Posts Tagged ‘americana’
Revival Tour (Frontman of Against Me!, Avail, Hot Water Music, and Lucero) – The Knitting Factory, Los Angeles, CA
by Jason Estopinal
November 1, 2008 – The Knitting Factory, Los Angeles, CA
Lined up like a row of raw unshucked corn, punk/folk/Americana pillars Tim Barry (Avail), Chuck Ragan (Hot Water Music, Rumbleseat), Ben Nichols (Lucero), and Tom Gabel (Against Me!) crowded the stage to a sold out audience...
November 3rd, 2008 | Concert & Tour Reviews | Read More The Wood Brothers "Loaded" Blue Note
by Kyle McCraw
Every so often, you stumble upon an album that is immediately indispensable. Such was my experience first hearing The Wood Brothers’ debut, “Ways Not to Lose,” and I was worried that their follow-up, “Loaded” would not live up to my high expectations. ...
September 24th, 2008 | Record Reviews | Read More Old Crow Medicine Show
by Jesse Hill
On September 23rd, Old Crow Medicine Show will release their third album Tennessee Pusher, a beautifully cinematic and empathetic album about a people and from a people, the American people, the people from which this musical tradition is sprung. After going into the lost alleys and forgotten...
September 20th, 2008 | Favorites, Features, Interviews | Read More Hayes Carll "Trouble in Mind" Lost Highway
Kyle McCraw
Houston singer/songwriter, Hayes Carll plays country music. Or, maybe you want to call it roots rock or Americana. If you need a specific comparison, Steve Earle’s not too far off. Whatever you call it, Carll delivers a solid set of songs on his first album for Lost Highway.
His...
September 14th, 2008 | Record Reviews | Read More 


