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New Music Dead Ahead Tour Dates below! Lucero - Sometimes NEW! NEW ALBUM & TOUR - On March 13, Memphis' own Lucero will release ' Women & Work ,' their debut for ATO Records. 'Women and [...]
Austin Town Hall
Those of you who've been fortunate enough to follow Lucero over the years surely know how great of a songwriter Ben Nichols can be, and with his group filling in the empty spaces, they always craft great songs. Ben's voice always provides a bit of scratchiness to your listening experience, giving a nice little twist to typical Americana. You'll find just such treasures on the group's new album Women and Work , which comes out on March 13th via [...]
Artist: Lucero Title: Sometimes Link Text: Lucero - Sometimes File Name: 09-Sometimes-1.mp3 Bitrate: 160 kbps Year: 2012
Nine Bullets
The Vinyl District
I caught up with Ben Nichols of Lucero last weekend during their two-night stand at the Mercy Lounge in Nashville. We shot the shit over things like the new record, the condition of his voice, the dream lineup at the Nashville shows (for which folks came from near and far to attend), and the possibility of touring with Frank Turner in the UK. As fond as I already was of Ben Nichols The Songwriter and Musician, I came away with an equal fondness for Ben Nichols The Man. I could [...]
Nine Bullets
Latest Disgrace
THIS WEEK'S BEST BET: Titus Andronicus w/ Carnivores Sunday, April 24 The Earl - 488 Flat Shoals Avenue in Atlanta 30316 Admission $10 / Purchase Tickets I just want to take a minute to appreciate the fact that Atlanta has become a regular stop for New Jersey rockers and committed road warriors, Titus Andronicus . And with all the critical success behind last year's magnificent sophomore effort, the Monitor , I keep expecting the group to take their raucous live show [...]
Captain's Dead Austin Town Hall
Date 2/22/11 Location Emos Doors 9pm Tickets $15 @ Ticketweb The incredible alt-country rockers known as Lucero are making a stop at Emo's in Austin Tuesday night. Joining the guys on stage are Houston country styling band Robert Ellis & The Boys . Ben Nichols is one of the strongest frontman around, using his combination [...]
Nine Bullets
Link Text: Joey Kneiser - Bruised Ribs File Name: getMp3.php?v=1&f=Joey_Kneiser_ -_Bruised_Ribs.mp3
Captain's Dead
howdy! so much for not posting much, but like i said thats the way it usually goes. remember if you're in nola or nearby head on over to the cafe prytania for lee bains III and the glory fires tonight. may have something else lined up for later on, we'll see. this is an awesome show, btw. 1. intro 2. across the river 3. a bad man would do you good 4. last night in town 5. amnesia [...]
Artist: ben nichols and cory branan Title: a bad man would do you good Link Text: a bad man would do you good File Name: 3 a bad man would do you good.mp3 Bitrate: 138 kbps Year: 2007
Artist: ben nichols and cory branan Title: a girl named go Link Text: a girl named go File Name: 29 a girl named go.mp3 Bitrate: 139 kbps Year: 2007
Artist: ben nichols and cory branan Title: across the river Link Text: across the river File Name: 2 across the river.mp3 Bitrate: 135 kbps Year: 2007
Artist: ben nichols and cory branan Title: all sewn up Link Text: all sewn up File Name: 26 all sewn up.mp3 Bitrate: 136 kbps Year: 2007
Artist: ben nichols and cory branan Title: amnesia Link Text: amnesia File Name: 5 amnesia.mp3 Bitrate: 135 kbps Year: 2007
Artist: ben nichols and cory branan Title: better than this Link Text: better than this File Name: 30 better than this.mp3 Bitrate: 136 kbps Year: 2007
Artist: ben nichols and cory branan Title: chain link fence Link Text: chain link fence File Name: 13 chain link fence.mp3 Bitrate: 138 kbps Year: 2007
Artist: ben nichols and cory branan Title: daddy was a skywriter Link Text: daddy was a skywriter File Name: 15 daddy was a skywriter.mp3 Bitrate: 136 kbps Year: 2007
Artist: ben nichols and cory branan Title: easy Link Text: easy File Name: 10 easy.mp3 Bitrate: 136 kbps Year: 2007
Artist: ben nichols and cory branan Title: freefall Link Text: freefall File Name: 19 freefall.mp3 Bitrate: 139 kbps Year: 2007
Artist: ben nichols and cory branan Title: great balls of fire Link Text: great balls of fire File Name: 24 great balls of fire.mp3 Bitrate: 138 kbps Year: 2007
Artist: ben nichols and cory branan Title: hold me close Link Text: hold me close File Name: 28 hold me close.mp3 Bitrate: 132 kbps Year: 2007
Artist: ben nichols and cory branan Title: i'll just fall Link Text: ill just fall File Name: 8 ill just fall.mp3 Bitrate: 131 kbps Year: 2007
Artist: ben nichols and cory branan Title: intro Link Text: intro File Name: 1 intro.mp3 Bitrate: 137 kbps Year: 2007
Artist: ben nichols and cory branan Title: it gets the worst at night Link Text: it gets the worst at night File Name: 11 it gets the worst at night.mp3 Bitrate: 137 kbps Year: 2007
Artist: ben nichols and cory branan Title: joining the army Link Text: joining the army File Name: 14 joining the army.mp3 Bitrate: 133 kbps Year: 2007
Artist: ben nichols and cory branan Title: last night in town Link Text: last night in town File Name: 4 last night in town.mp3 Bitrate: 139 kbps Year: 2007
Artist: ben nichols and cory branan Title: my best girl Link Text: my best girl File Name: 22 my best girl.mp3 Bitrate: 132 kbps Year: 2007
Artist: ben nichols and cory branan Title: nights like these Link Text: nights like these File Name: 16 nights like these.mp3 Bitrate: 135 kbps Year: 2007
Artist: ben nichols and cory branan Title: on and on Link Text: on and on File Name: 9 on and on.mp3 Bitrate: 135 kbps Year: 2007
Artist: ben nichols and cory branan Title: see that my grave is kept clean Link Text: see that my grave is kept clean File Name: 25 see that my grave is kept clean.mp3 Bitrate: 133 kbps Year: 2007
Artist: ben nichols and cory branan Title: she wakes when she dreams Link Text: she wakes when she dreams File Name: 18 she wakes when she dreams.mp3 Bitrate: 132 kbps Year: 2007
Artist: ben nichols and cory branan Title: skateland south Link Text: skateland south File Name: 23 skateland south.mp3 Bitrate: 130 kbps Year: 2007
Artist: ben nichols and cory branan Title: sour mash Link Text: sour mash File Name: 7 sour mash.mp3 Bitrate: 136 kbps Year: 2007
Artist: ben nichols and cory branan Title: summertime Link Text: summertime File Name: 17 summertime.mp3 Bitrate: 136 kbps Year: 2007
Artist: ben nichols and cory branan Title: tall green grass Link Text: tall green grass File Name: 27 tall green grass.mp3 Bitrate: 135 kbps Year: 2007
Artist: ben nichols and cory branan Title: tears dont matter much Link Text: tears dont matter much File Name: 20 tears dont matter much.mp3 Bitrate: 135 kbps Year: 2007
Artist: ben nichols and cory branan Title: the prettiest waitress in memphis Link Text: the prettiest waitress in memphis File Name: 21 the prettiest waitress in memphis.mp3 Bitrate: 136 kbps Year: 2007
Artist: ben nichols and cory branan Title: tonight aint gonna be good Link Text: tonight aint gonna be good File Name: 12 tonight aint gonna be good.mp3 Bitrate: 138 kbps Year: 2007
Artist: ben nichols and cory branan Title: when you decided to leave Link Text: when you decided to leave File Name: 6 when you decided to leave.mp3 Bitrate: 133 kbps Year: 2007
Austin Town Hall
Our artist to watch really shouldn't really be an artist to watch, rather a must see artist. Lucero aren't a new band, in fact, they have six albums to their name, all full of songs we know you'll enjoy. They blend a nice bit of country twang with a punk rock ethos, giving them credibility galore in my book. Singer Ben Nichols has a throaty vocal, often times seeming like he's struggling to get his voice out, but that's just the sort of passion he brings to the table. Their latest album, [...]
THE DEEP BLUES BLOG
Rick, When I helped Porkchop make Fry Pharmacy, we paid royalties to Johnny Cash for Delia's Gone. Now, I realize it's a much older tune. I haven't done a huge amount of research on it, but it may all come from Alphonso "Blind Blake" Blake Higgs. I have a Josh White songbook that says Josh started playing it in 1939. Youtube has several other covers. Thought you might enjoy Alphonso's version recorded in the 50's. [...]
Nine Bullets
The Back Row Baptists were brought to my attention via some of my fellow Twitter tweeters a few months back, and after a few mishaps one of their new cds, Broken Hearts & Bad Decisions , landed in my mailbox. For a while I really didn't think I liked the album very much but after a few passes I realized that there was just a 4 song stretch (tracks 4 thru 7) in the middle of the cd that I really didn't like. I deleted them and found a new band [...]
Artist: Back Row Baptists Title: By and By Link Text: The Back Row Baptists - By and By File Name: getMp3.php?v=1&f=Back_Row_Bapt ists_-_By_and_By.mp3 Bitrate: 128 kbps
Artist: Back Row Baptists Title: Fourth of July Link Text: The Back Row Baptists - Fourth of July File Name: getMp3.php?v=1&f=Back_Row_Bapt ists_-_Fourth_of_July.mp3 Bitrate: 128 kbps
Artist: Back Row Baptists Title: Miles Away Link Text: The Back Row Baptists - Miles Away File Name: getMp3.php?v=1&f=Back_Row_Bapt ists_-_Miles_Away.mp3 Bitrate: 128 kbps
Nine Bullets
Well, I guess it's my turn. Kasey and RSV have already dropped their faves of the year ( here and here ) on y'all, so there's just no avoiding it for me now. This year was particularly difficult due to the sheer amount of great music that came out, and had I made this list tomorrow it would certainly change. That said, you can edit forever but eventually you have to settle on something and call it your list. So, with out further ado I am gonna steal RSV's formatting and get this show on the road: [...]
Artist: Have Gun Will Travel Title: 3 - Salad Days Link Text: Have Gun Will Travel - Salad Days File Name: Have_Gun_Will_Travel_-_Salad_D ays.mp3 Bitrate: 128 kbps
Artist: Lucero Title: Darken My Door Link Text: Lucero - Darken My Door File Name: lucero_-_darken_my_door.mp3 Bitrate: 128 kbps Year: 2009
Artist: Micah Schnabel Title: American Static Link Text: Micah Schnabel - American Static File Name: micah_schnabel_-_American_Stat ic.mp3 Bitrate: 128 kbps Year: 2009
Artist: Scott H. Biram Title: Time Flies Link Text: Scott H. Biram - Time Flies File Name: Scott_H_Biram_-_Time_Flies.mp3 Bitrate: 128 kbps Year: 2009
Artist: Truckstop Coffee Title: Ghost or an Angel Link Text: Truckstop Coffee - Ghost or an Angel File Name: truckstop_coffee_-_ghost_or_an _angel.mp3 Bitrate: 128 kbps
Rockstar Aimz
Artist: Ben Nichols Title: Davy Brown Link Text: Davy Brown.mp3 File Name: Ben Nichols - 3 - Davy Brown.mp3 Bitrate: 160 kbps Year: 2009
Artist: Carolyn Mark & NQ Arbuckle Title: When I Come Back Link Text: When I Come Back.mp3 File Name: Carolyn Mark & NQ Arbuckle - 11 - When I Come Back.mp3 Bitrate: 192 kbps Year: 2009
Artist: Corb Lund Title: A Game In Town Like This Link Text: A Game in Town Like This.mp3 File Name: Corb Lund - 3 - A Game In Town Like This.mp3 Bitrate: 192 kbps Year: 2009
Artist: Dinosaur Jr. Title: Plans Link Text: Plans.mp3 File Name: Dinosaur Jr. - 4 - Plans.Mp3 Bitrate: 320 kbps Year: 2009
Artist: Doug Paisley Title: Take My Hand Link Text: Take My Hand.mp3 File Name: Doug Paisley - 7 - Take My Hand.mp3 Bitrate: 218 kbps Year: 2009
Artist: Drive-By Truckers Title: Uncle Frank Link Text: Uncle Frank.mp3 File Name: Drive-By Truckers - 3 - Uncle Frank.mp3 Bitrate: 192 kbps Year: 2009
Artist: Justin Townes Earle Title: Halfway to Jackson Link Text: Halfway to Jackson.mp3 File Name: Justin Townes Earle - 9 - Halfway to Jackson.mp3 Bitrate: 320 kbps Year: 2009
Artist: Lucero Title: Mom Link Text: Mom.mp3 File Name: Lucero - 12 - Mom.mp3 Bitrate: 159 kbps Year: 2009
Artist: Mark Olson & Gary Louris Title: Saturday Morning on Sunday Street Link Text: Saturday Morning on Sunday Street.mp3 File Name: Mark Olson & Gary Louris - 4 - Saturday Morning on Sunday Street.mp3 Bitrate: 192 kbps Year: 2009
Artist: Slaid Cleaves Title: Green Mountains and Me Link Text: Green Mountains and Me.mp3 File Name: Slaid Cleaves - 4 - Green Mountains and Me.mp3 Year: 2009
Unpiano
So I've been taking part in this mixtrade that a friend of mine started where each month someone makes a mix and sends it off to the other people on the list. My turn was in November and in lieu of the normal collection of music, I opted to go with a vague concept which may have turned out totally awesome or utterly failed. I guess you can decide. There are a ton of videos that I have come across on the internet which contain really amazing songs which are completely un-locatable for one reason or [...]
Artist: Adam and Dan Title: Summer Time (live) Link Text: Adam and Dan - Summer Time File Name: 10_summer_time.mp3 Bitrate: 128 kbps
Artist: Arthur Russell Title: Close My Eyes Link Text: Arthur Russell - Close My Eyes File Name: 17_close_my_eyes.mp3 Bitrate: 320 kbps
Artist: Arthur Russell Title: Untitled Link Text: Arthur Russell - Untitled File Name: 18_untitled.mp3 Bitrate: 128 kbps
Artist: Atlas Sound Title: Shelia Link Text: Atlas Sound - Shelia File Name: 02_shelia.mp3 Bitrate: 192 kbps
Artist: Beach Fossils Title: Daydream Link Text: Beach Fossils - Daydream File Name: 07_daydream.mp3
Artist: Ben Nichols Title: Main Theme Link Text: Ben Nichols - Main Theme File Name: 01_main_theme.mp3 Bitrate: 128 kbps
Artist: Benoit Pioulard Title: Maginot Link Text: Benoit Pioulard - Maginot File Name: 11_maginot.mp3 Bitrate: 160 kbps
Artist: Galaxie 500 Link Text: Galaxie 500 - Submission File Name: 04_submission.mp3 Year: 2005
Artist: Jefferson Airplane Title: Today (live) Link Text: Jefferson Airplane - Today File Name: 20_today.mp3 Bitrate: 128 kbps
Artist: Jon Brion Title: Phone Call Link Text: Jon Brion - Phone Call File Name: 03_phone_call.mp3 Bitrate: 205 kbps Year: 2004
Artist: Justin Riley Title: All This Time Link Text: Justin Riley - All This Time File Name: 16_all_this_time.mp3 Bitrate: 128 kbps
Artist: Karl Blau w/Hospitality Title: Untitled (live) Link Text: Karl Blau w/ Hospitality - Untitled File Name: 14_untitled.mp3 Bitrate: 128 kbps
Artist: SoKo Title: First Love Never Die (live) Link Text: SoKo - First Love Never Die File Name: 12_first_love_never_die.mp3 Bitrate: 128 kbps
Artist: Steel Harmony Title: Transmission (live) Link Text: Steel Harmony - Transmission File Name: 08_transmission.mp3 Bitrate: 128 kbps
Artist: The Folk Implosion Title: Raise The Bells Link Text: The Folk Implosion - Raise The Bells File Name: 15_raise_the_bells.mp3 Bitrate: 160 kbps Year: 1995
Artist: The Morning Benders Title: Dreams Link Text: The Morning Benders - Dreams File Name: 19_dreams.mp3 Bitrate: 192 kbps
Artist: The Spades Title: We Sell Soul Link Text: The Spades - We Sell Soul File Name: 06_we_sell_soul.mp3 Year: 2003
Artist: Unkown Title: Intro song Link Text: Unknown - Intro Song File Name: 05_husbands_intro.mp3 Bitrate: 128 kbps
Artist: White Denim Title: Sex Prayer Link Text: White Denim - Sex Prayer File Name: 13_sex_prayer.mp3 Year: 2009
Artist: Wild Nothing Title: Confirmation Link Text: Wild Nothing - Confirmation File Name: 09_confirmation.mp3 Bitrate: 192 kbps
Between Love & Like
If you're wondering what to get that hard-to-buy-for bibliophile this holiday season, or want to get Lucero frontman Ben Nichols a present, we may have found you the perfect gift. The NY Times reports that Cormac McCarthy, author of such acclaimed books like Blood Meridian , All the Pretty Horses , and The Crossing is putting the Olivetti typewriter he wrote every one of his books on up for auction on Friday. A personalized authenication letter will accompany it. Cormac McCarthy has written more than [...]
Rollo & Grady
Warpaint - Photo by Angel Ceballos Here are our top 10 EP's of 2009. 1.) Warpaint - Exquisite Corpse (Buy) Label: Manimal Vinyl Warpaint - Stars 2.) The Middle East - The Recordings of the Middle East (Buy) Label: Spunk Aus/Zoom The Middle East - Blood [...]
Artist: Ben Nichols Title: Tobin Link Text: Ben Nichols - Tobin File Name: 05-tobin.mp3 Year: 2009
Artist: Kurt Vile & The Violators Title: Slick Licks Link Text: Kurt Vile The Violators - Slick Licks File Name: 06-slick-licks.mp3 Year: 2009
Rockstar Aimz
More photos from Steffen at Turn It Up Or Turn it Off . There has been a lot of hoopla among Lucero fans such as myself over the new album 1372 Overton Park about Lucero's use of horns on much of the album. My first impression was that lead singer/songwriter Ben Nichols has been spending way too much time with Craig Finn and The Hold Steady , but after several listens the album has really grown on me and I would say its just about as good as anything [...]
Artist: Amy LaVere Title: Killing Him Link Text: Killing Him.mp3 File Name: Amy LaVere - 1 - Killing Him.mp3 Bitrate: 150 kbps Year: 2007
Artist: Ben Nichols Title: The Last Pale Light in the West Link Text: The Last Pale Light in the West.mp3 File Name: Ben Nichols - 1 - The Last Pale Light in the West.mp3 Bitrate: 160 kbps Year: 2009
Artist: Cedric Burnside Title: So Much Love Link Text: So Much Love.mp3 File Name: Cedric Burnside - 2 - So Much Love.mp3 Year: 2008
Artist: Lucero Title: Hey Darlin' Do You Gamble Link Text: Hey Darlin' Do You Gamble.mp3 File Name: Lucero - 11 - Hey Darlin' Do You Gamble.mp3 Bitrate: 198 kbps Year: 2009
Artist: Lucero Title: Tears Don't Matter Much Link Text: Tears Don't Matter Much.mp3 File Name: Lucero - 9 - Tears Don't Matter Much.mp3 Bitrate: 215 kbps Year: 2003
Artist: Sloan Title: Coax Me Link Text: Coax Me.mp3 File Name: Sloan - 4 - Coax Me.mp3 Bitrate: 128 kbps Year: 1994
Between Love & Like
With fall here, music writers are starting to ponder the choices for their lists of best new releases of the year. The more I think about mine, the more I can't see another record coming close to Lucero 's latest, 1372 Overton Park which dropped yesterday. Why? Every other release I've listened to this year, after a few listens, I feel like I've heard all it has to say. While there may be a couple standout songs that stay with me, there's not enough to keep me listening to [...]
Artist: Lucero Title: New Song 4 Link Text: Lonesome Dogtown Nights (live at Ottobar, Bmore, MD, 2-5-09)-Lucero File Name: 34 Lonesome Dogtown Nights.mp3
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