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Celebrate the New Year with Slaid Cleaves and Matthew Grimm

Thursday, January 01, 2015 By Mayer Danzig

Let’s ring in the new year with Slaid Cleaves’ classic “One Good Year,” plus a bonus rocker from Matthew Grimm that highlight’s Woody Guthrie’s list of New Year’s resolutions from 1942.

Filed Under: Acoustic, Rock, Streams, Videos Tagged With: Matthew Grimm, Slaid Cleaves, Woody Guthrie

Mayer’s Playlist for Fall 2013, Part 2

Wednesday, December 04, 2013 By Mayer Danzig

ALBUMS OF THE SEASON The Death of the Self-Preservation Society, by Two Cow Garage Two Cow Garage have a well-earned reputation as road warriors who put on ferocious live performances. Their shows are always intense, sweaty and raucous, the way rock is meant to be enjoyed. What sets these guys apart, however, is the strength […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Bluegrass, Country, Downloads, Folk, Playlists, Reviews, Rock, Streams Tagged With: Adam Klein, Greg Trooper, Lydia Loveless, Matthew Grimm, Michael Rank, Robbie Fulks, The Bottle Rockets, the Defibulators, the Fratellis, The Wild Ponies

Shoulda Been Huge: A Special Playlist

Wednesday, May 25, 2011 By Mayer Danzig

I’m sure that everyone can name a band or two that shoulda been huge. Someone with tremendous talent, for sure, but who got side-swiped by the recording industry or for some other reason never achieved the recognition that their talent deserved. Here are a few on my list. The bridge between classic 1950’s rock and […]

Filed Under: Americana, Downloads, Playlists, Pop, Rock, Streams Tagged With: 3 Pd Thrill, Angry Salad, Brian Charles, Charlie Chesterman, Hangdogs, Kevin Salem, Letters to Cleo, Matthew Grimm

Mayer’s Playlist for June 2009, a Video Companion

Sunday, July 05, 2009 By Mayer Danzig

We kick the June video companion off with selections from this month’s spotlight artists: Missouri’s Ha Ha Tonka and Athens, Georgia’s Patterson Hood. From there we get a bevy of performances from Rhett Miller, Amy Speace, Crooked Fingers, A Camp, Andrew Ripp, The Roadside Graves, Pete Yorn and Matthew Grimm (covering Billy Bragg). We finish […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Indie, Playlists, Pop, Rock, Videos Tagged With: A Camp, Amy Speace, Andrew Ripp, Athens, Boston, Cocktail Slippers, Crooked Fingers, Ha Ha Tonka, Iowa City, LA, Matthew Grimm, Movers and Shakers, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Norway, Patterson Hood, Pete Yorn, Rhett Miller, Roadside Graves, Springfield

Mayer’s Playlist for June 2009

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 By Mayer Danzig

ALBUM OF THE MONTH: Murdering Oscar (and Other Love Songs), by Patterson Hood Patterson Hood’s last solo release was a somber acoustic affair. This one ain’t. In fact, this collection of songs from Hood’s archives is not dissimilar from a Drive-By Truckers release. Sure, I miss Cooley’s guitar and the Truckers triple guitar interplay. But […]

Filed Under: Alt-Country, Americana, Downloads, Indie, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rockabilly, Roots, Streams Tagged With: A Camp, Amy Speace, Andrew Ripp, Athens, Boston, Cocktail Slippers, Crooked Fingers, Ha Ha Tonka, Iowa City, LA, Matthew Grimm, Movers and Shakers, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Norway, Patterson Hood, Pete Yorn, Rhett Miller, Roadside Graves, Springfield

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