Redbuds are budding, allergens are flourishing, and we need to make room for new releases in our stacks. Shop here or on Bandcamp through March 27th and enter coupon code SPRING during checkout for 20% off all catalog (pre-2019) items. Plus, some special deals w=for big spenders.
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Hear Terry Allen’s “Pedal Steal: Chapter 3” + Rawhide and Roses Radio Show with Host Jo Harvey Allen.
Terry spoke with Aquarium Drunkard about his upcoming release, Pedal Steal + Four Corners, and the groundbreaking Rawhide and Roses radio show (1967–1971) he produced with host Jo Harvey Allen. Hear the third installment of Pedal Steal and selections from Rawhide and Roses and see more previews of the LP+3CD+book artwork.
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Michael Chapman’s True North Is Out Today Worldwide.
Michael Chapman’s masterful new album True North is out today worldwide, now available to stream, download, and purchase from your favorite ethereal or concrete marketplace. Read on for the rapturous praise from the likes of The Wire, MOJO, Uncut, The Guardian, Associated Press, Pitchfork, and more, and check out the unboxing video of the wine-red edition of the LP.
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Hear Terry Allen’s “Pedal Steal: Chapter 2” + Watch Pedal Steal + Four Corners Unboxing Video.
Hear the second installment of Terry Allen’s Bessie-Award winning “Pedal Steal” and get a sneak preview of the deluxe LP edition of “Pedal Steal + Four Corners” by watching our unboxing video.
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Michael Chapman Celebrates 78th Birthday by Sharing “Truck Song” + His 1960s Photography.
In anticipation of the Feb. 8th release of new album True North and in celebration of his 78th Birthday, Michael Chapman has shared a new track, “Truck Song,” via Aquarium Drunkard, along with evocative photos from his time as a photography instructor in the 1960s.
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Terry Allen: Pedal Steal + Four Corners + Tomorrow’s Tamale T-Shirts.
Preorder a deluxe LP+3CD+book edition of Allen’s radio plays and long-form narrative audio works—2.5 hours of cinematic songs, stories, and country-concrète sound collage. Hear “Pedal Steal: Chapter 1” via American Songwriter. Plus, TA Tomorrow’s Tamale t-shirts are back in stock, and Allen is Howlin’ in Austin.
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Terry Allen and the Panhandle Mystery Band: Pedal Steal + Four Corners (PoB-045)
Pedal Steal + Four Corners collects, for the first time, Allen’s radio plays and long-form narrative audio works—2.5 hours of cinematic songs, stories, and country-concrète sound collage—in a deluxe gatefold edition, including one LP, three CDs, a DL code, and an exhaustive 28pp. color booklet boasting the first in-depth essay to explore this singular body of work; dozens of images of Allen’s related visual art; and full scripts and credits for all 5 pieces.
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Michael Chapman Full-Band UK Tour + Gun Outfit Joins Steve Gunn in the US.
This spring, Chapman tours in support of an album for the first time in his long career, with a full band. Gun Outfit hits the road in the Midwest and South with Steve Gunn in a killer Gunn-Gun attack.
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Michael Chapman shares “After All This Time” (ft. Bridget St John) via Stereogum.
Or, that time that Michael didn’t recognize his ex-wife. The unflinching, bittersweet “After All This Time” features the voice of UK songwriting hero and longtime Chapman friend and collaborator Bridget St John. Floating on a cloud of BJ Cole’s pedal steel guitar, it’s as weightless and lovely as “It’s too Late” is brooding and menacing.
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MMXVIII End Times: Lists + Playlists of the Annus Horribilis.
As 2018 comes to a close, we are proud to look back on a year of seven new PoB releases and feel honored to have worked with so many inspiring artists. Proud sensations! Several releases from our 2018 catalog were highlighted on notable Best of 2018 lists, so we’d like to say thanks to the authors for their consideration and kind words. Also, check out our “MMXVIII End Times” Playlist.
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Gruß vom Krampus Sale: 20% off PoB Catalog through December 16th.
‘Tis the season to give records to beloved friends and family (and to yourself too.) In lieu of the madness of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, we prefer to observe Krampus Day (honoring the Central European folkloric anti-Santa critter). To celebrate, all catalog items in the PoB store will be discounted 20% through Sunday, December 16th. Use the coupon code KRAMPUS during checkout.
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Michael Chapman Announces True North + Shares “It’s Too Late” via Billboard.
The masterful follow-up to his universally celebrated 2017 album 50, True North finds the elder statesman of British songwriting and guitar plumbing an even deeper deep and honing an ever keener edge to his iconic writing. Once again Steve Gunn produces and plays guitar, and Bridget St John sings, with cellist Sarah Smout and legendary pedal steel player BJ Cole. Hear “It’s Too Late” via Billboard, check out the limited red-wine vinyl, and pre-order.
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