2016 was a good year for Damien Jurado fans. In addition to Sub Pop Records reissuing two of his sought after early albums, Rehearsals for Departure and Ghost of David, Jurado released the final album in his Maraqopa Trilogy, the hypnagogic Visions of Us on The Land. Owing to psychedelic folk and dub influences, the […]

Welcome to the fifth episode of AD’s re-booted Transmissions podcast, our recurring series of in-depth conversations and unexpected sounds. As we did with our last episode, we’re halving the show, speaking with two disparate, enigmatic artists. Up first, we sat down with singer/songwriter Damien Jurado. Starting off in the Seattle hardcore scene, Jurado evolved with […]

Damien Jurado’s next full-length, Visions of Us on the Land, hits March 18th via longtime label home Secretly Canadian. It’s Jurado’s 13th album, and marks the artists fourth collaboration with producer Richard Swift. As partnerships go, theirs has been – and continues to be – an increasingly fertile and spirited artistic marriage. The album also […]

If you have yet to check out Damien Jurado’s new LP, Brothers And Sisters Of The Eternal Son, you need to remedy that. And while you’re at it, download Other People’s Songs – his covers collaboration with frequent running buddy and producer, Richard Swift. Jurado is presently touring behind Brothers And Sisters, touching down in Los […]

For most of his career, Damien Jurado’s records have been low key, sturdy things. There were stylistic outliers, sure – the crashing indie rock of 2002’s I Break Chairs and the minimal electronics of songs like “Big Decision” from 2005’s On My Way to Absence — but for a good, long stretch, Jurado albums were […]

(Re-posting the following from 2010, as Damien Jurado and Richard Swift’s next collaboration, Jurado’s lp Brothers And Sisters Of The Eternal Son, is out early next year.) Damien Jurado and Richard Swift – Other People’s Songs Vol. 1: A free digital download featuring the pair covering nine of their favorite songs, ranging from Bill Fay […]

This made the rounds earlier today: “Silver Timothy” – the first taste from the forthcoming Damien Jurado LP, Brothers And Sisters Of The Eternal Son, out next year via Secretly Canadian. Once again, Richard Swift produces. Damien Jurado :: Silver Timothy