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	Bonnie "Prince" Billy and Matt Sweeney: Superwolf (2005): Reviews
		Superwolf is collaboration in the truest sense of the word, and the talents of the two musicians involved feel revitalized and meaningful in ways that they may not have for some time.
		Superwolf is the sound of two artists on the same creative page, both bringing unique abilities to the table and elevating the other's talents as a result.
		Superwolf is simultaneously bleak and tender, the kind of album to reveal itself in layers over time.
	www.metacritic.com /music/artists/bonnieprincebillyandmattsweeney/superwolf (644 words)

	Cokemachineglow.com - Bonnie "Prince" Billy w/ Matt Sweeney: Superwolf (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Superwolf then finishes with the ornate “I Gave You,” a lovely tale of wasted love and rejection that serves as a good closer for such a dark album (much like "Raining in Darling" had been for Darkness).
		It’s far too early to say, but I don’t think it would be too far-fetched to see Superwolf as an equivalent to Days in the Wake, Joya, or even the massively underrated Ease Down the Road: not his best work, but certainly a disappointment or even cause for alarm.
		Superwolf is the sort of album that should keep the critics and the fans happy until Oldham changes moniker and spits out another masterpiece.
	www.cokemachineglow.com /reviews/billy_superwolf2005.html (756 words)

	Amazon.com: Superwolf: Music: Bonnie "Prince" Billy,Matt Sweeney (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		But the Superwolf collaboration between the two is frayed, fuzzy and undeniably excellent.
		Superwolf's sound quality is a bit more polished than other Bonnie "Prince" Billy releases, displaying Will Oldham's confident, hovering vocals over playfully adorned verses, courtesy of Matt Sweeney.
		In terms of career progression, Superwolf is Oldham's Rust Never Sleeps, his Before the Flood.
	www.amazon.com /Superwolf-Bonnie-Prince-Billy/dp/B00070Q8FE (1541 words)

	The Harvard Crimson :: Arts :: Oldham Unleashes ‘Wolf’ at MFA
		Bonnie “Prince” Billy (Will Oldham by birth) and Matt Sweeney were at the MFA supporting their recent co-release, “Superwolf,” a triumphantly maudlin recording with lyrics dripping equally with blood and irony.
		Drums were an interesting addition to the music, hardly noticeable (if present) on Superwolf, juicing up some of the more charged songs (“My Home is the Sea” and “Goat and Ram” both crescendoed in new ways in the live setting).
		Some of the most intriguing moments came after the band had left the stage, only to return for the increasingly requisite encore performance (the second encore is the new encore, after all).
	www.thecrimson.com /article.aspx?ref=507274 (778 words)

	goddeau.com :: Recensie Matt Sweeney & Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Superwolf
		Promiscuïteit is hip anno 2005, en ook in het muzikale wereldje zijn los-vaste relaties en serële monogamie schering en inslag.
		Superwolf is een aangename plaat die bewijst dat Bonnie 'Prince' Billie zich in ongeveer iedere constellatie staande kan houden.
		Superwolf is zeker geen tegenvaller, maar de nummers zijn niet beklijvend genoeg om de plaat op het niveau te brengen van 'Ease Down The Road', volgens ons nog steeds het meesterwerk van Oldham.
	www.goddeau.com /content/view/1248 (580 words)

	Bonnie “Prince” Billy & Matt Sweeney: Superwolf [2005] Shaking Through.net: Music: Review
		Superwolf is the culmination of Oldham's challenge, a moody folk-rock collection that deals with everything from adultery to anthropomorphism.
		Superwolf just might convince those who've had trouble getting over the Bonnie "Prince" hump the encouragement to stick around and appreciate the quiet, intense majesty of Oldham's unordinary vocabulary.
		On "Blood Embrace," a nearly eight-minute, slow-boiling epic about a man coming to terms with losing his companion to another, Oldham effectively articulates the near murderous, bestial rage felt by someone losing possession of a lover.
	www.shakingthrough.net /music/reviews/2005/bonnie_prince_sweeney_superwolf_2005.html (587 words)

	BigYawn.net :: Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and Matt Sweeney :..: Superwolf
		So imagine my sheer delight when one the discs were curiously labeled simply "Superwolf." "What could this be?" I had to ask myself.
		Now, to call this a true partnership is something of a misnomer; for all intents and purposes, this is an Oldham album, plain and simple.
		Regardless of Sweeney's involvement, Superwolf proves itself to be another notch in Oldham's belt.
	www.bigyawn.net /cdreview.php?id=246 (701 words)

	BBC - collective - matt sweeney & bonnie prince billy 'superwolf'
		The Superwolf project came about when Bonnie challenged his friend, ex-Guided By Voices and Zwan guitarist Matt Sweeney, to a songwriting duel.
		Matt Sweeney and Bonnie Prince Billy — Superwolf, released 17 January 05 on Domino.
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	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/collective/A3518778 (267 words)

	Superwolf - I Gave You (directed by Mike Piscitelli) at Shots Ring Out (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Superwolf - I Gave You (directed by Mike Piscitelli)
		Here we find Will hiding behind the name Superwolf a collaboration with super-guitar freelancer Matt Sweeny.
		This video is dedicated to Constant Debt, the song/video encapsulates perfectly feelings that I presently have and the future actions that they might lead me to.
	www.shotsringout.com /?p=32 (725 words)

	Muzzle of Bees » Best of 2005 - #23 - Superwolf
		Finally, she came over and made it clear that she wasn’t interested in me so much as she was my t-shirt.
		We chatted for a bit about albums, and then she said something like, “and of course that Superwolf album is fantastic.” I hadn’t heard of it, but the next day I picked it up at Atomic Records in Milwaukee for my drive back to Madison.
		Oldham and Sweeney mew coquettishly, stroking their guitars, cawing bizarre stories about love, death, and body parts: theirs is a rancid and beautiful landscape.
	www.muzzleofbees.com /2005/12/09/best-of-2005-23-superwolf (345 words)

	brooklynvegan: No Superwolf Instores for Me
		Five free instore performances by Superwolf (Bonnie "Prince" Billy & Matt Sweeney) in NYC today (Saturday March 5th, 2005), and I was too lazy to try for the first four, and I got to the last one at Other Music too late.
		Arrived at 8:30 for the 9:00 show to find a line wrapped around the corner on to Lafayette.
		Read the positive Pitchfork Superwolf review and the negative Stylus one.
	www.brooklynvegan.com /archives/2005/03/no_superwolf_in.html (186 words)

	piccadillyrecords.com
		Lift Us Up "Superwolf" is the first recorded teaming of Will Oldham and Matt Sweeney.
		After playing together as part of Domino's 10th Birthday celebrations, the album was written and developed over months in London, New Orleans, Brooklyn and Baltimore, and recorded in Paul Oldham's Rove Studio.
		The album marks a departure from the lush, warm tones of Will's "Sings Greatest Palace Music"; "Superwolf" is a return to the bare, meditative sounds of Palace and early Bonnie Prince Billy.
	www.piccadillyrecords.com /ver2/search1.php?new=1&search=superwolf (87 words)

	Superwolf – Music at Last.fm
		Superwolf is the name of a 2005 album released by Will Oldham under the moniker Bonnie 'Prince' Billy in collaboration with Matt Sweeney.
		Sweeney's involvement is said to have arisen from a songwriting 'challenge' from Oldham.
		If you'd like to add some events for Superwolf then you can do so on this page.
	www.last.fm /music/Superwolf (760 words)

	--==> foxy digitalis : reviews <==--
		“Superwolf” sounds exactly like what it is: Will Oldham songs if they were written by some dude from Zwan.
		As it is, both instances of this have produced music that is successful but still lacking when placed next to Oldham’s more focused work.
		“Superwolf” is a great album but is somewhat insignificant in the increasingly vast canon of Will Oldham’s body of work.
	www.digitalisindustries.com /foxyd/reviews.php?which=56 (581 words)

	Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Biography - AOL Music
		In 2004 came the release of a rather surprising project for Oldham -- Bonnie "Prince" Billy Sings Greatest Palace Music, in which his usual collaborators were joined by a band of Nashville session musicians for a set of polished re-recordings of songs from his back catalog.
		Oldham and Sweeney followed up Superwolf that July with an extended single, I Gave You, featuring two non-album tracks.
		Sweeney was also on hand for the live album Summer in the Southeast, issued by Sea Note in November 2005.
	music.aol.com /artist/bonnie-prince-billy/463610/biography (490 words)

	Bonnie "Prince" Billy : Superwolf - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Will Oldham's musical personality is strong and distinct enough that when he collaborates with another artist, with rare exception he firmly takes the lead (whether or not that was the intention).
		And while guitarist Matt Sweeney (formerly of Chavez and Zwan) gets equal billing with Oldham's alter ego Bonnie "Prince" Billy on 2005's Superwolf, one listen confirms that this is primarily Oldham's work, with Sweeney obviously second in command.
		Even if Oldham ends up being front and center on Superwolf, the results make it clear the man works best with a strong collaborator, and it's hard not to hope Oldham and Sweeney continue to work together in the future.
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/store/artist/album/0,,3128553,00.html (223 words)

	Orbis Quintus » Blog Archive » Superwolf (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Superwolf aka Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy & Matt Sweeney “My Home Is the Sea”
		Superwolf aka Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy & Matt Sweeney “What Are You”;
		This entry was posted on Thursday, December 30th, 2004 at 12:18 pm by badger and is filed under General, Music, mp3.
	orbis-quintus.net /blog/?p=646 (152 words)

	Matt Sweeney - Bonnie “Prince” Billy: Superwolf
		Bonnie “Prince” Billy is a very good talent of American music and with Superwolf confirms all potentiality of his songwriting but in this cd, the true good tracks are not many.
		Superwolf, il suo ultimo lavoro, composto e inciso con Matt Sweeney (ex chitarrista di band come Skunk, Chaves e Zwan) è l’ennesima prova di come la quantità spesso non rispecchi e non corrisponda alla qualità.
		Inciso nei Rove Studios di Paul Oldham con il batterista Peter Townsend, e la vocalist Sue Schofield, Superwolf non è certo un brutto disco, anzi è un ottimo prodotto ma si muove in territori già battuti dal songwriting di Bonnie “Prince” Billy.
	www.ilpopolodelblues.com /rev/feb05/rec/Matt_Sweeney.html (242 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Superwolf: Music: Will Oldham (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Certainly not for everyone, but business as usual for those used to Oldham (and Domino)'s resolutely uncommercial approach, and for the curious, there are worse albums to pick up on a whim than this.
		'Superwolf' is the first collaboration between Will Oldham and former Chavez and Zwan member Matt Sweeney.
		Anybody who has heard any of Will Oldham's previous work will know that it does not always make for easy listening, and the eleven selections on Superwolf are no exception.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Superwolf-Will-Oldham/dp/B0006IGOWY (1273 words)

	aVoir-aLire.com - Cinéma - Superwolf
		Superwolf et ses longues suites d’arpèges de guitare électrique, on ne s’éloigne pas tellement du folk fantomatique des derniers albums du barbu du Kentucky.
		Le camarade du moment, Matt Sweeney (ancien chanteur du groupe Chavez, passé depuis par Guided By Voices et le projet Zwan de Billy Corgan) a apporté, outre sa voix frêle pour de magnifiques harmonies sur les refrains, une légère touche classic rock période seventies.
		L’ambiance recueillie, quasi religieuse qui règne sur Superwolf n’en fait pas un album évident pour les nouveaux venus.
	www.avoir-alire.com /article.php3?id_article=5877 (636 words)

	borrowed tunes: bonnie 'prince' billy & matt sweeney :: superwolf
		The post-modern naturo-mysticism, with raw sex, that we've come to expect from Will is still the lyrical method.
		The title character "Superwolf" actually makes an appearance, and lines like "ride my horny horn" are embedded in padding lullabies.
		On a completely inconsequential note, the disc has a strange fabric sock that is impossible to stuff back into the sleeve.
	www.borrowedtunes.com /archives/2005/02/bonnie_prince_b.html (382 words)

	flavorpill CHICAGO
		Using calotype, a photographic process using paper and salt, Estabrook captures wisps of a relationship gone bad before they fade away.
		Bonnie Billy (aka Will Oldham) has taken to collaborating with his friends in between his highly anticipated and adored solo records.
		But don't mistake Superwolf, his latest one-off with ex-Chavez/Zwan member Matt Sweeney, as an album only fit for diehards.
	chi.flavorpill.net /mailer/issue20/index.html (2573 words)

	...::: Please, Listen to Something Good! :::...
		Superwolf is the joint project of Matt Sweeny, who is credited with the "music", and Bonnie "Prince" Billy, who wrote the "words" (and sings the vocals).
		It appears as though just the album is called Superwolf, and the musicians are just listed by name, but I have also heard Sweeney and Oldham referred to as Superwolf as well, so it is up for grabs if they are a "band" or just collaborators for now.
		Well, it is actually May 12 now that I am finishing this up, and I have been listening to many new things since i started this last column, so I hope i do the music and myself credit in this last installment.
	homepage.mac.com /soundmachinedream/musicblog/april.html (1353 words)

	Overstock.com: Matt Sweeney/Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Superwolf : Music
		While the terrain explored on SUPERWOLF is in keeping with past Bonnie "Prince" Billy releases (most directly 1998`s somber, haunting I SEE A DARKNESS and 2003`s hushed, tender MASTER AND EVERYONE), it`s surprising to learn that Sweeney is credited as the sole writer of the album`s music (with Oldham handling the lyrics).
		From soft acoustic ballads ("Only Someone Running") to plaintive sing-alongs ("Lift Us Up") to epic tales of heartbreak ("Blood Embrace"), SUPERWOLF is technically a stripped-down affair, yet its impact is far-reaching and expansive.
		With SUPERWOLF, Oldham and Sweeney have made an album that plays to both artists` strengths.
	www.overstock.com /?PAGE=PROFRAME&PROD_ID=1095823 (360 words)

	Matt Sweeney and Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Superwolf, Domino, CD
		Superwolf is a pure, true collaboration between Matt Sweeney (music) and Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (words).
		Matt and Bonnie have been playing together for years, making Superwolf a long-gestating and deeply-felt release.
		Superwolf package features artwork by Spencer Sweeney!" - Domino.
	www.secondlayer.co.uk /index/p911.htm (115 words)

	fakejazz: Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and Matt Sweeney - Superwolf (Drag City)
		For this collaboration, Will Oldham wrote all the lyrics and gave them to Matt Sweeney (guitarist for Skunk, Chavez, and Zwan), who then wrote the music.
		However, the lyrics for Superwolf seem a lot less personal than his last few albums (perhaps fitting since having someone else write the music also goes to make it impersonal, despite the generally good job Sweeney does with the music).
		In all, the songs seem pleasantly universal, which is a bit of a disappointment given how devastatingly personal Ease Down the Road and, more so, Master and Everyone are.
	www.fakejazz.com /fake/archives/2005/02/bonnie_prince_b_1.php (627 words)

	RTÉ.ie Entertainment: Bonnie 'Prince' Billy / Matt Sweeney - Superwolf
		Allowing for the frequent changes in style and name, there is a reassuring consistency to the output of Will Oldham.
		Once more under the banner of Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, and alongside Matt Sweeney (veteran of Zwan and Chavez), Oldham resumes his struggle with love, death and (sigh) the meaning of it all.
		Sweeney is credited with the music while BPB provides the lyrics, but 'Superwolf' is a more tightly braided collaboration than that simple explanation would suggest.
	www.rte.ie /arts/2005/0330/oldhamw.html (415 words)

	File Under: Bonnie 'Prince' Billy en Matt Sweeney - Superwolf
		Zonder Bonnie Prince Billy - het pseudoniem gaat nu al een fikse reeks platen mee - en zijn teksten en zang vrees ik dat ik de moeite niet zou nemen om Superwolf in zijn geheel te beluisteren.
		En dan niet zoals bij zijn vorige songs uit je eigen verleden nadoen, of, zoals bij Superwolf, teksten uit het verleden bewerken, maar een totaal nieuwe Bonnie Prince Billy.
		Will Oldham is een absolute held, maar ik vind Superwolf geen erg goede plaat.
	www.fileunder.nl /archives/2005/01/bonnie_prince_b_1.php (464 words)

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