Let me start out by saying that I played the crap out of the first Love Canon album, so I was pretty excited when I heard that Volume 2 was coming. It’s the perfect thing to put on in any social situation- everyone knows and loves 80’s songs. Every time I told a friend what […]

The Longwalls are a regional band from the Boston scene. They mix Power Pop riffs and melodies with Americana influences and instrumentation. The bands new EP, “Kowloon” is releasing on December 4th. With eight songs, ”Kowloon” is closer to an album than an EP. This is a band that deserves more than a regional following. […]

By: Chip Frazier OK. I am not afraid to admit that I get emotional. I cry like a girl in movies. (I apologize for any politically incorrect sexism. None was intended.) Music can have the same effect on me. Jason Isbell is one of the few musicians who has stopped me in my tracks and […]

Ok Twangville readers, here is another entry in our recurring feature that switches up the normal review protocol. Inspired by frequent long email chains over the years between myself, fellow Twangviller Todd Mathis, and my twin brother Kyle Petersen, Duct Tape Saves Live is more of a critical conversation than a formal review. Though to […]

“Lonely as these days are long/ as dark as the night bird’s song/ strange way of living, let my heart cry/ I’m lonesome and too stoned to cry”- Andrew Combs, “Too Stoned to Cry” Every once in awhile a voice comes along that is stunning in its capacity to evoke the spirit of Americana. Andrew […]