This will be the final Top 5 of 2010, so it seems appropriate that it would be a “best of” list. I don’t really think this one requires much explanation. You post your 5 most favorite songs of 2010 as your mood today dictates it to you. I know narrowing the year down to a mere 5 songs is a monumental task but with a little work, I believe you can do it. Here are mine in alphabetical order: American Graveyard - Common Ones Glossary - Through The Screen Door [...]
I commented on it when I presented the first half of my favorite albums of 2010 list that featured numbers 50 through 26 of the list, but I still can’t believe how much new music comes across my desk and inbox. I mean, there is no way possible I can even attempt to keep up with even a small fraction of it all. As someone who has wide-ranging tastes in music (see this year end list or any previous year end lists I’ve published as an example) it’s completely overwhelming. Unlike so many other music [...]
Ok so this isn't a rip off of High Fidelity but rather a nod to the movie that gave me the inspiration for this, almost, weekly feature. If you don't do vinyl then Side One, Track one is the first cut on a CD. It's not as easy as it sounds. Mine is Side One, Track One out of the collection I have at work which is more limited than I would like for this but some time's you gotta make do. You can do whatever you like: S1T1 from your current collection on your mp3 player, all time, what's [...]
Y’all might remember that way back in 2008 I called Two Cow Garage’s album Speaking In Cursive my 13th favorite album of that year, so you shouldn’t be the least bit surprised that the latest from these Columbus, Ohio roots-punk-alt-country-rock-wh atever guys will most likely be somewhere around there on this year’s list. Heck, Two Cow Garage frontman Micah Schnabel’s solo album made last year’s best-of the year list. So, yeah, I think it’s been pretty well established that I like this band quite a bit. All that being said, the new [...]
Hey everyone. My man (and long time ninebullets reader), Chris Green , emailed me over the weekend and asked if I'd be interested in a guest post about a band we recently wrote about , Truckstop Darlin'. Naturally, I jumped at it. Hope y'all enjoy it. On this particular rainy Seattle Friday night, like lots of nights, my agenda was to go out and see some kick-ass live music. My plan involved first seeing a friend's band play at a small bar. Since they [...]
Here is the official video for the awesome song "Lydia" from Two Cow Garage 's latest album Sweet Saint Me which came out Oct. 26. Think of a younger Drive-By Truckers which punk roots, a rather odd comparison but that's what they sound like.
We will be well into 2011 before I get around to reviewing all of the albums that I want to for 2010, but I absolutely have to get this one in before the new year. Two Cow Garage is another one of those bands which you aren't listening to, but you absolutely should be. This Columbus, Ohio, based quartet released their fifth album Sweet Saint Me in October. Their previous albums have been in the alt country-ish to punk-ish range, all with a solid rock foundation. Sweet Saint Me is nearly a pure [...]
It’s not very often I write about EP’s. Matter a fact, it’s sort of ninebullets policy NOT to write about EP’s but this EP from Arliss Nancy begs to be written about. Arliss Nancy come out of Colorado and it was our good buddie Virgil from Colorado that brought these guys to our attention (many many thanks). Soundwise, some folks call them a country/rock band but I really don’t hear it. To me, they’re a perfect blend of the raw pure rock fury of Two Cow Garage and the polished retrospect of The [...]
This week's Top 5 is all about songs that have quotable lyrics. I mean lyrics that just jump out at you. It can be a single line or even the whole damn song. I think mine are all one or two lines and some are just because they make me giggle. This one was so tough I just picked out the first five I thought of and maybe that's cheating but there's just so damn much good music out there that it's impossible for me to make a decision. Anyway I want to see your favorite quotes [...]
MP3: Two Cow Garage - Sally I've Been Shot NPR's "World Cafe: Next" (out of Philadelphia's WXPN) featured a couple of Two Cow Garage tracks - "Sally, I've Been Shot" and "Jackson, Don't You Worry" - off the band's new record, Sweet Saint Me , out now on Suburban Home Records .
More freebies from the generous folks at Suburban Home, repay them with a purchase from their excellent catalogue. 01 Austin Lucas - Somebody Loves You 02 Micah Schnabel - Bury The Maps 03 Tim Barry - Bozeman (W Josh Small) 04 I Can Lick Any Son Of A Bitch In The House - Swear To God 05 Chad Price - This War 06 Lizzie Huffman - Heavy Hearts 07 Jon Snodgrass - Fire And Flood (W Two Cow Garage) 08 Rob Coe - High and [...]
Glossary bassist Bingham Barnes getting posterized It's not often I get to participate in a private anthropological field study, let alone one that's pants-optional. However, this weekend I'm a cultural warrior battling mano-a-mano for the soul of American music. Hyperbole? Probably. Essentially true? That would be yes. Wiggins, Mississippi , is the site of Wigginstock, a two-day symposium on the future of rock 'n' roll. Panel discussions include: "Shorts on Stage, Laptops, and Other Performance No-No's" and "Are Ironic Mustaches Killing Indie Rock?" These [...]
To continue on with the transportation theme (two out of the last three top 52s have been about transportation) this weeks theme is car songs. These can be any songs about cars and there are a lot of songs about cars out there to choose from. I didn't go deep this week and just picked the first five that popped in to my head. It shouldn't be a hard little list to make for anyone. Anyway here's my list: ALL - Hot Rod Lincoln | This is just a bad ass cover! Cross [...]
i have a friend that i sincerely i sometimes like, love and hate. more often than not, these range emotions will be felt in the course of 5 minutes. more often or not, hes awesome, but he has his moments where he's a loud obnoxious, yet hilarious prick. the latter character is easy to hate, no matter how hilarious he is being at the moment. when we were younger, it was easy to overlook his shortcomings, but at 36 and 37 respectively, its gotten a little long in the tooth. still, in the end, no matter his character defects, i [...]
Two Cow Garage "Sweet Saint Me" stream Stream Two Cow Garage 's brand new album " Sweet Saint Me " here (name your own price for a sweet sweet record!).
"Thanks for asking, but things have never been worse" So goes "No Shame", from Two Cow Garage's 2007 album III , and it just about sums up the band's worldview. Singer Micah Schnabel posits there's no shame "in just giving up and walking away". While that might be true for some bands, it would have been a terrible shame if Two Cow Garage had packed it in back in 2007. They wouldn't have hit on the career detours, one night stands, broken promises, empty rooms and deep self analysis that have led to Sweet Saint Me [...]
While CMJ officially got under way on Tuesday, aside from a panel, it wasn’t until yesterday that my music marathon (though, it’s looking like it may just be a 5K) began in earnest. Besides, it wasn’t until yesterday evening that I had my first free drink, which of course is what really marks the start of these kind of events. So after tossing back a couple at the LimeWire Store/CMJ press mixer , I headed to Brooklyn’s fairly new venue The Rock Shop to see Cleveland’s [...]
Columbus, OH rockers Two Cow Garage new release Sweet Saint Me is out on Suburban Home next week, their fifth and undeniably best album to date it pulls together full on alt-country rockers, cow punk shout outs and acoustic anthems. This is one of those albums that grabs you from track one and demands you turn the volume up to the max for the ride - kicking of with Sally, I’ve Been Shot a classic mix of driving guitars and rolling drums delivered full on with edgy [...]
Columbus, OH rockers Two Cow Garage new release Sweet Saint Me is out on Suburban Home next week, their fifth and undeniably best album to date it pulls together full on alt-country rockers, cow punk shout outs and acoustic anthems. This is one of those albums that grabs you from track one and demands you turn the volume up to the max for the ride - kicking of with Sally, I’ve Been Shot a classic mix of driving guitars and rolling drums delivered full on with edgy [...]
Welcome to the 52nd podcast/download I'm co-hosting with Ryan Schleicher at 91.7 WMSE . Barn Owl - "Sundown" / Two Cow Garage - "Soundtrack To My Summer" / Felice Brothers - "White Limo" / Junip - "Tide" / Freelance Whales - "The Great Estates" / Wooden Sky - "My Old Ghost" / Typhoon - "Starting Over" / Breathe Owl Breathe - "Own Stunts" / Megafaun - "Heretofore" / Rattail - "Green Guitar" / Lower Dens - "I Get Nervous" / Superchunk - "Crossed Wires" / Harlem - Cloud Pleaser" / Wilco - [...]
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