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New
Album Released!!
Official
Palace Records Homepage!! 1998 7" Bonnie Prince
Billie, by Will Oldham & friends,
Limited edition tour single (Italian tour spring 1998)
1998 7" Black
Dissimulation, "Western Music", a four song EP from Spanish Labels Acuarela / Ovni came out and featured Mick Turner and Jim White from the Dirty 3. D3 violinist Warren Ellis did not make the recordings apparently due to passport trouble. Will toured Australia and New Zealand in January with the all star line up of Liam Hayes, aka Plush, on keys and also Mick and Jim once again from the D3. The Dirty 3 seem to be touring the US about the same time as a supposed Will tour, so another teaming up could be a probable maybe? Will Oldham covers Louisville artist David Allan Coe. (In My Mind was played live a lot during the Australian tour, and was awesome). From www.ajaxrecords.com/: "OLDHAM, WILL / RISING SHOTGUN In My Mind b/w Spotlight 7" (Palace) $3.20 Two David Allan Coe covers, recorded down in Louisville." Drag City, www.dragcity.com have a special web-only cdsingle from Will Oldhams recent Italian tour. Under the title, "Bonnie Prince Billy", will delivers a great original "I am drinking again", and a suprising cover. Good to see Drag City at least have half a website up nowadays :) Audio samples from these new releases and video from Will's recent Australian tour will be up by the end of May. Please, anyone who has news, dont forget to email me david@thehub.com.au, it gets boring trying to keep track of this stuff. |
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Joya is Out
The new Will Oldham album is starting to turn up in record stores around the globe, you can view a scan of the sleeve here Early copies of the CD also come with a 3 song bonus CD, there is a realaudio sample of one of these songs, "Joya", in the images/audio area.
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New Will Oldham EP
As well as the "Little Joya" bonus e.p that will come with early copies of the new album, there also appears to be an entirely new EP, rumoured to feature members of the Dirty 3 as Will's backing band. Here are some details and a contact address.... OVNI Records, in colaboration with ACUARELA Records, has released a new cdsingle from WILL OLHAM/PALACE and produced by Steve Albini, called "Western music". This record contains four exclusive songs not included in "Joya" album: "Three photographs", "Jump in Jump in Come in Come in", "Always Bathing in the Evening", and "Western song for J.LL.", everything sounds endearing, elegant and uplifting. The CD will be available via Drag City as usual, or from the following addresses in Spain: email: rafael (raflopez@arrakis.es)
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NEW WILL OLDHAM ALBUM TO BE RELEASED ON DRAG CITY, OCTOBER 27.
Will's first album since dropping the Palace title is finally almost here. Its to be called "Joya", it seems. Here's some info from the Spunk magazine www site: "With his Palace boarded up, Will Oldham goes under his own name on the new full length record titled "Joya". Less intense than many Palace releases, yet equally as engrossing, "Joya" is Will at his smoothest. Some tracks are almost VU-like in their relaxed groove. Track list: O Let It Be "Joya" will be released in early October on Drag City." |
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Will appears on the seconds volume of "Sounds of the Geographically
Challenged", playing alongside Dave Pajo from Toroise/Slint/Ariel
M. It is seductive, dark electronic excursion under the alias "Continental
OP". This collaboration was designed around this series and is only
available through this series. It will be released on October 21,
1997. Other bands on this volume include Songs: Ohia, Nero, and drona
parva. Each volume is limited to 1,000 copies, numbered. They will
never be repressed.
(note: Volume 2, the one with Will and Dave Pajo (and Songs:Ohia) on it has sold out, if you see a copy that still happens to be in a record store, for god's sake buy it and send it to me!) Each volume is $6 in the US, Email Jeremy de Vine (jdevine@mica.edu) for the availability of other Volumes in the series. |
| The much awaited palace acdc
tribute seems actually to exist now, as spotted in the
latest Ajax update:
PALACE / ZENI GEVA: Big Balls b/w Let There Be Rock 7" (skin graft) $5.00 9 > the split 7" is vol2 in skin graft's ac/dc tribute series (see somewhere below for more info). Jeremy de Vine (jdevine@mica.edu) for the availability of other Volumes in the series. |
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The much awaited palace acdc tribute seems actually to exist now,
as spotted in the latest Ajax update:
PALACE / ZENI GEVA: Big Balls b/w Let There Be Rock 7" (skin graft) $5.00 9 > there also seems to be news of an alternative press 7" of the risen lord, if anyone can verify this please let me know. and remember, if you know something,mail me. |
| will oldham is touring australia in january 98, presented by spunk magazine, rumour has it he will be backed by the dirty 3. |
| the broken giant was shown in austin texas on the 12th of march for the south by southwest film festival. apparently it was quite amazing and the music will contributed was a factor. |
| mr. oldham will appear on a split 7" with brett from palace records hard core band Fading Out under the name rising shotgun. both songs are covers of songs by country songwriter david alan coe... |
| the Lost Blues and Other Songs singles collection and Will Oldham "Patience"/"Take However Long You Want" 7" are now out. the 7" is unbelievable. it's the most sparse he's been, just two folk songs with an acoustic guitar and nothing else. there is no name on the 7" sleeve at all... |
| remixxlogist Kevin Martin has done a remix of "More Brother Rides". the "stranger remix" entitled "More Brother Dub" can be found on the Organized Sound compilation available through Jazz Fudge... |
