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The Bottle Rockets – Lean Forward

Thursday, July 30, 2009 By Shawn Underwood

Hailing from the St. Louis area, The Bottle Rockets show some of the same influences that inspired Uncle Tupelo and their progeny.  In Lean Forward , their tenth release, the Rockets have a record that’s a rich bouquet of rock and roll, but nonetheless retaining some twangy alt country aromas.  What distinguishes many of the […]

Filed Under: Alt-Country, Reviews, Rock, Roots Tagged With: album, Brian Henneman, Gourds, Lean Forward, Little Feat, review, The Bottle Rockets, Uncle Tupelo

Damon Fowler – Sugar Shack

Monday, July 13, 2009 By Shawn Underwood

A few months back, along with a couple of other CD’s I was reviewing, I received a copy of Damon Fowler’s Sugar Shack .  I put it on at the time, it was OK, I didn’t think too much about it.  I realized this weekend that I keep coming back to this disc.  I know […]

Filed Under: Americana, Blues, Reviews, Roots Tagged With: Damon Fowler, review, Sugar Shack

Brett Dennen — Hope For The Hopeless

Friday, February 20, 2009 By Shawn Underwood

Everyone should be so lucky as to live in a place that inspires the kind of love song to a city as "San Francisco", the opening track in Brett Dennen’s latest album, "Hope For The Hopeless".  Dennen grew up in Oakdale, CA, a couple of hours from the city by the Bay, but it seems […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Folk, Indie, Reviews Tagged With: album, Brett Dennen, review

Ray LaMontagne at the Schnitzer

Monday, November 10, 2008 By Shawn Underwood

In the end, this is going to be a show I’ll remember for a long time.  But OI! what a ride to get there, with some of the highest highs and lowest lows of a show I’ve seen in quite some time.  First, let me set the stage.  Ray LaMontagne at the Arlene Schnitzer theatre […]

Filed Under: Alternative, Americana, Indie, Reviews Tagged With: concert, leona naess, Ray Lamontagne, review

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What is your favorite new release for week of May 2?

  • Webb Wilder – Hillbilly Speedball (52%, 13 Votes)
  • Esther Rose – Want (36%, 9 Votes)
  • Kassi Valazza – From Newman Street (8%, 2 Votes)
  • Missy Raines & Allegheny – Love & Trouble (4%, 1 Votes)
  • Jedd Hughes – Nightshades (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 25

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