<img src=" Traveling around the country and the state for shows I've had the pleasure of meeting a whole lot of artists who's music I've loved over the years. Most of the people are as stand up and solid as their music and Mr. Damron is no different and that's why, despite already meeting it's goal...I am telling y'all about his Kickstarter project . Mike's planning on putting out a double cd entitled Nah Mr. Death, I'm Coming For You . The plan is for one cd to be a live [...]
I am under no illusions with this review. A good chunk of the 9b readership is not gonna like this album at all. Matter of fact, I'd venture to say that if the words, " I just don't get the whole Bob Log thing, " or anything like that have ever crossed your lips, then stop reading and come back on Monday. Molly Gene is not for you. Molly Gene isn't some dour ass coffee shop girl strumming an acoustic whilst warbling her shitty poetry to a sleepy tempo. Nope, Molly Gene is attitude, piss, vinegar, some bottleneck [...]
The new Lucero album will be titled Women and Work . That image up there is the cover for it. The album will be out March 13 but the lead single, "Sometimes", has been released today. Unless you're oblivious to Facebook you've probably already heard this but if not: Lucero - Sometimes
Ninebullets Radio is a radio extension of the blog ninebullets.net that airs every Thursday night in Tampa, Florida on WMNF 88.5 FM at 10pm Eastern. The show is archived for one week after it's original air date and is available for streaming here . Also, don't forget to head over to Facebook and like the Ninebullets Radio page . Below is the playlist for January 19, 2012 01. Hank Williams III - Pills I Took 02. Willy Tea Taylor - Wandering Boy [...]
Outlaw country is all about doing the best you can with what you were dealt in life. No excuses. No regrets. In that way Hellbound Glory and their self-described "scumbag country" are the archetype of the modern (upper-case) Outlaw movement. Compared to the current crop of Nashville (lower-case) "outlaws", Hellbound Glory has a look and sound that makes you believe that, even if they may have not personally lived the life in their songs, they very likely have been close to someone who has. They describe the life of those on the lower end of the economic spectrum with intimate [...]
On top of providing me with the best 9b Sticker Photo ever , my buddy Damian Burford recently started a blog called The Mostly Harmless Podcast . Per Damian the site was, " born out of the long dead ashes of my old zine, Mostly Harmless Magazine, I began transferring old interviews from old cassette tapes to Mp3s. I began to piece the old interviews together with new introductions and posted them online for the world. Hoping to use this as a springboard to launch my new podcast project... " Well it worked and The Mostly [...]
Why did ninebullets.net participate in the SOPA protest? Put simply, ninebullets.net is an mp3 site. On it's best day, it operates in the gray areas between legal and illegal. For the record, we've only been asked to remove content 3 times in 5 years. Twice by The Black Keys and once by Caitlin Rose's people. In that same time period, we've been thanked by scores of musicians whose music has appeared on the site. If the Blogger fiasco from a few years back taught us anything, it's that there really is no such thing as a [...]
Let me tell you a little story about a band from Kansas City, which is also the story of my youth and the strange ways the world works. Please get yourself a beer and settle down in a comfortable chair, because this is going to take a few minutes. Way back in the olden days in Kansas City, Missouri there was a band called " Steve, Bob & Rich ". They consisted of Steve Phillips on guitar and vocals, Bob Walkenhorst on drums and main vocals and Richard Ruth on bass and vocals. Formed in 1983, they did [...]
If an Americana band forms in Portland will it get mentioned on ninebullets.net? If past performances are indicative of future results then I'd say they have a better chance than most. I'm not sure what it is about that city but it has found my sonic pleasure vein and keeps tapping it with new bands. Introduce Sassparilla. Sassparilla gets filed under Americana but it's a lot more New Orleans than West Kentucky, and the bulk of its 8 tracks are better fitted for a Wes Anderson film than the latest episode of Justified. "Same Old Blues" [...]
Tim Browne of the Fort Collins band Elway and Steve Niemoczynski (Steve-O) of the Philadelphia's The Holy Mess have donned the monikers Soviet Bear and Foul Weathered Friend, respectively, and released a split acoustic EP called Fool's Gold . Browne's "Penelope" and his cover of The Holy Mess's "Soulful Punk Tune" are standouts, as well as Steve-O's original "North Bound Travel." Sometimes punks release acoustic material and we all get to say don't think of it as punk or folk or whatever, it's just music , and I buy that, but [...]
Ninebullets Radio is a radio extension of the blog ninebullets.net that airs every Thursday night in Tampa, Florida on WMNF 88.5 FM at 10pm Eastern. The show is archived for one week after it's original air date and is available for streaming here . Also, don't forget to head over to Facebook and like the Ninebullets Radio page . Below is the playlist for January 12, 2012 01. Lydia Loveless - Bad Way 02. The Alabama Shakes - I Found You 03. The Record [...]
I'm not sure how it took me this long to hear about Will Hoge and I'm even less sure why, in all this time, not a single one of you bastards emailed me a note telling me to check him out. Well, I may be late to the party, but with his seventh release I finally stumbled upon Mr. Will Hoge and I'm loving it. I can't speak for any of Will's other albums as I've not listened to any of them (yet), but while Number Seven may be lucky in theory, for the bulk [...]
I've been marinating on this idea to make a monthly Spotify playlist featuring all the music that was featured on ninebullets.net that month. Well, today I finally floated the idea across my Facebook and Twitter feeds and it received and overwhelmingly positive response. So, needless to say, that will become a monthly event but then I decided, " fuck it, I'll make a year end playlist ". So I did. This is a massive playlist that features all the artists that both mentioned in one of the 9b writers lists and [...]
I've been lucky enough to see Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, and Willie Nelson twice each. Exactly how lucky is that? I don't know. They've all toured non-stop, but Destination Florida is always up in the air. There are some artists, though, that I'm thankful I've had the chance to see just the once, and that one show encompasses everything I hold dear about live music: the surprise, the intimacy, the times when you get so absorbed in the band, deciphering drumbeats and riding pedal steel riffs, that you finally stop worrying about people judging both of your dance moves. Perfect, [...]
Life as a music blogger can get pretty frustrating. A lot of bands and artists send you their stuff either through the mail, via email or Reviewshine. Music they've worked on, and spent a lot of money recording. Music is subjective, but to be honest - a lot of the stuff I get to hear is really not that good. Thankfully I write about music in genres in and around alt. country and americana, where there are a lot more good bands than let's say mainstream pop. But after sifting through 30-40-50 new albums, and finding utter crap [...]
I caught a lot of this show as I was bumping around in the car over the weekend. Well, I enjoyed what I heard enough that I decided to seek it out yesterday. Now, I'm not sure why I want to post this here but I can't shake the notion that I should. It's a 62 minute lecture and I think it's a fantastic listen that might make you think about your electronics a little differently. I don't post this as a statement against Apple products. I just think the lecture is utterly fantastic. If this post [...]
I was alerted to this in the comments section of the Isbell/Bentley post and it's covered in greater detail over on El Trash so head over to their post about it for a more in depth piece about it but: DOES THIS: PLUS THIS: EQUAL THIS? More pressing. This Matt King fella. Worth checking out? If so, where should I start?
Last night, on his twitter feed Jason Isbell leveled the following charge: " "Dierks" has officially ripped off my song "In A Razor Town." Dierks is a douchebag. " The song Jason was referring to is a song called "Home". Having never heard the song I shot on over to youtube to check it out and....wow. Personally, I think it's way too close to be coincidence but I'd love to hear your opinion on the subject. Here are both songs (cause I imagine you've not heard the Dierks song either). Jason Isbell: [...]
I did a little playlist shuffle on January 1st to get a prediction of how 2012 is gonna be. A musical version of Tarot cards, if you will. 1. Athenaeum - Flat Tire 2. Bare, Jr. - You Blew Me Off 3. Cross Canadian Ragweed - Burn Like the Sun (Hmmm, seems like its going to be a rough start in the romance area) 4. [...]
I met Truckstop Darlin's former drummer last time I was out in Colorado and as a result, was exposed to Truckstop Darlin'. Since then, I've been a card carrying fan of the band as the Ninebullets Podcast & Ninebullets Radio playlists have shown. Well, they've take to kickstarter in an attempt to record a second record and I've taken to the website to let y'all know about it. So, if you've got a little spare change in your pockets and you wanna help out an awesome band, I present the Truckstop Darlin' [...]
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