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little hurricane – Homewrecker [Album Review]

September 1, 2011

In the real world I work in insurance. Rising claims from the summer rain and wind has made life pretty shitty. So when Oz sent over an album called Homewrecker by a band called little hurricane (yes, all lowercase), I couldn’t help but admire the irony. This dirty blues duo from San Diego was brought [...]

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Joe Pug, Live Session #92

August 24, 2011

Joe Pug released his first EP around the same time folks started noticing this music blog. I vividly remember the day Nation of Heat arrived by mail and how my jaw slowly dropped as I listened to Pug’s songwriting. Music blogging is a labor of love and musicians like Pug are the reason we continue [...]

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Dead Man Winter – Bright Lights [Album Review]

August 23, 2011

Dead Man Winter is the country-rock side project of the Minnesota Bluegrass band, Trampled By Turtles. TxT’s Dave Simonett, Ryan Young and Tim Saxhaug are joined by drummer Noah Levy and country blues guitarist Erik Koskinen to escape a world of acoustic bluegrass and enter a realm where electric guitars and amps are front and [...]

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Three Blind Wolves give away Sound Of The Storm [Free Album]

August 21, 2011

I reviewed Three Blind Wolves’ Sound of The Storm back in May and compare their sound to a blend of Frightened Rabbit, Mumford and Sons, and Frontier Ruckus. The band hails from Scotland and, thanks to a tremendous debut and a tour with Frightened Rabbit, they are garnering some buzz in the UK. The band [...]

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The Wilderness of Manitoba, Live Session # 91

August 18, 2011

Canada is secretly conspiring to take over the United States in the Folk/Americana music category. The Wilderness of Manitoba are a chamber folk quintet from Toronto comprised of multi-instrumentalist and vocalists. We fell in love with the band’s latest album, When You Left The Fire, with its lush ambiance and warm four-part harmonies. Their communal [...]

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Carter Tanton (aka Tulsa) releases Murderous Joy [new mp3]

July 27, 2011

We fell in love with Tulsa back in 2007 and have been wondering what happened to them recently. Carter Tanton just released a new song called “Murderous Joy” that will be on his November 15th release, Freeclouds, via Western Vinyl. If you’re familiar with Tulsa, you may hear a lighter vibe in this track than [...]

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Roadside Graves – We Can Take Care of Ourselves, inspired by The Outsiders [Album Review]

July 22, 2011

I can’t remember whether I read S.E. Hinton’s book first or saw Francis Coppola’s adaptation of The Outsiders in the theater. While many people would put down The Catcher & The Rye as the formative book of their adolescence, for me it was always The Outsiders. It wasn’t as if I could identify with Ponyboy [...]

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The Middle East – I Want That You Are Always Happy [Album Review]

July 19, 2011

Australia’s The Middle East were introduced to me via email along with mention of them touring with Mumford & Sons and playing fests like Bonaroo and Coachella. I immediately assumed they were a hyper-energetic folk act with a similar sound that that Mumford & Sons pull off so well. What I was greeted with, however, [...]

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Drive-By Truckers’ Greatest Hits – 1998-2009: What tracks did they miss?

July 15, 2011

Drive-By Truckers are releasing a Greatest Hits album, Greatest Hits – 1998-2009: Ugly Buildings, Whores and Politicians. If you read HearYa, chances are you’re a fan of Drive-By Truckers. DBT is the band that formed the friendship between Oz and myself and subsequently this blog. Now we’re BFF’s and DBT has their first greatest hits [...]

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The War On Drugs Come To The City [new mp3]

July 14, 2011

Philly’s The War On Drugs are set to release Slave Ambient on August 16th and I can’t wait. Never ones to be stingy with giving away music, The War On Drugs just released a second single called “Come To The City” in follow up to the recent mp3 release of “Baby Missles.” Adam Granduciel puts [...]

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