Finally, Halloween is getting its musical due. OK, OK, technically the latest album from Southern Culture On the Skids, Zombified, is a tribute to all the awesome grade B horror movies that used to come to the drive-ins and dollar theaters when I was mis-spending my youth. But a tribute album is generally music that [...] more »
WWDCFCD. What Would Death Cab For Cutie Do (or some other indie favorite) if they recorded an album with just bluegrass instruments? The answer to that question is maybe the latest release from The Dang-It Bobbys, Big Trouble. It doesn’t have a radio-friendly thumping bass, but the idea of a pop song with intelligent lyrics [...] more »
Several days ago I wrote a partial review of the new Slaid Cleaves live double album, Sorrow & Smoke: Live At the Horseshoe Lounge. Since then the album has come out, I’ve overcome the technical issue with getting both discs, and I got a chance to see Slaid live at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center in [...] more »
“Got a twenty on the bar, and the world on a string. Hanging out ’til the brass bell rings.” I’m not sure I’ve ever heard a better description of what it’s like to be young and full of expectations for what life will bring. That’s a verse from Brass Bell, the first cut on the [...] more »
I’m going to do something that I don’t think anyone at Twangville has done before. I’m going to review half a record. I was excited to get a pre-release file of Slaid Cleaves’ new live album, Sorrow & Smoke: Live At the Horseshoe Lounge. I gave it several listens, wrote up most of a review, [...] more »
As much as it pains me to say it, MTV had a good idea. It was back in the 90′s and someone there decided it would be unique to hear a rock band playing acoustic and unplugged. And very quickly, the better bands discovered they could turn that opportunity into a new sound; something that [...] more »
Like the aunt that you only see at Christmas, some people put out a vibe that’s fun to be around. Same thing with some records. My case in point is the second release from Nashville-based singer-songwriter Kelsey Waldon, Anybody’s Darlin’. I’ve listened to this record half a dozen times now and I can’t really put [...] more »
Not so long ago when someone said the latest record from a group was more “radio friendly” it meant they’d sold out and gone from what made them unique to something more appealing to the mainstream, at least as judged by some nameless, faceless A & R guy. But with most people listening to music [...] more »
As practically everyone who reads this blog is aware, it’s been 8 years since one of Americana’s most acclaimed artists, Gillian Welch, has released an album. With all the anticipation, Team Twangville decided to do the more-is-better approach and give you a variety of thoughts on the record. I’ll start with my reaction… Miles [...] more »
How does one go about acquiring an old soul? Do you go down to the crossroads and make a Faustian bargain ala Robert Johnson? Maybe reincarnation is the answer and you just have live a lot of lives. Regardless of how they did it, collectively The Waifs exhibit a world weariness in their latest album, [...] more »
As the old Monty Python line goes, “and now for something completely different.” A few weeks ago I happened to catch Suzanna Choffel at Old Settlers Music Festival. She was playing to an Austin crowd that knew her and my notes say something to the effect of “country meets jazz”. Fast forward to last week [...] more »
Covering the likes of Radiohead and Edgar Allen Poe in addition to her own superb songwriting, the single word to describe the latest effort from Sarah Jarosz would have to be “diversity”. With a supporting cast of Americana and pop stars seemingly unavailable to any other musician under 70 years of age (Sarah was 19 [...] more »
Being able to pigeonhole a band’s sound is useful to a music reviewer. It lets you describe them quickly before a blog reader clic…. But for those of you still with me, MilkDrive, and their latest album, Road From Home, spans not just 3-4 genres of music, but 3-4 eras of music. The first cut, [...] more »
Summertime requires some bluegrass on the Most Played list on the iPod of any hard-core Americana fan. You just can’t beat the combination of instrumental jams and light-hearted harmonies with some gin-laced lemonade on a sunny weekend afternoon. With that in mind, it’s good timing for the release of Austin-based The Lost Pines second album, [...] more »
Every year at this time, a couple of weeks after all the glitterati have left South By, one of the best music festivals in the country kicks off 20 minutes outside of Austin: the Old Settler’s Music Festival. It’s a great mix of old and new talent, with enough people to get a good vibe [...] more »
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