Leeroy Stagger Solo Acoustic Vol. 1 is exactly what it’s advertised as. It’s just Leeroy: guitar, voice, and harmonica. Of the 15 tracks all but 3 have been previously released. The songs are presented here in stark simplicity, often in great contrast to their original versions. In summation, this album all but proves what I’ve […]

The Duchess and the Duke are a Seattle based band signed to a Sub Pop subsidiary. Though they mine the same atmospheric Americana well as the Band of Horses, unlike their former Seattle brethren, they approach Americana from more of a Johnny and June perspective rather than the Neil Young-MMJ. But that’s not say that […]

Ok, so this post was suppose to be a review of Sunset / Sunrise by the Seattle based band Duchess and the Duke. However, unfortunately (or fortunately) I got Leeroy Stagger’s new record, Acoustic Vol. 1, in the mail yesterday. I listened to pretty much nothing else last night. But fear not faithful Twangville readers, […]

I recently spent three weeks back home in South Carolina. The weeks were filled with family, friends, beer, and some righteous rock and roll music. The first show I caught was Ryan Bingham & the Dead Horses w/Guilt Ridden Troubadour at the Pour House in Charleston. It was the single most packed show I’ve been […]

If Uncle Tupelo had taken themselves less seriously they would have been Whiskey and Co.  Oh yeah, and Jay Farrar would had to have been a woman. Some bands are just fun.  They express their joy in their music and it’s a beautiful thing.  Whiskey and Co. is one of those bands.  Their latest effort, […]

“It’s Not What You Make or Do, It’s How You’re Living” Tim Barry is one of those guys.  In the spirit of Ben Nichols, Chuck Ragan, Micah Schnabel, and Michael Dean Damron, he can climb on stage and belt it out armed with only an acoustic guitar and sincerity.  His songs are true, both to […]

Caleb Caudle blew me away with his debut record Red Bank Road. That record was a calm exertion, a seamless acoustic record of classic Americana. Supplemented by occasional pedal steel flourishes, the record was largely just Caleb and an acoustic guitar. Red Bank Road lived in my car stereo for months. The songs, penned by a […]

So Brent Best is the kind of artist that makes Twangville tick. He’s a songwriter. He’s a rocker. And he’s a world class bad ass. He was a bad ass with alt. country giants Slobberbone and then the criminally underrated alt. pop rockers the Drams and now….with your help…… as a solo artist (and back […]

“Gold Liquid Mischief” is an album inspired by, written while, and recorded under the influence of drinking. This might seem like it was all fun and shame, and at times it really was, but when your only choice on the matter of drinking is either cheap scotch or cheap bourbon, it begins to drown your […]

“You been spittin’ out nails and knockin’ back whiskey/ you got a new tattoo, it says that you don’t miss me”- Kasey Anderson I caught up with Kasey Anderson as he was returning from SXSW and days away from touring the ENTIRE REST OF THE COUNTRY (tour dates below) in support of his excellent new […]