RECOMMENDED LISTENING...........25 MAY 2009 |
We've sorted through stacks of recent releases to bring you five recommendations: the latest from Ronnie Fauss, Neko Case, The Felice Brothers, Conor Oberst & the Mystic Valley Band, and Scott H. Biram.
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FEATURED REVIEW...........................23 FEB 2009 |
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Artist:
RYAN ADAMS
Album:
EXTRA CHEESE [EP]
Label:
LOST HIGHWAY
Release Date:
10 FEBRUARY 2009 |
We’re as giddy as a gaggle of knock-kneed schoolgirls. Ryan Adams sent us a Valentine. A big, greasy, pepperoni-spackled Valentine. And we’re pretty certain it's love.
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CHEEZEBALL MIX TAPE #18..............16 FEB 2009 |
VOLUME #18 IN OUR ONGOING SERIES OF CAREFULLY
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DIGITAL VICTROLA............................09 FEB 2009 |
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ONE-TRACK SMACKDOWN................15 DEC 2008 |
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Artist:
LUCINDA WILLIAMS
Album:
LITTLE HONEY
Song:
"HONEY BEE"
Release Date:
14 OCTOBER 2008 |
Lucinda Williams is a woman of extremes. When she’s on, she’s peerless. But when she misses, she’s god-awful. And "Honey Bee" is god-awful.
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RECOMMENDED LISTENING...........17 NOV 2008 |
We've sorted through stacks of recent releases to bring you five recommendations: the latest from Blueheels, Hayes Carll, Centro-matic / South San Gabriel, Bandryland, and Graham Lindsey.
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FEATURED INTERVIEW.............SEPTEMBER 2008 |
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Artist:
BEN WEAVER
Latest Album:
THE AX IN THE OAK
Label:
BLOODSHOT
Release Date:
12 AUG 2008 |
These days, most 29 year olds are doing well if they've moved out of their parents' basement, made friends who don’t call them "Dawg," and upgraded from Schlitz to Leinie’s. But Ben Weaver, with his gravelly growl and unsentimental lyrics, is not your typical Gen Y-er. The hirsute Minnesotan’s sixth album, The Ax in the Oak, was recently released by Bloodshot Records, his second chapbook of poems and artwork, The Talking Comes Later, is hot off the presses, and one of his short stories will be featured in a forthcoming Melville Press anthology of musicians' prose. We caught up with Ben on the eve of his latest European tour, and learned what fish he least resembles, where to get one of the tastiest meals on the planet, and what it’s like to wander Berlin’s back streets in the dark.
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CHEEZEBALL MIX TAPE #17..............15 SEP 2008 |
VOLUME #17 IN OUR ONGOING SERIES OF CAREFULLY
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ONE-TRACK SMACKDOWN................07 JUL 2008 |
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Artist:
ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO
Album:
REAL ANIMAL
Song:
"SENSITIVE BOYS"
Release Date:
10 JUNE 2008 |
We love Alejandro Escovedo. Everyone loves Alejandro Escovedo. He feels the love. Hollered as much on Bourbonitis Blues way back in 1999: “Everybody says they love me / But I don’t know why.”
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CHEEZEBALL MIX TAPE #16..............19 MAY 2008 |
VOLUME #16 IN OUR ONGOING SERIES OF CAREFULLY
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RECOMMENDED LISTENING.............12 MAY 2008 |
We've sorted through stacks of recent releases to bring you five recommendations: the latest from Drag the River, the Drive-By Truckers, the Whipsaws, Roy Davis and the Dregs, and James McMurtry.
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CHEEZEBALL MIX TAPE #15...............02 MAR 2008 |
VOLUME #15 IN OUR ONGOING SERIES OF CAREFULLY
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2007 IN REVIEW...................................22 JAN 2008 |
We're a month late and flat f*cking broke, but what the hell, it's time to hand out the hardware. As you're certain to be sick to death of "top ten" lists by now, we thought we'd begin with a handful of rather idiosyncratic honors. So, without futher ado...
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