whoa
― call all destroyer, Friday, 27 January 2017 15:17 (seven years ago) link
hey, nice
― tylerw, Friday, 27 January 2017 15:17 (seven years ago) link
this is rad
― marcos, Friday, 27 January 2017 15:18 (seven years ago) link
oh snap
― na (NA), Friday, 27 January 2017 15:21 (seven years ago) link
Finally! Thank you Drag City
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 27 January 2017 15:22 (seven years ago) link
only one track to stream per album though so people will still complain about this
― na (NA), Friday, 27 January 2017 15:23 (seven years ago) link
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
― marcos, Friday, 27 January 2017 15:25 (seven years ago) link
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
― marcos, Friday, 27 January 2017 15:27 (seven years ago) link
nice
― lag∞n, Friday, 27 January 2017 16:00 (seven years ago) link
bandcamp is thriving btw https://daily.bandcamp.com/2017/01/24/everything-is-terrific-the-bandcamp-2016-year-in-review/
― lag∞n, Friday, 27 January 2017 16:01 (seven years ago) link
― na (NA), Friday, January 27, 2017 10:23 AM (thirty-seven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
seems like the perfect arrangement
― lag∞n, Friday, 27 January 2017 16:02 (seven years ago) link
lol those albums in that pic are so meticulously chosen <3
― sleeve, Friday, 27 January 2017 16:03 (seven years ago) link
and yeah one track per album and $9 for FLAC is fine with me
weird that the Half Japanese reissues aren't there
― sleeve, Friday, 27 January 2017 16:04 (seven years ago) link
great news!
― niels, Friday, 27 January 2017 16:21 (seven years ago) link
― 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
― Vlogs from other credible bands such as Shed Seven (DJ Mencap), Friday, 27 January 2017 16:22 (seven years ago) link
that is the standard press pic for meg baird afaiki've seen it a bunch of times
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 27 January 2017 17:04 (seven years ago) link
Full catalog is now on Bandcamp: https://dragcity.bandcamp.com/
OMG
only one track to stream per album though
oh
― Dinsdale, Friday, 27 January 2017 18:18 (seven years ago) link
Re: Half Japanese reissues—I'm guessing they aren't on there due to the recent reissues on Fire.
― spastic heritage, Friday, 27 January 2017 21:20 (seven years ago) link
(Inadvertent double post, obvs.)
― spastic heritage, Friday, 27 January 2017 21:21 (seven years ago) link
oh hmm I did not realize that Fire had reissued the 1981-85 material! thanks.
― sleeve, Friday, 27 January 2017 21:23 (seven years ago) link
Hey, it's a start, welcome to the 21st century Drag City
― Anthology of Literature's Finest Penis Descriptions (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 28 January 2017 00:26 (seven years ago) link
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
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Sunday, 25 June 2017 06:21 (six years ago) link
The Royal Trux and Palace stuff doesn't seem to be available (for me anyway)
― Duane Barry, Sunday, 25 June 2017 10:50 (six years ago) link
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
― lowercase (eric), Sunday, 1 April 2018 15:46 (six years ago) link
Disappointed to hear that one of the last holdouts finally gave in. Streaming music is for lames
― Paul Ponzi, Sunday, 1 April 2018 16:44 (six years ago) link
otm
― lag∞n, Sunday, 1 April 2018 16:48 (six years ago) link
I don't see any
― Tapes 'n Tapes of Osho (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 1 April 2018 17:42 (six years ago) link
April Fools(?)
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Sunday, 1 April 2018 17:44 (six years ago) link
Had to go through the This is: Drag City playlist
― Tapes 'n Tapes of Osho (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 1 April 2018 17:57 (six years ago) link
oh man, this is fantastic
― Tapes 'n Tapes of Osho (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 1 April 2018 18:03 (six years ago) link
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...)
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Sunday, 1 April 2018 18:08 (six years ago) link
I can finally listen to Silver Jews again!
― how's life, Sunday, 1 April 2018 18:12 (six years ago) link
You know their records and CDs have been available all along, right?
― Paul Ponzi, Sunday, 1 April 2018 18:27 (six years ago) link
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.
― how's life, Sunday, 1 April 2018 19:39 (six years ago) link
You can even buy them used. That way the artist gets nothing!
― Tapes 'n Tapes of Osho (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 1 April 2018 19:49 (six years ago) link
Especially if they're promo cds, because you can actually <i>take</i> the artist's money that way.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 1 April 2018 20:44 (six years ago) link
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
― how's life, Sunday, 1 April 2018 20:48 (six years ago) link
lol Jim O still holding out
― flappy bird, Sunday, 1 April 2018 21:35 (six years ago) link
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
― niels, Sunday, 1 April 2018 22:41 (six years ago) link
smog/callahan
― lowercase (eric), Sunday, 1 April 2018 22:50 (six years ago) link
aw man, so good - thanks!
― niels, Sunday, 1 April 2018 22:52 (six years ago) link
Listening to Papa M's Live from a Shark Cage right now -- yay!
― jaymc, Monday, 2 April 2018 04:54 (six years ago) link
So this is what those cryptic, passive-aggressive Instagram posts were about...
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Monday, 2 April 2018 05:02 (six years ago) link
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
― ||||||||, Monday, 2 April 2018 10:14 (six years ago) link
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4ePunOqQbOYoQwd1298g3Z?si=7KMKvouVS0KP4KpR-but2g
seems the indexing isn't up to speed
― niels, Monday, 2 April 2018 10:18 (six years ago) link
NP: The High Llamas - Talahomi Way
A mini modern masterpiece. :)
― afriendlypioneer, Monday, 2 April 2018 17:47 (six years ago) link
― jaymc, Sunday, April 1, 2018 11:54 PM (thirteen hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I actually got excited chills realizing this is available now. And I actually still have my CD of it, so I don't know why I don't just listen to it on CD, but I never listen to CDs.
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Monday, 2 April 2018 18:17 (six years ago) link
Perhaps now is a good time for a renewed S/D for this label. I listened to tons of this stuff in the 90s (Palace, Gastr del Sol, Aerial/Papa M, and others from that period). In the last 15 years or so I've probably only listened to some of the bigger artists. As I scan through the artists on the label now, there's a bunch I don't know.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Monday, 2 April 2018 22:28 (six years ago) link
the whole chicago circuit is worth looking into- ryley walker/bill mackkay, bitchin bajas, circuit des yeux, they all kinda run in the same circles
― global tetrahedron, Monday, 2 April 2018 22:30 (six years ago) link