John Moreland: “Big Bad Luv”
JOHN MORELAND Big Bad Luv 4AD By his own admission, when John Moreland wrote his breakthrough second solo album, 2013’s In the Throes, his sole …
JOHN MORELAND Big Bad Luv 4AD By his own admission, when John Moreland wrote his breakthrough second solo album, 2013’s In the Throes, his sole …
Consensus, schmensus! When we asked our core staff and contributors to put together their individual Top 10 lists of their favorite Americana releases of 2016, we kinda …
By Richard Skanse Move over, Donald — you are now only the second most surprising winner of 2016. Actually, as shocking as the November presidential election …
By Lynne Margolis The inner sleeve of Shovels & Rope’s Busted Jukebox Volume 1 album, which they somehow sandwiched between 2014’s Swimmin’ Time and their …
SHOVELS & ROPE Little Seeds New West Records Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent, over the course of a couple of proper full-length albums and …
By Kelly Dearmore “Ain’t it great to be alive? Ain’t it nice to be fighting’ on the winning side?” There’s always a ring of triumph to Shovels …
By Kelly Dearmore (LSM Oct/Nov 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 5) The Tradewinds Social Club is not the kind of joint where lasting musical memories are …
By Michael Hoinski (LSM Oct/Nov 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 5) Alejandro Rose-Garcia was destined to be the one and only. In 2007, the Austin native, …
SHOVELS & ROPE Swimmin’ Time Dualtone The cover image on Swimmin’ Time, a life preserver, serves as a perfect metaphor for the songs within — …
By Lynne Margolis (LSM July/Aug 2014/vol 7 – issue 4) John Fullbright likes to joke that he’d have trouble naming a cat, much less an …