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Looks like there isn't a thread for music made by people strumming guitars or barnstorming through songs about hard luck and bad love, so I figured I'd make one. I'm missing a show tonight by Canada's Corb Lund, who's a great stompy country artist. Last time I saw him he was opening for The Waifs, probably Australia's best mid level country/folk act. Check out 'Bridal Train', probably their best song. This Sunday I'm seeing Hayes Carll, a criminally underrated Texan with some of the cleverest lyrics I've heard in a long time. I was reading one of those stupid Slate year-end roundups and they quoted the best bit: quote:Hayes Carll’s fourth album, KMAG YOYO (and other American stories), has plenty of the n’e’er-do-well road rockers, drinking songs and lovelorn ballads, but he brings unusual vim, wit and an of-the-moment lefty political edge. The title track (from the military-slang acronym for “Kiss my rear end, guys, you’re on your own”) takes the template of “Subterranean Homesick Blues” and overlays a shaggy-dog story about an unwilling Afghan-war recruit who ends up on a drugged-up and ill-starred covert op: “I won't ever ask you, Lord, for anything again/ I'll swear it on the Bible, Torah or Koran/ Lyin' in a rhino track/ 'Bout to have a heart attack/ IED got to me, someone call the Medevac …” I've also been getting into some of the real stuff, like George Jones and Waylon Jennings and Townes Van Zandt. Speaking of, Steve Earle's kid Justin Townes Earle is fantastic and is well worth seeing.
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Calexico are the big ones. You'll also want the Red Dead Redemption soundtrack.
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Aug 22, 2012 05:43
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I'm not sure why I didn't mention Lucero or Drive-By Truckers in the OP. They're two of the best Southern rock bands around, though Drive-By Truckers are better. All their albums are a bit overstuffed, since they've got about 4 songwriters. But they're all good, and they go beyond the usual love and heartbreak songs. Southern Rock Opera, which is exactly what it says, is their masterpiece. 'Let There Be Rock' is amazing. One of DBTs best songwriters, Jason Isbell (he wrote the heartbreaking 'Danko Manuel') recently went solo. His stuff is well-worth checking out. Eileen Jewel is pretty new. She opened for Lucinda Williams and easily held her own.
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Aug 22, 2012 23:42
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Hayes Carll was fantastic last night; if you get a chance see him. Just unforced charm and humor; I'm still laughing at 'Boy you ain't a poet you're just a drunk with a pen'. Here's KMAG YOYO, my favorite talking blues song about going into space on LSD: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElnaO3WQkZc Anyone else a fan of Old Crow Medicine show? They're kinda bluegrassy and put on amazing live shows. I've heard good things about the new American Aquarium album.
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Aug 26, 2012 23:37
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McMadCow posted:Justin Townes Earle performing "Harlem River Blues" on Letterman a while back: They toured together in Australia a few years back. I thought Jason blew Justin away. Had a drink with them after; nice guys. Jason Isbell never stops tweeting. I've seen JTE a few more times since then and he's really grown on me. 'Midnight At The Movies' is gorgeous. RaolDuke, I haven't mentioned The Mountain Goats since once I start sperging about them I can't stop. I'll probably make a dedicated thread once the new album comes out. It's called 'Trancendental Youth' and looks set to continue John's focus on sin and redemption from the past few albums. He's the greatest modern songwriter. I got into Old 97s after somebody told me Gaslight Anthem ripped them off. I wouldn't go that far but I do dig them. Anyone heard William Elliot Whitmore? He's a real stompy country guy. I saw him open for Frank Turner (who's basically a folk singer, though he plays at punk) and he did the closing song for Red Dead Redemption. Tim Barry's another ex-punk, now country guy who's good. Real hobos and freight trains stuff. Folk-punk's my favorite genre, but it covers so much territory. Like Raol said, start with Defiance, Ohio. All their albums are free on their site. Then check out Andrew Jackson Jihad, Bomb The Music Industry, Johnny Hobo and the Freight Trains, The Smith Street Band, The Menzingers, Against Me!, etc. The Horroble Crowes, Gaslight Anthem's folkier side project, is probably worth it too. Kinda weird how much overlap there is between the two genres. Lucero opened for Dropkick Murphies, who are punk as gently caress but got huge recently covering a Woody Guthrie song. Count Chocula fucked around with this message at 23:28 on Aug 30, 2012 |
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Aug 30, 2012 23:21
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Dwight Yoakam just announced an Australian tour. Hadn't heard him before an hour ago and I'm literally tapping my feet at my desk. Honky Tonk Man, This Drinking Will Kill Me, Streets of Bakersfield... drat this is good stuff. http://www.avclub.com/articles/nashville-or-bust-introduction,24585/ Big AV Club feature on classic country. I need it, since I grew up far away from it in the North.
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Aug 31, 2012 01:27
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Junkenstein posted:Found these guys through the 'bands you've never heard of thread' last year. Australian horror country. Really good stuff. Graveyard Train are so much fun; I've seen them about a dozen times. Haven't listened to much real Australian country besides Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson. Here's Rattlin Bones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WD7ivs3anF0 Has anyone heard the new Patterson Hood solo album yet? Uncut loved it, and I can't imagine he'd suddenly turn bad after leaving the DBTs. I can't wait to pick it up. It comes out on 9/11, same day as Dylan's newest. In the past 2 days I've listened to 70 Dwight Yoakam tracks (Spotify has his Rhino Records collection) and I'm not bored yet. I'm honestly surprised, since I haven't listened to much real country. Guess I'm going to spend $70 to see him with a bunch of bogans down from the bush. Count Chocula fucked around with this message at 05:33 on Sep 3, 2012 |
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Sep 3, 2012 05:29
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m-o-o-n posted:The new Murder by Death album leaked and it is good. Not quite as great as Red of Tooth and Claw but a definite return to form after the slightly disappointing Good Morning Magpie. I've been listening to this yesterday and it's amazing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6k5BRwIPxk - The Handsome Family destroy every nerdcore and steampunk band with their haunting song about Tesla.
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Sep 28, 2012 05:02
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My favorite Neko Case song is I Wish I Was The Moon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCV-YMD6oXA Has anyone heard Lenny and the Piss Poor Boys? They're an offshoot of some random punk band. You know you can trust a band with a song called Lonely Days & Whiskey Nights -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olQ0ugmU0Wg
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Oct 4, 2012 05:35
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Any fans of Two Cow Garage? They remind me of Lucero. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oED6ER6Zs3w - Folksinger's Heart quote:Now I'm twenty-five years old. No money, no plan, no street of gold. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOanKtmdi7s - Your Humble Narrator quote:Waking up to cassette tapes and ashtrays all filled up from the night before
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Oct 8, 2012 06:50
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Burning Rain posted:I'm going to the Tallest Man on Earth gig tomorrow. I dig his records, and he seems the kind of guy who would be great live, so I have high expectations. Doubt he'll match William Elliott Whitmore, though - I saw him a few months ago in London - Old Devils in particular blew the loving roof off the venue. He was the warm-up act to The Low Anthem along with Simon Felice, but nobody could come close: Low Anthem were beautiful, but not really trancedent, and I couldn't get into Simon's set at all, even though I like Felice Brothers (here's their Penn Station). The Tallest Man On Earth was billed above George Clinton and Jon Spencer in the Golden Plains festival press release I just got. I don't really approve, but I'll check him out. He reminds me of guys like Passenger, who just seem inoffensive. Now for some harder stuff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEJFLDsdZzs Joe Buck Yourself played with Hank Williams III. He's amazing. As is Hank II, obviously: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=escWLa1MvkQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9JacjNE_Ks That lead me to brutal bluegrass guys the Legendary Shack Shakers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RznWJUkwXEM
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Oct 22, 2012 23:36
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I’m seeing Murder By Death, who are totally alt country, play with Laura Jane Grace & The Devouring Mothers, who have a line mocking Wilco. Anyone remember Graveyard Train? Any Lucero fans?
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May 30, 2019 04:57
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It’s a song called I Hate Chicago. It’s tounge in cheek, it’s about how her ex wife lives there: “I couldn't give a poo poo about the (Smashing) Pumpkins, Slint or Wilco Learn to make a pizza you loving jack-offs Say hello back when someone says hello, you rear end in a top hat I hate O'Hare, I hate Midway, I can't stand Chicago” The the video is a recreation of Wayne’s World. Can anyone recommend Melbourne alt country? I know Devil Goat Family String Band.
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I miss Graveyard Train every day.
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