Another one that got swept away in the year-end wrap and long break for the holidays. Sheffield’s Sister Wives have been bubbling under with a haunted psych-scratched pop over the last year…
Hard to figure out where to classify the ‘lost’ release, but as a lost gem I’m letting this one bubble up under the re-released column. Though its likely due to their self-avowed…
Another one that snuck out on New Year’s Day and should find its way immediately into your arms. Weak Signal has quietly been releasing some of the heaviest hitters of the past…
Its always the case, I take a couple of weeks and all the good bits pile up in my absence, but that just gives good reason to go sifting through the emails…
Somehow while absorbing the excellent new Al Doum & The Faryds release at the end of last year, I’d missed this short-run one-off from their label Black Sweat. Offered up with few…
Love finding things as recommendations from artists I’m into and this one comes as the second high rec from Nashville’s Teddy and the Rough Riders. The Riders have played quite a few…
Couldn’t come back from the break with better news than a new collection of covers from RSTB fave Daniel Bachman. After gracing us all with a defining statement in last year’s Axacan,…
See this is one of those great arguments for year-end lists. The inbox here is overstuffed to say the least, and that means that sometimes the true gems fall through the cracks.…
Still finding some gems from the year as it starts to draw to a close, and I’d be remiss if I’d let this album from Ryan Pollie slip away. The L.A. via…
A second single slips out from Aussies Partner Look today and the band embrace the tangential twinning that lies behind their band name in the loose video for “Rodeo Tragic.” Slightly more…
A few years back I started putting together mixes that mapped out a current wave of Cosmic Americana and alt-country that’s been solidifying lately and this year’s entry is another excellent round-up…
At this point last year would I have thought we’d be this deep into John Dwyer’s psychedelic jazz period. Maybe? Hopes were certainly high, but they’re far surpassed for 2021. Bent Arcana…
The past few years have certainly been amazing for the fringes of country. Not only has there been a revival in the sort of Cosmic Country that grew out of the ‘70s…
Last radio show of the year, and while I’d love to bring the RSTB year-end list into the radio format, that would fill about five hours of time. Not to worry, though,…
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