Feb 26, 2014
Country TwitterFAIL: February 2014
*Sorry about all the homophobic tweets, but I get tired of people equating
musical taste to sexual preference, whether in positive or negative connotations.
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| Thanks for ruining my adolescent memories, guys! |
Feb 25, 2014
New Drive-by Truckers (with Peter Buck) - Primer Coat
Here's a new song from Drive-by Truckers' forthcoming album English Oceans (out next Tuesday), "Primer Coat," performed live with former REM guitarist Peter Buck. You can now stream the whole album here.
Larry Lee the Primitive Baptist Reviews: Cole Swindell - Chillin' It
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Heavenly Father, what have I done to deserve this? Was it the speeding ticket I got last week on the way to the ladies' luncheon? Was it that vulgar pop-up ad I accidentally viewed while browsing the garden tillers on Craigslist? I was just wondering what that young woman was doing with that salami. Anyway….Whatever it was, Lord, I beg your forgiveness.
This song is an affront to everything I hold dear: my faith, my senses and my taste in music. This young fellow and his female friend (likely dressed like some Daisy Duke harlot) are wasting precious time and gas by riding around listening to music (probably awful Satan-pleasing music like this).
They are also apparently drinking as they do this. I know good and well it isn't Kool-aid they're drinking. More than likely, it's this disgusting cheap beer my son-in-law drinks on his porch. What does he call it? Steel Preserve? Anyway, it's illegal to drive and drink and God hates anyone who drinks alcohol in order to get drunk.
Beyond the iniquity of the actions glorified in this song are other issues. This young man sings no better than Carl Jenkins in our church choir, and Carl is a partaker of Pall Malls. This Cole person also sounds exceedingly, how do I put this? Cheesy, I believe the young people would say. I mean, I'm an awkward peckerwood, but this young man makes me look like Shaft. These are purely secular views on this misguided "art." The prevailing problems are the evils listed in the previous paragraphs.
Sloth, wastefulness, lust, drunkenness, breaking laws, being a goober. If these things appeal to you, then by all means, let this be the stumbling-block you trip over onto the quick slippy slide down to Hell! However, I pray you'll hear my words and abstain from giving ear to this unpleasant venture. Resist Satan, I say to thee!!!
F
Feb 24, 2014
New Shirts in the FTM Store
It's almost festival season(!), and what better way to express your feelings about the state of music today than a new shirt from FTM's Redbubble store? (Well, buying music and merch from good bands is one better way, but still...) Here are a few new designs in the store.
FTM's Redbubble T-shirt Shop
FTM's Redbubble T-shirt Shop
Chad Sullins Live - What's Left of Me
Here's a solo take of "What's Left of Me," from Chad Sullins and the Last Call Coalition's excellent new release, Wicked Spell. RIYL: Fifth on the Floor, Turnpike Troubadours, Randy Rogers Band, Whiskey Myers, The Departed.
Concise Album Reviews: Eric Church, The Bigsbys, Whiskey Myers
Catchy roots rock via Texas by way of 90s alt-pop. What that means is that this is highly accessible and hookier than a tackle box. These songs would sound as natural playing on Texas radio between Reckless Kelly and Robert Earl Keen as on a rock station in 1997 between Matchbox 20 and Jewel. The writing is crisp and proves that just because a song is fun doesn't mean it has to be stupid. Music Row, take note. There are no bad songs in the bunch and there's even a cool Whiskeytown cover.
B+
The Outsiders would make an excellent 5 song EP. I'll let you guess on the 5. Overreaching and pretentious in spots, right in the pocket on others. I'd call it a glorious mess if there was more glory and less mess. Pick your faves and download a few tracks.
C for the album (A for the middle finger aimed at Music Row convention)
Southern rock seems to be having quite a resurgence lately and Whiskey Myers' latest brings it good and strong with one boot planted in the Lone Star State. Good songwriting, expert playing. "Colloquy" is an early song of the year contender.
A-
Feb 23, 2014
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Feb 21, 2014
YouTube Gems: St. Paul and the Broken Bones
From their new album Half the City, here's St. Paul and the Broken Bones with "Call Me." RIYL: James Brown, Otis Redding, Alabama Shakes, Lee Bains III and the Glory Fires.
Americana Band Name Generator
(don't click on this image - the link is below!)
If you've run out of creative spark after writing umpteen songs about drunken sorrow, the working man, and bucolic strife but need the perfect name for your new roots rock or alt-country band, you're in luck! Just click below to visit my new "Genericana Band Name Generator!" My apologies to the three or four existing bands whose names are possible on this generator.
Feb 20, 2014
New Sturgill Simpson!
Sturgill Simpson today announced the forthcoming (May 13) release of his new album Metamodern Sounds in Country Music and the streaming of a new tune, "Living the Dream" on Paste. Here's a live recording of the song from when I saw him in 2013. At the time, Simpson wasn't ready for the tune to be unleashed upon the world, but with the Paste post making it official... well, here you go:
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