THOSE POOR BASTARDS: God Awful Release year: 2022Label: Tribulation Recording Company A bit of context to begin with. For yours truly, US gothic country act Those Poor Bastards have been a favourite for well over fifteen years, and throughout the … Continue reading Godawful mediocrity
BOGOS: Empty Bottles Release year: 2022Label: Voodoo Rhythm Records Do you like The Goddamn Gallows? I betcha these guys from Switzerland do. The biggest hype around the US gutterpunks, whose style of music could perhaps be characterised as some kind … Continue reading Goddamn Bogos
THE COFFINSHAKERS: The Curse Of The Coffinshakers 1996-2016 Release year: 2022Label: Svart Records Back when I was a teenager and was starting to seriously get into underground metal, one name I would come across ever so often was The Coffinshakers. … Continue reading Accursed coffinshakers
V/A: The Songs Of Townes Van Zandt Vol. III Release year: 2022Label: My Proud Mountain/Neurot Recordings OK, let’s get one thing straight right away: Townes Van Zandt was one of the finest songwriters, lyricists, singers and performers ever. If you’re … Continue reading Singing the songs of Townes Van Zandt
REDEYE CARAVAN: Nostrum Remedium Release year: 2020Label: self-released Music has always been central to western movies. So central, in fact, that most of the “golden ages” of western movies are inseparably linked to a very definite style to the soundtracks. … Continue reading Trail songs for a red-eyed caravan
I’ve recently been reading John M. Alexander’s book The Man In Song, which is basically – as the foreword by country singer Larry Gatlin puts it – “yet another Johnny Cash book.” The novel idea in Alexander’s book is to … Continue reading Five essential, overlooked Johnny Cash gems
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