Dallas Texas doesn’t get near the acclaim or pub that its more trendy neighbor to the south gets in Austin. In fact, Denton Texas seems to get more love than Dallas, thanks to the emergence of indie faves Doug Burr, St. Vincent & Midlake. The New Frontiers are a band that will surely help people […]
Martin Sexton’s Crib
It’s not often that my day job and Twangville collide. But when it does I can’t help but get a little giddy. Martin Sexton recently asked for a little help regarding social media so our talented marketing and design teams helped to set him up on YouTube, MySpace, Facebook, iLike and Flickr including some updates […]
Happy Anniversary to the Bottle Rockets
The first time that I heard the Bottle Rockets was in an Atlanta recording studio. It was one of the intimate in-studio performances that had about 15 of us sitting on the floor while the band played a brief stripped-down set. Drummer Mark Ortmann played a guitar case. The song that stood out for me […]
Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson
There is no doubt the “Royal Couple†of Americana is Buddy and Julie Miller. With the release of Rattlin’ Bones, Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson should at least be considered a member of the Royal Court. Perhaps they could be known as the Duke and Duchess of Overseas Americana. That might be an appropriate title […]
Joseph Arthur + More, Releases 9/30
Joseph Arthur playing “Temporary People” from his SXSW performance at Red Fez on March 15th, 2008. JOSEPH ARTHUR & THE ASTRONAUTS, Temporary People (Lonely Astronauts) Official Site | MySpace | Samples (Amazon) Joseph Arthur has been dropping EPs all year long and now we have a full length to chew on. As if the video […]
Southside Johnny, Hearts of Stone under a Grapefruit Moon
Some 30 years ago, when Springsteen released his seminal Darkness on the Edge of Town, John Lyon, better known as Southside Johnny did the same with his Hearts of Stone. Though the album didn’t sell all that well at the time years later Rolling Stone magazine would vote it as one of the best albums […]
Tom Morello, The Fabled City
“The Fabled City†is Tom Morello’s second solo outing as the Nightwatchman. Though Morello admittedly performed a lot of these songs “amidst the tear gas attacks at the G8 protest,†there is, again, little common ground between this solo album and his work with Rage Against the Machine. Though in both projects Morello presents himself […]
Win Big: Jim Boggia
I’ve always had mixed feelings about music in commercials. For many of us, songs often become connected with certain personal feelings and experience in our lives and it is a bit jarring when a commercial suddenly associates it with something totally different. On the other hand, commercials can be a lucrative source of income and […]
Do You Know What “Mondegreen” Means?
We get a lot of interesting press releases in our virtual Twangville mailboxes. Some are so entertaining that they should be shared in their entirety. Anybody got any other mondegreens? Celebrate Punctuation Day with the iTunes Playlist from SpinVox Party Down with Culture Club’s “Comma Chameleon,†Rihanna’s “Bracket Off†and More. Atlanta – 24 September […]
Old Crow Medicine Show + More, Releases 9/23
Old Crow playing an upbeat version of Caroline at Merlefest. OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW, Tennessee Pusher (Nettwerk) Official Site | MySpace | Samples (imeem) Known for their live shows and throwback sound, Nashville’s Old Crow Medicine Show delivers their third album on Nettwerk Records. If Bob Dylan were ever holed up deep in the hills […]