Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit / Sons of BillJason Isbell and the 400 Unit hit The National in Richmond this Wednesday August 5th. Opening the show for Isbell and his band will be Charlottesville's own Sons of Bill. Doors at 7pm. Show at 8pm. Tickets are currently on sale. $12.50 adv / $15 day of show. Buy tickets HERE.Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit released their self-titled debut in Fe...
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Upcoming Concert: Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit (w/ Sons of Bill) @ The National, Wed. August 5th
Upcoming Concert: Jason Isbell & 400 Unit (w/ Sons of Bill) @ The National, August 5th
Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit / Sons of BillJason Isbell and the 400 Unit hit The National in Richmond this Wednesday August 5th. Opening the show for Isbell and his band will be Charlottesville's own Sons of Bill. Doors at 7pm. Show at 8pm. Tickets are currently on sale. $12.50 adv / $15 day of show. Buy tickets HERE.Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit released their self-titled debut back ...
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Record Review Rewind::Graham Lindsey's Hell Under the Skullbones (2006)
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Graham Lindsey [photo by Christine Hromadka]Graham Lindsey’s debut record Famous Anonymous Wilderness was released in September of 2003. To this day it remains one of my favorite debut records from any artist or genre over the last five years. The stunning, stark songs found on Famous Anonymous Wilderness (released on Nashville-based indie label Catamount Records) sound like a cross between t.
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7 Worlds Collide (Featuring Neil Finn, Wilco, Johnny Marr, and Members of Radiohead) to Release 'The Sun Came Out'
An all-star cast of artists, all brought together by Crowded House frontman Neil Finn, are set to release a 24-song, double album of all new and original songs on September 29th via Sony Music. The album, titled The Sun Came Out, will be released under the project name 7 Worlds Collide and features an incredible cast of contributors including Wilco, Radiohead's Phil Selway and Ed O'Brien, John...
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Yo La Tengo Preps Popular Songs::New Video + MP3 and Tour Dates
Plenty to report in advance of the release of Yo La Tengo's latest studio effort Popular Songs. Set to hit stores on September 8th, Popular Songs will be the band's seventh album on Matador Records and Yo La Tengo's first since 2006's I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass (in both instances this does not include this past March's Fuckbook released on Matador which Yo La Tengo recorde...
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Levon Helm::Ramble at the Ryman to Air on PBS in August
Here's something to mark down on your essential television viewing schedule as PBS is set to present Levon Helm: Ramble at the Ryman during the month of August. Recorded live at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee on September 17th, 2008, the special will premiere on Saturday, August 1st and will continue to air throughout the rest of the month on most PBS stations (sadly I have not s...
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Deer Tick::Smith Hill [MP3]
Deer Tick [photo by Sayard Egan]Arriving in my inbox just a few hours ago, "Smith Hill" is now the second FREE download track to be made available from Deer Tick's brand new album Born on Flag Day. Arriving late last month on Partisan Records, Born on Flag Day is Deer Tick's sophomore record and there's already talk that a third album of new material could be out sometime this winter. This we...
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Just Announced::Dr. Dog & Jeffrey Lewis @ The Southern, October 20th
Dr. Dog [photo by Elizabeth Weinberg]The number of upcoming shows at The Southern, Charlottesville's soon-to-be opened music venue, just keep on coming and the latest addition to the downtown music hall's line-up is really just the tip of the iceberg. Among the just announced shows: the return of Dr. Dog (with special guest Jeffrey Lewis) on Thursday, October 20th.Philly's Dr. Dog, who contin...
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Just Announced::Dr. Dog and Jeffrey Lewis @ The Southern, October 20th
Dr. Dog [photo by Elizabeth Weinberg]The number of upcoming shows at The Southern, Charlottesville's soon-to-be opened music venue, just keep on coming and the latest addition to the downtown music hall's line-up is really just the tip of the iceberg. Among the just announced shows: the return of Dr. Dog (with special guest Jeffrey Lewis) on Thursday, October 20th.Philly's Dr. Dog, who contin...
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Locals Only--Concert Calendar (July 29 - August 4)
The StabonesThe Stabones at Outback. Pantherburn now at Blue Moon (following the recent cancellation of their show with Tom Peloso and the Virginia Sheiks at Dust). The Hogwaller Ramblers at Michael's Bistro and Devon Sproule at iS. Alligator brings out The Dead at Fridays After Five and Raw Dawg opens for The Radiators. All of your Locals Only concert listings can be found after the break....
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Upcoming Concert: Larry Keel & Natural Bridge @ Honey Hoot 3 (Sperryville) August 15th
Larry Keel and Natural BridgeLocal fans of Larry Keel might want to put this little gathering on their musical calendars as Keel and his band Natural Bridge will be performing as part of Hollow Honey Hoot 3 in Sperryville, Virginia on Saturday, August 15th. The Honey Hoot takes place at Smokehouse Winery, a winery which specializes in crafting fine honeywines (mead) of both a traditional and n...
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Graham Lindsey::Dry Bones [Video]
Watching the snow flakes fly in this little Graham Lindsey video gem made me realize that maybe ninety-one degree heat with a shot of humidity isn't so bad after all. This video also reminded me just how much I love Graham Lindsey's sound. Not that I really needed a reminder.Graham's 2003 debut Famous Anonymous Wilderness ranks pretty high on my list of favorite albums this decade and as debu...
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Kaiser Cartel to Release Five-Song Digital EP in September
Kaiser CartelThe Brooklyn, NY-based indie-folk duo Kaiser Cartel have announced that they will be releasing Rock Island, a brand new five-song EP, on September 1st. Featuring three new songs as well as a cover of the Lucinda Williams classic "Something About What Happens When We Talk", Rock Island will be released primarily as digital download via the usual online digital outlets with limited ...
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C'ville Concert Announcement::The Decemberists @ The Charlottesville Pavilion
The DecemberistsJust announced earlier this morning, The Decemberists will be performing at the Charlottesville Pavilion on Thursday, September 24th. Opening for The Decemberists will be special guests Laura Veirs and the Hall of Flames. General admission. $25. Tickets go on sale this Friday (July 31st) at 10am.Hailing from Portland, Oregon (one of my favorite music cities), The Decemberist...
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The Hound Dog Hill::Virginia Born String Band Music
The Hound Dog HillWhen you find yourself around a summer campfire in the middle of the Blue Grass Valley, just a few miles south of the village of Blue Grass, Virginia (which by the way is only one of three such named towns in all of America), one would almost expect to hear a fiddle, a banjo, and an upright bass dancing among the flames, the smoke, and a blanket of stars which have wrapped the...
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Keep An Ear Out For::Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside
Sallie Ford [photo by Liz Devine]Giving credit where credit is due, I have to thank my friend Hollie for introducing to the music of Portland, Oregon's Sallie Ford & The Outside Sound. After seeing them open for the Avett Brothers back in May at Portland's Crystal Palace, Hollie was so impressed by Sallie Ford & the Outside Sound that she not only picked up a copy of the band's five-song EP No...
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New Music::Israel Darling--Samson the Mason [MP3]
Israel DarlingI've got brand new music from the Greensboro, NC-based band Israel Darling who are set to release their full-length debut Dinosaur Bones and Mechanical Hands on August 4th via the NYC label Engine Room Recordings. The five piece is led by 21-year old singer songwriter Jacob Darden who vocally kind of reminds me of a young Ryan Adams on first listen (with a hint of a growling, rou...
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The Lemonheads Cover Townes Van Zandt
Evan Dando (left) / Townes Van Zandt (right)I've been meaning to post this one for awhile now but for some reason it hasn't happened until now. Here's a really nice cover of Townes Van Zandt's "Waiting Around to Die" from a somewhat unexpected source. For The Lemonheads' latest release Varshons, Evan Dando and company have put together an entire cover album of songs that span the musica...
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