All posts on 2014

MIKE RYAN Bad Reputation Rock & Soul Records The star of Mike Ryan’s new album, Bad Reputation, isn’t any one of its terrific songs, but …

ROGER CREAGER Road Show Fun All Wrong Records Back in the late ’90s, Roger Creager was firmly amongst the wedge of young artists like Pat …

By Tiffany Walker (LSM Oct/Nov 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 5) Billy Joe Shaver may still consider himself just an “old chunk of coal,” but the …

DREW KENNEDY Sad Songs Happily Played Atlas Aurora On the short list of live albums recorded without the artist’s knowledge, Drew Kennedy’s Sad Songs Happily …

THE BELLE SOUNDS Black Stone www.thebellesounds.com The Belle Sounds have one helluva sound. It’s a vintage Rumours-esque harmonic lushness over precise, Shins-like shiny grooves. Black …

By Tara Machen (LSM Oct/Nov 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 5) Charlie “Good Times” Robison wasn’t about to let a little bad weather spoil his party. “Shit …

SONS OF BILL Love and Logic Gray Fox/Thirty Tiger Sons of Bill may very well be the Bill Pullman of today’s Americana music scene. Need …

LUCERO Live From Atlanta ATO Records Memphis-based roots-rockers Lucero have rightfully earned their name as a killer live act, especially after implementing a small horn …

SUNNY SWEENEY Provoked Thirty Tigers If the current pack of mainstream bro-country hit churners go the way of the dinosaur in the next few years …

By Lynne Margolis (LSM Oct/Nov 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 5) Resurrecting the artist-salon model to foster career development in Austin’s music community, the nonprofit Black …