No doubt, Bill Callahan is one of the holiest cows in the Indie-Songwriter business next to guys like Will Oldham. For those of you keeping score: this is his 15th (we counted twice, I hope we didn´t forget any of his releases) full length release and his third studio release as Bill Callahan. This time Callahan is accompanied by his seven horsemen of of the Apocalypse.

Seattle, WA: It is illegal to carry a fishbowl or aquarium onto a bus because the sound of the water sloshing may disturb other passengers.

Thomas Hardy’s heart is buried in Stinsford, in the grave of his first wife Emma.

Robert Smith wrote the song “Pictures Of You” after a fire destroyed major parts of his home. He was inspired to write this song while going through the remains and discovering a wallet with pictures of his wife. One of these pictures is also on the cover of the single.

The American Playwright Eugene O’Neill was born and died in a hotel room.

The ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ Clip was inspired by one of Cobain’s favorite movies, ‘Over The Edge’.

This hard rock classic was the Guns n’Roses debut. It´s featuring hits like ‘Welcome To The Jungle’, ‘Paradise City’ and ‘Sweet Child o’Mine’ and is the best selling debut album of all-time worldwide. 

Sometimes I buy records just because of the beauty of their cover artwork. That´s also how I have discovered Mark Mulcahy and his music some years ago. I bought this record in the small record shop at our university. It´s still one of my favorite records and the cover is the perfect illustration of the beautiful heartfelt sound on this record.
All artwork for this record (except for one image) was shot by an artist called Michael Ackermann, an American Photographer …

The Story Of The Poppy Family started off in the late 60 s as a sweet Love Story. Susan Pesklevits was the host of a Canadian teen show called Music Hop where she met Terry Jacks, who was a musical guest. They became a couple, played cover songs in several small clubs in Canada and married only 2 years later. The Cover of their first studio relase is featuring the couple (on the left) and their band members. It represents their sweet psychedelic bubblepop perfectly.

This classic from 1976 was originally rejected by Capitol Records because they thought it was not as exciting as Segers’ previous records. The leather jacket look on the cover is quite similar to Bruce Springsteen’s style in those days. It was neither a commercial trick nor a real reference to The Boss. Nevertheless Bob Seger stated more then once that he was influenced by Springsteen’s music (back then especially ‘Born To Run’ and ‘Jungleland’).