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Concert Announcement: Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy

by Andrew Hibbard on March 14, 2009

In support of his upcoming March 17 release Beware, Will Oldham will embark on a 19-city North American tour with a stop at Carrboro’s ArtsCenter Thursday, May 28. Tickets are $22 and can be purchased here.

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Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy in New Yorker

by Andrew Hibbard on January 2, 2009

Kelefah Sanneh wrote an interesting piece on Louisville-based singer/songwriter Will Oldham (aka Palace Brothers, Palace Music, Bonnie “Prince” Billy,” etc.) in this week’s New Yorker titled “The Pretender.”
But it was clear that he wasn’t feeling entirely optimistic about having agreed to a magazine profile. “My mother’s a huge fan, and I really liked that Merle [...]

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Howard Wolfson’s Top Albums of 2008

by Andrew Hibbard on December 23, 2008

Former Bill Clinton aide Howard Wolfson offers up his favorite albums of 2008 over at his blog Gotham Acme. The list includes Bon Iver, Fleet Foxes and Bonnie “Prince” Billy to name a few. His take on Beach House:
The sounds of the carnival at night: hazy, gauzy, just over the ridge. Who knew Mazzy Star [...]

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Top 10 Tracks of 2008 (Part 3)

by Andrew Hibbard on November 30, 2008

Yoni Wolf of WHY? Courtesy hiphopcore.net       

While I regret not listening to Silver Jews’ Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea, Department of Eagle’s In Ear Park, Air France’s No Way Down EP, Portishead’s Third, Neil Halstead’s Oh! Mighty Engine, No Age’s Nouns, Atlas Sound’s Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel, Dosh’s Wolves [...]

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Live: Mark Kozelek at the Cat’s Cradle, 11/08/08

by Andrew Hibbard on November 9, 2008

Mark Kozelek, and I quote, felt like he was “f-king 50 corpses” last night at the Cat’s Cradle. Such was his response to a small, low-energy and “uninspiring” Saturday night crowd in Carrboro.
Of course, such a line should come as no surprise to anyone who has seen the man behind Red House Painters and Sun [...]

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