Do you wear Doc Martins and make chain-mail armor in your free time? Do you have one or more days a week allotted to Dungeons & Dragons, Magic or some other kind of role-playing? I will henceforth introduce thee to thus album of various artists herein wence thou shalt slay thy foes to the tonal offerings of such gladiators as Marcus Holler and Dimitrij Volstoj. I’m sorry. And you’re wel...
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Radio Rivendell
A Night With O Death
Back in 2006 I spent a few months in Biloxi, Mississippi helping pick up the blood and dust that was flung from one Lady Katrina. One of my many cohorts was a guy named Russell. He was there the whole time I was and I consider him to be the most respectably badass dread-pirate any side of that old river. Russell introduced me to the sudsy refreshment of bluegrass music- bands such as Trampled By T
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Jim Noir, Self Titled
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I asked my roomate if he'd ever heard any Jim Noir. He said "No. What kinda music is it?" I laughed at him. And not because of the tiny booger on the side of his cheek but because trying to pigeon hole Jim Noir into some specific musical genre is like saying Burt Reynolds' mustache doesn't know how to act. Impossible. Each song on his new self titled album sounds like it could have come from a dif
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Aaron Ross...Amazing
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Aaron Ross is one of the most amazingly gifted songwriters I've heard in a while...and by a while, I mean Ever! His first album, The Hallelujah Side is just the man and his guitar, kinda like early Bob Dylan. His second complete album, Shapeshifter has a whole medly of musicians from his hometown, including Dan Elkan (another incredible musician), Neal Morgan, Jonathan Hischke, David Torch, Cody F
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Whiskeytown "Stranger's Almanac Deluxe Edition"
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The truth? I love bluegrass. Of course with its banjos, tin-cans and sweet Kansas wheat feilds, I naturally associate bluegrass with country music. Despite my love for all the aforementioned things, when I hear what is commonly refered to as country music today I usually wonder where in the hell they get off calling that crap "country"- then I remember, it isn't exactly bluegrass. Especially toda
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Gary Louris, "Vagabonds"
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Spring is begining to peak its fresh little nose out from beneath the mounds of snow and dreary heartache and the sunshine is becoming a regular visiter. It's time to dust off our barbeques and beer helmets, find our frisbees or whatever amongst piles of other partially-retired and momentarily forgotten summer-time; and I don't know about you, but my whole CD rotation sees a facelift as the weath
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Nick Lowe, "Jesus of Cool"
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Few musicians can claim renegadery to pup rock and new wave- especially since I'm pretty sure I just made the word "renegadery" up. Fictional words aside, Nick Lowe is considered the bastardized grandfather of quite a few underground styles, which isn't surprising when you hear Jesus of Cool, his first solo album from 1978 which has just been re-released on Demon Records UK. I hadn't heard much o
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San Francisco Bluegrass and Old-Time Festival
For nine years now San Francisco has been doing a pretty epic Bluegrass and Old-Time Festival with about 50 bands hailing from all over the country along with some our own home-twangers. The festival is huge too, I mean, maybe you didn't realize but bluegrass has recently taken the helm of trend-induced ritcheousness. Punk rockers? They dig it. Euro-nerds? Are you fucking kidding me
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Black Mountain, "In the Future"
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Did you hear that new joke-rock album by "Black Mountain?" Hilarious! What? Isn't a joke? Huh...But seriously, folks, this album kinda sucks. I don't want to so blatantly talk shit. I mean, the guys are talented musicians for sure; they could very definitely rock your ass off, but their new one, In the Future, just feels like fabricated leather. What I'm trying to say here is that the album has it
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Dr Dog, "We All Belong"
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The first time I ever heard Dr. Dog was in my girlfriend's car down in Santa Cruz. Since I'm a wee in the dark when it comes to contemporary masturbation (that is, music appreciation), she's often my educator on today's musical rad. So it's often an adventure when she puts on a CD. After hearing the first 15 seconds or so of Dr. Dog, I wanted to know more. "Who is this?" I asked as we drove throug
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