News about the release show for Nathan Bowles’ Whole & Cloven at the Center for the Study of the American South, as well as PoB artists at the Hopscotch Music Festival, the Southern Accent exhibition at the Nasher Museum of Art, and tour date updates from Hiss Golden Messenger, Itasca, Jake Xerxes Fussell, Nap Eyes, Promised Land Sound, Steve Gunn, and Terry Allen.
Many thanks to Laura Snapes and The Guardian for this thoughtful piece on “Cosmic Americana,” which includes comments from, and about, PoB pals and collaborators like The Weather Station, Nathan Bowles, Steve Gunn, Hiss Golden Messenger, William Tyler, Chris Forsyth, Joan Shelley, Nathan Salsburg, Ryley Walker, and uh, us too. And of course, always, Jack Rose.
We are excited to announce that Hiss Golden Messenger’s “Poor Moon,” the band’s first masterpiece and our second ever release, is once again available in a limited 4th edition of 500 copies. This newest edition comes with all the fixins: tip-on jackets, edition number, and a new label color.
Hiss Golden Messenger appeared on Late Night with David Letterman last night, blowing Paul Schaffer’s mind and many others. The whole PoB crew is feeling many proud sensations about these guys today.
Today Merge releases Hiss Golden Messenger’s new album Lateness of Dancers, and in honor of the occasion, all four prior HGM releases on PoB are 20% off from now through this Friday, September 12. Use the coupon code HissGoldenTicket during checkout. (This offer has now expired; thanks for your purchases.)
Here at PoB, we’re big fans of Harvest Records in Asheville, NC, and so we are thrilled about their upcoming festival Transfigurations II, featuring Steve Gunn, Hiss Golden Messenger, and many other PoB pals. Join us for the festival of the summer this Labor Day weekend.
Redbuds are blooming, pawpaws are sprouting, and sweet tea is pouring–Spring has come to North Carolina. It’s the perfect season to announce a very limited-edition, deluxe repressing of Hiss Golden Messenger’s Poor Moon LP (2011, PoB-02), as well as our PoB “It’s a Shit Business” t-shirt, the perfect piece for a day at the races or a night on the town.
The PoB crew will be in Austin for SXSW (March 11-13) and in LA for our Ides of March Weekender (March 14-16). Read on for news about performances by Steve Gunn, Chris Forsyth & the Solar Motel Band, Lavender Country, Promised Land Sound, Magnolia Electric Co./Hiss Golden Messenger, and friends.
Details about the PoB Ides of March Weekender at the Church on York in L.A. (March 14-16) featuring Steve Gunn, Chris Forsyth, the Songs: Molina tribute (with Hiss Golden Messenger’s M.C. Taylor), and Lavender Country’s first performance in almost 15 years. Also, info on upcoming separate shows and tours by Gunn, Forsyth, Promised Land Sound, and HGM.
Bad Debt is acclaimed by the likes of Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, AllMusic, PopMatters, Dusted, the Indy Week, Paste, and eMusic. Don’t miss the release show on Feb. 21 or the upcoming EU tour.
