Tag Archives: Drag City

Silver Jews: Bright Flight

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On November 20, 2001, “Drag City” label released “Bright Flight”, the fourth Silver Jews studio album. It was recorded in 2001, at “Hum Depot” in Berry Hill, Tennessee, and was produced by Mark Nevers.

Personnel:

  • David Berman – lead vocals, guitar
  • Cassie Berman – vocals, bass
  • William Tyler – guitar, vocals
  • Mike Fellows – bass
  • Tim Barnes – drums, percussion
  • Paul Niehaus – pedal steel guitar
  • Tony Crow – vocals, piano, organ, electric piano, synthesizer
  • Mark Nevers – engineer
  • Mike Fellows – assistant producer
  • Hilary Small – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by David Berman, except where noted. 

  1. Slow Education
  2. Room Games and Diamond Rain
  3. Time Will Break the World
  4. I remember Me
  5. Horseleg Swastikas
  6. Transylvania Blues
  7. Let’s Not and Say We Did
  8. Tennessee
  9. Friday Night Fever – Blake Mevis, Dean Dillon, Frank Dycus
  10. Death of an Heir of Sorrows

Bill Nace: Through A Room

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On November 11, 2022, “Drag City” label released “Through a Room”, the third Bill Nace studio album. It was recorded in 2021, in Philadelphia, and was produced by Cooper Crain and Bill Nace.

Personnel:

  • Bill Nace – electric guitar, tape, hurdy gurdy, pipe, taishōgoto, noises
  • Carl Saff – mastering, lacquer cut
  • Daniel Higgs – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Bill Nace.

  1. Intro
  2. Les Echos (Piece for Tuba)
  3. Boil First
  4. E:E
  5. When Orange
  6. Crooked Teeth
  7. The Giant
  8. Ann
  9. Outro

Will Oldham: Viva Last Blues

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On August 21, 1995, “Drag City” label released “Viva Last Blues”, the third Will Oldham studio album. It was recorded in 1995, in Alabama, U.S.A., and was produced by Steve Albini.

Personnel:

  • Will Oldham – vocals, guitar
  • Bryan Rich – lead guitar
  • Liam Hayes – piano, organ
  • Ned Oldham – bass guitar, slide guitar, additional vocals
  • Jason Loewenstein – drums, additional vocals
  • Steve Albini – recording
  • Eric Bates – engineer
  • Eugene Bates – engineer
  • Dianne Bellino – cover drawing
  • Cynthia Kirkwood – painting

Track listing:

  1. More Brother Rides
  2. Viva Ultra
  3. The Brute Choir
  4. The Mountain Low
  5. Tonight’s Decision (and Hereafter)
  6. Work Hard / Play Hard
  7. New Partner
  8. Cat’s Blues
  9. We All, Us Three, Will Ride
  10. Old Jerusalem

Om: Advaitic Songs

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On July 24, 2012, “Drag City” label released “Advaitic Songs”, the fifth Om studio album. The cover of the album features an image of John the Baptist.

Personnel:

  • Al Cisneros – vocals, piano, bass, percussion
  • Emil Amos – guitar, piano, drums, percussion
  • Kate Ramsey – vocals
  • Hom Nath Upadhyaya – tabla
  • Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe – tambura, additional vocals
  • Lorraine Rath – flute
  • Jory Fankuchen – violin
  • Jackie Perez Gratz – cello
  • Lucas Chen – additional cello

Track listing:

  1. Addis
  2. State of Non-return
  3. Gethsemane
  4. Sinai
  5. Haqq al-Yaqin

Ty Segall: Hello, Hi

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On July 22, 2022, “Drag City” label released “Hello, Hi”, the fourteenth Ty Segall studio album. It was recorded in 2022, and was produced by Cooper Crain.

Personnel:

  • Ty Segall – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, electric piano, drums, recording
  • Ben Boye – Rhodes piano
  • Charles Moothart – drums
  • Mikal Cronin – saxophone
  • Cooper Crain – recording
  • JJ Golden – lacquer cut
  • Denée Segall – artwork, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Ty Segall.

  1. Good Morning
  2. Cement
  3. Over
  4. Hello, Hi
  5. Blue
  6. Looking at You
  7. Don’t Lie
  8. Saturday Pt. 1
  9. Saturday Pt. 2
  10. Distraction

Purple Mountains: Same

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On July 12, 2019, “Drag City” label released the self-titled, debut and only Purple Mountains studio album. It was recorded in 2018, at “Jamdek” in Chicago, Illinois, “Thump” in Brooklyn, New York and was produced by Jarvis Taveniere and Jeremy Earl.

Personnel:

  • David Berman – vocals, guitar
  • Aaron Neveu – guitar, bass, drums
  • Kyle Forester – piano, organ, Mellotron, harmonica, melodica
  • Jarvis Taveniere – bass, guitars
  • Jeremy Earl – vocals, drums, guitar, percussion, Mellotron
  • Justin Brown – pedal steel 
  • John Andrews – vocals, organ
  • Chris Stroffolino – Hammond organ
  • Cole Kamen-Green – trumpet
  • Anna St. Louis – vocals
  • Haley Fohr – vocals
  • Jarvis Taveniere – engineer, mixing
  • Cooper Crain – auxiliary recording
  • Peyton Pinkerton – auxiliary recording
  • Carl Saff – lacquer cut
  • Christian Patterson – center photography
  • Cassie Berman – dog photography
  • Dan Koretzky – executive production

Track listing:

All track by David Berman, except where noted.

  1. That’s Just the Way That I Deel
  2. All My Happiness Is Gone
  3. Darkness and Cold
  4. Snow Is Falling in Manhattan
  5. Margaritas at the Mall
  6. She’s making Friends, I’m Turning Stranger
  7. I Loved Being My Mother’s Son
  8. Nights That Won’t Happen
  9. Storyline Fever
  10. Maybe I’m the Only One for Me – David Berman, Dan Auerbach, Gate Pratt

Xylouris White: The Forest In Me

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On April 14, 2023, “Drag City” label released “The Forest in Me’, the sixth Xylouris White album. It was recorded in 2022, and was produced by Guy Picciotto.

Personnel:

  • George Xylouris – vocal, lute, engineer, photography
  • Jim White – percussion, engineer
  • Guy Picciotto, Nikos Kefaloyannis – engineer
  • Harris Newman – mastering
  • Shelagh Hannan – design, layout

Track listing:

All tracks by Jim White and George Xylouris, except where noted.

  1. Second Sister
  2. Latin White – Jim White, George Xylouris, Guy Picciotto
  3. Seeing the Everyday
  4. Missing Heart
  5. Tails of Time
  6. Night Club – Jim White, George Xylouris, Guy Picciotto
  7. Forest in Me
  8. Red Wine
  9. Underworld
  10. Witnessed by Angels
  11. Memories and Souvenirs
  12. Long Doll – Jim White, George Xylouris, Guy Picciotto

Jim O’Rourke: Eureka

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On February 25, 1999, “Drag City” label released “Eureka”, the second Jim O’Rourke album. It was recorded July 1997 – December 1998, at “Steamroom” and “Solid Sound” in Chicago, and was produced by Jim O’Rourke.

Personnel:

  • Jim O’Rourke – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, piano, organ, synthesizer, bells
  • Ken Champion – pedal steel guitar, piano
  • Richard Skabbs – organ
  • Darin Gray – bass guitar
  • Rian Murphy – drums
  • Glenn Kotche – drums, percussion
  • Tim Barnes – percussion
  • Steve Butters – percussion
  • Ken Vandermark – saxophone
  • Joan Morrone – French horn
  • Jeb Bishop – trombone
  • Rob Mazurek – cornet
  • Bob Weston – trumpet
  • Mike Colligan – clarinet
  • Julie Pomerleau – violin, viola
  • Fred Lonberg-Holm – cello
  • Brian Calvin – backing vocals
  • Jeff Stafford – backing vocals
  • Jennifer Peterson – backing vocals
  • Maureen Loughnane – backing vocals
  • Edith Frost – backing vocals
  • Teria Gartelos – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Jim O’Rourke, except where noted.

  1. Prelude to 110 or 220/Women of the World – Jim O’Rourke, Ivor Cutler
  2. Ghost Ship in a Storm
  3. Movie on the Way Down
  4. Through the Night Softly
  5. Please Patronize Our Sponsors
  6. Something Big – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
  7. Eureka
  8. Happy Holidays

Bill Callahan: Ytilaer

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On October 14, 2022, “Drag City” label released “Ytilaer”, the eighth Bill Callahan studio album, and his nineteenth overall when including albums released as Smog. It was recorded December 2021 – January 2022, at “Arlyn Studios”, “Estuary Recording” in Austin Texas.

Personnel

  • Bill Callahan – vocals, acoustic guitar, synth, FX, evolution cartoon, liner notes
  • Matt Kinsey – acoustic and electric guitar, electric 12-string guitar, backing vocals
  • Sarah Ann Phillips – piano, Hammond B3 organ, backing vocals
  • Amanda Nevers – keys
  • Cooper Crain – synth
  • Emmett Kelly – bass, electric bass, backing vocals
  • Glenn Fukunaga – bass
  • Brent Fariss – acoustic bass
  • Jim White – drums, snare case, backing vocals
  • Derek Phelps – trumpet
  • Mike St. Clair – trumpet, trombone
  • Carl Smith – contra-alto clarinet
  • Amy Annelle – backing vocals
  • Eve Searls – backing vocals
  • Bass Callahan – backing vocals
  • Hanly Banks Callahan – backing vocals
  • Connie Lovatt – backing vocals arrangement
  • Cooper Crain – engineer
  • Mark Nevers – engineer, mixing
  • Drew Potter – mixing assistant
  • Joseph Holguin – engineer assistant
  • JJ Golden – mastering
  • Paul Ryan – painting

Track listing:

All tracks by Bill Callahan, except where noted.

  1. First Bird
  2. Everyway
  3. Bowevil – traditional
  4. Partition
  5. Lily
  6. Naked Souls
  7. Coyotes
  8. Drainface
  9. Natural Information
  10. The Horse
  11. Planets
  12. Last One at the Party]

Bill Callahan: Gold Record

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On September 4, 2020, “Drag City” label released “Gold Record”, the seventh Bill Callahan album (eighteenth overall when including studio albums released as Smog). It was recorded in June 2019, at “Estuary Studio” in Austin, Texas.

Personnel:

  • Bill Callahan – vocals, guitar, synthesizer, percussion
  • Matt Kinsey – acoustic and electric guitar, bass
  • Jaime Zuverza – bass
  • Adam Jones – drums
  • Carl Smith – baritone clarinet
  • Derek Phelps – flugelhorn
  • John Congleton – recording, mixing
  • Dan Osborn – front cover
  • Hanly Banks Callahan – back cover
  • Anubhav Saxena – highway photography
  • Erik Pronske – automobile photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Bill Callahan.

  1. Pigeons
  2. Another Song
  3. 35
  4. Protest Song
  5. The Mackenzies
  6. Let’s Move to the Country
  7. Breakfast
  8. Cowboy
  9. Ry Cooder
  10. As I Wander