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…
Apparently the new cool kid thing is to “emulate” ’90s alt-rock (as opposed to begging, borrowing, and stealing from the ’70s and ’80s.) If you’ve been reading this noble publication for a while, you know that that’s the last musical…
It’s hot, but Honey and the 45s have enough cool emanating from them to ease your suffering. Or, in the case of this video, they might rev you up. Filmed in the swanky Powhatan Building in Chicago, the video’s fascination…
Happy birthday to me! My present to you is this tasty surf-rock morsel from the hands of two of Canada’s greatest alt-country guitarists: Colin Cripps (Kathleen Edwards, Blue Rodeo) and James Robertson (Lindi Ortega, New Country Rehab). The duo’s desire…
I am pretty sure I am the only person who has ever worked out to The Legendary Shackshakers. Certainly, I was the only one in the gym crushing it (I can benchpress 40 pounds, guys!) to rockabilly. Clocking in at…