Smog debuted in 1988 with the spare, primitive Macrame Gunplay, a cassette-only release issued on Bill Callahan's own Disaster label. Cow followed in 1989, while three more tapes -- A Table Setting, Tired Tape Machine, and Sewn to the Sky -- were issued a year later. With 1991's Floating EP, Smog signed to the Chicago-based indie label Drag City, and with the move began an advancement toward more traditional songcraft. The subsequent full-length, Forgotten Foundation, was his most well-rounded effort yet, employing a stronger sense of melody while remaining true to the trademark bare-bones atmosphere.
The peripatetic Callahan relocated to Chicago prior to the release of 1999's Knock Knock, resurfacing in the spring of 2000 with Dongs of Sevotion and the Strayed EP. 'Neath the Puke Tree followed that fall, an EP that reinvented several tracks and included a few new ones. By the next year, Callahan changed his project's name to the more intimate (Smog), drawing attention away from the "idea" of Smog and putting more emphasis on the music. The next album, Rain on Lens, followed on this path by unveiling several more reflective and sensitive tracks. A year later, the Accumulation: None singles collection arrived with five new songs and the continued use of parentheses.
Discography (pry.com/smog)
Sewn to the Sky LP Drag City DC74
Forgotten Foundation LP Drag City DC13
Julius Caesar LP Drag City DC31
Burning Kingdom LP Drag City DC41
Wild Love LP Drag City DC60
Kicking a Couple Around EP Drag City DC81
The Doctor Came at Dawn LP Drag City DC95
Red Apple Falls LP Drag City DC116
Knock Knock LP Drag City DC166
Dongs of Sevotion LP Drag City DC169
Macrame Gunplay cassette 1988
Cow cassette 1989
A Table Setting cassette 1990
Tired Tape Machine cassette 1990
"My Shell" / "Astronaut" split w/ Suckdog 7" ..1hits
"Floating" 7" EP Drag City DC6
"A Hit" / "Wine Stained Lips" 7" Drag City DC38
"Came Blue" / "Spanish Moss" 7" Hausmuzik
"Ex-con" / "Just Like Napoleon" 7" Domino 058
(same as 7" plus:) "Little Girl Shoes" "Duckpond Blues" CD5
"Held" / "Cold Blooded Old Times" (acoustic) 7" Drag City 166
"Look Now" / "The Only Mother" 7" / CD5 Drag City 167
"Manta Rays of Time" EP Spunk Records (Australia)
tracks: "Real Live Dress" / "Pure sunshine" / "Bored Bayou"
The Hey Drag City compilation (DC95) includes the song "Your Face".
The Drag City Hour (SN2) features a live version of "This Insane Cop" and "Just Like Napoleon".
Half Cocked soundtrack Matador OLE-152. The LP issue includes "37 Push-ups."
Swing Set compilation 7" Shrimper SHR704 features "Your Dress."
Rocks Stars Kill complilation Kill Rock Stars KRS-221. An electric version of "37 Push-ups."
This Means War complilation (Japan) Toy's Factory TFCK-88784 contains "A Hit."
Other tracks featuring Bill Callahan:
The Sundowners - "Goat Songs" 7" - Sea Note SN4
Bill Callahan along with some of the Palace folk.
The Sundowners - "The Girl with the Thing in Her Hair" / "The Summer Song" 7" - Sea Note SN5
Basically Bill Callahan doing his thing.
Untitled - Untitled - Drag City DC73
Cynthia Dall project features Bill as well as Jim O'Rourke.
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Hi Smog,
Tuesday the 20th of May, we'll play a show in Austin.
We'll be playing a show at Mohawk @ 10pm and our good friends from Denmark, Efterklang will play after us.
Hope to see you there.
Love Slaraffenland
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