Compact Capsules for 02/14/08 by Dan Ferguson The Tripwires Makes You Look Around Paisley Pop Records POP020169 The best thing about the annual SXSW music fest in Austin is discovering something new. At the 2007 edition, The Tripwires were this …
Compact Capsules for 02/05/08 by Dan Ferguson Larry Lange & his Lonely Nights Crazy, Crazy Baby Texas Jamboree Records TJCS6901 To understand the music of Larry Lange & His Lonely Nights, all one need do is skip ahead to track …
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Compact Capsules for 01/16/08 by Dan Ferguson Jesse Dayton & Brennen Leigh Holdin’ Our Own Stag Records STAG-011 In the tradition of such revered duos as George & Tammy, Conway & Loretta, and even Johnny & June, the Austin-based pairing …
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Compact Capsules Best of 2007 by Dan Ferguson Mary Weiss, Dangerous Game (Norton) Hands-down the comeback album of the year comes from former Shangri-Las front-lady Weiss backed by garage rockers The Reigning Sound. Talk about a marriage made in heaven. …
Compact Capsules for 12/19/07 by Dan Ferguson Heavy Trash Going Way Out With Heavy Trash Yep Roc Records YEP2133 It begins with a raw-as-red-meat slab of primitive rockabilly, hiccupin’ vocal patter and all, called “Pure Gold”. Ghosts of Charlie Feathers …
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Compact Capsules for 12/12/07 by Dan Ferguson Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings 100 Days 100 Nights Dap Tone Records DAP-012 At 51, Sharon Jones is a soul survivor. Hailing from the same Georgia ‘burg that gave us J.B., Jones, …
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Compact Capsules for 12/05/07 by Dan Ferguson Elizabeth Cook Balls 31 Tigers Records TOT3101 Right off the bat, it takes balls to call an album Balls, especially if you’re a woman. Coming from a free thinker like Elizabeth Cook (who …
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Compact Capsules for 11/26/07 by Dan Ferguson Dwight Yoakam Dwight Sings Buck New West Records NW6129 Here’s thinking that good songs are easily half the battle when it comes to making a decent record. When it’s an album of all …
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Compact Capsules for 11/14/07 by Dan Ferguson Johnny Cash The Best of the Johnny Cash TV Show Columbia Music Video 88697-04026 One word describes the 66 clips comprising this DVD of performances culled from Johnny Cash’s short-lived, circa 1969-71 variety …
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Compact Capsules for 11/07/07 by Dan Ferguson Deadstring Brothers Silver Mountain Bloodshot Records BS-147 A serious jones for the circa-1970s Stones fills the grooves of Silver Mountain, the latest from Detroit-based Deadstring Brothers. Where they break free is female vocalist …
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