Drag City

What you get without streaming is the idea of the pilgrimage - to the record store, or having to wait to get it in the mail, and so on. Given the 70s self-released grails they're reissued (Red Hash, etc.), it's consistent with their ethos that they like having something be exciting to discover instead of available everywhere. Similar to having to roadtrip to Guerneville or Gainesville to see a Will Oldham show, instead of waiting for an annual pass through the Mercury Lounge. (Nothing wrong with that - it's just not them!)

really tickled that major label practices that were long excoriated by the likes of Drag City et al in the 1990s are being defended on this thread. Like i hardly am deeply familiar withe the label's doings in the past 15 years, but i never knew those guys or their artists to advocate for maximilist studio fantasias.

― veronica moser, Saturday, January 7, 2017 8:35 PM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Joanna Newsom got to record her second record with an orchestra and hire Van Dyke Parks, Jim O'Rourke and Steve Albini [though I take it his rates are reasonable as part of his whole deal] on Drag City's dime AFAIK, for which she has repeatedly praised them. I hope it worked out as well for them as it did for us and JN.

Eazy those are really good thoughts - that framework of pilgrimage is something I hadn't really thought about

Full catalog is now on Bandcamp: https://dragcity.bandcamp.com/

"....BANDcamp, that is! Yes, the viral digital world is not a place easily trusted - not when you're a label like ours, with precious cargo that must never be handled frivolously! (Yes, including Final Flesh.) For those who have been urging us to throw all our bands into the deep end of all this mess, we'll meet you mid "stream": the whole fookin' Drag City catalog is now available digitally via Bandcamp! So for all the neophytes out there (you're the ones reading our newsletter, right?), enjoy the complimentary musical wares we've provided - then take advantage of Bandcamp's artist-friendly build to explore the world of ALL Drag City artists (and even some (dis)honorary ones) - and make your downloading decisions with both care and financial abandon. We sure dig this Bandcamp thing - and if it turns out to be worth a penny, then we'll have to consider the further implications of the non-pornographic-side of the internet. Help us help you help us make that decision! Make an extended trip to Drag City on Bandcamp."

whoa

hey, nice

this is rad

oh snap

Finally! Thank you Drag City

only one track to stream per album though so people will still complain about this

that's fine. it's nice to be able to explore all DC artists - so many that i've heard about but never looked into - in one place that is easily browsable and accessible. i know it's all on youtube anyway and i can deal w/ that but this is cool

also i really like the artist thumbnails. i want to chill in meg baird's living room and listen to recorsd

https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2015/06/08/meg-baird_wide-4c215cf31a3b6462bf428b21cbb9115d781a604d.jpg

nice

bandcamp is thriving btw https://daily.bandcamp.com/2017/01/24/everything-is-terrific-the-bandcamp-2016-year-in-review/

only one track to stream per album though so people will still complain about this

― na (NA), Friday, January 27, 2017 10:23 AM (thirty-seven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

seems like the perfect arrangement

lol those albums in that pic are so meticulously chosen <3

and yeah one track per album and $9 for FLAC is fine with me

weird that the Half Japanese reissues aren't there

great news!

bandcamp is thriving btw https://daily.bandcamp.com/2017/01/24/everything-is-terrific-the-bandcamp-2016-year-in-review/

― lag∞n, Friday, January 27, 2017 4:01 PM (eighteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

just want to note that the second comment underneath this was left by someone from the band Primitive Radio Gods

that is the standard press pic for meg baird afaik
i've seen it a bunch of times

Full catalog is now on Bandcamp: https://dragcity.bandcamp.com/

OMG

only one track to stream per album though

oh

Re: Half Japanese reissues—I'm guessing they aren't on there due to the recent reissues on Fire.

Re: Half Japanese reissues—I'm guessing they aren't on there due to the recent reissues on Fire.

(Inadvertent double post, obvs.)

oh hmm I did not realize that Fire had reissued the 1981-85 material! thanks.

Hey, it's a start, welcome to the 21st century Drag City

Meanwhile

1994! A great year for Drag City releases is now is available at your fingertips on @AppleMusic ! pic.twitter.com/veJV5mnVFl

— Drag City (@dragcityrecords) June 23, 2017

The Royal Trux and Palace stuff doesn't seem to be available (for me anyway)

seems like most of their catalog is up on spotify. notable exceptions from a brief search include jim o'rourke, joanna newsom, will oldham, red apple falls

Disappointed to hear that one of the last holdouts finally gave in. Streaming music is for lames

otm

I don't see any

April Fools(?)

Had to go through the This is: Drag City playlist

oh man, this is fantastic

Btw – DC will always be stone classic, but this label and I sure have grown apart over the past decade or so.

(I also met Rian M. in person, which kinda shattered the illusion; but that’s no one’s fault...)

I can finally listen to Silver Jews again!

You know their records and CDs have been available all along, right?

I don't own a record or CD player and all the ones I've bought off iTunes are on an external hardrive in the back of a closet somewhere.

You can even buy them used. That way the artist gets nothing!

Especially if they're promo cds, because you can actually <i>take</i> the artist's money that way.

I've actually been buying records of artists that I listen to a lot after I started streaming music, just so they get some money and because 10 years of buying mp3s was unsatisfying in a way. So I should probably spring for record equipment because Im starting to amass a collection but it would cost a lot to get good gear and I would have to carve out space to set it up. But I did buy all the SJ albums during the iTunes years, although to my understanding artists werent getting paid well from that arrangement either

lol Jim O still holding out

I don't see Newsome or Callahan but jamming some Silver Jews now - yesssssss!!

The game may be rigged and all streaming services should be overthrown but until we get there I'm happy that these great artists will have a better chance at exposure and that I can easily put friends onto their music

smog/callahan

aw man, so good - thanks!

Listening to Papa M's Live from a Shark Cage right now -- yay!

So this is what those cryptic, passive-aggressive Instagram posts were about...

weird. I can see the page for smog/callahan from the links above but it doesn't show up in searches. can't see silver jews, papa M, etc

https://open.spotify.com/artist/4ePunOqQbOYoQwd1298g3Z?si=7KMKvouVS0KP4KpR-but2g

seems the indexing isn't up to speed