Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy Gets Corked

Or "uncorked," depending on how you look at it. Most awesome piece of indie swag ever.

By Fred Mills

Well, if other labels can create promotional shot glasses, who's to say making a promotional bottle stopper's a bum idea? In fact, we think having Will Oldham perched atop our favorite bottle of spirits is a ding-dong dandy idea! (Thanks to Pitchfork for the news tip.)

Domino Records has created a limited edition (only 150 made) bottle stopper depicting Oldham-the-stopper in conjunction with the upcoming Bonnie ‘Prince" Billy and The Cairo Gang album The Wonder Show of the World, which is due from the label on March 29. According to domino, each stopper was hand carved by artist Scott Millar so they'll all be unique.

Wow, that's a scary looking army o' Oldhams. Folks who order the bottle stopper will also get a download code for the album, natch. They'll set you back 25 British pounds, but just imagine the eBay action in a few weeks, so better order it pronto.

Domino adds this about the album itself:

"For this new album of songs, Bonny Billy and The Cairo Gang together have built a bridge forward, assembled with riffs and bits from Emmett Kelly's guitar and the lyricism of Bonny's heart. But mostly, The Wonder Show of the World was, in its making, about trust. It's a record made eye-to-eye in a room, close and careful, by and for a few men who wanted to be together, who wanted to make music that sounds as good to listen to as it did to make, and who in doing so forged something new in space, the wonder of you and of them. The Cairo Gang belongs to Emmett Kelly, alternately him and his."