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Readers’ Pick: The Band of Heathens – Country Sides

Friday, February 27, 2026 By Tom Osborne

The Band of Heathens – Country Sides (cover art)


You picked The Band of Heathens – Country Sides as your favorite new release for the week of February 20, 2026.

Poll Results

What is your favorite new release for week of February 20?

  • The Band of Heathens – Country Sides (39%, 12 Votes)
  • Mumford and Sons – Prizefighter (23%, 7 Votes)
  • Tim Easton – fIREHORSE (19%, 6 Votes)
  • Duke Robillard – Blast Off! (10%, 3 Votes)
  • Rick Shea – Smoke Tree Road (3%, 1 Votes)
  • Jesse Appelman – Where We Go (3%, 1 Votes)
  • Mirah – Dedication (3%, 1 Votes)
  • Brooks Williams – Brooks’ Acoustic (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Pekka Kuusisto, Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Sam Amidon – Willows (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Israel Nash, Eric Swanson – Moods (0%, 0 Votes)
  • The Last Riber Bottomed Fig Plucker – Plucked (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Aubrie Sellers – Attachment Theory (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Jimmy Fretwell – analog dream (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 31

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New Releases

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Readers’ Tops Winter 2026

  1. Natalie Del Carmen – Pastures (25 votes)
  2. Lucinda Williams – World’s Gone Wrong (24)
  3. Courtney Marie Andrews – Valentine (18)
  4. Emily Scott Robinson – Appalachia (14)
  5. The Band of Heathens – Country Sides (12)
  6. Melissa Carper & Theo Lawrence – Havin’ A Talk (11)
  7. Langhorne Slim – The Dreamin‘ Kind (10)
  8. John Craigie – I Swam Here (9)
  9. Sophie Gault – UNHINGED (9)
  10. Zach Bryan – With Heaven On Top (8)
  11. Joe Bonamassa – B.B. King’s Blues Summit 100 (8)
  12. Mumford and Sons – Prizefighter (7)
  13. Cordovas – Back to Life (7)
  14. Mon Rovîa – Bloodline (7)
  15. Tim Easton – fIREHORSE (6)
  16. Eric Bibb – One Mississippi (6)
  17. Clay Street Unit – Sin & Squalor (5)
  18. Van Morrison – Somebody Tried To Sell Me A Bridge (5)
  19. The Infamous Stringdusters – 20/20 (4)
  20. Steve Poltz – JoyRide (4)
  21. Horsehoes & Hand Grenades – Living Room (4)
  22. Devon Allman – nightvision (4)
  23. Duke Robillard – Blast Off! (3)
  24. The Sky Chiefs – The Sky Chiefs (3)
  25. Chip Taylor – Words from Holy Gardens (3)
  26. The Lone Bellow – What A Time To Be Alive (3)
  27. The Nude Party – Look Who’s Back (3)
  28. Vince Gill – 50 Years From Home: Down At The Borderline (3)
  29. Big Richard – Pet (3)
  30. Emanuela Hutter – Goose Bumps (3)
  31. Della Mae – Magic Accident (3)
  32. James Hunter Six – Off The Fence (3)
  33. Wormy – Shark River (3)
  34. The Deslondes – Holy Cross Blues (3)

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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