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Charlie Robison Covers Previous Ground with High Life

Wednesday, October 09, 2013 By Kelly Dearmore

Whether a record comprised of entirely non-original material is terms a “covers record” or a “tribute album,” rare is the case where a consumer would pick one of these albums up before they would just as soon grab the original recordings off the store shelf, or their own record bin at home. Not that there […]

Filed Under: Americana, Reviews Tagged With: Charlie Robison

American Aquarium – Live in Raleigh

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 By Kelly Dearmore

North Carolina’s American Aquarium has certainly made the most of their tenacious touring and effective self-promotion over the past few years. With their last two studio albums, Dances for the Lonely and Small Town Hymns possessing an irresistibly comfortable blend of country and rock, and the band’s live shows having gained a reputation for being […]

Filed Under: Alt-Country, Alternative, Americana, Features, Indie, Reviews, Rock Tagged With: American Aquarium, B.J. Barham, Drive-By-Truckers, Old 97's

Walter Rose Drives South With Lucinda

Friday, February 24, 2012 By Kelly Dearmore

There aren’t many voices out there that are fair or worthy companions to the singular, sultry and smokey groan of Lucinda Williams. The California-dwelling Walter Rose released Cast Your Stone last month, and while it’s a solid album to be sure, it’s tough to deny the magic this song has. Want proof of said magic? […]

Filed Under: Alt-Country, Americana, Country, Downloads, Features, Folk, Indie, Reviews, Streams Tagged With: Eric Heywood, Lucinda Williams, Walter Rose

The Possum Posse Rides On Buffaloes!

Wednesday, January 25, 2012 By Kelly Dearmore

Most of the time, a band with a gimmick is more gimmick than band. Hokey, jokey one-hit wonders litter our memories like so many bumper stickers on a hippies VW Van. Sometimes – just sometimes – a gimmick is worth more than a disposable three minutes of our time. Austin’s The Possum Posse, a self-described […]

Filed Under: Reviews

Great Twangy Hopes

Tuesday, August 23, 2011 By Kelly Dearmore

We here at Twangville get to hear tons of great music. We share as much of it as we can with you and just hope that you like it as much or more than we do. On a personal note, in the past year or so, I’ve had a hard time getting as excited about […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Alt-Country, Americana, Bluegrass, Country, Features, Folk, Indie, Reviews, Rock, Rockabilly, Roots

Q & A – Maps & Atlases

Tuesday, August 09, 2011 By Kelly Dearmore

Chicago-based four-piece Maps & Atlases aren’t a math-rock band. O.K., good, we’ve got that out of the way now. Sure, there are some rather math-y elements to the band’s indie-folk informed sound, but not to the extent where those intricacies define their overall sonic contributions in the way that many would have one believe. While […]

Filed Under: Alternative, Features, Indie, Rock, Up & Comers Tagged With: Barsuk Records, Chicago, Maps & Atlases, Math-Rock, Radiohead

Hayes Carll Vinyl Giveaway!

Tuesday, August 02, 2011 By Kelly Dearmore

A few months ago, we took an initial look at the latest record from Hayes Carll, KMAG YOYO (And Other American Stories), and decided that yes, it was worth having and was indeed a good record, but wasn’t the greatest record of Carll’s young career. Well, a few months later, those feelings haven’t necessarily changed, […]

Filed Under: Alt-Country, Americana, Contests, Features, Folk, Roots Tagged With: Hayes Carll, KMAG YOYO, Lost Highway Records

Nick 13

Thursday, July 21, 2011 By Kelly Dearmore

By now, surely it’s no secret that country and punk go together about as good as peanut butter and chocolate. And typically, when these two classic American forms of music are welded together, the result seems to resemble a harder, thrashing product. Of course, the overall ethos attached to artists that practice either style in […]

Filed Under: Alt-Country, Alternative, Americana, Country, Downloads, Features, Indie, Reviews, Rockabilly, Streams Tagged With: Nick 13, Tiger Army

Israel Nash Gripka – Barn Doors & Concrete Floors

Tuesday, May 17, 2011 By Kelly Dearmore

OK, look. It’s not that I’m unaccustomed to gushing over a record I really love here on Twangville, it’s just that I try and at least tell you why it is that I feel a record is so gush-worthy, when called for. In the case of Israel Nash Gripka’s latest, Barn Doors & Concrete Floors, […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Alt-Country, Americana, Country, Features, Folk, Reviews, Rock, Roots Tagged With: Israel Nash Gripka

Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues

Tuesday, May 03, 2011 By Kelly Dearmore

Let’s get this much out of the way: Everyone’s right about the new Fleet Foxes album, Helplessness Blues (Sub Pop). It’s astonishing. Sorry. It’s a safe bet that many out there were hoping the gentle, bearded, harmonizing folkies form the Northwest would fall flat on their nature loving faces. But, alas, they stand triumphantly, even […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Alternative, Americana, Features, Folk, Indie, Pop, Reviews Tagged With: Fleet Foxes, Helplessness Blues, Midlake, Robin Pecknold

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Friends of Twangville

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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