Listening to Jason Isbell’s newest album was a true revelation. A few album’s later and he’s really moved beyond his life with the Drive-by Truckers. Now when I hear about a concert on the other side of DC from me, I think twice about heading out to H street. But when I heard Isbell was […]
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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 […]
Ben Nichols (Lucero) Talks to Twangville
Twangville sat down with Ben Nichols back in early November as he and the boys were tearing up the East Coast with Social Distortion and Frank Turner. The fruits of said interview are displayed below. Enjoy and catch Lucero on tour, out West right now and touring with the Vans Warped tour this summer. So […]
Burnin’ Down the Java with Jesse Malin
As a fan of Americana, it’d been a while since I’d seen a real rock show. But Jesse Malin certainly delivered a fist-pumpin rock show. He strolled out in his black work jacket and rivets and worked his butt off the entire show. If you were looking for the acoustic colors of “The Fine Art […]
Cary Hudson – Tree-House Party
You might think that an alt-country singer from the 80s and 90s playing an acoustic set would be tame. You might think that it’d be soft and gentle with some strumming and fingerpicking. But if you did, you don’t know Cary Hudson and his “dirty blues” and “nasty swing.” At 45, Cary may use the […]
Marah – Life is a Problem
It wasn’t too long ago when Stephen King declared that Marah “is probably the best rock band in America that nobody knows†after their 2005 record “If You Didn’t Laugh, You’d Cry.†The band has seen changes in their lineup and sound since that comment was made and “Life is a Problem” reflects that. Serge […]
Justin Currie – Acoustic Live
Okay, I admit that I’m a little late to the Justin Currie/Del Amitri band wagon. Okay, a lot late. Maybe it’s slowed a bit in this decade. I should have known that the Scottish and their hundreds of lochs, brutal weather and amazing accents are really like the U.S. Pacific Northwest for irresistible rock-pop. Glasgow […]
SXSW 2010: The Scene
SXSW 2010 has come and gone. Over the next week I’ll be sharing a few highlights of my experience. All in good fun. Children By the Million Sing for Alex Chilton This year’s SXSW began and ended with the passing of Alex Chilton. The co-founder of Big Star was scheduled to participate in a panel […]
Marah in the Treehouse
When you walk into a concert venue and you happen to find the band shmoozing in front of the chicken coop, you know the show is a bit different than the usual. I’ve seen Marah in two other small venues, but the fact is that I’ve never quite experienced the intimacy of the inaugural show […]