Showing posts with label Sturgill Simpson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sturgill Simpson. Show all posts
Feb 26, 2020
Feb 6, 2020
Ernest P. Worrell Country Reaction Gifs
If you want to see Kip Moore this year, you have to go see him open for Sam Hunt
"Just because you don't think it's country doesn't make it true; the genre has to evolve..."
Still more country than Dustin Lynch
Jason Aldean deciding which single to put out next
Oh, Tyler Childers and Sturgill are coming to town?
When you told your friend she'd love Whiskey Myers and now she does
When the hold music is Kane Brown
Mainstream country radio: when it doesn't suck, it ___
Feb 3, 2020
Dec 30, 2019
Scott Colvin's Top Ten (12) Albums of 2019
By Scott Colvin
I really expected to write a lot in 2019.
In fact, as the calendar moved from 2018 to 2019 I had a bunch of concerts already scheduled to review. Was going to do some record reviews (and I even mentioned to Trailer that I might do a couple interviews which I really don’t enjoy doing). Yup. I had every intention of being a super productive member of Farce The Music’s dysfunctional writing family. Then it happened in late February. Stroke. Really.
To say I’ve been adjusting physically and psychologically since that day is an understatement. After reluctantly cancelling a few concert reviews in March and April I decided I was ready in mid-May to give it a shot.
Cracker. A slam dunk. Right? Wrong. I could barely take notes and thus had a notebook full of song titles and chicken scratches which I never could decipher. And that’s before I sat in front of my laptop to type which was almost impossible. You see the left hand was good, the right hand, not so much (don’t even get me started about the time I picked up my acoustic guitar).
Have I also mentioned the doctors at this difficult time said “no more booze?” 2019 officially sucked.
Needless to say I had a lot of time to hear a lot of new music. Sober. And I did. But, whereas most years I find myself in December going through dozens of albums to bring “The List” down to a manageable top 50 before whittling it down, I really only found 11 records that I really enjoyed this year (even if my real No. 1 is only in spirit). Here goes!
Honorable Mentions: Tyler Childers, Shovels & Rope, Frank Turner, Whiskey Myers, Karly Driftwood, Erin Enderlin, Grace Potter, Alice Merton, Maggie Rogers and Meiko.
10. Jenny Lewis – On The Line It really is too bad that the “controversy” involving Ryan Adams (producer of much of the record) was going down as this album dropped because it’s one of Jenny Lewis’s finer moments (and that includes a mostly spectacular run with Rilo Kiley). Regardless of where you stand on the Adams thing, it cannot be denied that Lewis wrote a fantastic record that was also produced by Beck, who no one has a reason to dislike.
9. Hayes Carll – What It Is It certainly was nice to see a more easy going and light-hearted Hayes Carll emerge on this album after his previous effort.
8. Molly Tuttle – When You’re Ready There’s something very familiar about Molly Tuttle that I can’t put my finger on, but I know I like this. A lot.
7. Dori Freeman – Every Single Star Pretty much what I said about Molly Tuttle. I like this one a little bit more so it gets the higher spot.
6. Sturgill Simpson – Sound & Fury Sturgill Simpson is like a druggier Eric Church who I also seem to dig even more as he deviates from “his norm.”
5. Randy Rogers Band – Hellbent The Randy Rogers Band has been the stalwarts of the Texas country music scene for almost 20 years. Nothing flashy here, just consistently good. Like Shiner Bock.
4. Jade Bird – Jade Bird I’m pretty sure “Lottery” is the song that every alternative band in the 90s wished they wrote. And I say that as a compliment. The whole album is just wonderful ear candy that is ridiculously infectious.
3. Chris Shiflett – Hard Lessons Hard to believe that this would be the Dave Cobb produced album I latched onto in 2019 but so be it. The guy is a rock legend. Guitarist for punk greats No Use For A Name and Me First And The Gimme Gimmes (and this other band Fighters of Foo…or something like that) Shiflett released his fourth country album full of catchy So Cal country goodness.
2. Kelsey Waldon – White Noise/White Lines Kelsey Waldon is like Elizabeth Cook without the quirkiness.
1. Cody Jinks – After The Fire and The Wanting – Kudos to Cody Jinks. The man delivered two stellar albums which he released in consecutive weeks AND didn’t hide behind some lame premise like one album is my rockin’ side and the other is my sensitive side…Or in lame-ass Zac Brown Band terms my crappy pop country side and my really crappy pop side.
THE REAL No. 1 ALTHOUGH THIS ONE IS NOT OFFICIALLY ON MY LIST Billie Eilish – When We All Fall Asleep Where Do We Go In all reality I probably listened to this album the most. Inventive, shocking and unabashedly cool. While people in my generation were crucifying her for not knowing who Van Halen was, I was laughing because I might be able to name more of her songs than “original Van Halen” songs (despite being a huge rock/metal fan I always thought VH was kinda lame).
Dec 19, 2019
Favorite Songs of 2019: #11-36
Favorite Songs of 2019
#11-36 (Not in any particular order)
(List by Trailer)
Randy Rogers Band - Anchors Away
Liz Brasher - Blood of the Lamb
Jon Pardi - Just Like Old Times
Kylie Rae Harris - Twenty Years From Now
Kelsey Waldon - Kentucky, 1988
Dee White - Tell the World I Do
Lillie Mae - You’ve Got Other Girls For That
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Giannis
Tool - Pneuma
Nov 21, 2019
Steel Magnolias Country Reaction Gifs
If I'm subjected to a Mitchell Tenpenny song long enough to hear his voice
"Y'all mind if I play some Tanya Tucker?"
I told y'all about Scott Borchetta years ago
The unspoken motto of Farce the Music
When Sturgill went from country to hard rock
When you look in the mirror and see an actual angel
If you don't care about the authenticity of music, only the financial gain you can get from it...
When Clairee says Kane Brown is the greatest country singer
Nov 7, 2019
Cannonball Run Country Reaction Gifs
When you stop and take a piss at the Florida-Georgia Line
When she says "You can come with me to the Luke Bryan concert, or you can GTFO."
♫ ♬ With the blood from my body, I could start my own still ♫ ♬
♫ ♬ There's a stranger in my house
Somebody here that I can't see ♫ ♬
When Burt says he'd rather listen to ABBA than the George Jones you've got on
After you shake hands with a hick-hop fans, it's best to inoculate yourself
♫ ♬ If he asks me to blow
I'mma tell his punk ass to take me to jail ♫ ♬
Nov 4, 2019
No Sleep Roundup: RATM, Cody Jinks, Lucero, Stevie Wonder
Hello friends,
It’s me, your pal Robert Dean. I’ve been MIA lately because of some pretty big life changes, making a television show is stressful, and I’ve been trying to finish my new book all while keeping my shit together. So, forgive my absence.
That aside, let’s do the dance.
My Chemical Romance are coming back. Nerds who used to wear women’s jeans in 2003 are fucking stoked. Hopefully, they write new music that’s more “Three Cheers for The Black Parade” and less of whatever the whack Queen shit was.
Rage Against The Machine are finally playing some shows. Thank god Zach has agreed to come out of hiding. I only wrote about this very thing like, three years ago or whatever. They’d better play Calm Like a Bomb or I’m going to be pissed. (Yes, I’m flying to one of the shows because I’m a fanboy.)
RANDOM THOUGHT: Go buy Joshua Hedley’s record, Mr. Jukebox. It’s a fucking crime people slept on that dude. He should be household name for dudes who wear embroidered shirts unironically. Easily one the best country records of the last five years and people don’t know it.
Sturgill and Tyler are going on tour together. That’s going to be a massive deal. They’re playing the United Center in Chicago. For context, that’s where Paul McCartney plays when he comes to town. All this for a guy who wrote a song about turtles while on acid. Shit is wild.
Clark County, NV declared November 1st ‘Five Finger Death Punch Day’ and yes, that dude still has a beard of dreadlocks.
Evan Felker apparently recorded a tune with Carrie Rodriguez before Turnpike Troubadours went on stupid hiatus. Look, man. The song was fine. It sounds like Shovels and Rope. But for fucks sake, get sober, go to church, whatever. Get Turnpike Troubadours back on track.
Cody Jinks dropped a pair of records….and they both went to number 1. In the words of the mighty Jack Nicholson, “watch out. Big balls comin’ through.”
Need a random album suggestion? Go back and listen to the first Stevie Wonder record. When he was a kid. That shit will blow your mind. “I was made to love her” is my jam.
Recently, Lucero made a bunch of the Among the Ghosts demos available for streaming. You know our nerd asses were all about that. Collectively between Trailer and I, we’ve probably seen Lucero over 30 times.
Oct 31, 2019
Scream Country Reaction Gifs
When the insurance company puts you on hold and their hold music is Thomas Rhett
"But the female country singers just aren't making songs as good as the men do"
"Carrie, why did you key my truck, bust out my headlights, and flatten my tires?"
When you're about to walk into the Halloween party but you can hear Kane Brown music playing inside
Sturgill and Tyler are going on an arena tour in 2020!
♫ ♬ Here you come again
Just when I've begun to get myself together ♫ ♬
"But why can't I sing about clubbing in a southern drawl over an EDM beat and call it country?"
Her: (whispers) Morgan Wallen's version is better than Isbell's
Me:
We shoulda known something was up with Zac Brown when he changed some lyrics of Isbell's "Dress Blues"
Oct 25, 2019
Country Singer Craft Beers
*yeah some of them are "country" singers
Mitchell Tenpenny’s White Bruh Hard Seltzer
Not beer, but sold in the beer section.
Not beer, but sold in the beer section.
Old Dominion Sweaty Sour
Hints of body odor, vending machine cologne, and green apple Lifesaver.
Hints of body odor, vending machine cologne, and green apple Lifesaver.
Creeps up on you.
Shooter Jennings’ Low Life Lager
Pretty damn good, but only comes in pony bottles.
Sturgill Simpson Altered Beast
Tastes like a different style of beer every time you take a sip.
Tastes like a different style of beer every time you take a sip.
Zac Brown’s Angry EDM Ale
“Every time I get a new swig, I gotta get a new swig.”
So bitter and poorly made, Zac’s the only one who likes it.
Dan + Shay’s
Minus
Non-Alcoholic Beer
Way too sweet and beer without alcohol isn’t beer.
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