The Bottle Rockets: “South Broadway Athletic Club”
THE BOTTLE ROCKETS South Broadway Athletic Club Bloodshot Records South Broadway Athletic Club sounds like an odd title for a musical endeavor until you think …
Posts tagged alt-country
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June 3, 2016 Turnpike Troubadours: “Diamonds & Gasoline” (2010) Fans voted this the best Red Dirt album of the LSM era — and it wears that title well.
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March 28, 2016 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.
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March 14, 2016 In Profile: Harvest Thieves Reaping the rewards of hard work, singular focus and bottled lightning
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March 3, 2016 LSM Throwback Thursday Review Slobberbone: "Everything You Thought Was Right Was Wrong Today" (2000)
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October 13, 2015 In Profile: Brent Best Slobberbone frontman paints pictures from life’s other side with solo debut
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In Profile: Brent Best Slobberbone frontman paints pictures from life’s other side with solo debut
By j. poet “The narratives on the new album are pretty drastic,” Brent Best admits. The former Slobberbone guitarist, songwriter and lead singer is discussing …
Old 97’s: “Hitchhike to Rhome” (20th Anniversary Edition)
OLD 97’s Hitchhike to Rhome (20th Anniversary Edition) Omnivore Recordings Although it was never as big in the mainstream as “Outlaw” country in the ’70s …
Ronnie Lane and Slim Chance: “Ooh La La: An Island Harvest”
RONNIE LANE AND SLIM CHANCE Ooh La La: An Island Harvest Universal-Island After co-founding two of England’s greatest rock ’n’ roll bands — ’60s mod …
Sons of Bill: “Love and Logic”
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 …
John Edward Baumann: “High Plains Alchemy”
JOHN EDWARD BAUMANN High Plains Alchemy www.baumannsongs.com Minimal hype can be a bonus – no expectations means no pressure – but it can also be …
The Jayhawks: “Sound of Lies,” “Smile,” “Rainy Day Music” (reissues)
THE JAYHAWKS Sound of Lies (reissue) Smile (reissue) Rainy Day Music (reissue) American Recordings There’s a breed of longtime alt-country fan — and more than …
Waiting on the Wagontrain Trailblazing Austin country band the Wagoneers just might be sitting on the best comeback album you’ve never heard ... yet.
By Rob Patterson (LSM May/June 2014/vol. 7 – issue 3) It was a classic music business tale: The Wagoneers blazed out of Austin in 1987 to …
Mr. Record Man: Old 97’s
Mr. Record Man: Old 97’s By Richard Skanse (LSM May/June 2014/vol. 7 – issue 3) The year 2014 marks the 20th anniversary of the Old …
Q&A: Rhett Miller The Old 97’s frontman on the secrets to surviving 20 years together in a rock ’n’ roll band, the joy of dropping f-bombs, keeping up with Tommy Stinson, and not meeting Axl Rose.
By Richard Skanse (LSM May/June 2014/vol. 7 – issue 3) “We’ve been doing this longer than you’ve been alive …” So begins the first song on …
