Posts Tagged ‘debut’
The Council of Smokers and Drinkers “Grizzled”
Pour yourself a tall glass of whiskey and light a cigarette. Grizzled, the debut album from The Council of Smokers and Drinkers will bring you to the back of a poorly lit but crowded bar, and rock you the whole night long.
The Council of Drinkers and Smokers, an Alaskan country band with hard rock and...
August 30th, 2009 | Record Reviews | Read More The Band of Heathens “One Foot in the Ether” BOH Records
How do you follow a debut album that hit No. 1 on both U.S. and Euro Americana radio? If you’re Austin’s The Band of Heathens you change the formula. While their eponymous debut was more on the acoustic side of things, “One Foot in the Ether” is a plugged-in rock record. This is a band that...
August 26th, 2009 | Record Reviews | Read More Those Darlins – Those Darlins (self titled debut) Oh Wow Dang Records
Atlanta, GA - Playing live since 2006, Those Darlins are all about big leather coats with fur collars (when it’s cold), hot pants (when it’s hot), cowboy boots, and making you get up and move! The self-titled debut release by the foursome from Murfreesboro, TN, is a full-tilt, no-holds-barred,...
August 25th, 2009 | Features, Record Reviews | Read More The Boxmasters "Christmas Cheer" Vanguard
By Kyle McCraw
Billy Bob Thornton and his new band have been busy this year, not only releasing a double disc debut, but also following with this Christmas album less six months later. And, even though a largely unheard of band releasing a Christmas album seems like a bad idea, there are some nice...
December 5th, 2008 | Record Reviews | Read More Neil Young "Sugar Mountain: Live at Canterbury House 1968" Reprise
By Kyle McCraw
For a little context, 1968 was the same year Neil Young left Buffalo Springfield and the year before the release of his first solo record. So, it should come as no shock that a little more than half of the songs here are from his Buffalo Springfield days (including “Mr. Soul,”...
December 5th, 2008 | Record Reviews | Read More Slimfit "Make It Worse" Don't You Hate Pants? Music
By Brad Tucker
The debut from Lancaster, PA’s Slimtfit, Make It Worse, is not without its bright spots, even if it sounds like something we’ve heard before. If this album were on shuffle, the first song on could make one think Slimfit was rooted in late-90s punk, or it could be a straight-ahead...
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