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Readers’ Pick: Play This Intimately (As If Among Friends) by Pugwash

Friday, September 18, 2015 By Tom Osborne

Pugwash - Play This Intimately (cover art)

PUGWASH, Play This Intimately (As If Among Friends) beats out GARY CLARK JR., The Story of Sonny Boy Slim as your favorite for the week of September 11, 2015. Poll Results New Releases Did we miss something? If you feel a new release is missing from our current poll, please let us know in the […]

Filed Under: Readers' Pick Tagged With: Darlene Love, Dave Alvin, Dave Rawlings Mashine, Gary Clark Jr., Glen Hansard, Keith Richards, Kim Simmonds, Lucero, Phil Alvin, Pugwash, Savoy Brown, Shemekia Copeland, Telekinesis

Tom’s Picks: Best of Winter 2011

Wednesday, March 23, 2011 By Tom Osborne

My favorite albums from the Winter of 2011. Links will lead you to Twangville reviews. Also, be sure and check out the video companion below. Enjoy! Top 10 THE DECEMBERISTS, The King is Dead [★★★★★/4.700]Album number 6 for the Portland, OR based group. A slight departure from previous concept albums featuring cameos by Peter Buck […]

Filed Under: Best of Year, Reviews, Videos Tagged With: Amos Lee, Drive-By-Truckers, Kasey Anderson, Lucinda Williams, R.E.M., Social Distortion, Teddy Thompson, Telekinesis, The Decemberists, the wailin' jennys

Mayer’s Playlist from February 2011

Monday, February 28, 2011 By Mayer Danzig

ALBUMS OF THE MONTH: Blessed, by Lucinda Williams Ah, Lucinda, you lost me a bit with your last couple of releases. Not that I can hold it against you. Car Wheels and some of the earlier works set the bar so high that it would be hard to imagine being able to sustain that momentum. […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Alt-Country, Americana, Downloads, Folk, Indie, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Streams Tagged With: British Sea Power, Dave Alvin, David Wax Museum, Fourkiller Flats, Hayes Carll, Lucinda Williams, Telekinesis, The Low Anthem, the Mooncussers

SXSW 2009: The Video Companion

Monday, April 20, 2009 By Mayer Danzig

For more Twangville SXSW coverage click here.

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Folk, Indie, Pop, Rock, SXSW, Videos Tagged With: Bedouin Soundclash, Daddy, Frank Turner, Joe Pug, Justin Townes Earle, Little Steven, M Ward, Metallica, Or the Whale, Resignators, SpecialThanks, Stonehoney, Telekinesis, The Damnwells, The Hold Steady, The Low Anthem, Tina Dico, Tinted Windows, Tommy Womack, Will Kimbrough

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Polls

What is your favorite new release for week of May 29?

  • Joshua Ray Walker – Ain’t Dead Yet (21%, 9 Votes)
  • Nathan Evans Fox – Heirloom (12%, 5 Votes)
  • Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan – Where the Willow and Dogwood Grow (10%, 4 Votes)
  • Willie Nelson – Dream Chaser (10%, 4 Votes)
  • Paul McCartney – The Boys of Dungeon Lane (10%, 4 Votes)
  • SUSTO – Susto Stringband (Volume 2) (7%, 3 Votes)
  • Kurt Vile – Philadelphia’s been good to me (7%, 3 Votes)
  • Alexis Harte – Thirsty (7%, 3 Votes)
  • David Serby – Broken Heart In A Honky Tonk (5%, 2 Votes)
  • Lone Piñon – Hot Carne Seca (2%, 1 Votes)
  • JP Soars – Gypsy Blue Revue (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Joey Quiñones – Inna Soul Steady Situation (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Clay DuBose – Father Time & Mother Nature (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Leeroy Stagger – Pilgrimage (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Jesse and Noah – The Sunshine Shop (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Benson – Double Dose (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Amani Burhnam – Roots & Wings (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Robin Ganz – Hypnos (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Guided by Voices – Crawlspace Of The Pantheon (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Renée Fleming & Béla Fleck – The Fiddle and the Drum (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Gipsy Kings – Historia (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 42

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