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Home » Drag City Records

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Posted inMusic

Bill Callahan has a couple dad jokes for you

by Bill Meyer September 15, 2020August 18, 2021

In 2019 Bill Callahan broke a bout of writer’s block that had lasted more than five years with Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest, a 20-song concept record about the satisfactions of family life. Gold Record, which arrives just 14 months later, sustains its predecessor’s sparse country-rock sound. And while it wastes no effort on trying […]

Posted inMusic

Ty Segall hangs his first art show, ‘Assterpiece Theatre,’ in Chicago

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil March 20, 2017August 18, 2021

Ty Segall hangs his first art show in Chicago, hip-hop showcase All Smiles puts together a top-shelf March lineup, and more.

A Band Called Death
Posted inFilm

Black punks revolt in A Band Called Death

by J.R. Jones June 26, 2013August 19, 2021

A Band Called Death revisits a pioneering black punk band from Detroit.

Posted inBest of Chicago

Best Drag City Promotion

by Peter Margasak June 20, 2012August 19, 2021

Cave’s flatbed truck performance

Posted inMusic

Keep on pressin’

by Kevin Warwick May 31, 2012August 19, 2021

Keep on pressin’: the making of four local record labels

Posted inBlogs

London riots hit local labels too

by Peter Margasak August 9, 2011August 19, 2021

The destructive riots in England have taken a serious toll on more than 150 indie record labels, including several from Chicago.

Posted inBlogs

The Now Underground Sound of Drag City

by Peter Margasak September 30, 2010August 19, 2021

Magik Markers and Sic Alps, two Drag City acts that are old-school underground, play at Ronny’s on Saturday night.

Posted inBlogs

The Visual Music of Swiss Director Peter Liechti

by Peter Margasak November 3, 2009August 19, 2021

Swiss reedist Hans Koch, who plays a solo set Wednesday as part of the run-up to the Umbrella Music Festival, also appears in a recent documentary by the great Peter Liechti.

Posted inBlogs

Blast from my past

by Peter Margasak April 16, 2009August 19, 2021

Drag City reissues an obscure punk classic by the Fems.

Posted inBlogs

Ripple effects from the Touch and Go calamity

by Peter Margasak February 23, 2009August 19, 2021

What the shuttering of Touch and Go’s distribution operation means for some of the labels that have been a part of it

Posted inBlogs

Free Nimrod Workman listening party

by Peter Margasak December 8, 2008August 19, 2021

On Thursday at Intuit, Drag City celebrates the powerful voice of Kentucky coal miner Nimrod Workman.

Posted inBlogs

Weekend happenings

by Peter Margasak September 21, 2007August 19, 2021

More music to check out this weekend.

Posted inBlogs

Recovery mission

by Peter Margasak August 29, 2006August 19, 2021

Drag City Records uncovers music by Bill Fay and Mark Fosson.

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