Showing posts with label Pony Bradshaw. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pony Bradshaw. Show all posts
Jul 23, 2024
Dec 21, 2023
Farce the Music's 40 Favorite Songs of 2023
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1. Lucero “Macon if We Make It”
I’d never call it a comeback, but Lucero’s last album, When You Found Me, was very disappointing for this hardcore fan. The exploration of classic and somewhat progressive rock left me flat - I don’t blame them or slight them for following their artistic leanings anywhere they want to go - it just wasn’t for me. The new record, Should’ve Learned by Now, is an absolute return to form. My favorite song of the year, “Macon if We Make It” is a rip-roaring, country-tinted heartland rocker of an anthem I can’t wait to sing along with at shows. If this was a best lyrics list, this song would not be here, but sometimes it’s about what you do with them, and Lucero gave us their heart and soul and made it catchy as hell.
2. Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit “King of Oklahoma”
What more can be said about this one? Everybody has their own thoughts on Isbell and his music, and to be honest, I was of the thinking that he’d never make another album I thought was a masterpiece. I was wrong. Weathervanes is amazing, and “King of Oklahoma” rides a bullet into the stratosphere of Isbell/Unit classics. Conversational, timely, and dropping in a smidgen of dark humor, “KOH” will be on the setlist for years to come.
3. William Prince “Tanqueray”
The dude with the smoothest vocals in Americana/Canadiacana? music nailed his 2023 album, and this tune fought off “Easier and Harder” and “When You Miss Someone” to be crowned as my favorite.
4. Joe Stamm Band “Dollar General Sign”
5. Bella White “Marilyn”
6. St. Paul & The Broken Bones “Magnolia”
If you don’t like this song, you should try sex.
7. Cory Branan “Gatlinburg” (song starts at 1:20)
8. Gabe Lee “Merigold”
9. Charles Wesley Godwin “Family Ties”
10. Lydia Loveless “Summerlong”
11. Pony Bradshaw “Safe in the Arms of Vernacular”
12. Turnpike Troubadours “The Rut”
13. Deer Tick “The Real Thing”
14. JD Clayton “Long Way From Home”
15. Chris Stapleton “The Bottom”
16. Metallica “You Must Burn!”
17. Bully “Hard to Love”
18. Caitlyn Smith “High”
19. Zach Bryan, Maggie Rogers “Dawns”
20. Lori McKenna “Happy Children”
Next 20 (Unranked)
Jake Worthington “Closing Time”
Ashley McBryde “Learned to Lie”
Esther Rose “Chet Baker”
Brent Cobb “When Country Came Back to Town”
Miles Miller “I Wish”
Lance Roark “Better Man”
Old Crow Medicine Show “Daughter of the Highlands”
Tyler Childers “In Your Love”
The War and Treaty “Dumb Luck”
Jason Hawk Harris “Roll”
Sundy Best “Bad Imagination”
Whitney Rose “Can’t Remember Happiness”
Flatland Cavalry “Only Thing At All”
Jaime Wyatt “Love Is a Place”
Colby Acuff “Western White Pines”
Jeffrey Martin “Sculptor”
Brandy Clark ft. Brandi Carlile “Dear Insecurity”
Lillie Mae “Razor Love”
Brennen Leigh “Mississippi Rendezvous”
Willie Tea Taylor "Bakersfield"
Dec 5, 2023
What Your Favorite Album of 2023 Says About You
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Pony Bradshaw - North Georgia Rounder
You read a lot of Flannery O’Connor and William Faulkner and still don’t understand half the lyrics of this album. You own at bare minimum 23 flannel shirts. You will only discuss politics with your immediate group of friends around a fire pit after a few PBRs, but there could be violence at that point.
Diplo Presents Thomas Wesley: Chapter 2
You enjoy music that isn’t good.
Jason Aldean - Highway Desperado
Your political beliefs have evolved your hearing to like bad music, as long as the singer agrees with you on every possible subject. You live in a suburb and have complained on the neighborhood Facebook page about “loud booming music in cars driving by.” You own $4,000 worth of camouflage but only go hunting once a year, if that. Your wife doesn’t know about the ED yet thanks to gas station pills.
Shania Twain - Queen of Me
Your nostalgic love of the late 90s warps your taste in unhealthy ways. You’re always quick with a “she had vocal surgery,” but never a “maybe she should rest her voice or retire” in the Facebook comments. You’re glad the Karen jokes finally died down a little. You should probably schedule a hearing test.
Flatland Cavalry - Wandering Star
Despite the tattoos and the extensive police record, you are a born romantic. You have cried about an ASPCA commercial and punched a guy who cut you off in traffic on the same day. Your significant other is a complete normie.
SZA - SOS
You write for Rolling Stone, or various other music sites. This album came out in 2022. Tough shit if it came out in December; maybe you shouldn’t drop your lists so early.
Note: This album is really good if you like R&B.
Luke Combs - Gettin’ Old
You’re most likely a cool, salt of the earth person who doesn’t have much interest in lyrically complex or musically adventurous songs, and that’s okay, but you still demand more than “beer girl truck.” You own $400 worth of camouflage, and are in the woods at least every Saturday of deer season. You are anywhere on the political spectrum except far left and far right.
HARDY - The Mockingbird and the Crow
You are a relatively upstanding dude with a family and a decent job, but you still get shit-faced at every Mississippi State game and wind up having to apologize to a friend, coworker, family member, or innocent bystander. You are either the person in your group of music snobs with the worst taste, or the one in your group of bro’s with the best taste. There is no in between.
Jul 7, 2023
Favorite Albums of 2023: Mid-Year Report
With rock and rap included. (country only list below)
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1. Lucero - Should’ve Learned by Now
2. JD Clayton - Long Way From Home
3. Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit - Weathervanes
4. William Prince - Stand in the Joy
5. Bully - Lucky for You
6. Metallica - 72 Seasons
7. Country Westerns - Forgive the City
8. Ruston Kelly - The Weakness
9. Pony Bradshaw - North Georgia Rounder
10. Drayton Farley - Twenty on High
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11. Sundy Best - Feel Good Country
12. The War & Treaty - Lover’s Game
13. Jake Worthington - s/t
14. Brit Taylor - Kentucky Blue
15. The Band of Heathens - Simple Things
16. Joy Oladukun - Proof of Life
17. Ritch Henderson - Fallacies & Four-Letter Words
18. Jess Williamson - Time Ain’t Accidental
19. Lance Roark - Better Man
20. Killer Mike - Michael
21. Meg McRee - Is It Just Me?
22. Colby Acuff - Western White Pines
23. Slaid Cleaves - Together Through the Dark
24. Brandy Clark - s/t
25. Jamie Harris - Boomerang Town
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Americana/Country only
1. Lucero - Should’ve Learned by Now
2. JD Clayton - Long Way From Home
3. William Prince - Stand in the Joy
4. Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit - Weathervanes
5. Country Westerns - Forgive the City
6. Ruston Kelly - The Weakness
7. Pony Bradshaw - North Georgia Rounder
8. Drayton Farley - Twenty on High
9. Sundy Best - Feel Good Country
10. The War & Treaty - Lover’s Game
11. Jake Worthington - s/t
12. Brit Taylor - Kentucky Blue
13. The Band of Heathens - Simple Things
14. Joy Oladukun - Proof of Life
15. Ritch Henderson - Fallacies & Four-Letter Words
16. Jess Williamson - Time Ain’t Accidental
17. Lance Roark - Better Man
18. Meg McRee - Is It Just Me?
19. Colby Acuff - Western White Pines
20. Slaid Cleaves - Together Through the Dark
21. Brandy Clark - s/t
22. Jamie Harris - Boomerang Town
23. Muscadine Bloodline - Teenage Dixie
24. Brennen Leigh - Ain’t Through Honky Tonkin’ Yet
25. The Panhandlers - Tough Country
Apr 27, 2023
Mar 28, 2023
Top Albums of 2023 So Far: First Quarter Report
No reviews, no comments, no links, just a list...
1. Lucero - Should’ve Learned by Now
2. Pony Bradshaw - North Georgia Rounder
3. Drayton Farley - Twenty on High
4. Sundy Best - Feel Good Country
5. Brit Taylor - Kentucky Blue
6. Muscadine Bloodline - Teenage Dixie
7. The War & Treaty - Lover’s Game
8. JD Clayton - Long Way From Home
9. Myron Elkins - Factories, Farms & Amphetamines
10. Jamie Harris - Boomerang Town
11. The Band of Heathens - Simple Things
12. The Panhandlers - Tough Country
13. Meg McRee - Is It Just Me?
14. Channing Wilson - Dead Man
15. White Reaper - Asking for a Ride
16. Ritch Henderson - Fallacies & Four-Letter Words
17. Mason and the Gin Line - Sangre
18. Amanda Fields - What, When and Without
19. Slaid Cleaves - Together Through the Dark
20. Wolfpen Branch - Long Hill to Climb
21. Margo Price - Strays
22. Ben Chapman - Amber Sound, Vol. 1
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