Posts tagged alt-country

UNCLE TUPELO No Depression: Legacy Edition Sony Legacy Uncle Tupelo’s 1990 debut No Depression inadvertently kick-started contemporary alt- country, and was so influential in shaping …

NIKKI LANE All or Nothin’ New West Nikki Lane is touted as both a modern-day Wanda Jackson and a (rather fetching) country outlaw, and not …

By D.C. Bloom (LSM May/June 2014/vol. 7 – issue 3) It only takes about a minute into Lydia Loveless’s latest release, Somewhere Else, to realize that …

By Kelly Dearmore (LSM March/April 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 2) Eighteen years and 14 albums down the line from their formation, the Drive-By Truckers have …

RODNEY PARKER & 50 PESO REWARD The Apology, Part 2 Smith Entertainment Hanging out on the fringe of a fringe, more the logical heirs to …

NEKO CASE The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love You Anti- Few things are more delightful …

From the Idaho mountains to the Live Music Capital of the World, from scrappy new-kids-in-town to seasoned elder statesmen of the Texas music scene, and …

THE HILL COUNTRY GENTLEMEN The Hill Country Gentlemen Self Released The Hill Country Gentlemen have been knocking around the San Marcos scene for going on …

AMERICAN AQUARIUM Burn. Flicker. Die. Last Chance Records A band that evolves from a loose group of rowdy punks into a cohesive unit of seasoned …

By Doug Pullen (Oct/Nov 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 5) When it comes to famous things Canadian, the average American can usually rattle off a handful …