Drag City presents...
FROM their scuzzy early days with Royal Trux, Smog, Palace Brothers and Pavement, to their more expansive roster today – though Bill Callahan and Will Oldham remain constants – Drag City has released music by many of Uncut’s favourite artists over the past three decades.
To celebrate their continuing stellar form, and Callahan’s new Gold Record, we asked the Chicago crew to compile their own favourite releases from the past 12 months. Here then is a survey of Drag City today, an eclectic and global sonic stew: one can drop in on Ty Segall in Laurel Canyon, eavesdrop on Masaki Batoh in Tokyo or hang out with Alasdair Roberts in Glasgow. There’s also a very fine taster from Callahan’s new LP, a modern classic from Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy’s 2019 album I Made A Place and much more from Wand, Jackie Lynn, Tim Presley and others. While you ready your stereo, here’s Drag City’s Rian Murphy to guide you through the 15 tracks…
1 BILL MACKAY PRE-CALIFORNIA
A dusty, overdriven instrumental
