Even curmudgeons
dig the Gourds
Over a dozen years down the road, it's hard to remember the exact wording of the message that Mark Rubin of the Bad Livers sent to the Postcard music listserv. The post was about Austin, Texas, band the Gourds, specifically the band's debut album Dem's Good Beeble, and it went something like this: "You need to check out this record. And you know it's out of character for me to say that because I don't like anything."The Gourds have gone on to make a whole bunch more records for people who don't like anything. And conversely – thanks to a no-filters blend of country of both the cosmic and classic varieties, folk, gospel, ribs of both the spare and shiny...