EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first in a two-part series marking the 30th anniversary of Uncle Tupelo’s debut album, No Depression, which was released on June 21, 1990. Check back Monday for the second part, a roundtable of artists and […]
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It’s hard to believe twenty years have passed since a little band from Festus, Missouri by the name of The Bottle Rockets released their very first album. Yet, despite the passage of time, in our troubled times The Bottle Rockets’ […]
Great news alt.country fans! On January 28th, Legacy Recordings will reissue Uncle Tupelo‘s widely acclaimed debut LP, 1990′s “No Depression.” The release will be a special two-disc expanded edition featuring rare and previously unreleased material. Of course, the influential alt.country […]
On Friday Chicago rock band Wilco played a sold out official ACL after show at Stubb’s BBQ in Austin that blew the minds of all who were present. Wilco can basically charge whatever price they want for tickets. There are […]
Warren Hood is a member of the incredibly amazing Texas music scene. He has pedigree. He has style. In fact, he has many styles as is evidenced by his latest CD, The Warren Hood Band. In the mood for Americana, tune right […]
I’m really feeling this tune today. This week. This year. It’s the same old tune, fiddle and guitar Where do we take it from here Rhinestone suits and new shiny cars We’ve been the same way for years We need […]
This will be quick, and occurred to me while mulling the presence of three Wilco albums on this community’s decade-ending list of bests or favorites or whatever such lists actually measure. Quick history: Obviously No Depression took its name, in […]
Janglin’ USA “I saw R.E.M., and they were just a bunch of dirty hippies!” – an early-’80s college memory from my sister Peg. I personally fell in love with R.E.M. after hearing “Can’t Get There From Here” many times on […]
An acquaintance just emailed me via Facebook to say she’s interested in learning more about alt-country (whatever that is), folk, and roots music, and did I have any recommendations? Any artists she has to check out to introduce her to […]
Thinking about what this NING could be and I immediately thought back to the early days of this web thing (whatever that is) and one of the real strengths of the early alt-country scene and something that fed back into […]
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