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Shinyribs – Gulf Coast Museum

Friday, May 03, 2013 By Shawn Underwood

Kevin Russell is an enigma.  As lead singer and songwriter for The Gourds, he led one of the biggest party bands in Texas history.  Just try to find someone in central Texas who doesn’t know the words to Gin & Juice (written by Snoop Dogg: a good example of why you shouldn’t get locked into […]

Filed Under: Alt-Country, Americana, Country, Reviews, Rock Tagged With: Kevin Russell, Shinyribs, the Gourds

Monday Morning Video: The Gourds with Rhett Miller

Monday, January 28, 2013 By Mayer Danzig

Did everyone hear that David Bowie has a new album coming out this year? Well, this ain’t him. It’s Austin’s favorite sons the Gourds (joined by Rhett Miller) performing the Bowie-penned “All the Young Dudes.”

Filed Under: Americana, Videos Tagged With: David Bowie, Old 97's, Rhett Miller, the Gourds

Shawn’s Favorite Live Sets Of 2011

Friday, January 06, 2012 By Shawn Underwood

By now you’ve seen what most of us were listening to on our MP3 or CD players last year.  So I thought I’d add my favorite live sets from last year.  1) Roger Waters: I got a chance to see The Wall at the HP Pavilion in San Jose.  Holy cow.  As far as I’m […]

Filed Under: Americana, Best of Year, Folk, Indie, Reviews, Rock Tagged With: Neko Case, Roger Waters, Terri Hendrix, The Band Of Heathens, the Gourds

Mayer’s Playlist for September 2011

Wednesday, September 28, 2011 By Mayer Danzig

ALBUMS OF THE MONTH: Old Mad Joy, by The Gourds The Gourds latest is a bit deceiving. The band has built a reputation as a bluegrass and backporch country band, but things aren’t always what they seem. The album open as one would expect. “I Want You So Bad” is built around an accordion and […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Bluegrass, Downloads, Indie, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Streams Tagged With: Bryan Adams, Butch Walker, Crooked Fingers, Grateful Dead, Guided By Voices, Guns n' Roses, Jack Oblivian, Jerry Garcia, John Doe, John Wesley Harding, Matthew Sweet, Mike Doughty, Robert Pollard, the Gourds, The Replacements, Tommy Stinson

Fall 2011 Release Preview

Wednesday, August 17, 2011 By Mayer Danzig

It is hard to believe that summer is nearly over. How do I know this? I was at a music club on Saturday that had changed over their Sam Adams tap from Summer to Octoberfest. Talk about jumping the gun! Anyway, the next few weeks will unleash an abundance of great new music just in […]

Filed Under: Alt-Country, Americana, Bluegrass, Country, Indie, News, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Roots, Soul/R&B Tagged With: Butch Walker, John Doe, Lydia Loveless, Matthew Ryan, Mike Viola, The Duke and the King, the Gourds, The Jayhawks, Tom Morello

Shinyribs – Well After Awhile

Monday, June 14, 2010 By Shawn Underwood

“I’m a little bit crazy, but I ain’t no fool.”  Although that’s the chorus for Country Cool, off the Shinyribs debut, Well After Awhile, one suspects it’s a little bit of an autobiographical statement by the driving force of the Shinyribs, Kevin Russell.  Russell is more known as the front man for The Gourds, one […]

Filed Under: Alt-Country, Americana, Folk, Reviews, Roots Tagged With: Shinyribs, the Gourds

Twangville Best So Far ’09: The Songs

Wednesday, July 08, 2009 By Mayer Danzig

Sometimes it is the song that really matters, as illustrated by these Twangville pick songs so far in 2009. Mayer’s Pick: “Good” by Jason Isbell (from the Lightning Rod Records release Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit) It’s hard to escape the onslaught of guitars in this furious rocker. They are the musical equivalent of […]

Filed Under: Best of Year, Bluegrass, Reviews, Rock, Roots Tagged With: Ben Harper, Buddy and Julie Miller, Buddy Miller, Leeroy Stagger, the Gourds

The Gourds – Live at Visulite Charlotte January 22nd

Tuesday, February 03, 2009 By Chip Frazier

Some things never change. The sun rises and sets every day, The Earth spins on its’ axis, Amy Winehouse gets wasted, Britney parties with no panties, Congress pisses away taxpayer dollars and The Gourds rock. From the first time I saw them years ago at SXSW until I saw them on January 22nd at Visulite […]

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: David Childers, Ramsay Midwood, the Gourds

Mayer’s Playlist for January ’09, a Video Companion

Thursday, January 29, 2009 By Mayer Danzig

What’s a playlist without a video companion? We kick things off with Otis Gibbs and Miranda Lee Richards, our featured artists this month. From there we’ve got live clips from the Gourds, Gary Louris & Mark Olson, Joe Ely and A.C. Newman, plus videos from Frank Turner and Bruce Springsteen. We close out this month […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Playlists, Pop, Rock, Roots, Videos Tagged With: ABBA, AC Newman, Austin, Brooklyn, Bruce Springsteen, Frank Turner, Gary Louris, Joe Ely, LA, London, Mark Olson, Minneapolis, Miranda Lee Richards, Nashville, New Jersey, Otis Gibbs, the Gourds

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