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Readers’ Pick: Sound & Color by Alabama Shakes

Tuesday, April 28, 2015 By Tom Osborne

Alabama Shakes - Sound and Color - Cover art

ALABAMA SHAKES, Sound & Color beats out GREAT LAKE SWIMMERS, A Forest of Arms by 2 votes as your favorite for the week of April 21, 2015.

Poll Results

What is your favorite release for week of April 21?

  • ALABAMA SHAKES, Sound & Color (32%, 10 Votes)
  • GREAT LAKE SWIMMERS, A Forest of Arms (26%, 8 Votes)
  • JIMBO MATHUS, Blue Healer (19%, 6 Votes)
  • LONESOME WYATT AND RACHEL BROOKE, Bad Omen (13%, 4 Votes)
  • NICKI BLUHM AND THE GRAMBLERS, Loved Wild Lost (10%, 3 Votes)

Total Voters: 31

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Readers’ Tops – Spring 2015

  1. RAY WYLIE HUBBARD, Ruffian’s Misfortune (22)
  2. DWIGHT YOAKAM, Second Hand Heart (21)
  3. ALABAMA SHAKES, Sound & Color (10)
  4. CALEXICO, Edge of the Sun (9)
  5. GREAT LAKE SWIMMERS, A Forest of Arms (8)
  6. JIMBO MATHUS, Blue Healer (6)
  7. WILL HOGE, Small Town Dreams (5)
  8. THE DAMNWELLS, The Damnwells (5)
  9. LONESOME WYATT AND RACHEL BROOKE, Bad Omen (4)
  10. NICKI BLUHM AND THE GRAMBLERS, Loved Wild Lost (3)
  11. DELTA RAE, After It All (2)
  12. JOSH ROUSE, Embers of Time (2)
  13. KERMIT RUFFINS, #imsoneworleans (2)
  14. BRIAN WILSON, No Pier Pressure (1)
  15. POKEY LAFARGE, Something In The Water (1)

 


 

New Releases

New and notable this week:



New Poll

What is your favorite new release for week of May 16?

  • Carolyn Wonderland – Truth Is (31%, 10 Votes)
  • Charlie Musselwhite – Lookout Highway (19%, 6 Votes)
  • Ken Pomeroy – Cruel Joke (9%, 3 Votes)
  • Barenaked Ladies – IN FLIGHT – CARRY ON (6%, 2 Votes)
  • Dan Mangan – Natural Light (6%, 2 Votes)
  • The Talbott Brothers – Borderlands (6%, 2 Votes)
  • Peter Rowan – Tales of The Free Mexican Airforce (6%, 2 Votes)
  • Kat Hasty – The Time of Your Life (6%, 2 Votes)
  • Ben Hackett – Songs for Sleeping Dogs (3%, 1 Votes)
  • The Lowtimers – Cracks (3%, 1 Votes)
  • Suzie Brown – Songs Worth Saving (3%, 1 Votes)
  • BEATrio – BEATrio (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Erin Durant – Firetrail (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Sweet Megg – Never Been Home (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Christian Rutledge – An Inch Of This New York Mile (0%, 0 Votes)
  • The Travelin’ McCourys – One Chord That Rings True (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 32

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Did we miss something? If you feel a new release is missing from our current poll, please let us know in the comments.


About the author:  Washington, D.C. area creative by day. Music is my muse. I host Twangville’s weekly Readers‘ Pick.


Filed Under: Readers' Pick Tagged With: Alabama Shakes, Great Lake Swimmers

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Polls

What is your favorite new release for week of May 16?

  • Carolyn Wonderland – Truth Is (31%, 10 Votes)
  • Charlie Musselwhite – Lookout Highway (19%, 6 Votes)
  • Ken Pomeroy – Cruel Joke (9%, 3 Votes)
  • Barenaked Ladies – IN FLIGHT – CARRY ON (6%, 2 Votes)
  • Dan Mangan – Natural Light (6%, 2 Votes)
  • The Talbott Brothers – Borderlands (6%, 2 Votes)
  • Peter Rowan – Tales of The Free Mexican Airforce (6%, 2 Votes)
  • Kat Hasty – The Time of Your Life (6%, 2 Votes)
  • Ben Hackett – Songs for Sleeping Dogs (3%, 1 Votes)
  • The Lowtimers – Cracks (3%, 1 Votes)
  • Suzie Brown – Songs Worth Saving (3%, 1 Votes)
  • BEATrio – BEATrio (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Erin Durant – Firetrail (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Sweet Megg – Never Been Home (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Christian Rutledge – An Inch Of This New York Mile (0%, 0 Votes)
  • The Travelin’ McCourys – One Chord That Rings True (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 32

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