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Alt-Country, Folk, & Roots: The Twang Thread
A Wet Helmet:
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I dunno, but Mike Ness did it like, ten years ago.
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Alright, so I can't remember off the top of my head which country album he put out first, so I just randomly picked one. I have Cheating at Solitaire too if anyone is interested.
fish across face:
Horse Feathers? Sounds quite a bit like Sam Bean from Iron & Wine, bit more .. tender? I dunno. They have a cellist. Hell yeah.
Free download stuff on that site that gets bands to play and releases it for free... I can't be arsed looking it up, but it's in the Alternatives To Downloadin' thread.
JimmyJazz:
How has no one here mentioned the Avett Brothers yet? 'Cause they are the shit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrDp98bQwhw
All their records are good, but their newest one, Emotionalism, is probably the best place to start.
LucyStag:
In time I will return to this thread (about time it existed) and search for some of the suggested folks. For now, I will just say that holy shit I love Old Crow Medicine Show. Saw 'em for the second time last week, first row, dancing my ass off. I would follow that band to the fucking ends of the earth. They also seem like cool dudes, in my limited experience in chatting with some of them.
And people have this God damn irrational prejudice against anything "country." I listen to good stuff, wonder why these people hate country, then I remember what they think country is. Nashville fail.
Catacombs:
As soon as I read the title to this thread, I knew it would be full of ultra win. And it is. Off the top of my head, I'd suggest these artists/bands:
- Lucero. One of my favorite bands at the moment. Their album Tennessee might be in my top 10, if not definitely top 20. Their singers voice is whisky soaked, and the guitars are super twangy. Their most recent album is also very good, but also a little more Springsteen influenced, which is still good in my case. The singer (Ben Nichols) just released a solo album too, which is more folksy than Lucero.
- Chuck Ragan - Feast or Famine Former singer for punk group Hot Water Music. Some songs are just him and an acoustic guitar, other songs feature a banjo or fiddle. He also has another album out with Austin Lucas called Bristle Ridge that unfortunately I don't have, but sounds even more country/folksy than Feast.
- Chris Wollard & the Ship Thieves - Also a former singer for Hot Water Music, this is probably least country thing here
I think someone suggested Limbeck earlier. They're like a pop-punk approach to alt-country. I only own their album Hi Everything's Great, but I like it, its a fun album.
If you're a fan of At the Drive-In or Sparta, Jim Ward had an alt-country side project called Sleepercar. I don't remember if their album West Texas is any good, but I can't find it, so sorry about that.
I'm sure there's other stuff I'm missing, but it's late and I had a busy day. If you only get one thing from this post, get Tennessee or Feast or Famine. They both are probably in the MF thread (the second is definitely there, as I put it there a few months ago).
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