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submitted by Nick Aug 6th 2013 07:00 pm (stereogum.com)
When Tom posted the details of upcoming Bill Callahan album Dream River, he noted that its accompanying press photo (which you can see above) was probably the first instance he’d ever seen Callahan smile in one. Tom suggested that maybe the album wouldn’t “showcase the dark, mordant wit that made him indie-famous” and while we [...]
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The resurgence of Bill Callahan, a truly classic underground American songwriter, is appreciated — New Yorker and NY Times profiles; positive, historicizing Pitchfork review for newest dispatch Apocalypse — but it’s strange that his early, noisy, and especially dark albums have, more or less, been left out of the di...
submitted by Nick May 2nd 2011 08:00 pm (stereogum.com)
NAME: Bill CallahanPROGRESS REPORT: One of music’s most mysterious songwriters talks about the Apocalypse, explores writing songs with a quill, and addresses the apparent futility of hope. Bill Callahan is the kind of musician that — even if you don’t happen to enjoy or understand what he’s doing — makes music that is a...
submitted by Nick Mar 23rd 2011 11:00 pm (stereogum.com)
“Baby’s Breath” is the first taste from Bill Callahan’s upcoming album Apocalypse. The first sound you hear is a quick uptake of breath. The next several minutes are Callahan’s beautifully rich voice up close. The tempo speeds up and slows underneath his vocals, while he picks out a hypnotic, spa...
Yesterday Bill Callahan stopped into Columbus, Ohio's Used Kids Record Store to promote his fantastic new record Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle. The intimate environment suits "Rococo Zephyr," with its lingering fingerpicking and ripple ripple rippling riverside imagery. Stripped of parenthesis and out of his Smog, Bill sits here sporting a f...
Bill Callahan settled in Plano, Texas last summer to record second solo LP I Wish We Were An Eagle. He completed basic tracking in four sleepless days, then handed the tapes off to arranger Brian Beattie. In a recent Progress Report, Bill explained his songwriting process: "I'm more about literal meaning or clarity. I pretty much have to write t...


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