I got a copy of the new Slaid Cleaves for review and the first thing I said to myself was, “Self, you’ve heard of Slaid Cleaves but I don’t think you’ve ever listened to him.  Or if you have, you didn’t know it was him at the time.”  I have deep thoughts like that sometimes.  […]

Pete Yorn/Back & Fourth   I’m a pretty big Pete Yorn fan and was stoked when I was browsing around I-Tunes and saw the pre-order of his new album Back & Fourth a month or so ago.  I didn’t pre-order, but did buy the album the day it came out, June 16th, burned a copy […]

My run in with Todd Snider probably happened around the mid-nineties when his comedy tune “Talking Seattle Grunge Rock Blues” lit up radio stations throughout the country. It was a funny song for the times and I just assumed Todd was some kind of Weird Al parody guy that had scored a cute little radio […]

I went back and listened to all of my Cracker albums before writing this review.  They’re a good band.  A fun band.  And they definitely put on a good live show.  (Well, I actually haven’t seen them in about 10 years, but I saw them 3 or 4 times when I was in college.)  Turn […]

When I get a CD from a band I’ve never heard of in the mail for review, a lot of times I trash the band bio that comes along with it.  The reason I do this is I’ve found a lot of bands that make good music write bad bios.  Or they at least have […]

When I first heard Steve Earle was recording an album of all Townes songs I was like, well, guess he took so much flack from his last album, he’s trying to redeem himself with some old time fans.  But then I realized that Steve probably doesn’t care what his fans think about his artistic endeavors […]

Never has bitter sounded so sweet.  You’re singing along with a smile on your face and the wind in your hair when suddenly you realize this guy is really pissed off.  I mean, some folks have really gotten under his skin.  But with A Memoir, I’m saying that Josiah Rosen has gotten the last laugh.  Clocking […]