Month: December 2016
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JB “the Indicator” aka John Byce, drummer extraordinaire for the Excons & many others, picks the best of 2016 releases. We stock em, you’ll like em.
JB knows. As an avid music collector, a bodacious drummer (currently behind the kit for the Excons), a true connoisseur of sonic wonderment trends in modern rock and related music each year The Indicator offers us his distillation of the year’s expansive releases dialed down to 17 must-haves. This is a veritable check list for…
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THE HONEYCUTTERS & TOWN MOUNTAIN make a great alt-country/bluegrass pair at GOTTROCKS this Saturday night!
The Honeycutters have a voice you can’t ignore; a voice of persistence, of struggle and of hope, a voice that leads the new music movement erupting out of Asheville, NC. They released their 4th studio album On The Ropes May 20, 2016 on Organic Records to much critical acclaim. Nashville’s Music City Roots’ Craig Havighurst…
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GILLIAN WELCH celebrates the 20th anniversary of her first album with Boots No. 1, out now! It’s a fascinating look behind-the-scenes of a stunning debut.
To commemorate the 20th Anniversary of Gillian Welch’s landmark debut album, Revival, Acony Records proudly presents Boots No. 1: The Official Revival Bootleg. Personally curated and produced by Gillian Welch and David Rawlings and mined from their extensive vault of analog tape recordings, this beautiful collection is essential listening for Gillian Welch fans and music…
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NEW RELEASES 12/16: LISA HILTON, TONY BENNETT, some killer reissues by DAN PENN & RUSH, and a reminder about some of the holiday season’s biggest releases!
Nineteen albums in, after working with the top-drawer jazz masters, like Antonio Sanchez, Christian McBride, Nasheet Waits, Sean Jones, Marcus Gilmore, Steve Wilson, Jeremy Pelt, Lewis Nash, Billy Hart, Larry Grenadier, Rudy Royston, and Bobby Militello, among others, pianist Lisa Hilton strips her music down to the essentials and returns to the solo format with…
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ST. PAUL & THE BROKEN BONES bring their soul, grit and rhythm to the PEACE CENTER on DECEMBER 13th! Their new CD/LP, the socially-conscious SEA OF NOISE is in-stock now!
Grit, elemental rhythm, tight as a drumhead playing, and a profound depth of feeling: these are the promises of a great soul band. And St. Paul & The Broken Bones deliver on those promises with Sea Of Noise, the compelling second album by the Birmingham, Alabama-based sextet, who have already created a maelstrom of interest…
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NEW RELEASES: NEIL YOUNG, PAUL THORN, TECH N9NE, ATMOSPHERE, LAST SHADOW PUPPETS & JEFF HEALEY, plus some amazing reissues by PAUL CHAMBERS, JOHN LEWIS & more!
In this week’s batch of new stuff, Neil Young moved forward, Paul Thorn looks back, we finally get the Conor Oberst single we’ve been waiting on since Black Friday, and Tech N9NE unleashes a rap masterwork. Read on…. NEIL YOUNG, Peace Trail (CD/LP 1/17) Neil Young’s brand new album, Peace Trail features all new songs…
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Guitar wizard HARVEY MANDEL’s fantastic new album “SNAKE PIT” is out now on CD & vinyl courtesy of TOMPKINS SQUARE RECORDS! String-bender supreme!
Harvey’s fifteenth studio LP and his first widely distributed album in 20 years, Snake Pit was recorded in two days at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, CA. Harvey teamed with fellow Chicago-based musicians Ben Boye (keys), Ryan Jewell (drums), Brian Sulpizio (guitar), and Anton Hatwich (bass), who have all played with singer/songwriter Ryley Walker, among their…
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NEW RELEASES, 12/2: The return of the STONES, a massive concert package from KATE BUSH, new CHILDISH GAMBINO, JOHN LEGEND, and two MERGE-tastic reissues!
This week, The Stones play the blues, Kate Bush commemorates an incredible stage show, Childish Gambino rocks, Dylan finally releases the REAL Royal Albert Hall show, John Legend goes dark, Isabelle Faust moves us with her passion for Martinu, and Ennio Morricone looks back. Read on… ROLLING STONES, Blue & Lonesome (CD/LP) Their first studio…
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#GVLMUSIC is alive and well thanks to upcoming shows by the DEAD 27’s, BLACK LILLIES, SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS, WASTED WINE & more!
Don’t let’em tell you Greenville ain’t a music town. The concert schedule over the next month or so for places like GOTTROCKS, THE SPINNING JENNY, RADIO ROOM are full of great bands spreading some serious genre-spanning goodness. Take a look at the (partial) schedule below! SATURDAY, DEC. 3rd: SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS @ GOTTROCKS,…