Everyone’s favorite Alabama gangstabillies are back with their 10th album. The Truckers are set to release The Big To-Do on March 16th, their debut release for Dave Matthews’ ATO Records imprint.
Frontman Patterson Hood explained that his writing process for this album differed from the previous nine Truckers’ releases. “I don’t write a lot of songs [...]

Everyone’s favorite “occasionally blugrass” festival kicks off today in San Francisco. Check out the full three-day lineup and stage times over at Hardly Strictly’s official site or enjoy some MP3s from some of this year’s highlights.
Friday:

John Prine – “The Great Compromise”
Lyle Lovett – “Record Lady”

Saturday:
Gillian Welch – “The Devil had a Hold of Me”
Steve [...]

“We bite, but it feels like a kiss.” An off-hand piece of banter from the Felice Brothers‘ drummer seemed to sum up the night’s performance nicely. Equal parts The Band, Buckwheat Zydeco and Johnny Knoxville, the Felice Brothers brought their brand of down-home Americana to the Independent for a two-night stand in support of 2009’s [...]

Here’s an old mix that I made for a friend. It started out as an introduction to Alt Country, but turned into more of a mood mix than anything. It’s still one of my favorite mixes that I’ve made.
It’s got some pretty sad bastard material on it, but I don’t think of it as depressing [...]

[Update: Looking for playlists for the 2009 festival? We've got you covered: Friday, Saturday & Sunday]
Here’s the third and final installment of our Outside Lands Festival preview. Today, we bring you songs by all of the artists appearing on Sunday of Outside Lands.
You can find the two previous installments here: Friday & Saturday
With our fancy [...]

While the folks at APE Concerts haven’t announced the schedule for the Outside Lands Festival [Update: full schedule now available here], most of the bands involved have which night they’re playing on their respective sites. So we did a little investigative journalism to cobble together a schedule.
According to their site, Radiohead is scheduled to headline [...]

I’m not sure how this fell off my radar, but the Drive-By Truckers played on Conan O’Brien a few weeks ago (thanks to Adrian at ipmn for posting the video). Although they came a little short of meeting my (admittedly very high) expectations for their show at the Mezzanine a few months back, but Brighter [...]

[Update: Outside Lands 2009 lineup announced.]
As we previously posted, we were already pretty excited about the upcoming Summer concerts. The lineup for the Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park was announced today and I’m peeing in my pants. One word: incredible. 3-Day pass tickets go on sale this Sunday for $225. Single-day [...]