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Smog  :  Brighton Pavilion Theatre

Smog : Brighton Pavilion Theatre

Bill Callahan transcends the alt.country label...

  • Nov 30, 2001
Dongs Of Sevotion

Dongs Of Sevotion

...it's [B]Callahan[/B]'s lyrics that stake their chilling claim in your memory...

  • Mar 28, 2000
Smog : Rain On Lens

Smog : Rain On Lens

Bill Callahan's 'difficult' years. Yes, even more difficult.

  • Sep 14, 2001
Smog : Cold blooded old times

Smog : Cold blooded old times

Like a hound that can see ghosts, [B]Bill Callahan[/B] takes in different things to most of us, and his songs (until recently, strange, quiet affairs) project them back in startling vignette.

  • Oct 23, 1999
Smog : 'Neath The Puke Tree

Smog : 'Neath The Puke Tree

Quixotic man of letters, bon viveur, rakish dandy about town Bill Callahan gives every impression of being none of these things...

  • Dec 19, 2000
London Highbury Garage

London Highbury Garage

Like his compadre [a]Will Oldham[/a], he's a merchant of bogus candour and unreliable autobiography...

  • Apr 27, 1999
London SE1 Royal Festival Hall

London SE1 Royal Festival Hall

[B]Meltdown 2000[/B] gets off to a nicely controversial start.

  • Jul 6, 2000
Knock Knock

Knock Knock

For a decade, [B]Bill Callahan[/B]'s commitment to misery has been unmatched in the Western world....

  • Jan 4, 1999
strayed

strayed

Smog Strayed(Domino)

  • Jul 1, 2000

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