We are all sinners, we know this, and if you’re ready to celebrate your inevitable journey to the darkness, then buckle up, shut up, and just listen to this EP. With their music, emotions, and words, The Bones of J.R. Jones have captured my soul – with all of the pain and sadness and anger and love that it contains, with the darkness and the light, the love and hate – so damn deftly that at times, to be honest, it scares me. They switch between coming at you with hellfire and damnation preaching their version of the truth to [...]

It was only a matter of time until Imagine Dragons ' meteoric rise to the top would bring them to the Merriweather stage . On Friday, September 20th, the Las Vegas outfit will bring their monumental indie rock to the DC area. We've got a pair of tickets to give away before they go on sale to the public this Friday. What do you have to do to win? Imagine you're in Khaleesi's shoes. You have a pet dragon. What would you name it and why? The more detailed and crazy your answer, the better. Leave [...]

Joaquim Barato (a.k.a. João Bispo) is a multi-genre artist, whose history is as fascinating as his music. We’ve decided to acquaint you with this one-man musical sensation through an interview. You can find his latest LP for sale here , and also find him on Facebook , Soundcloud , Twitter and YouTube . Where are you currently living and where are you from? [...]

Like a lot of you, I’m guessing, I go to a lot of shows. There are many benefits to this, one of which is asking your favorite musicians who they’re listening to these days. Over the course of the past year or so, I noticed their lists almost always had two names in common: Townes Van Zandt and John Moreland . That’s a hell of a thing for an up-and-coming musician to share a “must listen to” list with the late, great Townes Van Zandt (with whom I am already [...]

Bryn Perrott, a Morgantown, WV-based artist who works at Wild Zero Studios , created the artwork for the new Lucero EP, Texas and Tennessee . I caught up with her via email to see if she might answer a few questions, and she graciously obliged. What is the story behind the artwork for the new Lucero EP cover you designed? The album art for Lucero's most recent EP is based on older tattoo flash. I've [...]

Rick Steff of Lucero has come out with a three-song EP on Archer Records , "Rick's Booogie" (additional "o" an' all). I caught up with him at one of the Illinois Lucero shows to talk about the makings of his EP, and what it was like to have his fellow Lucero members backing up one of his projects. I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Steff is easily one of the nicest men alive anywhere, much less in music, and genuinely one of the most skilled and talented. [...]

McDougall is no stranger to regular readers of Nine Bullets. He's a unique musician who makes his living as a one man band out on the road. His old tour Explorer is dying and instead of asking for money for a funeral he's seeking to raise money for a new ride. He's got some really cool rewards, a record just for this and giving away some of his artwork. Let's help this dude out . McDougall - A Few Towns More

The Jack River Kings are made up of some of the best roots-rock musicians Anchorage, Alaska has to offer in the way of Matthew Dean Herman, Aaron Benolkin, Martin Severin and Patrick McLaughlin. By the time I’d found lead singer Matthew Dean Herman’s debut solo album, Blackbird , he’d already morphed (or was in the process of) into the full band ensemble that is The Jack River Kings, and I’ve anticipated this follow up every single one of the 3 years it took to materialize. First and foremost, this is a rock record. Sure, it has [...]

I always get excited each time the songs for a podcast start to come together. I can't really explain the process but it often involves find a few new songs and a few older, less expected, songs that seem to go together and then go from there. There is a lot more new music in this podcast in comparison to most of my other episodes. I guess this happened because there has been a SHIT TON of great new music being released. Go find some and make a purchase or two. Everything else you need to know is contained within the episode, [...]

Well it's been a while since a taco recipe got posted but since Mike mentioned the sporadic taco recipes I decided it's time for a new recipe. Being raised in Houston I have had the pleasure of tasting many types of tacos from gourmet (usually strange and not worth going back for more) to the roach coach variety and one of my favorites has always been the picadillo taco. Everyone makes theirs differently and this is my own personal take on a Mexican picadillo taco. What is picadillo you may wonder? Well it's a hash, in essence, [...]

Or at least tangentially about food. And like all good lists this one goes, in alphabetical order, to 11. The Band - "Home Cookin'" from A Musical History. A 1976 outtake, this is Rick Danko near his vulnerable best. Carolyn Mark & the New Best Friends - "Yanksgiving" from The Pros and Cons of Collaboration. Cooking to this song is tons of fun, but also guaranteed to make you wish that you were at Carolyn Mark's party instead. Descendents - "Weinerschnitzel" from Fat [...]
On Colin Stetson's latest installment in the New History Warfare series, the Canadian saxophonist displays some tenderness in his incredibly technical solo compositions. WATCH THE REVIEW
Norwegian musicians have for years traveled to Nashville to record music. The thing is, if you record crap, it doesn’t really matter where you record it. But off course it’s cool to say that you recorded your album in Nashville. To Norwegians, at least it was cool to say that. Bendik Brænne is a fantastic saxophoneplayer, who’s backed a lot of the good norwegian bands out on the road. ORBO & Longshots, Nora Noor and as a steady member of Amund Maaruds band, he’s let his saxophone give depth to the music. Through ORBO he met [...]

Charlie Nieland of Her Vanished Grace has compiled this playlist exclusively for The Record Stache. Before getting on with that, be sure to also check out some of the glitter that HVG has been producing and check them out further at http://hervanishedgrace.com/ . “These artists came into my life and each brought their unique emotional glow. Some I had the honor of working with; others just seized me as a listener. All sweep in on a tidal wave of blissful melancholy [...]

I would guess, without actually doing any searching, that "crisp" and "bright" are not the two most used adjectives here on 9B but they are the first two that come to mind whenever I queue up Left Arm Tan's Altanica . These Fort Worth boys have put together a very well rounded sophomore effort. While their first full length never made my radar Altanica has been in fairly constant rotation on the headphones here at work. While not quite the usual Red Dirt fare Left Arm Tan managed to produce a polished album without [...]

Since the reincarnation of the Soviet Union into what is now various satellite countries, cultural transformations have taken place within these countries and that can’t but affect the music that is taking root there. After a little research and lots of Soundclouding, I found a ton of good music from that part of the world, so here is your introductory peek through this sonic window into the sonic ex-USSR. To be continued… Ummagma – BFD [...]
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Half of my office has Boston PD scanners running. The other half are glued to their twitter feed. The scene inspired me to tweet out: "Turn off your twitter and listen to music. People will die today but we don't need to treat it like a sporting event" in hopes they'd see it. They did. Called me a hippie. Cam Penner has a new album coming soon called, To Build A Fire . He posted a video of the title track a few days ago with a cool story about how it came into [...]
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Buzzed electronica soul newcomer SOHN is taking a step forward by signing to 4AD and releasing his single Bloodflowers on that label as a 12-inch in June. The tender emotional songs from the Vienna resident already created a little hype in the past months - recently he reworked RHYE's hit single Open. The clip for The post SOHN premieres "Bloodflowers" music video appeared first on Nothing But Hope And Passion - NBHAP - Music Magazine & more .