Tag: country

The Gourds

Blood of the Ram

Eleven Thirty

Enough can’t be said about this Austin, Texas-based group. If every band wrote, played and sang as well as the Gourds, music fans would be in heaven.

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Webb Wilder and the Beatnecks

It Came From Nashville

Landslide

Think of the Ventures and the Blasters fused, with a little spaghetti-Western-era Ennio Morricone thrown in for good measure.

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Charlie Robison

Good Times

DualTone

Having seemingly slowed down from his rough and rowdy, party animal ways since marrying Dixie Chick Emily Erwin five years ago and becoming a dad two years ago, Robison creates a mature mix of inward-looking, hard-rockin’, sentimental, heartbreaking, double-entendre country/alt-country music.

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Camper van Beethoven

New Roman Times

Vanguard

Well folks, here it is. They’ve been hinting at it with reunion shows and archival releases for some time now. It took two years, but there really was no hurry, since the original intention was to regroup on stage and not in the studio.

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Tony Furtado

These Chains

Funzalo Records

Discovering Tony Furtado is like finding out about one of your guitar heroes’ obscure influences — someone you’ve never heard of who’s been around for a while and plays to beat the devil.

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