Twangville

Music with a touch of twang. Alt-Country, Americana, Indie, Rock, Folk & Blues as therapy for mind and soul. Est. 2005.
Recommendations

A selection of favorites from our editors and polls. Readers’ Picks marked in bold.

Winter 2008

  • GRIFFIN HOUSE, Flying Upside Down
  • LANGHORNE SLIM, self-titled
  • BOMBADIL, A Buzz, A Buzz
  • BILLY BRAGG, Mr. Love & Justice
  • CHRIS MILLS, Living In The Aftermath
  • FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS, self-titled
  • THE WEEPIES, Hideaway
  • JAMES MCMURTRY, Just Us Kids
  • JORDAN ZEVON, Insides Out
  • TRISTAN PRETTYMAN, Hello
  • HAYES CARLL, Trouble In Mind
  • NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS, Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
  • MATTHEW RYAN, Matthew Ryan Vs. The Silver State
  • R.E.M., Accelerate
  • JACKIE GREENE, Giving Up The Ghost
  • BLACK KEYS, Attack & Release
  • JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE, The Good Life
  • COUNTING CROWS, Saturday Nights And Sunday Mornings
  • RACONTEURS, Consolers Of The Lonely
  • SHE & HIM, Volume 1
  • DANIEL LANOIS, Here Is What Is
  • JOSEPH ARTHUR, Could We Survive
  • BRYAN ADAMS, 11
  • SHAWN MULLINS, Honeydew (Vanguard)
  • KATHLEEN EDWARDS, Asking For Flowers
  • BLACK CROWES, Warpaint
  • AUSTIN COLLINS, Roses Are Black
  • TIFT MERRITT, Another Country
  • COWBOY JUNKIES, Trinity Revisited
  • PUNCH BROTHERS, Punch
  • RICHARD JULIAN, Sunday Morning In Saturday Shoes
  • MISSY HIGGINS, On A Clear Night
  • GARY LOURIS, Vagabonds
  • MIKE DOUGHTY, Golden Delicious
  • RAY DAVIES, Working Man’s Cafe
  • JON DEE GRAHAM, Swept Away
  • WIDESPREAD PANIC, Free Somehow
  • BLUE HIGHWAY, Through The Window Of A Train
  • MANDO SAENZ, Bucket
  • BOB MOULD, District Line
  • JASON COLLETT, Here’s To Being Here
  • NADA SURF, Lucky
  • WILLIE NELSON, Moment Of Forever
  • SHELBY LYNNE, Just A Little Lovin’
  • BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA, Down In New Orleans
  • JOE JACKSON, Rain
  • ROBERT POLLARD, Superman Was A Rocker
  • TWILIGHT HOTEL, Highway Prayer
  • DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS, Brighter Than Creation’s Dark
  • NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALL-STARS, Hernando
  • LIAM FINN, I’ll Be Lightning
  • STEELDRIVERS, self-titled
  • ERIC LINDELL, Low On Cash, Rich In Love
  • TYLER RAMSEY, A Long Dream About Swimming Across The Sea
  • MARAH, Angels Of Destruction!

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Guy #2: “Actually it was me holding her up.”
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