Back in August Mastodon got folks ready for it’s latest and greatest, The Hunter, with advance single “Black Tongue,” and now, in anticipation of its September 27 release date, the band has dropped a full stream of the album at Youtube via its “Hunter Visualizer”. … Read More →
Back in June los grillos was happy to learn that, though his previous band, Port O’Brien, had broken up, singer/songwriter Van Pierszalowski was moving ever forward–from the port and out to sea–with a new project under the moniker WATERS. Advance track “For The One” promised a … Read More →
Here’s a beaut of an album, back when soundtracks were distinctive, meant to be heard and not buried in the sound mix. The Last Run has been released several times, from an original LP to an old CD release paired with Goldsmith’s Wild Rovers soundtrack, and … Read More →
Doug Kershaw had been one of those heard-the-name-but-not-much-of-the-music artists for me until mom showed up on my doorstep this past weekend to deliver a copy of Kershaw’s 1971 self-titled lp for a recent birthday. I knew Kershaw was the fiddle playin’ ‘Ragin’ Cajun’ most known … Read More →
Hear Here–Nikki Lane ‘Walk of Shame’
Tammy Wynette dials up Loretta Lynn on a rotary telephone from the afterlife… Loretta: Hello? Tammy: Hi, Loretta. It’s Tammy. Loretta: Oh, hi there, sweetie! How you doin’? Tammy: Well, you know…dead. But it’s really not that bad. I can take all the pills … Read More →