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250 Word Local Album Review: Matthew Coman – No Other Animal
The title of Matthew Coman’s album No Other Animal might lead you to believe that you won’t hear a wide variety of music on it. It is actually a stylistic blender of songs each with a personality of their own. … Continue reading
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250 Word Album Review: Lucero – Texas & Tennessee
Lucero follows up their 2012 release Women & Work with a small EP containing a couple b-side sounding songs and one stone cold classic. The Texas & Tennessee EP was released quietly earlier in 2013 without a ton of fanfare … Continue reading
250 Word Album Review: Steve Earle – The Low Highway
Steve Earle can pretty much cash in a good record without tying at this point. Not saying he isn’t trying on The Low Highway but it seems very effortless. He shape-shifts styles frequently trying on New Orleans swing on several … Continue reading
250 Word Album Review: Jason Isbell – Southeastern
Jason Isbell’s music just keeps moving in a different direction from where it started. The raunchy deep-south story songs of “Decoration Day” and “TVA” are long gone and he has moved into what is really a whole different genre. The … Continue reading
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Guest 250 Word Album Review: Terminal Union – Making Arrangements
Guest review by Dylan Michael Bentley The brainchild of two gifted songwriters, this Cincinnatian 4-piece Americana outfit’s debut full-length doesn’t break new ground, but refreshingly cultivates and effectively draws from well-worn genre roots. Ian Mathieu and David Faul split writing … Continue reading
250 Word Album Review: Scott Lucas & The Married Men – Cruel Summer
The Married Men really felt like a one time only Scott Lucas side project when the group released George Lassos The Moon back in 2010. It felt like it would be put behind the Local H front man and he … Continue reading
250 Word Album Review: The Please Please Me – Shake A Little Harder
The Please Please Me’s first release as a band finds them capturing exactly what their music is all about. It is a squeeky clean pop record not afraid to add a “hey, hey, hey” or some “ah ah ahs” if … Continue reading
250 Word Album Review: Spacehog – As It Is On Earth
Spacehog returns after a hiatus of about a decade with their fourth album As It Is On Earth and you can’t tell they took a second off. The Hogyssey was released in 2001 and it appeared it might be the … Continue reading
250 Word Album Review: Presidents of the United States of America – Get Back In The Van
This free downloadable EP from one of the most fun bands of all time is a nice addition to your iTunes library. It is all previously released songs recorded as a live album. It is split into a 5 song … Continue reading
250 Word Local Album Review: Jerry Forney – Midnight on the Water
Jerry Forney’s name echoes a lingering respect from all of his solo work and his music with The Forney Brothers and frequenting blues taverns for several years now. It appears Jerry Forney just gets more comfortable with himself and his music … Continue reading
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