When We Are Inhuman, the beguiling new album billed to Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Bryce Dessner, and Eighth Blackbird, begins with quarter note pulses from a single instrument. Alternating pulses from a second and then a third instrument join in before ultimately giving way to the melody of “Beast For Thee,” a song originally heard on Superwolf — the tremendous 2005 collaborative album by Bonnie “Prince” Billy and guitarist Matt Sweeney. […]
Category: Will Oldham
The Aquarium Drunkard Guide To Drag City Records: Volume One
Chicago’s venerable Drag City turns 30 years young in 2019. In perhaps typical fashion, the label doesn’t seem to be doing much in the way of commemoration — no star-studded festival, no limited edition boxed set, no self-congratulatory excess. Instead, Drag City is doing what it’s always done: releasing great records.
But those past glories deserve a little celebration, don’t they? That’s why the Aquarium Drunkard team has put together this eclectic guide to Drag City’s immense catalog: 30 masterpieces for 30 years.
Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy w/ Roots of Music :: The Curse (The Mekons)
Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy + The Roots of Music covering The Mekons . New Orleans, LA.
Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy :: No Time to Cry (Merle Haggard/Iris DeMent)
No stranger to covers, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy returned to the fold earlier this month via his latest long-player, Best Troubador . An inspired collection of Merle Haggard covers, the vinyl edition of the double album arrived […]
Transmissions Podcast / Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy
It’s back. Welcome to the first installment of Aquarium Drunkard’s re-tooled podcast. Picking up where the Sidecar (Transmissions) left off, consider this new program a late night broadcast exploring pop culture through an esoteric lens, focusing on music, […]
Bonnie “Prince” Billy & Bitchin Bajas: Epic Jammers and Fortunate Little Ditties
Will “ Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy ” Oldham has a habit of materializing in interesting places: behind the camera, shooting the cover of Slint’s Spiderland ; behind Johnny Cash , singing background vocals on the Man in Black’s cover of his song, “I […]
Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy :: I Wonder If I Care As Much
Will Oldham Interviews Masaki Batoh
Here I was given the great opportunity to interview Masaki Batoh . I became aware of some of Batoh’s work in the mid-1990’s when a relationship between Batoh’s band Ghost was begun with the Drag City record label […]
Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy :: New Black Rich (Tusks) – New Video
If you missed our interview with the Bonnie ‘Prince’ last month, you can find that, here . Below is the new video for “New Black Rich (Tusks)” 7″ , culled from Oldham’s 2014 LP, Singer’s Grave a Sea of Tongues , directed by Claudia Crobatia . Tusks, indeed. […]
Doug Paisley & Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy :: Until I Find You
Doug Paisley and Bonnie “Prince” Billy are individually responsible for two of this year’s most sublime collections of folk rock, Strong Feelings and Singer’s Grave A Sea of Tongues. In a gorgeous case of real recognizing real, the songwriters have teamed for “Until […]
Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
On August 27th Chicago-based label Drag City announced a new Bonnie “Prince” Billy album, Singer’s Grave a Sea of Tongues , by uploading a staged interview with Will Oldham, the cryptic force and songwriter behind the “Prince” Billy moniker, dubbed […]
Silver Palace :: Mr. Jews (Will Oldham / David Berman)
One thing fans of Chicago-based Drag City Records have always hoped for was a full-album collaboration by their two all-star players, Will Oldham and David Berman. To this date, that has yet to happen. However, […]
Palace / Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy :: A Retrospective
A retrospective journey through the ever-evolving world of Will Oldham – spanning the lo-fi, acoustic Palace recordings of the early 90s, to the polished country/folk of the very prolific Bonnie “Prince” Billy. Palace :: A Retrospective Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy :: A Retrospective
Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy & Matt Sweeney :: Blood Embrace
The second entry of our new cult film column, Videodrome , went live this week focusing on the 1977 revenge fandango, Rolling Thunder – a film I was initially turned onto in 2005 via the Bonnie ‘Prince’ […]
Take Me Home :: A Tribute To John Denver (2000)
John Denver died in a plane crash in 1997 — several years later the compilation Take Me Home: A Tribute To John Denver was released via Badman Recordings. Guiding the artist roster, the compilation sonically concentrated on the somber stylings of the […]