Bill Mallonee — Lands & Peoples
A few months ago, I read an impassioned plea on No Depression reminding us to buy Bill Mallonee’s music. I joked that in the five months between reading this review of Lands & Peoples and my getting around to writing…
Becky Warren — War Surplus
One of my immediate reactions when I heard news of the election was that Trump is going to send my students (those who have enlisted and who are yet to) off to war and get them killed. Becky Warren’s War…
Music is Medicine
On Monday, I had assumed that Hillary Clinton would be president, it would be business as usual, I’d write a Veteran’s Day post of Becky Warren’s gorgeous new album War Surplus. It’s not business as usual, clearly. But for Veteran’s…
FuzzQueen — Xenia 1
You may know FuzzQueen best as its former incarnation — Miss Shevaughn and Yuma Wray. The quartet has pared down to a trio, moved to DC, and reformed as a psych rock band. Normally I shy away from bands with…
Kent Eugene Goolsby — Temper of the Times
It’s been a hot minute since we’ve heard from Kent Goolsby, though I suspect settling into married life can occupy a person. That doesn’t mean Goolsby has been swept away by young love — thematically, at least. Temper of the…
Band Cramps Vol 1
It may be after Halloween and there are few things scarier than systemic oppression, and that exists all year round. In an effort to combat sexism and to encourage more women to express themselves through music, a number of New…
Robert Ellis — Robert Ellis
Robert Ellis keeps getting robbed. The Lights From the Chemical Plant, his breakout album, was on of my favorites of 2015 but was overshadowed by (I believe) Jason Isbell. This year, his self-titled third round was shunted off to the…
Paul Sanchez — Heart Renovations
In “Planes, Trains, and Automobiles,” Paul Sanchez notes that he always spends more money than he makes when he stops in New York City. That was certainly the case last week at Hill Country. Paul accidentally booked the show during…