08/11/2008
On the Rise: The War On Drugs
Philly's The War on Drugs are starting to make a name for themselves outside of the local scene with their awesome debut full-length Wagonwheel Blues. Co-founder Kurt Vile and gang are perpetuating the grand tradition of noisy Americana. "Ta ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 08/11/2008 9:59 PM EST in Country, Indie-Rock, New Music Spotlight, Local Music | Permalink
07/01/2008
New Music From Micah P. Hinson - "When We Embraced"
Micah P. Hinson, who once suffered from a dislocated vertebrae, has returned with an inspired new album entitled, Micah P Hinson and the Red Empire Orchestra. The sweet balladry of the first single, "When We Embraced," plays like an old-school J ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 07/01/2008 7:39 PM EST in Folk, Country | Permalink
06/04/2008
Little Miss Sunshine Dolly Parton Style
Dolly Parton published a biography in 1994 called Dolly: My Life And Other Unfinished Business. Included in her book are photos sent in by fans of little girls dressed up as miniature versions of the C & W perky princess. Complete with bouffan ...
Read MorePosted by Emily on 06/04/2008 5:08 PM EST in WTF?, Country | Permalink
04/22/2008
The Midnight Cowboy Appears In the Afternoon And Everybody's Talkin' At Me
If you have access to any type of news media at all, then you must know that today is Pennsylvania's primary election for the Democratic Presidential candidate. When I went to the park for lunch, I did my best to avoid the barrage of opinionate ...
Read MorePosted by Emily on 04/22/2008 5:33 PM EST in Country, Editorial, Movie Music | Permalink
04/07/2008
Come One! Come All! The Tallest Man on Earth Sings "Into The Stream"
Ladies and Gentlemen, The Walrus is pleased to present... Sweden's Kristian Matsson, The Tallest Man on Earth! With most startling candor and impeccable finger-picking, this Scandanavian sensation will perform for us "Into the Stream", a s ...
Read MorePosted by Robin on 04/07/2008 1:43 PM EST in Folk, Country, New Music Spotlight | Permalink
04/03/2008
No Hippies Allowed
WFMU recently posted a series of red- blooded, conservative, country western mp3's by a few All- American Muskogee Okies. These cowboys were so ticked off by the freewheeling antics of the peacenik flower children, they exercised their 1st Amend ...
Read MorePosted by Emily on 04/03/2008 12:48 PM EST in Country | Permalink
03/25/2008
Would You Listen To a Band Called The Last Rapes of Mr. Teach?
Well, I would, and I have. Despite the lengthy, semi-offensive sounding name, France's The Last Rapes of Mr. Teach write songs that definitely won't offend your eardrums. "Help Me" is a super-accessible, rockabilly head-rush with pogo-stick rhyt ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 03/25/2008 10:31 PM EST in Country, Indie-Rock, Punk | Permalink
03/17/2008
God Less America
Bluegrass may not be Michael's thing, but Rock and Roll certainly isn't for the Hi-Fi Guys. Their Louvin Brothers styled "Rock and Roll Killed My Mother," doesn't lend itself to roadtrippin' music but it will get one thinking about the deconstr ...
Read MorePosted by Emily on 03/17/2008 12:15 PM EST in Experimental, Country | Permalink
03/12/2008
I Suffer For My Music, Now It's Your Turn - The Legendary Stardust Cowboy
Doing a bit of research on the Legendary Stardust Cowboy brought me to his Wikipedia page. The introductory sentence for his entry is so perfect, I couldn't have said it better myself. "The Legendary Stardust Cowboy, born Norman Carl Odam on O ...
Read MorePosted by Emily on 03/12/2008 1:32 PM EST in Experimental, YouTube, Country | Permalink
03/03/2008
Deer Tick and Peter and the Wolf Live at Pierre Menard Gallery
I am too excited to sit still! And it's a Monday morning for chrissakes! Two of my current favorite musicians, Red Hunter of Peter and the Wolf and John McCauley of Deer Tick, played a gallery show together last month at Pierre Menard Gallery in ...
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