Black Bananas – Electric Brick Wall (Drag City Records)
For those who have not been as hot on the post-split output of the duo otherwise known as Royal Trux as others, make sure you check out the latest from … Read more
Album Reviews
Dom Flemons – Prospect Hill (Music Maker Relief Foundation)
As a former member of Carolina Chocolate Drops, Dom Flemons is no stranger to traditional music. Still, few artists dare to delve as deeply into traditional American music as Flemons … Read more
Wye Oak – Shriek (Merge Records)
The trappings of a two-piece rock outfit are many, from the interpersonal dynamic to the smaller stable of voices from which to cull a fuller sound. Thankfully, Maryland’s Wye Oak … Read more
Mark Sebastian – The Real Story (Black Sheep Global Recordings)
Although the cover art evokes Raymond Chandler’s 1940s Los Angeles, this album was created in New York City, and the music recalls the best of what we were listening to … Read more
Colleen Rennison – See The Sky About To Rain (Black Hen Music)
Another female song interpreter had a huge record with a Neil Young song as its title. No, this won’t be the landmark album like Emmylou’s Wrecking Ball,but those fortunate enough to … Read more
Joe Louis Walker – The Best Of The Stony Plain Years (Stony…
Joe Louis Walker is one of the most prolific and consistently creative artists on today’s blues scene. Walker’s latest recordings for Alligator Records, Hellfire and Hornet’s Nest, both showcase a … Read more
The Locust Honey String Band – Never Let Me Cross Your Mind…
The core of American country and old-time music lives on through Asheville, North Carolina’s own Locust Honey String Band. The music is a collaboration of talents by singer and fiddler … Read more
Trampled By Turtles – Wild Animals (Banjodad/Thirty Tigers)
Trampled By Turtles have wasted no time in following up last November’s big breakthrough Live At First Avenue with their seventh studio album Wild Animals; all the better to consolidate … Read more
John Hiatt – Terms Of My Surrender (New West Records)
At its core, Terms of My Surrender is a John Hiatt blues record that will inevitably be compared to 2000’s Crossing Muddy Waters. The new album is acoustic and electric, … Read more
The Howlin’ Brothers – Trouble (Readymade Records)
An impressive follow-up to their widely acclaimed debut, the Howlin’ Brothers’ Trouble offers anything but trouble for those who latched on to their rudimentary style early on Though it’s only their … Read more
