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I don't know many recovering alcoholics who are so open about their struggles with sobriety; the challenges of being married to and creating with someone who's also in your band (Amanda Shires, who has a solo career of her own); being away from your little daughter on tour; opening up about the weight problems you had as a kid; allowing a film crew to come into the studio and watch the painstaking process of creating an album (during Covid, no less). I love how raw and ragged this is, how emotionally "wet" the paint is in parts, and that Jason is brave enough to let us all inside to see. I loved Drive By Truckers ("Goddamn Lonely Love" anyone?) but his solo work is just *chef's kiss*. This doc kind of explains why and showed me so much more than I expected to see. And it's playing on planes too, ha.
Jan 25, 2024
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I've written about him before (as a live performer and about his documentary, Runnin' With Our Eyes Closed, which I still can't recommend enough).
I suspect that a lot of people heard him for the first time last night at the DNC. And that a lot of people who loved his SOUND were kinda shocked to discover his politics/worldview.
That's OK.
I've loved his songwriting since I first caught him live with Drive-By Truckers, years ago.
Here he explains the story behind where last night's song (his best IMO), "Something More Than Free," came from.
Any of his work is worth exploring further but you could do a lot worse than start here.
Aug 20, 2024
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Excellent 1976 cinema verite style documentary capturing performances and musings from the likes of Townes Van Zandt, David Allan Coe, Guy Clark, Steve Earle, Steve Young, etc. whole thing is kind of a hangout vibe, essential viewing if youâre interested in outlaw country at all
Jan 25, 2024
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His music is like a comfort food for me and I often turn to it in times of transition or turmoil. Highly recommend the remastered edition of his 2013 album Southeastern!!
Aug 16, 2024
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Hey tyler hopefully this doesnât violate some PI.FYI golden rule
But after nearly two years of writing, editing and arguing, my book about the EP is coming out in May and can be preordered here:
https://hozacrecords.com/product/aifl/
The book is about the origins, history and cultural impact of the EP since these little objects first started coming out in the 50s.
Over 50 of my music biz friends then helped me shape the list and review the top 200 ever released, according to us (ha).
For those of you who are into this kind of geekery/snobbery, I canât wait to hear what you think. A labor of love, as all books are! â¤ď¸
Mar 27, 2024
âSongs Of a Lost Worldâ coming to a goth listening station near you Nov 1 đ¤
The fr FW Me Friday the 13th the world was looking for
Sep 14, 2024
I will fail to explain just how much this band meant to me in the 90s.
So I will borrow from AV Club who did a fine job of distilling it:
âUnwound is the best band of the â90s. Not just because of how prolific, consistent, and uncompromising it was, but because of how perfectly Unwound nested in a unique space between some of the most vital forms of music that decade: punk, post-rock, indie rock, post-hardcore, slow-core, and experimental noise. That jumble of subgenres doesnât say much; in fact, it falls far short of what Unwound truly synthesized and stood for. Unwound stood for Unwound. But in a decade where most bands were either stridently earnest or stridently ironic, Unwound wasnât stridently anything. It was only itself. In one sense Unwound was the quietest band of the â90s, skulking around like a nerdy terror cell. In another sense it was the loudest, sculpting raw noise into contorted visions of inner turmoil and frustration.â
R.I.P. Vern Rumsey.
This is their finest song, from their finest album.
I really canât say enough about the sheer bloody minded genius of this group. đ¤
Mar 23, 2024