Our boy Emmett Kelly (The Cairo Gang) has been contributing guitar and voice to Bonnie “Prince” Billy recordings for the better part of the last decade. This Valentine’s day, Drag City announced the first official collaboration between Bonnie “Prince” Billy and The Cairo Gang. The newest full length featuring Bonnie “Prince” Billy or The Cairo Gang, The Wonder Show of the World (out march 22th on Drag City) is co-written between Emmett and Will… we are talking about the bee’s knees, the cat’s pajamas, the snake’s elbow. This is going to be rad. You can pre-order it from Drag City… and check out this atmospheric (non-LP) cover of Conway Twitty’s “Play Guitar Play”:
The Cairo Gang will embark on a UK tour tomorrow with Endless Nest favorite, Baby Dee. Emmett and Dee will play in each other’s sets, and it will be amazing. Don’t miss this.
The tour is brought to you (if you live in the UK) by the amazing Tin Angel group (Tin Angel Space / Tin Angel Label). Empty Cellar will be releasing Holy Clover (a four song 7″ EP) by the Cairo Gang with Tin Angel next month. You can pre-order it now at the Endless Nest Store where we also have The Cairo Gang’s sophomore album Twyxt Wyrd (Disneyland Reform Party) for sale.
41+ members strong — the Joan of Arc extended family comes together for 18 exclusive songs curated by Joan of Arc frontman Tim Kinsella. Released today (January, 26th) on Polyvinyl Records!
Joan of Arc Presents: Don’t Mind Control features new songs by 18 rad artists who have played in Joan of Arc at one time or another including Empty Cellar’s very own Pillars and Tongues and The Cairo Gang!
Track Listing:
1. Litesalive: Uwar
2. Disappears: Guider
3. Birdshow: Privacy
4. A Tundra: The Doug McComb Over
5. Owen: No More No Where
6. White/Light: Kickstart
7. Euphone w/Tim Kinsella: Friend in Common
8. Slick Conditions: Spit in Layers
9. Cale Parks: Long Looks
10. Joshua Abrams: Blanes Echo Blirds, Bless Echo Blouds
11. The Cairo Gang: Oh Solo
12. Tim Kinsella: Roots Dug into Dunes = Landslide
13. Jeremy Boyle: Second Door From the Left
14. The Zoo Wheel: Flicker
15. Vacations: Friday the 13th Part 2
16. Pillars and Tongues: Oakey
17. Ghosts and Vodka: Gameshow Buzzer
18. Birthmark: Drivin’ Me Crazy
Pillars and Tongues will be releasing a full length LP, Lay of Pilgrim Park, and The Cairo Gang will be releasing a 7″ e.p., Holy Clover, this winter on Empy Cellar Records (Holy Clover is released in collaboration with Tin Angel Records). It will be the first – long overdue – vinyl release by either of these artists. Paul Oldham recently finished mastering both records, which will be at the pressing plant next week, and available sometime in January. Until then, you can watch the lo-fi gem above by The American Opry of The Cairo Gang performing “Holy Clover” in New Mexico.
Both bands hail, at least in part, from Chicago and have played with each other across the country. Their music is some of the most thoughtful material we have heard in a long time… so, we are genuinely stoked! Coincidentally, they are both featured on Joan of Arc’s forthcoming release Don’t Mind Control.
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