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submitted by Nick Aug 15th 2022 05:00 pm (www.stereogum.com)
In 2019, Bill Callahan returned from a long hiatus with a generous bounty of songs called Shepherd In A Sheepskin Vest, then followed it up in 2020 with the shorter but no less inspired Gold Record. He then released a shit-ton of covers with Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy and a rotating cast of pals. Now, the artist formerly known as Smog is back with news of another new LP.
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Another musical act has come forward to profess their admiration for the late David Berman by covering his music. Berman, the creative force behind Silver Jews and Purple Mountains, died by suicide earlier this month. Since then a range of musicians including Bill Callahan, First Aid Kit, and Nothing's Dominic Palermo. Today Animal Collective jo...
For many years, Bill Callahan and David Berman were friends and peers. They both came up writing dour, oblique, poetic songs and releasing those songs in early-'90s Drag City Records releases -- Callahan with Smog, Berman with the Silver Jews. And while both of their paths diverged over the years, both of them reemerged triumphantly…
"Yeah, love is the king of the beasts/ And when it gets hungry it must kill to eat," Bill Callahan intoned on "Eid Ma Clack Shaw," a song off of his 2009 album Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle. Now a decade old, that song serves as a kind of premonition, a psychic thread…
Bill Callahan's new album, Shepherd In A Sheepskin Vest, is officially out on Friday, though the beloved musician has been doling it out in parts over the last few weeks, and the whole thing is streaming elsewhere. (It made our 50 Best Albums Of 2019 So Far list that came out earlier today.) …
Bill Callahan, the veteran indie singer-songwriter who used to record under the name Smog, is about to release his first album since 2013's Dream River. The upcoming Shepherd In A Sheepskin Vest, which comes out next Friday, is a massive 20-song undertaking. And instead of the usual advance singles, he's been sharing it with us…


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