Month: February 2017
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SUSTO’s second album is out now, and this time out, Justin Osborne & Co. are bringing big ideas, bigger sound and a lot more sonic experimentation.
Justin Osborne needed a break. He’d been writing music and making albums since he was 15, and by the age of 26, he felt like he was spinning his wheels. He knew he needed a change, so he ended his old band Sequoyah Prep School and moved to Cuba. He thought he might be done
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NEW RELEASES 2/10: BLACK JOE LEWIS & THE HONEYBEARS, ELVIN BISHOP’S BIG FUN TRIO, CHUCK PROPHET, KRIS KRISTOFFERSON, MARK PORKCHOP HOLDER (of the BLACK DIAMOND HEAVIES) & more!
Greetings from New Release central, where we’re tickled to have the new Black Joe Lewis album in-stock, not to mention a look back from Kris Kristofferson, some big fun from Elvin Bishop, and there’s even some classical/jazz love for Mr. Gene! Read on…. BLACK JOE LEWIS & THE HONEYBEARS, Backlash (CD/LP) Recorded in the band’s…
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TY SEGALL’s new self-titled album on Drag City keeps us guessing while splashing our collective face with no shortage of astringent tunes of all colors.
At his best, Ty Segall is a master songwriter trapped in the body of a punk — although the limitations of his garage-inflected rock actually keep him grounded and focused rather than restricted. The California bandleader’s prolific output over the past decade has grown increasingly ambitious in its own humble and rough-hewn way; at the…