You picked Manhattan-based Rosanne Cash’s “The River & The Thread†as your favorite album for the week of January 14, 2014. Readers’ Top Picks (last 4 weeks) ROSANNE CASH, The River & The Thread (17) BLACKIE & THE RODEO KINGS, South (12) BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, High Hopes (9) STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS, Wig Out at […]
Readers’ Pick: STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS, Wig Out at Jagbags
You picked Portland, Oregon’s “STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS, Wig Out at Jagbags†as your favorite album for the week of January 7, 2014. Readers’ Top Picks (last 4 weeks) STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS, Wig Out at Jagbags (9) PETER GABRIEL & VARIOUS ARTISTS, And I’ll Scratch Yours (7) Don’t forget to vote in […]
Readers’ Pick: Best Album of 2013: Willie Nile, “American Ride”
And so it has been decided. With 270 votes out of a total of 873, Willie Nile‘s “American Ride” beat out Jason Isbell‘s “Southeastern” for the official Twangville readers favorite album of 2013. Thanks to all who participated. We’ll include your picks into our fancy algorithm for the soon to be released official Twangville author […]
Best of 2013?
It’s that time of year we start our Readers’ Pick poll to let you tell us what your favorite album of the year is. This year, we’re going to do something a little different. We’ll get the poll started, but we want you to help us add to it. If you don’t see your favorite […]
Readers’ Pick: Best Album of 2012: I See Hawks In L.A., “New Kind of Lonely”
Congratulations to I See Hawks in L.A. for winning the annual Twangville Readers’ Pick award for 2012. This always turns out to be a bit of a popularity contest which is fine by us and why we follow up with our Editors’ Picks so that everyone gets a fair shot. The nominees this year were […]
What’s The Best Album of 2012?
As we begin to gather our Editors’ Picks for best of the year, we’d love to hear from you first. Throughout the year we host a weekly poll in which you can vote for your favorite new release of the week. From that list we’ve taken the albums that you voted for the most plus […]
Readers’ Pick: Best Album of 2011: Jason Isbell’s “Here We Rest”
With 65 of 300 total votes Twangville readers picked Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit‘s “Here We Rest” as their favorite album of 2011. Rounding out the top five were albums from Matthew Ryan, The Decemberists, Ryan Adams, and Gillian Welch. Congratulations to all the nominees which were based on our monthly Readers’ Pick poll. […]
Readers’ Pick: John Hiatt, “Dirty Jeans & Mudslide Hymnsâ€
READERS PICK: AUGUST 2011 Twangville readers picked Dirty Jeans & Mudslide Hymns by the John Hiatt as their favorite album of July 2011. Two things ring true about John Hiatt’s 20th solo album, Dirty Jeans And Mudslide Hymns… 1) he makes a less than perfect world lovable and 2) he’s still a badass – no […]
Readers’ Pick: BoDeans, “Indigo Dreamsâ€
READERS PICK: JULY 2011 Twangville readers picked Indigo Dreams by the BoDeans as their favorite album of July 2011. If you’ve never heard the 90s hit wonder “Closer To Free” you must be living on Mars or a country awfully close to the red planet. Featured as the theme song to Fox’s hit show “Party […]
Readers’ Pick: Gillian Welch, “The Harrow & The Harvestâ€
READERS PICK: JUNE 2011 Twangville readers picked Gillian Welch‘s The Harrow & The Harvest as their favorite album of June 2011. A harrow is a heavy, machine-size rake that drags over plowed land to remove weeds and break up lumps of earth and clay. There’s no doubt careful thought was put into the title of […]