Churchwood: “Churchwood”
CHURCHWOOD Churchwood Saustex Media Dense and nasty, literate and mean, Austin’s Churchwood sounds like Captain Beefheart trying to cut Tom Waits’ throat with a rusty …
CHURCHWOOD Churchwood Saustex Media Dense and nasty, literate and mean, Austin’s Churchwood sounds like Captain Beefheart trying to cut Tom Waits’ throat with a rusty …
MATT THE ELECTRICIAN Accidental Thief www.matttheelectrician.com For dedicated fans of songwriter’s songwriter Paul Simon, Christmas came early this year with the release of the man’s …
By D.C. Bloom (LSM July/Aug 2011/vol. 4 – Issue 4) “Man, these guys are great!” enthuses a sweaty, disheveled 50-something man jockeying to place his …
THE KRAYOLAS Tipsy Topsy Turvy BOX Records If albums had thesis statements, “I ain’t no Cantinflas, baby, I ain’t no matador/I’m a genuine Mexified San …
By Lynne Margolis (LSM July/Aug 2011/vol. 4 – Issue 4) When Rhett Miller let his pal Murry Hammond talk him into forsaking a Sarah Lawrence …
BETTYSOO AND DOUG COX Across the Borderline: Lie to Me www.acrosstheborderline.org Spring, Texas, native BettySoo is one of the finest young folk singer-songwriters to emerge …
ROD PICOTT Welding Burns www.rodpicott.com In the simple but highly effective video for his song “Little Scar,” Rod Picott — accompanied only by his acoustic …
THE WAGONEERS The Essential Wagoneers www.thewagoneers.com Essentially some Houston teenagers transplanted to Austin, for a brief span of three years and two albums the Wagoneers …
ROBERT ELLIS Photographs New West Not quite a cradle-to-the-grave narrative, Robert Ellis’ second album (and first with New West) nevertheless charts a lengthy portion in …
Zack Walther Band Into the Fray www.zachwaltherband.com As a faithful follower of Zack Walther’s career dating back to his Rodger Wilco days, I’m tempted to …