There's some Drive-By Truckers, Little Feat, and Flying Burrito Brothers, but what's interesting is how the band so effortlessly takes these influences and twist them to their advantages. There's a certain charm to the Band of Heathens that sets them apart from many of their Texas Americana counterparts. Perhaps it's the recklessness of their craft, or the genuine Texas charm they sell so easily, or perhaps it's their back story that (given the band's name) should map out like some type of typical outlaw legend, only to be much more simpler than the mythos of Willie or Waylon. Three [...]
I had no idea this was happening, but I just noticed on Wussy's Facebook feed that Cincinnati's Shake It Records is releasing a limited edition series of 7-inches with bands - including The Drive-By Truckers , Greg Dulli and Wussy - covering the songs of Eddie Hinton . If you don't know him, Eddie was a highly respected musician and songwriter who played lead guitar for the Muscle Shoals Sound Rhythm Section in the late 60's, and worked as a session guitarist for Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin, Elvis [...]

La scorsa settimana abbiamo terminato il nostro viaggio attraverso gli album più importanti del decennio che si sta concludendo. Abbiamo quindi pensato di riassumere il tutto in questo post che non è altro che la lista completa, tappa per tappa, degli album che di volta in volta abbiamo approfondito, in modo tale da avere una sorta di indice delle varie puntate. Dopo il salto trovate anche la listona di tutti gli album che di anno in anno sono stati inseriti fra "gli album da salvare". [...]
What is it that makes us want to deconstruct art by units of time? Lists. We love making them. We love arguing over them. And here, on the verge of a new decade, we're in a position to do the same again. What were the best albums of the past ten years? Here at AD, we [...]

Le 5 e 40 di mattina e 2881 chilometri dopo, Manhattan e la Grand Central Station sembrano una storiella da raccontare ai bambini prima di andare al letto. Immagina: il tuo vecchio pigia tabacco nella pipa seduto sulla veranda, davanti un mare di grano talmente grande da far sembrare il cielo una pozzanghera. Sali le scale cigolanti e mentre scivoli sotto la morbida pressione delle coperte, chiudi gli occhi accompagnato dalle voci attutite dei tuoi al piano di sotto. E sogni, quella città sull'acqua, le luci e i grattacieli, le strade con diecimila facce e colori diversi e i ponti [...]
Hey, we saw Justin Townes Earle (name must be written in full) a few months ago parading around the East Village with Jason Isbell (formerly of the Drive By Truckers.) He looked like the above song "Mama's Eyes" sounds -- dark and raw. One of our many motos here at Stark is "that's what we expect out our artists --" not to be too sadistic, but we want our favorites to be drunks, disturbed, do drugs, have promiscuous sex, over extend their welcomes (insert Wild Yaks' drummer at After The Jump here) -- it [...]
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Day 1 is complete. Here are the songs the popped up on the iPod on Day 1 of my cross country move (while I was tracking them). This is also why I love using shuffle. I wouldn't have picked out most of these if I were building a playlist from scratch. Wilco - Monday Stephen Malkmus - Gardenia Marah - Wild West Love Song Rolling Stones - Dead Flowers Gogol Bordello - Immigrant Punk Arctic Monkeys - Cornerstone The Beatles - Don't Ever Change Alela Diane - White As Diamonds [...]

This may be a news flash to some of you, but I am not cool. I have serious envy of bloggers who are better writers than I am, who have their shit together enough to post every day, who get lots of free CDs, tickets, backstage passes, and other swag. Most of the people who solicit me for a review for their new album clearly don't even read my blog. My most recent e-mail solicitation was from an Australian group who describes themselves as a "blend of hip hop and electro-pop." I have nothing against [...]
Filed under: Free MP3 Download of the Day Artist: Harper Simon Songs: 'Shooting Star' Album: 'Harper Simon' [ iTunes ] Sounds Like : Drive-By Truckers , Built to Spill Download: 'Shooting Star' (MP3) [Get Winamp] [Download Help] [...]

In honor of Veterans Day we've decided to compile a few military-related songs to honor the complex nature of our brave vets and the wars they fight. "Ballad of the Green Berets" is the song most fitting, although this Johnny Cash version is a little looser than the Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler original. Plus, Cash was probably high on pills while singing it. LISTEN: Johnny Cash - "Ballad of the Green Berets" If "Ballad of the Green Berets" was the brave call to arms, Jason Isbell's "Dress Blues" is the sad [...]

Its Remembrance Day in Canada, Veteran's Day in the US. Having lived in both countries, Canadians take Remembrance Day very, very seriously, much more so than in the US. Perhaps it is because Canada doesn't have a formal Memorial Day like the US does. November 11 is recognized internationally as Armistice Day commemorating the formal end of World War I in 1918. Most people in Canada don bright red poppies on their left jacket lapel, above the heart. Many will read the poem In Flanders Fields [...]

Hopefully this collaboration will be more than just a one-shot deal, for Mark and NQ Arbuckle really bring home the goods. In 2007 the blues singer Bettye LaVette teamed up with the Drive By Truckers to release the stellar Scene of the Crime. Two years later ex-Trucker Jason Isbell teamed up with the 400 Unit to release a spectacular eponymous album. And now, at the end of 2009, alternative country songbird Carolyn Mark finds herself teaming up with NQ Arbuckle and singing a song that contains the line "It's hard being a good man listening to...

For as far out of the 9b scope the Amanda Blank album was, Sweet Six Bullets is exactly what the site was started for. On my first pass through the album I posted the following on Twitter, " Sweet Six Bullets....I love when a band takes me by surprise.... " So let's talk about them. There isn't too much information about these guys on the internet and the lone review was pinned by my good internet friend Johan from altcountryforum.nl , who is the guy that told me to check them out. The band features [...]

By some miracle I won tickets to a private Drive-By Truckers show tonight. I'm so excited! This makes up for missing Corb Lund a few weeks ago. The Truckers put out two new-ish albums this year. The first is a CD/DVD combo of them performing for Austin City Limits on September 26, 2008. The CD is good, but the DVD is great ! The DVD is completely different from their 2004 DVD Drive By Truckers - [...]

Last December I posted a compilation of cover songs perfomed by the Drive-By Trucker's . The original compiler was (and is) of unknown origin but the compilation has just been begging for a follow-up. Enter Smitty from the DBT mailing list. He's taken the liberty of assembling a new collection of covers songs culled from the numerous live DBT shows freely available on the internet. He is supposed to have a Vol. 3 already near completion as well as a collection of unreleased DBT originals. I dunno about you, but I'm looking forward to [...]
Caitlin Rose's birthday tribute to GP - Still Feelin Blue [...]

Come one come all to the magnificent and frightening Voodoo Experience 2009 Halloween spooktacular held deep in the swampy bayous of New Orleans at City Park! From outrageous costumes to glowing praying mantises, this year's Halloween celebration drew in an outrageous number of people to catch some of this year's hottest acts. Fans braved the freezing rain, which hailed all throughout the first day, and even withstood the muddy after effects on Saturday and Sunday. And all but one small setback (K'NANN canceled his performance last minute on Saturday) made this an exciting and fun filled weekend [...]
Here we are, bestowed with another "Best of.." list. This time Paste takes on the duty of compiling the "50 Best Albums of the Decade (2000-2009)". If you head over to their site , you can sample each of the albums listed. I always enjoy reading these lists even though I often disagree with them. You'd think by now I should know what I'm getting myself into when I read a "Best of.." list on an indie music site. But hey, kudos to them. I couldn't even compile a list of [...]
Here we are, bestowed with another "Best of.." list. This time Paste takes on the duty of compiling the "50 Best Albums of the Decade (2000-2009)". If you head over to their site , you can sample each of the albums listed. I always enjoy reading these lists even though I often disagree with them. You'd think by now I should know what I'm getting myself into when I read a "Best of.." list on an indie music site. But hey, kudos to them. I couldn't even compile a list of [...]
Here we are, bestowed with another "Best of.." list. This time Paste takes on the duty of compiling the fifty best albums of the decade. If you head over to their site , you can sample each of the albums listed. I always enjoy reading these lists even though I often disagree with them. You'd think by now I should know what I'm getting myself into when I read a best of list on an indie music site. But hey, kudos to them. I couldn't even compile a list of my [...]