Revisiting Will Oldham and Tortoise’s 2006 collaboration, The Brave And The Bold, last week spawned some interesting offline chatter about what it means to cover an artist. While much of the discussion […]
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Sevens :: Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy w/ Tortoise – Thunder Road
( Sevens , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, pays tribute to the art of the individual song.) In January of 2006, Will Oldham, under his working guise of Bonnie ‘Prince’ […]
Sevens :: Palace Brothers/Gulf Shores
( Sevens , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, pays tribute to the art of the individual song.) The muse that is ‘Summer’s end’ has long served as an allegory for […]
Bonnie “Prince” Billy :: The Wonder Show of the World
Will Oldham’s career has more or less been a series of collaborations. His name is most often been attached to the work, and more times than not, he’s the primary artistic driver […]
Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy :: Play, Guitar, Play (Conway Twitty)
Will Oldham’s next long player (with the Cairo Gang ) is out March 23rd on Drag City. He and Emmett Kelly have dubbed this one The Wonder Show of the World . I have yet to hear a note […]
Angie Hart & Bonnie “Prince” Billy :: Little Bridges
Former Frente! vocalist, Angie Hart , duets with Bonnie “Prince” Billy on “Little Bridges” off her 2009 disc Eat My Shadow . The Juxtaposition between Hart and Oldham’s off-kilter vocals works perfectly here. MP3: […]
Decade :: Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy/Matt Sweeney, Superwolf (2005)
What is it that makes us want to deconstruct art by units of time? Lists. We love making them. We love arguing over them. And here, on the verge of […]
Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy :: Death To Everyone (Live)
Just in time for the holidays! Markedly different from the stark I See A Darkness version, MBV just debuted this live rendering of Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy’s “Death To Everyone,” a track that while culled from […]
Bonnie “Prince” Billy :: How About Thank You
Bonnie “Prince” Billy :: Los Angeles, 2009
Bonnie “Prince” Billy made several appearances L.A. last month in support of his new album, Beware , including a proper evening show at the El Rey, an Amoeba in-store, and a mid-morning studio taping […]
Nicolai Dunger :: Tranquil Isolation
A few weeks ago while in Austin, a group of us were discussing Bonnie “Prince” Billy’s new LP Beware — a conversation that soon shifted to Will Oldham related side-projects. Among other titles discussed […]
Bonnie “Prince” Billy :: Beware
When a songwriter’s prolificacy creates the volumes that Will Oldham’s has, it can become difficult to draw reference from his catalogue. It often exists as one vast document of his contribution, nuance […]
Bonnie “Prince” Billy :: I Am Goodbye
We’ll be discussing Bonnie “Prince” Billy’s upcoming album, Beware , at length in the very near future. Until then, chew on the new video for “I Am Goodbye,” which is very demonstrative of […]
Scratch The Surface :: Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy: The Letting Go
Album artwork: Does it indeed affect our listening experience, and if so, how? Scratch the Surface is a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard that that takes a look at particularly […]
Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy & Captain Anomoanon :: 2006
As Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy prepared to embark on what would become a very busy fall of 2006, he played two very special nights at Joe’s Pub in New York City. With brothers Paul and Ned […]