Steve Earle & The Dukes: Live At The Continental Club In Austin Texas
Steve Earle & The Dukes Live at the Continental Club In Austin Texas The opener of Steve Earle & The Dukes’ Live At The Continental Club In Austin Texas, a cover of “Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way,” roils up off of one chord progression. It’s not very hard to get grabbed, locked, and deeply infected by Earle’s tunes. With his chunkin’ More...
Joe Grushecky and the Houserockers: More Yesterdays Than Tomorrow
Joe Grushecky and the Houserockers More Yesterdays Than Tomorrow (Schoolhouse Records) Pittsburgh-based Joe Grushecky and the Houserockers are looking deeply into the old rear view on their latest, More Yesterdays More...
Rich The Kid: The World is Yours
Rich the Kid The World is Yours (Rich the Kid/ TDE) Dimitri Roger a.k.a Rich the Kid is a singer/songwriter/rapper and producer. Born in Queens, NY but later moving to Woodstock, Georgia (30 minutes from Atlanta) More...
Willie Nelson: Last Man Standing
Willie Nelson Last Night Standing (Legacy Recordings) Willie Nelson’s 67th album, Last Man Standing, (yeah 67th, you read right) opens with a great wry country funk title track addressing the 85-year-old country More...
YES: Fly From Here – Return Trip
YES Fly From Here (Frontiers Records) On the eve of the #YES50 celebrations, the progressive monster group releases a brand new mix of their album, Fly From Here – Return Trip. Featuring the “Drama” lineup More...
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings: Soul of a Woman
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings Soul of a Woman (Daptone Records) I first heard of Sharon Jones through a friend and knowingly nodded as he spoke of her music . I knew nothing about her and was honestly embarrassed More...
Alex Chilton: A Man Called Destruction
Alex Chilton A Man Called Destruction (Omnivore Records) Here’s the thing about cult artists: if you’re already in the cult, it’s hard to explain why you’re a fan. All you have to do is listen to the object More...
The Motels: Last Few Beautiful Days
The Motels Last Few Beautiful Days (Sunset Blvd Records) Sweeping strings and the chimes of a clock start “Punchline,” the opener of The Motel’s new album, Last Few Beautiful Days. Leader singer, songwriter, More...
Baths: Romaplasm
Baths Romaplasm (Anticon) Romaplasm opens with “Yeoman” a track which like many others could do without the vocals. The instrumentals still have the signature stutter step sound (see “Human Bog”), but More...
Sango: In the Comfort of
Sango In the Comfort of (Last Gang Records) The album begins with “His Name.” This strong intro makes it easy to appreciate the sonic glory of the gospel vocal samples before the track quickly flows into More...
