The Band Of Heathens strated off as a side-project for five musicians from Austin, Texas. With a penchant for Southern Rock they quickly build a following and released a live album and a live DVD in 2007. Their self-titled debut is an album made with confidence - recorded quickly they tear through theirs songs like a freight train, at top speed and slowing down to refuel. Wihht a three-man frontline sharing vocal duties they can use a different for each song and still maintain a rocksolid common ground, Yes, you probably have heard it all before. Who cares? If [...]
I like Texas music. And I like songs about whiskey and beer and waiting at train stations. Austin-based The Band of Heathens has 'em all covered in this tune. It's easy to hear how they've garnered comparisons to Little Feat, The Band, and Drive By Truckers. Their self-titled debut album will be released on May 20th. Check out one of the new tunes here... The Band of Heathens - Jackson Station (mp3) [See post to listen to audio] Pre-Order The Band of [...]
I already have a Honky-Tonk Friday and an occasional Bluegrass Tuesday and I should rightly add an Austin Thursday. Austin is the hub of all things Americana, folk and alt-country. And Band Of Heathens have risen to the top of that heap. This is not just me blowing smoke but the whole town of Austin agrees as the group was named best new band in Austin in 2007. This group of disparate singer-songwriters (Colin Brooke, Ed Jurdi, Gordy Quist, Seth Whitney and John Chipman) began playing a casual weekly gig together [...]
So i'm pretty sure i'm more excited about volume 2 of this post than i was the first. Since volume 1 , we've seen these come out: The Black Crowes - Warpaint ~ buy it The Felice Brothers - The Felice Brothers ~ buy it Whiskeytown - Strangers Almanac (Deluxe Edition) ~ [...]
As this so-called winter fades to spring, and it warms up in places, other than here - that need warming up, hippies everywhere start making road trip plans. Because from March thru August, outdoor music festivals are happening across the country from Newport to Galveston, Austin to Wilkesboro, Manchester to the Everglades. i'm not gonna try to act like i've been to any of these outside of Texas, but i will in due time. Here's a little info on some of the festivals that i wish i could go to: [...]
Anais Mitchell ( here ) gives us her poetic impressions of her time in Austin. Her new record, The Brightness , is out now on Righteous Babe, buy it here . Cosmic American Here's her wondefull summary of the week: "sunday morning comin down impressions from sxsw. thursday my official set at momo's and i was so excited about the rest of the bands on the bill that i spent the night there, a luxury really not to have to elbow around on sixth [...]
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