I wrote about Petrie’s previous album a scant two months ago, but she went ahead and released her latest, Whatever’s Left, the day before my review went up. (What a scamp.) So she made it back into the rotation. Really…
The first time I saw Langhorne Slim and the Law, it was their last show before getting on the plane to Nashville to record this album. I already loved The Way We Move, and I was blown away by the…
While many artists are still trying to figure out just what the hell to do with CDs in the streaming age (and in many cases abandoning albums altogether), Burnside & Hooker do not — in most respects — give a…
A few weeks ago, I observed what seems to be a cresting trend of (female) artists incorporating the melodic verve of ’90s rock with twangy flavorings. Reina del Cid divebombs into that wave headfirst, and damn do they make it…
This past week I went on a road trip with my dad and my sister up to a place we went as kids. The whole trip was basically a nostalgia tour. On the way up, we blasted the music we…
My therapist (and I guess other people in my life) often tells me I’m too hard on myself. That may be the case, but after listening to Hawk and Steel’s Anywhere But Here, I wonder if that’s maybe a trait…
The Leavelles’ Mostly True Stories is honest-to-goodness, back-to-basics country rock’n’roll. These guys are what speaks to me most in this corner of the music world: they sing humorous songs about serious subjects and don’t take themselves too seriously. That doesn’t…
I have a rather contrary association with Sara Rachele’s devastating ballad, “Rebecca.” It was the last day of school and I literally had nothing else to do, so I sat at my desk and queued up the song for a…