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Willie Nelson ‘Heroes’

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Willie’s latest, Heroes, is worth the price of admission for the Snoop Dogg duet on “Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die” alone, but if that doesn’t have you convinced, then listening to the rest of the album just might. It ain’t nothin’ … Read More

Giant Giant Sand ‘Tucson’

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It’s always good news that there’s something new coming down the line from the utterly unique and ever-searching talent that is Howe Gelb, so los grillos is psyched to say that the big collective from Tucson just got a bit bigger. Billed as Giant Giant … Read More

Looking For Jenny ‘Monkey Rudiments’

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Thiago Werlang, the driving creative force behind Looking For Jenny, has a talent for crafting distortion-drenched melodies, and with his laid-back vocal style, he’s establishing himself as Brazil’s answer to J Mascis. Though his songs don’t tend toward the high-flying guitar theatrics of the purple … Read More

Heavy Cream ‘Super Treatment’

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Ragged, raw, and relentlessly catchy, Nashville’s Heavy Cream rock and roll like a basement beer bash Joan Jett gig. Produced by Ty Segall, the band’s latest, Super Treatment, is loaded with fuzzed out toe-tappers, all of which clock in under the three-minute mark. All in all, … Read More