SPECIAL GIVEAWAY SERIES! As a way of saying thanks for being a part of Twangville we’re reaching into our archives to offer up some free music. To do this we’re going to have an old-school “battle of the bands” promotion where you watch a video from two different bands and pick a winner. Maybe you’ll […]
Monday Morning Video: American Gun “Therapy”
Given that American Gun singer-songwriter Todd Mathis is a long-time contributor to Twangville, I’ll admit to a bit of bias when it comes to the band’s latest release. But there is only a bit of bias when I say that this is the way that rock and roll is supposed to be played. And by […]
Monday Morning Video: The Return of the Rainmakers
Long-time followers of Twangville should be familiar with Bob Walkenhorst, one of my favorite songwriters. I first heard Walkenhorst as lead singer and primary songwriter for the Rainmakers. Well, 25 years since their first album — and 15 years since their most recent album — the Rainmakers have returned with a new release. Learn and […]
Listen to Uncle Ozzy
Record Store Day 2011 is here! Listen to Uncle Ozzy and get thee to your local record store. Don’t know where it is? Find it here.
Monday Morning Video: “You Shook Me All Night Long”
New York-based singer-songwriter Mike Errico transforms the AC/DC classic. Download this gem and several other Errico classics here. In particular, I highly recommend the Errico original “When She Walks By,” the brilliant tale of an elderly man reflecting on his biggest regret. Errico has a new album, Wander Away, being released on 12 April 2011.
SXSW 2011: The Video Companion
I got a bit carried away with the videos, compiling 26 great videos captured live at SXSW. Not surprisingly, we kick things off with the performance that introduced me to Maxim Ludwig & the Santa Fe Seven. From there, a three-fer from Alejandro Escovedo’s special Sunday night gig at the legendary Continental Club. We’ve got […]
Prima Donna: #4 of John’s “Fantastic Four of SXSW 2011”
As noted previously in my post in praise of Biters, I dig me some glam rock. In that earlier post, I referenced T. Rex, since Sir Bolan struck me as being the most apt reference point to the band at hand, but I’m also an ardent admirer of take-no-prisoners gutter glam as practiced by the […]
Hunx & His Punx: #3 of John’s ‘Fantastic Four of SXSW 2011’
In a world where boys who can’t sing aren’t allowed to be lead vocalists in 1960s-style girl groups, only one hero was gay enough to defy the odds: Hunx -eMusic’s capsule description of Too Young To Be In Love, the debut album from Hunx & His Punx I first heard Hunx & His Punx in […]
My Jerusalem: #1 of John’s “Fantastic Four of SXSW 2011”
My Jerusalem, the band that I would leave SXSW 2011 proclaiming to everyone willing to listen as having been the best new band I saw all week, and the one that I knew would present me with the tallest order in terms of doing them justice with mere words, was a band that I hadn’t […]
John’s SXSW Roundup, Starring Alejandro Escovedo, Jesse Malin, and the “Fantastic Four of SXSW 2011”
Given that friends and colleagues always ask upon my return from Austin who were my absolute favorites of the new bands I saw at SXSW each year, I’m going to focus my attentions entirely on the new-to-me bands that I left Austin wishing most fervently that I could see play again right now. As it […]