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Mayer’s Picks – Best Albums of 2014

Wednesday, December 10, 2014 By Mayer Danzig

This has been a great year in music, a feast for the ears but a challenge when it comes to picking my favorite albums for the year. A good problem to have, I suppose. Without further ado…. #1. MATTHEW RYAN, Boxers Ryan has never been one to pull his punches so why should we expect […]

Filed Under: Americana, Best of Year, Country, Folk, Indie, Pop, Reviews, Rock Tagged With: Chris Mills, Chuck Ragan, Drive-By-Truckers, Hard Working Americans, Joe Fletcher, Lydia Loveless, Matthew Ryan, Sturgill Simpson, the Damn Choir

Mayer’s Picks: The Best of 2014, So Far (the Songs)

Wednesday, July 16, 2014 By Mayer Danzig

Rubicon, Chris Mills (from the Loud Romantic Records release Alexandria) Mills lulls you in with a lilting melody before unleashing the jaw-dropping emotion of lyrics and voice. The results are heartwrenching. Really Wanna See You, Lydia Loveless (from the Bloodshot Records release Somewhere Else) This is the way rock and roll is supposed to sound: […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Best of Year, Playlists, Pop, Rock, Videos Tagged With: Chris Mills, Drive-By-Truckers, Hard Working Americans, Jimbo Mathus, Jonny Two Bags, Lake Street Dive, Lydia Loveless, Rod Picott

Mayer’s Picks – The Best of 2014, So Far (the Albums)

Wednesday, July 09, 2014 By Mayer Danzig

The year is off to a strong start and I expect that it will only get better. Here, in no particular order, are some of my favorite releases from the first half of 2014. SOMEWHERE ELSE by LYDIA LOVELESS “Simply bad-ass” is the phrase that overwhelms my thinking every time I give this album a […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Best of Year, Country, Folk, Pop, Reviews, Rock Tagged With: Chris Mills, Chuck Ragan, Drive-By-Truckers, Girls Guns and Glory, Hard Working Americans, Lydia Loveless, Mike Cooley, Parker Millsap, Patterson Hood, Sarah Borges, Todd Snider

SXSW 2014 — The Sounds, Part 2

Friday, April 11, 2014 By Mayer Danzig

DAVE AND PHIL ALVIN I’m a big Dave Alvin fan. Unfortunately for me I discovered the Blasters, the seminal band co-founded by Dave and his brother Phil, after they went their separate ways. I was hooked, though, on their encyclopedic knowledge of American music — everything from folk to country and from blues to vintage […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Pop, Rock, SXSW, Videos Tagged With: Andrew Duhon, Chris Mills, Dave Alvin, The Bear, The Blasters, The Strypes

Monday Morning Video: Chris Mills

Monday, February 10, 2014 By Mayer Danzig

I wrote about Mills’s latest release last week. Alexandria is one of those albums that gets better and better with each subsequent listen. Here’s a track that didn’t jupm out at me upon the first few listens but now floors me each time that I hear it.

Filed Under: Acoustic, Videos Tagged With: Chris Mills

Mayer’s Playlist for January 2014, Part 2

Friday, February 07, 2014 By Mayer Danzig

ALBUMS OF THE MONTH Alexandria, by Chris Mills “I have wandered in the wild places,” sings Mills in the opening track of his latest release. It is a fitting line for a musician whose music continues to evolve in exquisite fashion. Mills has always impressed on many levels. His songwriting has always had a romantic […]

Filed Under: Americana, Country, Downloads, Playlists, Pop, Rock, Streams Tagged With: Angela Perley, Chris Mills, Doug Paisley, Erica Blinn, Leland Sundries, Rod Picott

Monday Morning Video: Chris Mills

Monday, January 20, 2014 By Mayer Danzig

Brooklyn (by way of Chicago) singer-songwriter Chris Mills passed through Boston yesterday. It had been awhile since I’d seen him but it took only one song to remind me why I enjoy his songwriting. Mid-set he pulled out this older tune that has long been a favorite. Yes, it’s a bit maudlin. but damn if […]

Filed Under: Pop, Videos Tagged With: Chris Mills

Mayer’s Playlist for June 2011, Part 1

Thursday, June 30, 2011 By Mayer Danzig

ALBUMS OF THE MONTH: Eleven Eleven, by Dave Alvin It’s hard to believe that this Alvin’s first full album of new songs since 2004’s Ashgrove. Not that he hasn’t been active; Alvin has put out a series of live albums that showcase gems from his songbook with a variety of musicians and arrangements. I, however, […]

Filed Under: Americana, Downloads, Indie, Playlists, Pop, Rock, Streams Tagged With: Chris Mills, Chris Velan, Dave Alvin, Dawes, Leeroy Stagger, Peter Bradley Adams, Rod Picott, Tom Russell

Mayer’s Playlist for May/June 2008, A Video Companion #1

Wednesday, July 09, 2008 By Mayer Danzig

There was so much good stuff this go-around that the video companion will arrive in two parts. Up first is live footage from Chris Mills, James McMurtry, Bob Walkenhorst, Joe Pug and Hifi Handgrenades. Plus we’ve got videos from Paddy Casey and KaiserCartel. Rounding things out is Reckless Kelly with a special live cover of […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Alt-Country, Country, Folk, Playlists, Pop, Rock, Roots, Videos Tagged With: Bob Walkenhorst, Chris Mills, Hifi Handgrenades, James McMurtry, Joe Pug, KaiserCartel, Paddy Casey, Reckless Kelly, Richard Thompson

Mayer’s Playlist for May/June 2008, Part 1

Tuesday, July 08, 2008 By Mayer Danzig

ALBUMS OF THE MONTH: Living in the Aftermath, by Chris Mills Brooklyn-by-way-of-Chicago musician Chris Mills is a pop classicist. Spend time with Aftermath and you’ll hear a guy well versed in retro-1960’s pop but with a proper contemporary attitude. His latest release takes the production richness of his 2005 orchestra-backed “The Wall to Wall Sessions” […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Downloads, Indie, Playlists, Pop, Rock, Roots, Streams Tagged With: Bob Walkenhorst, Chris Mills, Hifi Handgrenades, James McMurtry, Joe Pug, Joseph Parsons, Kaiser Cartel, Paddy Casey, Reckless Kelly, Todd Thibaud

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