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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

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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

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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

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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

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250 Word Album Review: Eels – Wonderful, Glorious

Wonderful, Glorious may just be an extension of the great trilogy of Eels albums that preceded it. It is closest in attitude to Tomorrow Morning from those three records but leaves less of a permanent stamp on your ear drums … Continue reading

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250 Word Album Review: Mike Cooley – The Fool On Every Corner

Mike Cooley is one of the founding members of the Drive-By Truckers and many members of DBT nation have long waited for his first solo album. A live album isn’t exactly what they had in mind but it is still … Continue reading

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250 Word Local Album Review: Andy Grooms Living Room – Grateful To Burn

Andy Grooms is a past member of the Memphis band Pawtuckets that made some noise around the year 2000. Pawtuckets were an alt-country outfit that had their share of twang but Grooms has shed most of that for his first … Continue reading

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250 Word Album Review: Langhorne Slim & The Law – The Way We Move

Langhorne Slim has improved with each of his first four full-length albums. The Way We Move is the most recent being released in 2012 and therefor the best in his/the group’s catalog. This album shakes no ground musically and doesn’t … Continue reading

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250 Word Album Review: David Bazan – 2013 Spring Tour EP

David Bazan has seemingly escaped the dark shadow of Pedro The Lion. Bazan was always the mastermind of the band but took a big step forward in using his own and name and now is a couple albums and EPs into a … Continue reading

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250 Word Album Review: Edward Anderson – Low-Fi Goodness

Edward Anderson escapes the shadows of projects like Magic Box and most of all Backyard Tire Fire to release his first solo album, Low-Fi Goodness. This 8 song EP plays like the solo project that it is. It is stripped … Continue reading

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