Alt Country

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• Harvey’s Kitchen: Michael Ford Jr., and The Apache Relay

  
  monkeywhale.com — Authority: 118
  An Apache Relay is the pre-colonial version of a courier system.  Chiefs would compete against each other to see who could have a message delivered in the shortest amount of time.  A Relay of 8 scouts could hand a message over a quarter of a mile in 3 minutes.  Apparently.   Just imagine if they had twitter. ...
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• Merry Christmas from the Family!

  
  Daisy's Dead Air — Authority: 513
  Ive been on something of an informal Christmas-blog break, but wont neglect my third year in a row of our Dead Air holiday tradition. I hereby present Robert Earl Keens MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM THE FAMILY ! As always, non-rednecks and/or yankees are certainly free to sit this one out. Have a great Christmas ...
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• Shawn’s Top 20 For 2009

  
  Twangville — Authority: 468
  As you’ve no doubt figured out, in addition to the collective top 20 albums of ‘09, each of us is sharing our own spin.  So here’s my perspective on the best of the year. 1. Dave Alvin & the Guilty Women – eponymous: Perhaps my opinion is colored by having seen a couple of stellar performances by the ...
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• The Best CDs of 2009, pt. 1: the Gold LPs

  
  Scholars and Rogues — Authority: 510
  2009 was arguably the best year for new music since 1979, and that’s saying a lot, even if I’m wrong. For whatever reason, this year was just packed with incredibly great CDs from bands we knew were great, bands we didn’t know were this good, bands we hadn’t heard from in a long time and bands we’d never ...
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• Kelly’s Top 25 for 2009

  
  Twangville — Authority: 468
  Look, Tiger is holding The Avett brothers trophy for them... In year’s past, I haven’t done much a personal “ Best-Of ” list at year’s end. I have left that up to others, mainly due to the stress level inherent with such a task. This year, I contributed a list to multiple outlets, so I figure I would share ...
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• News Round Up: T Bone Burnett Discusses Crazy Heart Collaboration with Stephen Bruton

  
  Twang Nation — Authority: 111
  The Country Music Museum and Hall of Fame plans to update their main exhibit space to devote an area to Americana and contemporary bluegrass music. The new exhibit will feature artifacts from Alison Krauss, Jim Lauderdale, Dell McCoury and Buddy Miller. Also to be included  in the the second floor gallery’s ...
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• Mayer’s Best of 2009

  
  Twangville — Authority: 468
  #1. LUCERO , 1372 Overton Park (Republic/Universal) The former residents of 1372 Overton Park in Memphis let loose a potent blend of classic rock anthems and horn-infused Southern soul. Fueled by singer-songwriter Ben Nichol’s gritty vocals and filled with lyrics about whiskey-filled nights and the mornings ...
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• 8) Charlie Robison 9) Sam Bush 10) Grant Langston

  
  Amber Waves of Twang — Authority: 408
  Sam Bush and Grant Langston have previous reviews here on AWT. Coming in at number 8 Charlie Robison rates higher than both. Beautiful Day is both a kiss off to Emily, his Dixie Chick ex-wife, and an embrace of new found freedom. It has three main ingredients heartache, piss and vinegar. It also has an awesome ...
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• Download of the Week: Wes Kirkpatrick

  
  OurStage Blog — Authority: 439
  Wes Kirkpatrick has been one of 2009’s stand outs on OurStage. Wes has the distinction of earning the top channel prize in our Alt Country/Americana , Soft Rock , and Acoustic channels this year. This week’s download is the OurStage fan favorite “Superstition”, which earned him his #1 spot in Acoustic ...
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• #241 Those Darlins live at Off Broadway

  
  LO-FI SAINT LOUIS — Authority: 103
  Those Darlins showed up and kicked ass even the night that King Khan and BBQ were also supposed to play but got hung up by getting arrested in Kentucky . But this post isn’t about that, this is about Those Darlins, here is how they describe themselves on their web site : Those Darlins are a pop group, if ...
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• The NBT Wonderful Ones 2009 Part 2

  
  NBT Independent Music — Authority: 103
  Part Two Part One Can Be Found Here: http://nbtmusic.wordpress.com/2009/12/18/the-nbt-wonderful-ones-2009-part-1/  You can see pictures of Most of the artists mentioned year on our special visual page http://nbtmusic.jalbum.net/NBTWonderfulOnes2009/ And of course HEAR them on the NBT Podcast, talking and ...
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• The NBT Wonderful Ones 2009 Part 1

  
  NBT Independent Music — Authority: 103
  Part One Part Two can be found here: You can see pictures of Most of the artists mentioned year on our special visual page http://nbtmusic.jalbum.net/NBTWonderfulOnes2009/ And of course HEAR them on the NBT Podcast, talking and singing rare tracks, cool festive ditties and songs not yet released. That goes out ...
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• Romantica – How To Feel

  
  Raised On Indie: Raised on Indie — Authority: 142
  Minnesota Music - Romantica - "How To Feel" from the new album, "Control Alt Country Delete."
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• Chip’s Best of 2009

  
  Twangville — Authority: 468
  The Winner is… Tis the season… The best of lists are coming out in force. The Twangville eitors list just came out and now it is time for us in “The Posse” to reveal our individual lists. I am going first because I am the best looking. In my mid-year list, Buddy and Julie were on top, but they have been ...
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• Old 97’s: The early years

  
  The Days of Lore — Authority: 411
  Remember alt-country? The Uncle Tupelos , The Jayhawks , the Whiskeytowns and Old 97’s that were going to take over the world the way grunge bands did only a few years before? While the genre never quite took off the way record labels had probably hoped, some of the bands did all right for themselves … or ...
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• Collin Herring – Ocho

  
  Twangville — Authority: 468
  Singer/Songwriter Collin Herring ( Official / Myspace ) has spent years living in Ft. Worth, California and Austin where he has played clubs and garnered a good bit of praise from his peers as a thoughtful, insightful artist. He has also spent a good bit of time in rehab and suffering through a divorce, ...
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• “A Million Square Miles” Compilation Album - Australian Release

  
  Hidden Shoal Recordings — Authority: 131
  Hidden Shoal Recordings is proud to announce the Australian CD release of compilation album A Million Square Miles: A sample of Western Australian music , following on from its initial US success.  After more than three years of sharing excellent independent music far and wide, A Million Square Miles ...
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• State Champion – “Stale Champagne” (Sophomore Lounge Records, Jan. 10)

  
  songs:illinois — Authority: 538
  It was my intention to post one of my “best of 2009″ repost series this morning but these guys have pre-empted that with their excellent 2010 album Stale Champagne . State Champion is a band that personifies the mid-western work ethic; musically that translates to blue collar rock and rugged, sloppy ...
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• THE JAYHAWKS

  
  THE POWER OF POP — Authority: 134
  THE JAYHAWKS Music from the North Country (American) For me personally, the Jayhawks has been a band I have tried to emulate when I started putting together a new band – the Groovy People – about two years ago. Basically, classic pop-rock with an alt-country edge, a sonic representation of Gram Parsons’ ...
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• hiccup

  
  DAYVAN ZOMBEAR — Authority: 112
  grand scheme kurt vile, jack rose, meg baird, & u.s. girls meet the philly elite (ep) [psych-folk, experimental] (2009) reading rainbow mystical participation [psych-pop, noise pop] (2009) merge records (various artists) stroke: songs for chris knox [folk, alt-country] (2010)
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