New Charlie Mars video - "Like a Bird, Like A Plane"
New JEFF video, "The Tropics"
New Matthew Perryman Jones Video
Those Darlins release new video
Ray Wylie Hubbard, A. Enlightenment B. Endarkenment (Hint: There is No C)
Bordello Records
With a keen eye for observation and a wise man's knowledge, Hubbard composes and performs a dozen songs that couldn't spring from anywhere else but out of his fertile rock and roll bluesy poet-in-the-blistering-heat southern noggin. [artist site]
JEFF the Brotherhood, Heavy Days
Infinity Cat
JEFF THE BROTHERHOOD is Jake and Jamin Orrall, two brothers that play drums and guitar. Since their inception they have been playing anywhere from house parties to rooftops, backyards, bars and art galleries and releasing their own records, tapes, comic books and home made videos. The band has been called "kraut punk," "psychedelic grunge" and "noise pop." Their "we'll play anywhere" attitude and frenetic live shows have earned them near legendary status in the clubs and basements of Nashville and beyond. With three guitar strings and a minimal drum kit, they manage to distill rock to its primal essence. [artist site]
James McMurtry, LIVE in Europe
Lightning Rod Records
The best recordings from the Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Geislingen, Germany concerts were combined to create Live in Europe. The album includes a bonus DVD featuring performances from the Amsterdam show. This marks the first time fans will be able to purchase video footage of McMurtry live in concert. [artist site]
The Grates, Teeth Lost, Hearts Won
Dew Process
For The Grates’ debut album Gravity Won’t Get You High (2006), their signature animal was the giraffe. It was a fitting match: that year, the album towered over all other beasts, made mammoth strides, and won the affection of the people, both here and abroad. Two years later, The Grates present second album, Teeth Lost, Hearts Won: an entirely different animal altogether. “If Teeth Lost, Hearts Won was a beast, I imagine it’d be like something from Where the Wild Things Are,” lead singer Patience says. “They’re big and scary. But they’ve also got this sensitivity, and pick up the little kid and protect him.” Alana thinks. “Or maybe the griffin in Alice in Wonderland,” she says. “He’s like a lion and eagle together, but a really gentle creature.” [artist site]
The Duke & The King, Nothing Gold Can Stay
Ramseur Records
The Duke & the King, a new Huckleberry Finn-inspired project led by Simone Felice of the Felice Brothers, can be best described as loping, sun-faded melodic pop with touches of country, gospel, and folk. Their forthcoming album, Nothing Gold Can Stay, was recorded over a cold winter in the Catskill Mountains and stays true to the Ramseur tradition of great songwriting and earnest delivery. [artist site]
Those Darlins, Those Darlins
Oh Wow Dang Records
...Though the official release is July 7th, the debut album from Murfreesboro's wild female garage-country trio is available on vinyl and at iTunes now! [artist site]
Patterson Hood, Murdering Oscar (and Other Love Songs)
Ruth St. Records
The second solo record from the leader of the Drive- By Truckers has been 15 years in the making. Most of his DBT band mates join him on the album as well as Don Chambers, Will Johnson and Scott Danbom from Centro-matic. This is also the first time Hood's father David Hood, famed Muscle Shoals bass player, joins him on a record. [artist site]
