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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
250 Word Album Review: Camper Van Beethoven – La Costa Perdida
David Lowery doesn’t make bad records. The guy has fronted Camper Van Beethoven, Cracker and had a solo album and you can’t pick out one record from any of those releases that isn’t good. Camper Van Beethoven’s 7th album Las … Continue reading
250 Word Album Review: Scruffy & The Janitors – Pino
You’ve got to have something at the merch table. I tell it to bands all the time. I believe the way to build up a solid fanbase is by letting the audience have a recording so they can listen at … Continue reading
250 Word Album Review: JIP – Sparks, Flames & Names EP
JIP is a Chicago band and you can tell it with one listen of the Sparks, Flames & Names EP released this year. It is an unconventional EP because each track features a different guest musician. Normally this could lead to … Continue reading
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250 Word Album Review: Jason Collett – Reckon
Jason Collett is flat out one of the most underrated songwriters around. On his fifth album Reckon he focuses on songwriting by turning down the volume and displaying his music at its most vulnerable. Fittingly the album has themes of broken … Continue reading
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250 Word Album Review: Patterson Hood – Heat Lightning Rumbles in the Distance
Yes Patterson Hood is the main lead singer of alt-country legends The Drive By-Truckers, he also releases solo albums when not recording a ton of albums or doing a ton of shows with his band. Heat Lightning Rumbles In The Distance is … Continue reading
250 Word Album Review: Local H – Hallelujah! I’m A Bum
Local H prides themselves on being noisy. They out-due themselves on Hallelujah! I’m A Bum for their seventh studio album. The blast of the album outdoes any of their other records as a whole, Perhaps singer Scott Lucas has exercised his temptation for quieter music with … Continue reading
250 Word Album Review: Lucero – Women & Work
Lucero is one of many solid Texas bands with a string of records already available. So at this point the band knows their strengths and have found their identity so they can put out solid records. Women & Work is … Continue reading
250 Word Album Review: Alabama Shakes – Boys & Girls
The Alabama Shakes are a new band and have gained a ton of momentum, seemingly to get more popular daily still. Every now and then an indie band comes out that has a ton of potential beyond their big … Continue reading
250 Word Album Review: Toadies – Play.Rock.Music
The Toadies have never been critic’s darlings but maintain a strong fan base and make some of the most interesting hard rock you will find. The hard rock genre is boring and filled with bands that are still copying Nirvana 20 years … Continue reading
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