ 7″ – limited edition (500 copies), black vinyl, Out August 21st. MP3: Cotton Jones :: That Wheel
Cotton Jones :: Sit Beside Your Vegetables (EP)
New track from Cotton Jones . “Egg On A Sea” is culled from the Maryland groups forthcoming digital EP, Sit Beside Your Vegetables, due out February 22nd via Suicide Squeeze. Vocally, Whitney […]
Cotton Jones :: Gone The Bells (Nighttime Mix)
Last week Cotton Jones began releasing alternate versions and demos via their SoundCloud page, NauNau ; a project the Maryland-based group plans to randomly update as time and need permit. Of the four […]
Cotton Jones :: Tall Hours In The Glowstream
We’ve been sitting on Tall Hours in the Glowstream since its August 25 release, but that’s not because Cotton Jones’ latest hasn’t made an impression. Quite the contrary. We were enthralled enough by last […]
Cotton Jones :: Glorylight And Christie
“Glorylight And Christie” is the first single off Cotton Jones upcoming LP, Tall Hours In The Glowstream. While always a commendable tunesmith, under the Cotton Jones moniker Michael Nau has truly grown […]
AD Presents :: Cotton Jones, Spaceland 6.4.09
This Thursday, June 4th, Aquarium Drunkard presents Cotton Jones at Spaceland in Silver Lake aided and abetted by our friends The Parson Red Heads . We have three pairs of tickets to giveaway to AD readers. If […]
Off The Record :: Cotton Jones (Cumberland, MD)
Off The Record is a recurring feature here on the Drunkard that marries two of my greatest interests; music and travel. Having a locals perspective when visiting a new locale […]