All posts on 2011

IAN MOORE AND THE LOSSY COILS El Sonido Nuevo Spark and Shine Records Ian Moore’s career has veered between rock-guitar master and artsy singer-songwriter, and …

By Christopher J. Oglesby (LSM May/June 2011/vol. 4 – Issue 3) Standing 5-foot-3-inches in her custom handmade cowboy boots, braided pigtails, and feathered headband, Amanda …

WHISKEY MYERS Firewater Smith Entertainment Shout out a request for “Freebird” at a Whiskey Myers show, and chances are the Tyler, Texas-based quintet will not …

BRANDON JENKINS Under The Sun Smith Entertainment When Brandon Jenkins sings “Nothing new under the sun, baby — it’s all been done before,” on the …

KIMMIE RHODES Dreams of Flying kimmierhodes.com While there’s a department of it in Washington, D.C., one must really question if there’s any justice in a …

MICHAEL FRACASSO Saint Monday Little Fuji Records It was pretty much a given that the latest album by Michael Fracasso would be good — very …

By Eric Hisaw (LSM May/June 2011/vol. 4 – Issue 3) Bobby Keys, once called the “ruby-lipped essence of Lubbock, Texas” on an LP jacket, stood pokerfaced …

OKKERVIL RIVER I Am Very Far Jagjaguar Though the songs beg for interpretation, one hesitates to hazard guesses about what might have been inside Will …

By Shilah Morrow (LSM May/June 2011/vol. 4 – Issue 3) So I’m on the phone with Skanse, talking about our plans this weekend, and it …

FOSTER AND LLOYD It’s Already Tomorrow Eefin Ell Records In the great Nashville credibility scare of the late-80s that gave the world Steve Earle, Lyle …