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felt this record suffered from "short attention span theater" because
we used the phrase Christian Country to describe it and that might have turned
off a lot of folks. Let me scale that back and refer to it as more of a spiritual
record. A very good spiritual record. A very good record.
Matthew
Hebert's (ex-Ware River Club) new project continues the splendor of his previous
efforts. Hebert's ragged voice and this Northampton, MA band, featuring members
of the Scud Mountain Boys, combine to play an elegant country-rock. The result
is Hebert's biting, confessional lyrics are pushed out front. Melodic and immediate,
it is obvious from first listen that the band has created a terrific record for
those that are fans of the melancholy Replacements sound. -- Jeff Weiss, Miles
of Music (Faux Paus)
The
DC-based band suffers no sophomore slump on their second release. "Anywhere
On Good Roads" features lead singer Chris Patterson's rough-hewn, melodic
voice, shredding, twangy telecasters, and rich steel guitar. The song landscape
is littered with broken relationships, broken dreams and broken men spread over
twelve outstanding tracks of traditional country. -- Jeff Weiss, Miles of Music
(Lucky Range)
Mark
Zubia steps out of the shadow of his rock band day job -- guitarist for the Pistoleros,
on his solo debut. Zubia chose to write in a variety of Americana styles instead
of limiting himself to the more straight-ahead rock of his other band. Country,
it's cousin honky-tonk, folk and pop styles are used as backing for Zubia's stories
of lost love, and freedom from broken hearts. His bluesy voice provides a gentle
balance to the rich textures behind him. Fans of the Pistoleros will want to check
this out to see what has been hiding in the shadows. Fans of confessional bluesy-roots
rock will want to give it a listen because Zubia has a sensitivity that makes
you believe he lived all of these songs. -- Jeff Weiss, Miles of Music (El Rey)
This
feature length documentary follows Columbus, Ohio rock band Two Cow Garage as
they record, release and tour behind their second album entitled `The Wall Against
Our Back.` Incorporating interviews, studio footage, live performances, touring
life and day job dues, the film presents the reality of the fabled `rock and roll
life` as it is for most bands in the indie music world: long drives, small audiences,
bad food, loud guitars. . . too many smokes, not enough cash, annoying harp players.
. . the hope of breaking even, the frustration of breaking down. . . doubt, passion,
sleep deprivation and the determination to keep rockin' through it all.
Uncut magazine called Willie Vlautin, "..the laureate of the lost, the lonely,
and the rootless." Thirteen Cities is filled with characters on the fringes
desperate to survive. The overall sound, more upbeat than Fitzgerald, their relentlessly
dark masterpiece, captures an ambient, shimmery desert rock noir feel. Richmond
Fontaine are riding an upward creative arc that shows no signs of abating. --
Jeff Weiss, Miles of Music (Union)
"It's
been a while since the last offering from Jeff Tweedy and Co, but three years
of slavering from fans is about to be rewarded with this seventh studio album.
And, boy, was it worth the wait. Though Wilco are known as purveyors of alt country
rock, Sky Blue Sky is an astounding demonstration of their ability to move between
soulful acoustic folk, jazzy blues, country skank and pumping rock. Tweedy has
the vocal range of three people, from country lilt to blues ache to folk sweetness
- all this often in the space of one song. And what songs they are...Simple and
soothing, yet rich and rewarding, this is an album you unknowingly yearn for,
like a cool hand on a hot forehead. A great album from a band in their prime.
" -- guardian.co.uk (Nonesuch)
With
their "old weird Americana filtered through the mind of a Led Zep fan, sleek
Everly Brothers roots-pop and Violent Femmes-style folk-punk" (Harp), The
Avett Brothers are taking roots music in an entirely new direction on the 'Emotionalism'.
'Emotionalism,' is concept album mirroring the thought that, in this era, displays
of emotion are all too rare. Their 6th album is also a sonic departure, blending
analog synth soundscapes with old-time instruments. "The sound in the speakers
is finally the same as the sound in our minds," says Seth Avett, the singer
and guitarist who plays a high-hat at the same time. "I am proud for its
execution, for its aesthetic, its resolve. Our voices sound like they do in the
living room." (Ramseur Records)
Although
Bruce Robison is an influential figure in the Texas music scene, his craft of
elegant and poignant songwriting extends much further than the Lone Star State
border. Heralded by Billboard Magazine as "one of the best of a new breed
of singer-songwriters in Texas and beyond," Robison's work has garnered fans
from all over who appreciate his reputation for writing emotionally complex songs
- the kind of songs that send mainstream country stars like Garth Brooks, Tim
McGraw, the Dixie Chicks and Lee Ann Womack running to the studio. Robison has
penned numerous Number 1 and Top 10 hits, including "Travelin' Soldier"
by the Dixie Chicks, "Angry All The Time" by Tim McGraw with Faith Hill,
and "Desperately" by George Strait. This is Robison's seventh release.
(Premium Records) 
"His
last two albums, Want One and Want Two, made for an opulent, greedy diptych that
finally established Rufus Wainwright as a songwriter of grand note. On Release
the Stars his sounds are as lush as ever. 'Why does it always have to be sensational?'
warbles Rufus, batting away swelling strings and brass on the opening track. Richard
Thompson plays guitar, old friends and family Martha Wainwright and Teddy Thompson
drop by and Neil Tennant is executive producer. With Wainwright's ear cocked to
a more mainstream audience, however, Stars boasts a few more direct tunes than
usual..." -- guardian.co.uk (Geffen Records)
Formed
in 2003, Dirty Sweet found an immediate audience of rock-loving fans just months
after their inception, touring as main support for Jimmy Eat World. Their reputation
spread further when British magazine NME referred to the group as, "The mighty
Dirty Sweet," and declared the band was, "getting ready to go mega with
their skuzzy, ass-shaking rawk n' roll." Winning the award for Best New Rock
& Roll Band at the 2005 San Diego Music Awards, as well as their tireless
performances to packed houses further encouraged the group to begin recording
their debut. And here it is ...Of Monarchs and Beggars. (Seedling)
"On
her sophomore release, singer/bassist Amy LaVere doesn't mess around. Beginning
with producer Jim Dickinson (Dylan, Big Star, Stones), she's assembled a top-notch
cast that includes guitarist Jimbo Mathus, steel guitarist Chris Scruggs and violinist/mandolinist
Tommy Burroughs. LaVere -- who made her acting debut portraying Wanda Jackson
in the 2005 Johnny Cash bio "Walk the Line" -- has a bag that ranges
from the haunting opener, "Killing Him," and the gypsy-styled "That
Beat" to the slow and brassy country-tinged confessional "Pointless
Drinking," the Tex-Mex "Overcome" and the Dan Hicks-sounding "Time
is a Train." While the songs are interesting, they mainly serve as vehicles
for LaVere. With a childish wisp, she's, by turns, coy, playful and sexy -- sometimes,
as on "Washing Machine," all at once." --Michael Lipton, Charleston
Daily Mail (Archer Records)
Sandinista!,
recorded by The Clash in 1980, was one of the most ambitious records in the history
of rock 'n' roll. According to one of its biggest fans, author and journalist
Jimmy Guterman, "It wasn't necessarily their best record, their best-selling
record, or even their most enjoyable record, but it's an exciting, sprawling mess
that I return to constantly." Guterman liked it so much, in fact, that he
took it upon himself to amass a tribute as ambitious as the album itself - 36
tracks by nearly as many different artists. 00:02:59 - a label named after a lyric
from the Sandinista! song "Hitsville U.K." - has released The Sandinista!
Project as a two-CD set, with profits split between two charities - Amnesty International
(heartily supported by The Clash) and the Joe Strummer Memorial Forest, which
is a division of Future Forests, an organization fighting global warming. Track
Listing Disc 1:The Magnificent Seven, Joe Grushecky and the Houserockers/Hitsville
U.K., Katrina Leskanich/Junco Partner, Jon Langford and Sally Timms with Ship
& Pilot/Ivan Meets G.I. Joe, Jason Ringenberg and Kristi Rose/The Leader,
Amy Rigby/Something About England, The Coal Porters/Rebel Waltz, Ruby on the Vine/Look
Here, Jim Duffy/The Crooked Beat, Wreckless Eric/Somebody Got Murdered, Matthew
Ryan/One More Time/One More Dub, Haale/One More Time (One More Time), Ted Harris/Lightning
Strikes (Not Once But Twice), London Calling of Chicago/Up in Heaven (Not Only
Here), The Smithereens/Corner Soul, Ethan Lipton/Let's Go Crazy, Storybox/If Music
Could Talk, Steve Wynn/The Sound of the Sinners, Bill Lloyd.Track Listing Disc
2: Police on My Back, Willie Nile/Midnight Log, Soul Food with Mick Gallagher/The
Equaliser, Sunset Heroes/The Call Up, The Lothars/Washington Bullets, Phil Rockrohr
and the Lifters/Broadway, Stew/Lose This Skin, Jim Allen/Charlie Don't Surf, The
Crunchies/Mensforth Hill, Bee Maidens/Junkie Slip, Mark Cutler/Kingston Advice,
Camper Van Beethoven/The Street Parade, Dollar Store/Version City, Tim Krekel/Living
in Fame, Lou Carlozo/Silicone on Sapphire, The Blizzard of 78 featuring Mikey
Dread/Version Pardner, Sally Timms and Jon Langford with Ship & Pilot/Career
Opportunities, Sex Clark Five/Shepherds Delight, The Hyphens. (00:02:59)
The
second in our series of exploration of the pan-American funk experience, Cult
Cargo: Gran Bahama Goombay is a deep overview of Funky Nassau's redheaded sister
city, Freeport, GBI. From 1969-1976, Frank Penn's GBI studio and label cranked
out a dozen LPs and twice as many singles infected with the Miami sounds drifting
in over the 100 mile strait. The catalog is a fruity blend of rake and scrape,
bush, junkanoo, calypso, reggae, and of course, goombay, all with a twist of American
soul. The deluxe 2LP set features a bonus track and a gorgeous pullout sleeve
chronicling the island's LP and 45 history. (Numero)
Trading
Twilight For Daylight is a collection of shimmeringly lovely yet wildly contrasting
shades of the pop song experience. Densely layered melodies are draped with velvety
chimes, stately piano, luxurient keyboard string flourishes and smartly counterpointed
electric and acoustic guitars. The songs' very point often seems to suggest the
rich emotional textures of a daydream afternoon, just as sunshine gently dims
into the dark. The sensual fullness of the sound is like soaking in a bath of
warm frequencies, and makes you come back again and again.
As
the leader of seminal seventies band Mott the Hoople, Ian Hunter ripped straight
through the hypocrisy and broken ideals of the hippie generation, cutting a jagged
swath through popular music and paving the way for the punk rock revolution. Hunter's
interpretation of the David Bowie-penned classic 'All the Young Dudes' made him
an icon and further work with legendary Bowie guitarist Mick Ronson cemented his
position as underground rock 'n' roll royalty. After Mott the Hoople's final break-up
in 1974, Ian Hunter pressed on as a solo artist releasing 11 solo albums to date.
Now, with Shrunken Heads, the man that has influenced bands from The Clash to
Oasis is still affecting today's most groundbreaking artists (Jeff Tweedy collaborates
on three tracks), recording with his beloved band (Soozie Tyrell [E Street Band]
Graham Maby [Joe Jackson] among other luminary sidemen) and offering characteristically
wry commentary on today's political climate. (Yep Roc)
This
Sacramento four-piece, which treads roots-rock and experimental pop à la
Grandaddy or Chuck Prophet, is best known for its ripping live sets and audience
of faithful followers. This outing is co-produced by Tape Op magazine founder
John Bacciagalupi, and his influence is noted in the odd and wistful instrumentation
that defies any sort of "Americana" tag. (Jackpine Social Club) 
This
fifth album by Peterborough, England's The Contrast is sure to please fans and
critics alike. Again featuring the songs of singer/writer David Reid, chiming
jangling psych-pop and vocal/melody balance with overflowing energy and crafty
guitar interplay (think a mod-ish Television). Embraced by Little Steven on his
Underground Garage radio show as "one of the best bands on the planet,"
they consistently deliver album after album of solid songwriting, intelligent
and thoughtful lyrics wrapped up in 3-minute pop songs - bringing on infectious
grooves, all tinted with a rose-colored neo-garage rock glow. (Rainbow Quartz)
For
three decades now, the beloved Dry Branch Fire Squad has been a bastion of mountain
soul, bluegrass, and old-time music - carrying timeless traditions into the modern
era with a blend of reverence, soul, and wit all their own. This special edition
thirtieth anniversary collection is designed to complement Rounder's previous
Dry Branch anthology, Tried and True (Rounder 11519), and contains material (some
previously unreleased) recorded in the twenty years since that collection's release.
Under the stewardship of Ron Thomason, Dry Branch Fire Squad has weathered the
storms on the sea of time, all to forge an iron-clad brand of defiantly rugged
old-time and traditional bluegrass music that imparts essential reminders of the
past while unafraid to meet the future head-on. (Rounder)
The
2005 full-length from Portland's Southerly, Best Dressed and Expressionless is
a concept album dedicated to four close friends and family members who all passed
away around October 2003. Each "Accidental" track is about one of the
four individuals, personalized by the memories remaining after their passing.
"Southerly sounds more like Damien Rice's O or Jeremy Enigk's solo album
The Frog Prince, with the sound firmly rooted in acoustic guitars and folk while
sidestepping the usual pitfalls of folkrock." - The Pulse (Fall Records)
Portland's
Krist Krueger is a rare talent. As a solo artist under the name Southerly, he
branded himself a dedicated DIY recording artist and unrelenting touring performer.
Now, as a full band, Southerly carries on these traditions-as well as a dedication
to beautiful, melodic, rhythmic tunes with heartfelt naked lyricism. Their album,
Storyteller & The Gossip Columnist is a fourteen-song masterpiece of indie
music, could not possibly display this any better. (Gray Day Productions) 
A
folk triumph years in the making, The Bane of Progress is a quiet, reflective,
stirring album with all the right touches. Bolstered by a cast of ringers including
members of The Decemberists and Norfolk & Western, these smoldering, literate
ballads are evocative-human, forlorn, and searching are all apt descriptions.
But there's a silver lining to these cloudy songs, and Jeff London charms listeners
with his classic melodies and earnest tenor. (Hush Records) 
Track
Listing Disc 1: Demons Are Real/Pimple Zoo/Everybody Thinks I'm A Raincloud (When
I'm Not Looking)/Exit Flagger/Sleep Over Jack/ Girls Of Wild Strawberries/Navigating
Flood Regions/Gold Star For Robot Boy/Window Of My World/Redmen And Their Wives/Dayton
Ohio 19 Something And 5/My Impression Now/Do The Earth/Game Of Pricks/Secret Star.
Disc 2: My Kind Of Soldier/Sad If I Lost It/Cut Out Witch/Gonna Never Have To
Die/Best Of Jill Hives/Watch Me Jumpstart/Tractor Rape Chain/Buzzards And Dreadful
Crows/Pendulum/Murder Charge/Fair Touching/Teenage FBI/Glad Girls/I Am A Scientist/
Echos Myron.(New West Records) 
Downtown
Nashville, just off the dirty Cumberland River, is a wayward home for junkies,
poets, homeless buskers, and starving musicians. In the watering holes that line
the neon-studded Broadway Street, music is played twenty-four hours a day by the
hardest, tightest, hungriest gentlemen. Each a master at his trade, they fight
and wrestle with the sounds of an ever-changing world, hoping to someday master
the blues and perform honky tonk ballads like the gone-but-not-forgotten country
angels of old. For years there was one band that shone brighter than the rest:
Th' Legendary Shack Shakers. As time has passed, the lineup has changed and the
band's fan base has grown worldwide, but the quartet captured here was the best,
sharpest group of villains to ever play under the name. This is a recording dating
back to the year 2000, when they were unknown and fighting to live. (Arkam Records)
To
complement the soon-to-conclude Leiber & Stoller series, Ace now presents
its first salute to the 'other' great song-writing team of Rock'n'Roll's Golden
Age.Individually and collectively, Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman have written more
classics of American Pop than almost any other writers of their era. They had
more songs accepted and recorded by Elvis Presley than even L & S did (apparently,
without ever meeting the King even once). Also Included for the first time on
an Ace CD, an Elvis Presley recording as our title track - one which, incidentally,
was the last song that Pomus & Shuman ever wrote together before dissolving
their song-writing partnership in 1966. Track Listing: (Wake Up) Miss Rip Van
Winkle - The Tibbs Brothers/Lonely Avenue - Ray Charles/I Ain't Sharin' Sharon
-Bobby Darin/ Hushabye -The Mystics/It's Been Nice -Marty Wilde / (Marie's The
Name) His Latest Flame -Del Shannon/Angel Face -Jimmy Darren/Turn Me Loose -Fabian/A
Teenager In Love -Dion & The Belmonts/Hey Memphis -Lavern Baker/Save The Last
Dance For Me -The Drifters/Go, Jimmy, Go -Jimmy Clanton/Too Good -Little Tony
And His Brothers/Seven Sins -Barrett Strong/So Close To Heaven-Ral Donner/First
Taste Of Love -Ben E King/Can't Get Used To Losing You -Andy Williams/All You
Gotta Do Is Touch Me -Bobby Vee/A King For Tonight -Barry Darvellmp3 Available/Suspicio
-Terry Stafford/Seven Day Weekend -Gary "Us" /Spanish Lace - Gene Mcdaniels/Double
Trouble - Elvis Presley/I'm Gonna Cry 'Til My Tears Run Dry -Irma Thomas/Stop
- Howard Tate/Say Those Magic Words -The Mccoys.(Ace)
Ace
explores the outer regions of the Atlantic catalogue. Track Listing: Mess Around
-Ray Charles/Big Foot May - Hal Paige & His Blues Boys/Alarm Clock Boogie
- Odelle Turner With Jesse Stone & His Orchestra/ Wine-O-Wine - Willis "Gator
Tail" Jackson & The 4 Gators/Your Cash Ain't Nothin' But Trash - The
Clovers/ Ee-Til-Ya-Dee -The Tilters/Big Mamou Daddy - Carmen Taylor/Uh-Huh - George
"Mr Blues" Jackson/I'm Gonna Cross That River - Tommy Ridgley/Got The
Water Boiling -The Regals/Bump Miss Susie -Joe Turner With Van "Piano Man"
Walls & His Orch/ Let The Boogie Woogie Roll -Clyde Mcphatter / My Beat Is
125th Street - Eunice Davis/Rhumboogie Jive - Frank "Floorshow" Culley
& His Band/As Long As I'm Moving - Ruth Brown & Her Rhythm Makers/Beans
And Corn Bread - Joe Morris/Why Oh Why - Frankie Marshall/Fanny Lou - Frankie
Marshall/ (Wake Up) Miss Rip Van Winkle-The Tibbs Brothers/-I'm Going Crazy-The
Tibbs Brothers/Hey Memphis -Lavern Baker/Shuffle In The Gravel - Young Jessie
/Shooty Booty - Ivory Joe Hunter/Bip Bop Bip - Pretty Boy/Rock'n'roll Espanole
- Mad Man Taylor & His Piano (Ace Records UK)
Track
Listing: Hey Grandma/Mr. Blues/8:05/Omaha/Sitting By The Window/Indifferance/Bitter
Wind - (Version One)/Murder In My Heart For The Judge/Can't Be So Bad/He/Motorcycle
Irene/Rose Colored Eyes/Never Again (Sweet Ride) - (previously unreleased, From
The Motion Picture The Sweet Ride)/Ooh Mama Ooh/Ain't That A Shame/If You Can't
Learn From My Mistakes/Going Nowhere/Seeeing/Changes, Circles Spinning/Truly Fine
Citizen.(Sony) 
First
official reissue of The Weeds (a.k.a. The Lollipop Shoppe), authorized by Fred
Cole of Dead Moon fame! Life for a young band on the road & on the way up
is a merry chaos. When "You Must Be a Witch" proved to be a hit single,
The Weeds were hot. The group regularly opened for The Doors, The Seeds, and Moby
Grape as well as a few one-offs with the likes of Buffalo Springfield, Janis Joplin,
and Jefferson Airplane. This is '60s garage/psychedelia as its best. A long-awaited
re-issue, the album has been beautifully re-mastered by Mark "Bosshoss"
Taylor. Track Listing: It's Your Time/Little Girl/You Must Be a Witch/Underground
Railroad/Baby Don't Go/Who'll Read the Will/It's Only a Reflection/Don't Look
Back/Don't Close the Door On Me/It Ain't How Long/It's Makin' It/I'm Gonna Be
There/You Don't Give Me No More/Sin/Mr. Madison Avenue/Who's It Gonna Be/Stop/No
Good News.(Music Maniac) 
Track
Listings Disc 1: Sunbonnet Sue/ Nancy Jane/Osage Stomp/Get With It/I Can't Give
You Anything But Love/Spanish Two Step/Maiden's Prayer/Wang Wang Blues/St. Louis
Blues/Good Old Oklahoma/Blue River/Mexicali Rose/I Ain't Got Nobody/Never No More
Blues/Who Walks In When I Walk Out/Old Fashioned Love/Oklahoma Rag/Black And Blue
Rag/Sittin' On Top Of The World/Four Or Five Times/I Can't Be Satisfied/Smith's
Reel/Harmony/She's Killing Me/Weary Of The Same Old Stuff. Track Listings Disc
2: No Matter How Seh Done It/Bluin' The Blues/Steel Guitar Rag/Get Along Home
Cindy/Trouble In Mind/What's The Matter With The Mill/Sugar Blues/Basin Street
Blues/Red Hot Gal Of Mine/Too Busy/Back Home Again In Indiana/Fan It/Mean Mama
Blues/Bring It On Down To My House/Right Or Wrong/Swing Blues #1/Swing Blues #2/White
Heat/Dedicated To You/Playboy Stomp/Steel Guitar Stomp/Rosetta/Bleeding Hearted
Blues/Tie Me To Your Apron Strings Again/Never No More Hard Times Blues. Track
Listings Disc 3:Sunbonnet Sue/The New St. Louis Blues/I'm A Ding Dong Daddy From
Dumas/Oozlin' Daddy Blues/Black Rider/Everybody Does It In Hawaii/Alexander's
Ragtime Band/Blue Prelude/Sophisticated Hula/Pray For The Lights To Go Out/Gambling
Polka Dot Blues/Keep Knocking (But You Can't Come In)/Loveless Love/Oh Lady Be
Good/Way Down Upon The Swanee River/Oh You Beautiful Doll/Moonlight And Roses
(Bring Mem'ries Of You) /I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate/Tulsa Stomp/Empty
Bed Blues/Little Red Head /San Antonio Rose/Little Girl, Go Ask Your Mama/Carolina
In The Morning/The Convict And The Rose. Track Listings Disc 4:Silver Bells/Dreamy
Eyes Waltz/Beaumont Rag/Twinkle Twinkle Little Star/If I Could Bring Back My Buddy/Whoa
Babe/Ida Red/Yearning (Just For You)/I Wonder If You Feel The Way I Do/Prosperity
Special/Drunkard's Blues/You're Okay/Liza Pull Down The Shades/That's What I Like
'Bout The South/My Window Faces The South/The Waltz You Saved For Me/Don't Let
The Deal Go Down/You Don't Love Me (But I'll Always Care)/No Wonder/Lone Star
Rag/There's Going To Be A Party (For The Old Folks)/I Don't Lov'a Nobody/That
Brownskin Gal/Corrine Corrina/Let Me Call You Sweetheart (I'm In Love With You).
(JSP Records)
Originally
released in 1971. Track Listings: FFV/Delta Momma Blues/Only Him or Me/Turnstyled,
Junkpiled/Tower Song/Come Tomorrow/Brand New Companion/ Where I Lead Me/Rake/Nothin'.
(Fat Possum) 
Originally
released in 1978. Track Listing:Dollar Bill Blues/Rex's Blues/Pueblo Waltz/Brother
Flower/Snake Song/ Loretta/No Place to Fall/Flyin' Shoes/Who Do You Love/When
She Don't Need Me. (Fat Possum) 
Originally
released in 1969. Track Listings: Be Here To Love Me/Kathleen/She Came And She
Touched Me/Like A Summer Thursday/Our Mother the Mountain/Second Lovers Song/St.
John The Gambler/Tecumseh Valley/Snake Mountain Blues/My Proud Mountains/Why She's
Acting This Way. (Fat Possum)
Originally
released in 1970. Track Listings: For The Sake Of The Song/Columbine/Waitin' Around
To Die/Dont Take It Too Bad/Colorado Girl/ Lungs/I'll Be There In The Morning/Fare
Thee Well, Miss Carousel/(Quicksilver Daydreams of) Maria/None But The Rain. (Fat
Possum)
The Long Haul Truckers are a Maine/New England area band of rowdy rockers who
tore off a roof or two with their fiery twang rock about truck-drivin', drinkin'
and trailer-park lovin'. Still performing on occasion, this East coast favorite
celebrate their 10 year anniversary by releasing this nifty retrospective. Mistakes
Were Made contains tracks from their two releases, An Angel Not A Saint (1997)
and The Fine Art Of Carousing (1999), as well as three tunes extracted from the
Greetings From Area Code 207 series and three other rarities. Track Listing: If
I'd Shot Her When I Met Her (I'd Be Outta Jail By Now)/I'd Like To Quit Drinkin'
(But I Live Over A Bar) (Radio Edit)/Not Much To Say/Picture Of You/Circles/Never
Looking Down/Merry Christmas From The Family/18 Wheels Of Love (Live)/ Prides
Corner/Another One Like Me/An Angel Not A Saint/Because Of You/One Light/Thin
White Line/Daddy's Drinkin' Up Our Christmas/My Girlfriend Is A Waitress (Cornmeal
Records) 
A move to Nashville and a line-up shift have not slowed Last Train Home. Frontman
Eric Brace`s increasingly soulful singing give his poignant songs about family
loss, being heartsick and the power of love an emotional depth that comes only
from real life experiences. Newly added piano player Jen Gunderman adds a richness
to Brace`s singing. 10 years into what started out a part-time adventure, Brace
and LTH are impossible to place in a specific musical genre as they seamlessly
incorporate touches of many musical style. While many musicians have a creative
peak of about three records, LTH continue to grow and impress . -- Jeff Weiss,
Miles of Music (Red Beet) 
The song cycle is so strong on this collection that Toronto Star journalist John
Sakamoto made two tracks his top pick in his Anti-Hit-List column, ""#1.
'Surrender' & 'Miss Idaho'- Unable to choose between these two songs from
the Vancouver band's follow-up to the stunning Dust Bowl Revival, We finally gave
up and picked both of them. The former is an unlikely loping country re-make of
Cheap Tricks's signature tune; the latter is a melancholy, Neil Young-ish original
that is reminiscent of the sound that Jay Farrar has refined both on his own and
with Son Volt, Wilco, and Uncle Tupelo. 'Miss Idaho' certainly holds its own with
anything those two gentlemen have done in years." Shain Shapiro wrote in
View Magazine, ". . . Ox has returned with American Lo-Fi, a set that is
even better than Dust Bowl Revival. A drunken, impressively personal expose in
song -- one that shakes the demons in all of us. Brooding, bacchanalian, repressively
sweet, good natured and smart, Ox has once again reached the acme in 'Canadiana'."
All, told, a fantastic collection of roots pop. (weewerk)
Canada`s David Picco, rightfully, gets lumped in with Steve Earle, Jay Farrar,
and Jeff Tweedy. His way with melody, lyrics, and Saturday Night, Sunday Morning`s
overall sound puts him squarely in that place where Uncle Tupelo ended is all:
Anodyne. Producer by Don Kerr (Ron Sexsmith) captures that place where melancholy
and exuberance meet. Picco`s sound might feel derivative of his well accomplished
predecessors, but it is both not back company to keep and shows him as an artist
with something to say. -- Jeff Weiss, Miles of Music (Mag Wheel) 
Lubbock-based Thrift Store Cowboys capture the shimmering, country-influenced
soundtrack sound of the Southwest. Produced by Craig Schumacher at Wavelab Studios
in Tucson,TSC`s 2006 release is a beautifully intoxicating mix. A gypsy-like violin,
haunting pedal steel and the occasional toy piano provide texture for this dark,
thoughtful and very talented band. It`s December release will preclude it from
making year-end best of lists, which is a shame, as it`s quality exceeds nearly
every small label album of the year. -- Jeff Weiss, Miles of Music (self-released)
On
their third full-length, The Clientele are setting free their inner Monkees with
a lovely blend of Big Star twisted powerpop, Byrdsian country achin', and flashes
of The Beatles at their most joyful and upbeat. The ghosts, half-light, and uncertainties
remain, but included in this music is a newfound optimism. With the addition of
piano and violin, the band paints from a broader palette, adding splashes of pedal
steel and slide guitar to their already lush songs. Their most accomplished and
triumphant record. Recorded in Nashville with Mark Nevers (Lambchop, Bonnie "Prince"
Billy, Calexico, Silver Jews). (Merge Records)
This is the first-ever collection of rare videos from Tim Buckley's live performances,
including thirteen full-length songs. The footage spans his entire career, from
1967 to 1974, and includes unreleased video of interaction with Buckley on The
Steve Allen Show (1969) and on WITF's The Show (1970). This DVD also features
interviews with Larry Beckett (co-writer of many songs with Buckley), Lee Underwood
(Buckley's guitarist) and David Browne (author of "Dream Brother: The Lives
of Jeff and Tim Buckley"). (MVD Visual) 
This DVD was recorded live at The Church Street Station, Orlando, Florida. As
the single most influential singer-songwriter in country music history, and in
addition to being a remarkable musician, band leader and historian, Merle Haggard
may be the most well rounded country talent to ever take the stage. Throughout
his career, he has been the pulse of an ever-lonesome fugitive, the voice of the
Okie with an attitude, and the uncommon poet of the working man. Track Listingas:
Faded Love, A Maiden's Prayer/Take Me Back To Tulsa/Corrine Corinna/San Antonio
Rose/Ida Red/What Am I Gonna Do/The Bottle Let Me Down/Begging To You/Medley:
Brain Cloudy Blues-Milk Cow Blues/Mama Tried/Big City/Footlights/Folsom Prison
Blues/TB Blues/Always Late/Workin' Man Blues/If You Want To Be My Woman/Twinkle
Twinkle Lucky Star/Fiddle Breakdown/Right Or Wrong/Ramblin' Fever/That's The Way
Love Goes/Today I Started Loving You Again/Okie From Muskogee/The Fighting Side
of Me. (MVD Visual)
Track Listing Disc 1: Demons Are Real/Pimple Zoo/Everybody Thinks I'm A Raincloud
(When I'm Not Looking)/Exit Flagger/Sleep Over Jack/Girls Of Wild Strawberries/Navigating
Flood Regions/Gold Star For Robot Boy/Window Of My World/Redmen And Their Wives/Dayton
Ohio 19 Something And 5/My Impression Now/Do The Earth/Game Of Pricks/Secret Star.
Disc 2: My Kind Of Soldier/Sad If I Lost It/Cut Out Witch/Gonna Never Have To
Die/Best Of Jill Hives/Watch Me Jumpstart/Tractor Rape Chain/Buzzards And Dreadful
Crows/Pendulum/Murder Charge/Fair Touching/Teenage FBI/Glad Girls/I Am A Scientist/Echos
Myron.(New West Records)
This stunning double DVD and book set provides a fascinating insight into what
it was like to make music with a genius. The programme turns to original drummer
and longstanding band members Mick Avory, keyboardist John Gosling and bassist
John Dalton to hear their thoughts, recollections and memories of time spent playing
with the band. These all new, unique interviews are interwoven with terrific archive
footage both in the television studio and in the live environment from all eras
of the Kinks' glorious history. In addition, a team of leading rock journalists
and music critics re-assess some of the best-loved and most influential songs
in pop history. (Classic Rock Legends) 
This DVD/CD set includes the only authorized video biography of the 93-year-old
blues legend. It outlines his humble beginnings and his long life in the blues
through documentary footage, interviews with fellow friends and musicians such
as Bobby Rush, Ike Turner, Kim Wilson, and others, and straight from the legend
himself. Several live performances are included on the DVD, and the accompanying
CD features a live show in Chicago and previously unreleased studio song version.
This is a rare and special glimpse into the life and music of a true legend in
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