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Readers’ Pick: West Texas Exiles – 8000 Days

Saturday, September 20, 2025 By Tom Osborne

You picked West Texas Exiles – 8000 Days as your favorite new release for the week of September 12, 2025.

Poll Results

What is your favorite new release for week of September 12?

  • West Texas Exiles – 8000 Days (18%, 6 Votes)
  • Emma Swift – The Resurrection Game (12%, 4 Votes)
  • Josh Ritter – I Believe in You, My Honeydew (12%, 4 Votes)
  • Carson McHone – Perimento (12%, 4 Votes)
  • Shawn Camp – The Ghost of Sis Draper (9%, 3 Votes)
  • John Carter Cash – Pineapple John (9%, 3 Votes)
  • Fruit Bats – Baby Man (6%, 2 Votes)
  • Margaret Glaspy – The Golden Heart Protector (6%, 2 Votes)
  • Dar Williams – Hummingbird Highway (6%, 2 Votes)
  • Petunia And The Vipers – Callin’ Me Back (3%, 1 Votes)
  • Brothers Comatose – Golden Grass (3%, 1 Votes)
  • Paul Cebar – Paul Cebar (3%, 1 Votes)
  • Nicholas Jamerson – The Narrow Way (3%, 1 Votes)
  • Ali McGuirk – Watertop (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Jens Lekman – Songs from Other People’s Weddings (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Ruston Kelly – Pale, Through The Window (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Danny Burns – Southern Sky (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Michael Hurley – Broken Homes and Gardens (0%, 0 Votes)
  • KP Hawthorn – Til The Glitter End (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Meredith Moon – From Here To The Sea (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Hazlett – last night you said you missed me (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 34

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New Releases

What is your favorite new release for week of February 27?

  • Rose’s Pawn Shop – American Seams (22%, 8 Votes)
  • Iron & Wine – Hen’s Teeth (17%, 6 Votes)
  • Bill Frisell – In My Dreams (11%, 4 Votes)
  • Luke Winslow-King – Coast of Light (11%, 4 Votes)
  • Lil Ed & The Blues Imperial – Slideways (11%, 4 Votes)
  • Pert Near Sandstone – Side by Side (8%, 3 Votes)
  • Julianna Riolino – Echo in the Dust (8%, 3 Votes)
  • Buck Meek – The Mirror (6%, 2 Votes)
  • A Thousand Horses – White Flag Down (3%, 1 Votes)
  • Clayton Chaney – Too Far (3%, 1 Votes)
  • Jake Soffer & Brent Carter – Imaginary Rooms (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Catfish John Tisdell – Stayin’ Out All Night (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Adam Weil – A Little Broken (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Lamisi – Let Us Clap (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Ben Sollee – Time On Hold (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 36

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Readers’ Tops Summer 2025

  1. Kathleen Edwards – Billionaire (21 votes)
  2. Hayes Carll – We’re Only Human (20)
  3. Molly Tuttle – So Long Little Miss Sunshine (16)
  4. Rodney Crowell – Airline Highway (15)
  5. The Honeydogs – Algebra For Broken Hearts (15)
  6. Lord Huron – The Cosmic Selector Vol. 1 (14)
  7. Tami Neilson – Neon Cowgirl (12 votes)
  8. The Wood Brothers – Puff of Smoke (11)
  9. John Jenkins – Restless Hearts (10)
  10. Big Thief – Double Infinity (9)
  11. Sunny Sweeney – Rhinestone Requiem (8)
  12. Patty Griffin – Crown of Roses (8)
  13. Ketch Secor – Story the Crow Told Me (8)
  14. Stillhouse Junkies – The Ballad of Charlie Avalon (8)
  15. Robbie Fulks – Now Then (7)
  16. Charley Crockett – Dollar A Day (7)
  17. Jade Bird – Who Wants to Talk About Love (7)
  18. Paul Carrick – The Country Side of Paul Carrack, Vol. 1 (7)
  19. West Texas Exiles – 8000 Days (6)
  20. Grant-Lee Phillips – In The Hour of Dust (6)
  21. Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country – Horizons (6)
  22. The Wildmans – Longtime Friend (6)
  23. Margo Price – Hard Headed Woman (5)
  24. Asleep at the Wheel – Riding High in Texas (5)
  25. Ashley Monroe – Tennessee Lightning (5)
  26. BettySoo – If You Never Go Away (5)
  27. Mose Wilson – That’s Love (5)
  28. Brent Cobb & The Fixin’s – Ain’t Rocked in a While (5)
  29. The Swell Season – Forward (5)

Keep them coming. Your votes in our weekly Readers’ Pick poll help create these rankings. Many thanks! Also, check out our weekly Twangville 360 playlist.


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


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Polls

What is your favorite new release for week of February 27?

  • Rose’s Pawn Shop – American Seams (22%, 8 Votes)
  • Iron & Wine – Hen’s Teeth (17%, 6 Votes)
  • Bill Frisell – In My Dreams (11%, 4 Votes)
  • Luke Winslow-King – Coast of Light (11%, 4 Votes)
  • Lil Ed & The Blues Imperial – Slideways (11%, 4 Votes)
  • Pert Near Sandstone – Side by Side (8%, 3 Votes)
  • Julianna Riolino – Echo in the Dust (8%, 3 Votes)
  • Buck Meek – The Mirror (6%, 2 Votes)
  • A Thousand Horses – White Flag Down (3%, 1 Votes)
  • Clayton Chaney – Too Far (3%, 1 Votes)
  • Jake Soffer & Brent Carter – Imaginary Rooms (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Catfish John Tisdell – Stayin’ Out All Night (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Adam Weil – A Little Broken (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Lamisi – Let Us Clap (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Ben Sollee – Time On Hold (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 36

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