The Only Sons are a gritty little band from Murfeesboro, Tennessee. Not gritty in the “Frank Miller gritty reboot” sense of the word, but in the sense that when I listen to them, I can feel the dust from a…

Sorry, kids. Short update today — I had one of those weekends that was neither useful nor restful. On the plus side, John Moreland has given us a new song. As always, it’s beautiful. Listen here.

While this album is not new, it’s the last of my Favorite Albums of 2011 to be covered. You’ve heard Shane’s work on here — he’s the bassist for Two Cow Garage. I’ve always found that Shane’s Two Cow songs serve…

So let’s be real. Looking at Xylos’ photo, they don’t exactly look like the typical band featured here on Adobe and Teardrops. Namely, because they look kind of…trendy. And their music is certainly not what you’ve been reading about either…

Few bands evoke a sense of place in the same way Next 2 The Tracks can. As I listen to their EP, Caballo De Lumbre, I can only think of the cloudless turquoise skies and sun-kissed highways of the band’s…