Y’all, it’s been a while—we missed you. The end of 2022 has been a wild ride, and herein is its final Paradisiacal dispatch. ‘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).
Happy Bandcamp Day! Today Bandcamp is once again waiving its revenue share and passing along all proceeds to artists and labels. For the occasion, we are celebrating the music of The Weather Station, with a very limited translucent clear white vinyl edition of their gorgeous self-titled 2017 record, available while supplies last. The first 50 orders get a copy autographed by Tamara Lindeman.
Two of the greatest working songwriters and poetic voices in Canada have recorded a miraculous, magical pair of songs together. The Weather Station’s “I Tried to Wear the World (feat. Jennifer Castle)” and Jennifer Castle’s “Midas Touch (feat. The Weather Station),” two sides of the same tarnished gold coin of sorrowfully sweet sentiments, represent their first-ever studio collaboration and the third edition of the Polaris Collaboration Sessions.
Two of the greatest working songwriters and poetic voices in Canada have recorded a miraculous, magical pair of songs together. The Weather Station’s “I Tried to Wear the World (feat. Jennifer Castle)” and Jennifer Castle’s “Midas Touch (feat. The Weather Station),” two sides of the same tarnished gold coin of sorrowfully sweet sentiments, represent their first-ever studio collaboration and the third edition of the Polaris Collaboration Sessions.
Trouble in Mind and PoB, in cooperation with the venerable Chicago venue the Empty Bottle, are proud to present Trouble in Paradise, a three-day festival (Sept. 13-15) showcasing a simpatico sampling of both record labels’ critically acclaimed and wide-ranging international rosters. The lineup, which features an array of artists including The Weather Station, Gun Outfit, Nap Eyes, Itasca, James Elkington, JX Fussell & Nathan Bowles, among many others, explores the shared terrain between the respective realms of one label named for a classic blues song and another named for a Melville story.
Congratulations to Jennifer Castle and The Weather Station for their inclusion on the Polaris Music Prize’s Long List for 2018 releases.
Jennifer Castle is announcing her first tour in support of her stunning new album Angels of Death. In tandem with today’s announcement and Toronto’s Historic Massey Hall celebrating 124 years, Jennifer Castle is presenting a Live at Historic Massey Hall video, featuring interview and performance footage, including a brand new, otherwise unrecorded song. The Weather Station returns to the road this fall as well, including many dates with Castle.
This week, The Weather Station, Terry Allen, and a PoB crew will descend upon the small West Texas town of Marfa for the third annual Marfa Myths festival. On Thursday, April 12, The Weather Station and Terry Allen are sharing a bill, followed by a drag show. We’ll have a big ol’ house in town. Come on by for a visit and a sip of mezcal.
On the heels of SXSW, where The Weather Station was named one of “17 Acts That Stood Out” by the New York Times and one “30 Best Artists We Saw” by Rolling Stone, The Weather Station kick off an international headline tour and share the new video for “Impossible,” shot and edited by Tamara Lindeman and Colin Medley. As Lindeman describes it, “This was one of these late night, half asleep ideas. A sort of child-like play on free will.”
The Weather Station’s critically acclaimed self-titled album, released in October, has been nominated for a Juno Award in the category of Contemporary Roots Album of the Year. Congrats to Tamara and the band!
