Goodbye To The Rank & File is the new album from Portland, OR-based musician Casey Neill. Providing back-up for this record are the Norway Rats, a collection of local musicians that includes past and present members of The Decemberists, The Minus 5, and Lucinda Williams band. Neill may have spent time in a Pogues cover band, but the album has more of an Uncle Tupelo sound to it. Tracks like "
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Action Biker : two tracks [mp3] other Action Biker music blog posts at Largehearted Boy Björn Kleinhenz : "Poets Dying" [mp3] other Björn Kleinhenz music blog posts at Largehearted Boy Casey Neill : "We Are the City" [mp3] from Brooklyn Bridge [...]
The biggest news in Northwest music this week is, of course, Sasquatch . While the two day festival features stellar international acts, it is truly a Northwest festival, with one of the three stages devoted entirely to local bands. On Saturday, the Yeti Stage hosts Blitzen Trapper , Gabriel Teodros , The Blow , Viva Voce , Visqueen , Mirah and Aqueduct . On Sunday: The Blakes , Stars of Track & Field , Minus The Bear , Helio Sequence , Common [...]
While most artists can be clumped into one accustomed genre, there are always those few who stay clear of the classification process. Casey Neill 's newest album, Brooklyn Bridge , sounded like an ambitious sampling to me at first. The first song on the album, the self-titled "Brooklyn Bridge", was a flowingly electric country ballad that reminded me slightly of R.E.M.'s post- Monster career, showcasing an accessible though lighthearted nature. At that point, skimming the track-listing and seeing song names like "Colville Blues" and "Chainlink Fence", I expected the diversity of Brooklyn Bridge not to [...]
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