New(ish) Video / Mightmare (Sarah Shook) / "Enemy"

From their new album Cruel Liars.

20 Favorite Albums of 2022: 1/3 Report

(Trailer's top 20 so far - Year end list will be staff voted)

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1. Kaitlin Butts - What Else Can She Do

2. Ben Chapman - Make the Night Better

3. Joshua Hedley - Neon Blue

4. Ian Noe - River Fools & Mountain Saints

5. The Wilder Blue - s/t

6. Jason Scott and the High Heat - Castle Rock

7. Band of Horses - Things Are Great

8. Pusha T - It’s Almost Dry

9. Hailey Whitters - Raised

10. Yelawolf / Shooter Jennings - Sometimes Y

11. Sarah Shook and the Disarmers - Nightroamer

12. The Whitmore Sisters - Ghost Stories

13. Jamestown Revival - Young Man

14. Tony Logue - Jericho

15. William Clark Green - Baker Hotel

16. Brent Cobb - And Now Turn to Page…

17. Ray Wylie Hubbard - Co-Starring Too

18. Pinegrove - 11:11

19. Lost Dog Street Band - Glory

20. Alma Russ - Fool’s Gold

New Video / Sarah Shook & The Disarmers / "I Got This"

Farce the Music's Top Albums of 2018 (11-25)

Our Top 25 Albums of 2018 were voted on by all contributors (including 2 new ones) again this year:  Kelcy Salisbury, Robert Dean, Kevin Broughton, Jeremy Harris, Trailer (me), and Matthew Martin 

(with friend Chad as a tiebreaker). We welcomed Kasey Anderson and Scott Colvin as first time voters. Today, we reveal numbers 11-25 of our favorites and tomorrow will count down the top 10!

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24. Handsome Jack - Everything's Gonna Be Alright

The best rock ‘n’ roll album of 2018, from a power trio in Buffalo, N.Y. The Robinson bros. might have killed The Black Crowes, but the spirit of the band breathes through these guys. ~Kevin Broughton

23. (tie) Larkin Poe - Venom and Faith

Rebecca and Megan Lovell (formerly of the bluegrass band The Lovell Sisters with older sister Jessica) are mostly “known” as touring musicians for the likes of Kristian Bush and Elvis Costello…among others. On their fourth full-length album, the sisters absolutely hit the sublime with their powerful brand of roots rock and blues. Rebecca’s sultry and soulful vocals blend perfectly with Megan’s hot bluesy slide guitar licks for one of the finest albums in recent memory. ~Scott Colvin

23. (tie) Western Centuries - Songs From the Deluge

Great musicianship from the closest thing to a country super-group 2018 has seen. These guys are all heavily grounded in bluegrass, yet this album synthesizes all the best parts of American roots music. Come for the three-headed monster of vocals and songwriting, stay for the pedal steel. ~KB

22. Amanda Shires - To the Sunset

More than a decade into her solo career, Shires has established herself as one of the truly great songwriters and instrumentalists of her generation. With To the Sunset - an album that is by turns plaintive, unbridled, and fragile - Shires made what is, at least to this point, the album of her career. Calling it a "Rock" record or an "Americana" record is reductive; To the Sunset is an Amanda Shires record and, at this point, she's good enough to be her own genre.  ~Kasey Anderson

21. Lincoln Durham - And Into Heaven Came the Night

20. High on Fire - Electric Messiah

Is there any project Matt Pike is involved with that sucks? Pretty sure that’s impossible. Check out "Sanctioned Annihilation" & "Drowning Dog."  ~Kelcy Salisbury

19. Sleep - The Sciences

The Sciences is one of the year’s best records and moves beyond, “good follow up to Dopesmoker,” and places Sleep as the undisputed heirs to the throne of Black Sabbath. The Sciences is not only a neck breaking, sludgy love song to the universe, it’s a poem to the mysteries of faith, but it’s also a masterpiece. ~Robert Dean

18. Blackberry Smoke - Find a Light

These guys are working hard. Consecutive years with top-flight albums, they retain their Southern rock identity without being chained to it. This is an all-American band. ~KB

17. Great Peacock - Gran Pavo Real

I've been a fan of Great Peacock for a few years now and after their last album, I was excited to see where they would go.  As I would go to shows over the next few years, it became clear they were going to go in a more electric direction.  And, they absolutely did.  This album is a rocker full of the harmonies and introspective lyrics you've come to expect.  This is the one you reach for on Saturday night around midnight. ~Matthew Martin

16. John Prine - The Tree of Forgiveness

People are always naming "greatest living songwriters" like John Prine isn't still teaching a masterclass every time he drops new music. Admittedly, that isn't as frequent as in the past, but on The Tree of Forgiveness, Prine reminds us why he's the undisputed. Tuneful, insightful, and bright, this isn't a late-life woe-is-me dirge-fest like many elder statesmen and women give us; this is prime Prine. ~Trailer

15. Caleb Caudle - Crushed Coins

Caudle has been pumping out perfect country songs for a while now.  On Crushed Coins, Caudle hits his full stride.  These songs are the best set of songs he's put out.  The music and production are absolutely suited for his voice and his songs.  "NYC In The Rain" is a perfect song and a perfect Caleb Caudle song.  I don't think there's anyone else I can imagine singing this song other than Caudle.  If you haven't checked out his work, this album is the one to start with.  It's Caudle at his best. ~MM

14. Ashley McBryde - Girl Going Nowhere

The truth: Ashley McBryde doesn't fit the boring sonic pastiche that is mainstream country radio. Her songs are too good, her voice too unique. She deserves airplay and stardom though, and I hope she's one of the new leaders to push the door down. Girl Going Nowhere is a statement of being, filled with catchy and well-crafted songs. "Tired of Being Happy" is an absolute gem. ~Trailer

13. Brent Cobb - Providence Canyon

A great follow-up to 2016’s “Shine On Rainy Day.” The last three songs of that record were swampy and a little menacing, a thread woven through this album, particularly on “If I Don’t See Ya’” and “.30-06,” with their bad-boy Skynyrd feel. But when I hear “King of Alabama,” I’ll always remember the one time I got to see a then-fledgling musician, Wayne Mills. It was in Tuscaloosa in 2002, the night before heavy underdog Auburn beat Alabama 17-7. I was blown away then by the guy’s talent, and to this day I regret I never saw him again. No one that night or any other would ever dream of his fate: “It was a friend who took him from his family.” Cobb has done Mills fitting memorial, and made another great album. ~KB

12. Sarah Shook & The Disarmers - Years

It’s not often I can look to my hometown for musical pride. Let’s be honest, until Sarah Shook came around, Foreigner’s Lou Gramm might be Rochester, NY’s most notable artist (C’Mon, admit it, “Jukebox Hero” and “Urgent” were freaking awesome). Shook is a total badass and this album proves it. ~SC

11. Shooter Jennings - Shooter

Shooter is a portrait of a man who’s come to terms with his abilities, goals, and what he’s after. You can’t write a bunch of feel-good tunes that go hard with the beers, without a sense of purpose and humility …otherwise it comes off contrived and douchey, AKA most of the garbage pop country radio peddles. ~RD

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Albums beyond the top 25 that appeared on multiple ballots: 

Janelle Monae - Dirty Computer

Hawks and Doves - From a White Hotel

Colter Wall - Songs of the Plains

Vince Staples - FM!

Eric Church - Desperate Man

JP Harris - Sometimes Dogs Bark at Nothing

Mike & the Moonpies - Steak Night at the Prairie Rose

Buffalo Gospel - On the First Bell

Pusha T - Daytona

What Your Favorite 2018 Album Says About You

Colter Wall - Songs of the Plains

You roll your own cigarettes. You only wear raw denim. You think condiments are for the weak.

Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour

You never knew you liked country music and you're completely amazed a debut album could be this good.

Morgan Wallen - If I Know Me

You are in Morgan's family.

Tyler Childers - Purgatory

You aren't really into calendars.

Kelsea Ballerini - Unapologetically (Deluxe)

This is the only album you've heard this year.

Ruston Kelly - Mockingbird

You are blocked by Ryan Adams on Twitter. People who know you would best describe you as "pretends to be clinically depressed." 

Pistol Annies - Interstate Gospel

If female, you have probably punched a man in the face before. If male, you vote Democrat but own a shitload of guns.

Cody Jinks - Lifers

You have been muted by half your Facebook friends for sharing too many Farce the Music memes. 

Sarah Shook & The Disarmers - Years

You have definitely punched a man in the face before. You once landed a frontside 180 kickflip without spilling your whiskey.

Kane Brown - Evolution

You have a misspelled tattoo about drama somewhere on your body. All your Facebook posts are passive aggressive but end with a Bible verse.  You graduated 5th in your class …of 5 people in your GED class.

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This is satire. Don't take it seriously.

Also, if your favorite wasn't here, there may be more editions soon.
Idea stolen from Medium.

Sarah Shook Doesn't Give a F***

Photo by John Gessner 2018

On the heels of a breakout album and worldwide tour, Sarah Shook and The Disarmers show no sign of letting up heading into 2019. Years, the band’s first record on the Bloodshot label, grabbed critical acclaim and drew packed club shows.

There’s a reason for it. It goes beyond the brassy, sassy – vulnerable and badass at the same time – lyrics. It’s country, but way too rock and roll. Who can’t love “Good As Gold?”

It’s the best of early 1980s rockabilly, by the only woman cool enough to date Robert Gordon. It’s smoky, sexy rocking country. And Sarah Shook is keeping on.

In advance of hitting the road with a new slate of shows, they’re dropping a 7” single, “The Way She Looked At You”/ “Devil May Care.”

Sarah Shook and the Disarmers will be back on tour for a bit after Christmas, then in earnest after the first of the year.

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Sarah Shook & the Disarmers

Release a New 7”,

Announce Early 2019 Tour Dates

*Apple Music Features the Digital Exclusive of Two New Songs

Honest to a fault and as foul-mouthed as a drunken sailor, she's a nonconforming spitfire

who's proud of not fitting in with mainstream country music. – Rolling Stone

With Sarah Shook in the mix, hard core country is alive and well, and dangerous as all get

out. – No Depression

After a banner year – including the release of their widely acclaimed second album Years

and subsequent sold-out shows from coast to coast and overseas –

Sarah Shook & the Disarmers are ending 2018 with a bang by announcing today’s 

release of a 7” and a run of tour dates for early 2019.

The 7” includes two new songs, “The Way She Looked At You” b/w “Devil May Care,” that

were recorded at Manifold Recording in Pittsboro, NC during the same session that produced 

Years. Apple Music is currently featuring the digital release in exclusivity (LINK) 

until December 4th, when it will be released on all other digital platforms. Physical copies are 

available now at Bloodshotrecords.com (LINK).

The band also announced newly confirmed U.S. tour dates in January, February, and March,

and a couple solo dates for Sarah in Mexico. Those can be found here or below in full.

Sarah Shook solo performances:

1/12 and 1/13/2019 – Trópico de Cancer – Calle Benito Juárez, Todos Santos, Mexico

Sarah Shook & the Disarmers:

1/16 – WDVX's Tennessee Shines at Jig and Reel – Knoxville, TN (tickets)

1/17 – Southgate House Revival – Newport, KY (tickets)

1/18 – Lincoln Hall / Tomorrow Never Knows Festival – Chicago, IL (tickets)

1/19 – Uptown Grill – Lasalle, IL (tickets)

1/20 – Rose Music Hall – Columbia, MO (tickets)

1/21 – Mercury Lounge – Tulsa, OK

1/22 – AAC Live – Fort Smith, AR

1/23 – Fort Worth Live – Fort Worth, TX

1/24 – Rustic Tap – Austin, TX (tickets)

1/25 – The Lonesome Rose – San Antonio, TX (tickets)

1/26 – McGonigel’s Mucky Duck – Houston, TX (tickets)

1/27 – Dyson House Listening Room – Baton Rouge, LA (tickets)

1/29 – Fifth and Thomas Kitchen and Music House – Tallahassee, FL (tickets)

1/30 – Crowbar Live Music – Tampa, FL

1/31 – Will’s Pub – Orlando, FL (tickets)

2/1 – Ashley Street Station – Valdosta, GA

2/2 – The Jinx – Savannah, GA (tickets)

3/7 – Grey Eagle – Asheville, NC (tickets)

3/8 – Basement East – Nashville, TN (tickets)

3/9 – Aisle 5 – Atlanta, GA (tickets)

3/21 – Hi-Dive – Denver, CO (tickets)

3/22 – OP Rockwell – Salt Lake City, UT (tickets)

3/23 and 3/24 – Treefort Music Fest – Boise, ID

Sarah Shook & The Disarmers / "Good As Gold" / Paste Studios

Saturday Night Music / Sarah Shook & The Disarmers / "New Ways to Fail"

Sarah Shook & The Disarmers / KEXP Live / "Dwight Yoakam"

New Video: Sarah Shook & The Disarmers "Nothin' Feels Right But Doin' Wrong"

From Sidelong.