Lucky Pineapple (12:30 p.m., July 10, East Stage) and its horny rhythm romp “Kablooey” appears on The Yellow Belt, a limited edition split 7-inch with Chicago’s Prizzy Prizzy Please, who contribute “Super Volcano.” Prizzy is on a U.S. tour now, so be sure to check out when they’re arriving, like a bright white UFO in the night.

The Fervor (6 p.m., July 11, North Stage) and its previously unreleased single, “No Apology” appears on The Green Belt split 7-inch with Cincinnati favorites and tourmates Wussy. Stay tuned for more as The Fervor’s finishing up work on its new album, Arise, Great Warrior.

The Ravenna Colt (8 p.m., July 11, North Stage) limited-edition, hand-numbered LP “Slight Spell” is in stores now. Each LP comes with a free download. He’s performing a free in-store show at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, July 7, at CD Central in Lexington, Ky. These will be the last two shows in the area for Colt ringleader John Quaid before he relocates to Boise, Idaho later this summer. More shows and video news on the way.

As well, Maiden Radio, featuring Cheyenne Mize, performs July 9 on the North Stage, as does Whistle Peak on Sunday, July 11. Both artists are featured on our inaugural release, Louisville Is For Lovers Vol. 9, available now in double LP on limited edition red-and-white marble vinyl. Mize’s duet album with Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Among The Gold, is available as a special MP33.3 release from Think Indie.

If you live outside the continental United States, “Among The Gold” is now available digitally through Cheyenne Mize’s Band Camp site.

250 copies will be pressed on sky blue vinyl. Karate Body Records has 75 copies available for order at $25 each (shipping not included).

The remaining units will be available at Bonnie “Prince” Billy shows beginning June 10, when they play The Belcourt Theatre in Nashville.

Please note: This title will not be available in stores, only through our website and at the shows.

You can order via PayPal on our site. All orders ship after June 16.

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Cheyenne Mize & Bonnie “Prince” Billy’s Among The Gold will be available in record stores across the United States and maybe a few other continents on Tuesday, May 19 via Junket Boy.

JB’s digital store thinkindie.com will post 320 kbps mp3s of the six songs, transferred from the vinyl itself.

Aging is shit:  stuff starts to drag, things aren’t in the right place, hair leaves one area and moves to another.  Thankfully music just seems to get better with time.  The simplicity, honesty, and earnestness seems to trump any of that electro stuff you’ve been listening too, because that stuff is too big.  It’s unwieldy.  Old songs fit in your pocket.  They crawl behind your ear.  They remind you that someone could be singing to you.

That’s the beautiful recollection on Cheyenne Mize & Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy’s EP Among the Gold out via local imprint/ne’erdowells Karate Body Records.  I wasn’t the biggest fan to Oldham’s last output.  It was too slick, too big, and too unhinged.  And besides, he didn’t have that smooth female croon that he’s been developing in his work (See:  The Letting Go).  Cheyenne Mize (from Arnett Hollow) is the perfect antidote.  These older tunes are elegant, focused, and beautifully spun.  Like a story that just keeps getting better with age, Among the Gold places us squarely in the past and present — drifting on a hushed sunbeam of song.

All “Among The Gold” pre-orders through April 11 have shipped.

For our transatlantic posses, Bonnie “Prince” Billy’s European dates begin next week! Here they are:

April 2009
21 LONDON, ROUNDHOUSE
22 AMSTERDAM, PARADISO
23 BRUSSELS, AB
24 PARIS, LE CIGALE
25 PRINTEMPS, DE BOURGES
26 MARSEILLE, CABARET ALEATOIRE
27 TORINO, TBC
28 ROMA
29 ITALY, NUOVO TBC
30 ATHENS
May 2009
01 ISTANBUL

Live in Bloomington
Buskirk-Chumley Theater
March 12, 2009