April 2009

Department of Eagles, No One Does It Like You [New Video]

April 18, 2009

Department of Eagles released their first video from the acclaimed In Ear Park for the song “No One Does It Like You.” The video was directed by acclaimed visual artist Marcel Dzama and renowned director Patrick Daughters. It is Dzama’s first foray into the medium. We normally don’t post too many videos, but sometimes you [...]

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Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit [Album Review and Concert Tonight in Chicago]

April 16, 2009

When Jason Isbell announced that he was releasing a new self-titled album with his band The 400 Unit, I have to admit that I was a little nervous. His debut album was four years in the making and was one of the pleasant surprises of 2008. When an album is that long in the making, [...]

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Iron and Wine release Trapeze Swinger [new mp3]

April 16, 2009

Iron and Wine are readying a compilation album called Around The Well for release on May 19th via Sub Pop Records. They’ve offered up a 9 minute plus doozy called “Trapeze Swinger” for free download. More about the album: Collecting songs ranging from out-of-print to never-before-released, Around the Well spans Iron and Wine’s earliest sessions [...]

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Strand of Oaks – Leave Ruin [Album Review]

April 16, 2009

Strand of Oaks is a bit deceptive as a moniker since the band is really just one man named Timothy Showalter. He’s an Indiana native that’s now living as a school teacher and school bus driver in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He’s also a brilliant songwriter that has quietly released a stunning debut album called Leave Ruin. [...]

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Patterson Hood set to release new solo album in June.

April 16, 2009

Patterson Hood, leader of the Drive-By Truckers, will release Murdering Oscar (and other love songs) on June 23, 2009 on Ruth St. Records. It’s his second solo album and according the press release, it’s been 15 years in the making. He’s joined on the record with most of his DBT band mates, Don Chambers, Will [...]

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Pink Mountaintops unleash Vampire [new mp3]

April 15, 2009

Pink Mountaintops have a new album called Outside Love coming out on May 5th via Jagjaguwar. You may know Steve McBean (above) from his other band, Black Mountain. For those familiar with Black Mountain, you may be expecting some heavy psychedelic rock. “Vampire” is surprisingly smooth with McBean’s voice accompanied mostly by an acoustic guitar. [...]

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Crystal Antlers – Tentacles [Album Review]

April 15, 2009

What’s up with all the bands out there with “crystal” in their names? The Crystal Antlers are another in the long line of emerging California alternative bands to recently take hold and they are varied in a way that’s difficult to slot them nicely into a neat genre. Frankly, that’s refreshing. Tentacles is a wonderfully [...]

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Trainwreck Riders – Safety Of A Back [new mp3]

April 14, 2009

San Francisco’s Trainwreck Riders are set to release their new album, The Perch, via Alive Records on May 12. They just released “Safety Of A Back” as a free download. More about the album: The Perch is filled with the band’s unique brand of romantic urban country, bohemian folk and dirty punk blues, and displays [...]

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HearYa Live Session 44: The Rural Alberta Advantage

April 14, 2009

The Rural Alberta Advantage self-released their debut album, the appropriately-titled Hometowns, in 2008, which registered as one of the pleasant surprises of last year. RAA are a three-member group based out of Toronto, although their lead vocalist, Nils Edenloff, and many of the storylines behind their music actually hail from the cold, windswept Canadian province [...]

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Deer Tick releases Easy, sets date for new album [new mp3]

April 13, 2009

Deer Tick is all set to release the long anticipated follow up to their debut, War Elephant, on June 23rd via Partisan Records. The new album is called Born on Flag Day. The cover art is above. “Easy” is below. Deer Tick – Easy Tweet

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