Garrett T. Capps: “In the Shadows (Again)”
GARRETT T. CAPPS In the Shadows (Again) Shotgun House Records Sometimes the low-fi days of alternative country seem like a distant memory, eroded by at …
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April 17, 2018 Garrett T. Capps: “In the Shadows (Again)”
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March 3, 2017 Q&A: Jay Farrar The Son Volt frontman talks about “Notes of Blue,” finding inspiration in alternate guitar tunings, and the importance of challenging oneself
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February 27, 2017 Old 97’s: “Graveyard Whistling”
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September 14, 2016 Q&A: Lydia Loveless The Bloodshot buzz magnet on busting free of genre limitations and getting “Real”
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July 22, 2016 LSM Playlist: Singing the Nashville Blues 12 anthems from the "minor leagues" about fighting — or joining — the country music mainstream
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Q&A: Jay Farrar The Son Volt frontman talks about “Notes of Blue,” finding inspiration in alternate guitar tunings, and the importance of challenging oneself
By Scott Schinder It’s been over 20 years since Jay Farrar launched Son Volt in the wake of the breakup of Uncle Tupelo, the pioneering …
Old 97’s: “Graveyard Whistling”
OLD 97’s Graveyard Whistling ATO Going all the way back to their 1994 debut, Hitchhike to Rhome, Dallas’ Old 97’s have never made a bad …
Q&A: Lydia Loveless The Bloodshot buzz magnet on busting free of genre limitations and getting “Real”
By Scott Schinder Lydia Loveless comes into her own on her current album Real, bringing added sonic diversity to her fiery garage-honky-tonk tunes and new …
LSM Playlist: Singing the Nashville Blues 12 anthems from the "minor leagues" about fighting — or joining — the country music mainstream
By Mike Ethan Messick The strained relationship between mainstream country music’s Nashville epicenter and the relatively left-field artistic frontier of Texas goes at least all …
Turnpike Troubadours: “Diamonds & Gasoline” (2010) Fans voted this the best Red Dirt album of the LSM era — and it wears that title well.
TURNPIKE TROUBADOURS Diamonds & Gasoline Thirty Tigers/Onward Music (2010) Whether you’re talking about the Grammys themselves or some Saturday battle-of-the-bands at the dive bar down …
Q&A: Jon Langford The journeyman alt-country maverick on the Waco Brothers’ acclaimed new album, his new outfit Bad Luck Jonathan and the thrill of having his paintings hung in the Country Music Hall of Fame.
By Scott Schinder Welsh-born, Chicago-based renaissance man Jon Langford recently wrapped a typically action-packed SXSW, during which he performed multiple sets with four different bands …
In Profile: Harvest Thieves Reaping the rewards of hard work, singular focus and bottled lightning
By Adam Dawson As Austin’s Guns of Navarone were winding down their run on the regional alt-country scene, guitarist/songwriter Cory Reinisch and bass player Dustin …
LSM Throwback Thursday Review Slobberbone: "Everything You Thought Was Right Was Wrong Today" (2000)
SLOBBERBONE Everything You Thought Was Right Was Wrong Today New West With all due respect to Gram Parsons (and all humble recognition of what grandiose …
All Aboard: The Old 97’s and friends join forces to raise money for charity:water Tribute album “Desperate Times: Songs of Old 97’s” to feature Hayes Carll, Slobberbone, Kelly Willis and many more
By Kelly Dearmore Now that the Old 97’s have been around for over 20 years, it is certainly high time for a group of like-minded, …
