Country, Folk, Acoustic, and Alt-Country: More Than Just Johnny Cash

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nm: Jan 28, 2008; "I saw Minos the Space Judge holding a golden sceptre and passing sentence upon the Martians. There he presided, and around him the noble Space Prosecutors sought the firm justice of space law."

Hey, this is the thread for me!

American Aquarium is a great band from North Carolina, that just put out a new album Burn.Flicker.Die that is excellent. It was produced by Jason Isbell as well.
Most of it is streaming on their website
http://americanaquarium.net/

The Bible and the Bottle is also amazing.

Truckstop Darlin' is from Portland and I can't stop playing Hope and the Heart it Breaks. Doesn't exactly say Portland to me, but they are excellent.
They also stream the whole disc
http://truckstopdarlin.com/album/hope-and-the-heart-it-breaks-2012/

Todd Farrell's EP is pretty good as well. Very Truckers-esque.
Streaming on bandcamp
http://toddfarrell.bandcamp.com/album/where-fake-cowboys-go-to-drink

From Alaska, Matthew Dean Herman is pretty cool. Also, fairly truckers-esque (not a bad thing), but obviously a bit more norther. I think you can stream from here:
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/matthewdeanherman
He has a new project the Jack River kings who release an album this friday. Should be great
http://www.jackriverkings.com/

Noted Arliss Nancy has already been mentioned. They're pretty awesome.

Also, saw Cross Canadian Ragweed mentioned. If you like Red Dirt, John Moreland and whatever it is this week are pretty awesome.
He's got a bandcamp page where everything is streaming. If you like it, buy it, I think he's been struggling moneywise lately. Endless Oklahoma is a favorite of mine.
http://johnmoreland.bandcamp.com/

edit:
Goddamn, I can't believe I forgot Doc Dailey and the Magnolia Devil. This is really the best band no one has heard of. I only know about him because Isbell managed to drag him out to GAMH in San Francisco last year, and I haven't stopped listening since. He is everything that is right with Americana at the moment. He combines banjos and horns for god's sake and it works! And just an amazing voice.
Stream here:
http://docdaileyandmagnoliadevil.bandcamp.com/album/victims-enemies-old-friends
Seven Points is probably my favorite song.
He has a new album coming out any day now.

nm fucked around with this message at 06:40 on Sep 4, 2012

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nm: Jan 28, 2008; "I saw Minos the Space Judge holding a golden sceptre and passing sentence upon the Martians. There he presided, and around him the noble Space Prosecutors sought the firm justice of space law."

Trans Ferdinand posted:

I played in a band, backing a singer-songwriter, that opened for Hayes Carll at the Cheatham Street Warehouse in San Marcos. Probably the biggest gig I've ever played.

The audience was pretty vomitorious though. Just a sea of middle-aged white people, all dressed alike.

What is is with altish country crowds? Outside of San Francisco, they all seem to be older suburban looking people?

# ¿ Feb 21, 2013 21:30

nm: Jan 28, 2008; "I saw Minos the Space Judge holding a golden sceptre and passing sentence upon the Martians. There he presided, and around him the noble Space Prosecutors sought the firm justice of space law."

Anyone listening to Todd Farrell's new album? Pretty good and the title "All Our Heros live in vans" is depressingly true, but also weirds out people who don't get it.

# ¿ Dec 28, 2013 20:19

nm: Jan 28, 2008; "I saw Minos the Space Judge holding a golden sceptre and passing sentence upon the Martians. There he presided, and around him the noble Space Prosecutors sought the firm justice of space law."

invision posted:

Also got to witness Turnpike Troubadours show last night... Evan Felker couldn't remember the words to his songs or play his instruments. Dude was *out* of it, bad.

Too bad, I went to a concert of their's a few months ago that was pretty good.

Apparently this is a thing.

American Aquarium (guys who know a thing or two about booze) apparently tweeted "It's official. "Evan Felker Steamboat Wasted" has replaced "Myrtle Beach Wasted" in my vocabulary." last year.

nm fucked around with this message at 08:02 on Jan 31, 2016

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nm: Jan 28, 2008; "I saw Minos the Space Judge holding a golden sceptre and passing sentence upon the Martians. There he presided, and around him the noble Space Prosecutors sought the firm justice of space law."

Checking in to say that if MP3s were like records, I'd have to buy another copy of Nashville Sound because I've played it so loving much.

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nm: Jan 28, 2008; "I saw Minos the Space Judge holding a golden sceptre and passing sentence upon the Martians. There he presided, and around him the noble Space Prosecutors sought the firm justice of space law."

HenryJLittlefinger posted:

This is the first I�m hearing of this and I am jazzed. There are a few that I wish they�d put on there but I can�t complain.

Edit: it�s sooo good

There's a volume 2 coming.
Fun as gently caress record

# ¿ May 13, 2021 04:32

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