Longtime Marah fan - and AD contributor - J. neas, looks at the Philadelphia based outfit's latest album (released last month on Yep Roc) and deems it the bands best work in years.
With Angels of Destruction!, Marah have cooked up their . . .
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While I've never been accused of being an avid Decemberists fan, I am a Smiths/Morrissey pundit, and think The Decemberists principle songwriter Colin Meloy released a genuinely great EP of Mozzer covers - back in 2005 - while doing a solo acoustic tour. Both his style and vocal approach were perfect for the, for the most part . . .
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The Drive-By Truckers are getting ready to embark on their Home Front World Tour, in support of the new LP Brighter Than Creation's Dark. Aquarium Drunkard is presenting the 1st two dates in Anaheim (House of Blues) and Los Angeles (become a member or log in.
Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS, channel 26 Left Of Center, can now be heard twice, every Friday - Noon EST and then an encore broadcast at Midnight EST. Below is this week’s playlist.
SIRIUS 34: Bon Iver - Skinny Love ++ Iron & Wine - The Trapeze Swinger ++ My Morning Jacket - Cobra (edit) ++ Talking Heads - This Must Be The Place ++ Dengue Fever - Sober Driver . . .
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Last October J.J. Cale fans saw their hero's vaults unlocked with the release of Rewind: The Unreleased Recordings, which collects 14 previously unavailable tracks. For an artist whose songs have famously been covered for decades, it's great to see Cale, himself, work his way around other artist's work. Here are two of . . .
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Next Tuesday your local retail shelves will see the return of Bob Mould with his 7th (and counting) solo release, District Line. I've fallen off the Bob Mould train a couple of times in the past (see: 2002's electronica flirtation become a member or log in.
I was originally turned on to the late British bluesman, Long John Baldry, via his 1971 LP, It Ain't Easy. Initially, it was Baldry's take on The Faces "Flying" that stopped me in my tracks . . .
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Sure, there may be numerous covers out there of Don Dryant's "99 Lbs," but Ann Peebles' version solidly remains my favorite. In fact, she owns it in a way the original only hints at. I have blogged about the compilation this track is culled from, become a member or log in.
Earlier today Billboard announced that Neil Young's latest plan, per his much delayed Archives project, is to release the set in a multi-media format, exclusively on Blu-Ray and DVD. Yup, you heard him: no compact discs. Share you thoughts on this news in the comments. I imagine a number of us will be ripping the audio content, and uploading it to our iPods and/or creating our own CDrs.
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Those of you who read Patterson Hood's Off The Record, last week, may have noted that Hood lists his all-time favorite Athen's, GA release as The Glands self-titled second album. High praise, indeed. While I cannot . . .
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Super excited for tonight's AD Presents show. Come on out to the Silverlake Lounge for a night of music with some of our favorite LA artists (yup, Blair is now a card-carrying Angeleno after relocating from New Orleans).
Here is the artist lineup, most of which, regular AD readers have read about time and again: Le Switch - become a member or log in.
Other than being an interesting project in its own right, the Cowboy Junkies Trinity Session Revisited has (personally) sparked an entirely renewed interest in the band's original recording, 1987's The Trinity Session
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Come March 4th, Whiskeytown's second album, 1997's Strangers Almanac, is getting the deluxe, two disc reissue treatment. This marks the first Whiskeytown release since the posthumous 2001 release of Pneumonia, the band's final studio album.
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If you've followed AD over the past few years, you're aware I am somewhat of a Black Crowes freak. Granted, I grew up in Georgia, which means I may very well be predisposed to the condition. Nevertheless, the recent news of the band gearing up to release, Warpaint, their first . . .
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Don't let anyone ever tell you that good blogging ain't a two way street. It is. One recent example are the reader comments from an AD post, on R.E.M., from last Fall (REM :: Wrangling In The Monster). It was because of these comments that I placed my, post-Bill Berry, skepticism aside and purchased the become a member or log in.