Cowpunk: A Brief Y’alternative History
Cowpunk is a reaction against conventional country music, yet embodies some of its distant and deepest traits. Likewise, it's also a reaction against punk, yet manifests as one of its purest expressions.
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So Long to All That: Jeff Tweedy Tells His Story
Wilco founder Jeff Tweedy creates a frank, plain-spoken tale of love, perseverance, and recovery in his memoir, Let's Go (So We Can Get Back).
Ray Wylie Hubbard: Tell the Devil I’m Gettin’ There as Fast as I Can
Call him the people’s poet laureate of Texas. Ray Wylie Hubbard delivers another collection of spare, beautiful songs of grace and damnation.
Ryan Adams: Heartbreaker (Deluxe Reissue)
Powerful outtakes and soul-searching demos add even greater power to Ryan Adams' iconic debut.
The Saint Johns: Dead of Night
The Saint Johns might not reinvent any wheels or blaze any trails, but there’s nothing wrong with making solid, country-inflected indie rock. Especially when this much talent and emotion goes into it.
Bonnie “Prince” Billy: Pond Scum
To have Johnny Cash perform any song of yours early in your career indicates a pinnacle moment paramount to reaching Mt. Everest or being the first musician in space.
Heartless Bastards: Restless Ones
Heartless Bastards' dusty, rusty Restless Ones finds so much joy in its detours that it’s hard to argue with its wanderlust logic.
Too Many Things on Josh Rouse’s Mind
"Exercise, don't drink too much, and call your parents. I don't practice these as often as I should but they are good ideas!"
Murder By Death: Big Dark Love
Love may be a many-splendored thing, but in the hands of Murder By Death, it’s also an instigator of pain and horror.
The Jayhawks: Sound of Lies / Smile / Rainy Day Music
This Jayhawks reissue campaign makes us reconsider the band's legacy and shows how a band turned uncertainty into a new identity.
Joe Henry: Invisible Hour
Lyrically dense and musically intimate, Invisible Hour, aims to be less a part of your hard drive and more a part of your record collection.
Laura Cantrell: No Way There From Here
Cantrell expertly blends a host of influences, instruments, and styles into a brilliant country record. Her lovely voice is just the icing.