RECOMMENDED LISTENING..............12 MAY 2008 |
We've sorted through stacks of recent releases to bring you five recommendations: the latest from Drag the River, the Drive-By Truckers, the Whipsaws, Roy Davis and the Dregs, and James McMurtry.
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CHEEZEBALL MIX TAPE #15...............02 MAR 2008 |
VOLUME #15 IN OUR ONGOING SERIES OF CAREFULLY
CHOSEN, OBSESSIVELY ORDERED COMPILATIONS IS HERE. |
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2007 IN REVIEW...................................22 JAN 2008 |
We're a month late and flat f*cking broke, but what the hell, it's time to hand out the hardware. As you're certain to be sick to death of "top ten" lists by now, we thought we'd begin with a handful of rather idiosyncratic honors. So, without futher ado...
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FEATURED INTERVIEW...............NOVEMBER 2007 |
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Artist:
RICHMOND FONTAINE's WILLY VLAUTIN
Latest Album:
THIRTEEN CITIES / $87 AND A GUILTY...
Label:
EL CORTEZ
Release Date:
12 JUNE 2007 / OCTOBER 2007 |
Willy Vlautin is a busy man. This year alone, Richmond Fontaine has released a full-length album (Thirteen Cities), an 8-song EP ($87 and a Guilty Conscience That Get Worse the Longer You Go), and toured Europe four times. And in addition to fronting the alt.country juggernaut that is Richmond Fontaine, Vlautin has two novels to his credit: The Motel Life (2006) and Northline (forthcoming from Harper/Perennial, 2008). The latter, due in June, includes a "free limited edition original cd soundtrack performed by the author and members of Richmond Fontaine."
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FEATURED REVIEW.............................15 OCT 2007 |
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Artist:
BRIGHT EYES
Album:
CASSADAGA
Label:
SADDLE CREEK
Release Date:
10 APRIL 2007 |
At Cheezeball.net our opinions on Bright Eyes are decidedly mixed, and, thus, it’s taken us a while to come to terms with Cassadaga.
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CHEEZEBALL MIX TAPE #14................09 OCT 2007 |
VOLUME #14 IN OUR ONGOING SERIES OF CAREFULLY
CHOSEN, OBSESSIVELY ORDERED COMPILATIONS IS HERE. |
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RECOMMENDED LISTENING...............23 JUL 2007 |
We've sorted through stacks of recent releases to bring you five recommendations: the latest from Richmond Fontaine, Leeroy Stagger, Blueheels, Jon Itkin, and Rocky Votolato.
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FEATURED INTERVIEW...........................JUNE 2007 |
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Artist:
RPC's CHRIS EATON
Latest Album:
ARE WE NOT HORSES
Label:
YEP ROC
Release Date:
17 APRIL 2007 |
Rock Plaza Central's latest album Are We Not Horses (Yep Roc, 2007) has been generating its fair share of indy buzz over the past year. In the first of a new series of featured interviews, we sit down with frontman Chris Eaton, who, in addition to spinning musical yarns of mechanical horses, has two novels to his credit: The Inactivist (2003) and The Grammar Architect (2005).
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CHEEZEBALL MIX TAPE #13................11 JUN 2007 |
VOLUME #13 IN OUR ONGOING SERIES OF CAREFULLY
CHOSEN, OBSESSIVELY ORDERED COMPILATIONS IS HERE. |
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FEATURED REVIEW.............................28 MAY 2007 |
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Artist:
ROCK PLAZA CENTRAL
Album:
ARE WE NOT HORSES
Label:
YEP ROC
Release Date:
17 APRIL 2007 |
In the interest of journalistic integrity, we must confess that the premise behind Rock Plaza Central’s Are We Not Horses (2006) had us worried.
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FEATURED REVIEW.............................26 FEB 2007 |
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Artist:
SON VOLT
Album:
THE SEARCH
Label:
TRANSMIT SOUND / LEGACY
Release Date:
06 MARCH 2007 |
There is an amusing moment on one of those murky Uncle Tupelo bootlegs making the rounds: it is 1989, Jay Farrar is piss drunk, and for the second or third time in the show he launches into the same “this-is-not-a-protest-song-this-is-an…” intro.
“Jesus, Jay,” Jeff Tweedy responds with bemusement.
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IN BRIEF..............................................05 FEB 2007 |
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Artist:
JESSE SYKES & THE SWEET HEREAFTER
Album:
LIKE, LOVE, LUST & THE OPEN HALLS...
Label:
BARSUK
Release Date:
06 FEB 2007 |
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Artist:
KELLY PARDEKOOPER
Album:
BRAND NEW BAG
Label:
SONIC RENDEZVOUS
Release Date:
13 FEB 2007 |
February releases from Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter and Kelly Pardekooper.
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