Posted in podcast - August 13th, 2007 at 9:35 pm by Cricket
I know you hear an awful lot around these parts about Lucero and Cory Branan, but I swear, they don’t pay us for this. Hell, they’d have to be an awful lot more famous before they could even afford our bar tab. No, we talk endlessly about them because they are made of one hundred percent natural, homegrown awesomeness. What’s more awesome that going to see their shows? Having them come to HCT HQ to record a podcast.
That’s right, my babies, Ben Nichols of Lucero and Cory Branan, together, not only for one of their Brew City Tours, but right here in our living room mocking each other, us and everything else in the world. What we have here in the end is a podcast (to download, right click and ’save as’) that goes from soft and subdued to a little raucous. You’ll want to tune in for the songs and the stories. You’ll enjoy the second listening to suss out the funny bits happening in the background. Besides the banter, we have:
I should be working elsewhere, but I had to drop in and tell y’all that the Mucklewain line-up is finally up. Check it out. Um, let’s see, Amy Lavere, Cory Branan, Dixie Dirt, Jason Isbell, Laws Rushing, Lucero, Malcolm Holcombe, Scott Miller, The Carter Administration, Todd Snider, and like a bajillion other awesome folks? Yeah, I’m there. I mean, you knew we would be anyway, but aw hells yeah this is going to be good. It’s like they made a festival just for me. Like last year, we’ll bring coverage of the bands playing in the weeks leading up to it and we will mock you all mercilessly if you don’t come down to Tennessee to drink beer and watch the bands with us.
Some surrealist country music, Polly Darton sings “Wavin’ Good-bye with my Heart”:
Really is there anything better than Sesame Street?
It’s not just laziness that’s making me cut these down, but a desire to cover as much as possible when there so much music and so little time. [Well, to be fair, there’s time, but we’re killing it on the porch smoking and drinking.—Mimi] Some things to add to your list to pick up the next time you’re at your local record shop or killing time in iTunes when you should be working: The Avett Brothers, Amy LaVere, The Robber Barons and the Hackensaw Boys.
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Avett Bros. – Emotionalism
Honestly, I’m sparing you with this short review. Or sparing Mimi anyway. We already know that I can completely spaz over this band. The new album, Emotionalism, is no exception.
Overall it’s less frenetic than Four Thieves Gone or any of their previous albums. Not mellowed exactly but a change for the good. If nothing else, please get “Die Die Die” off iTunes, but the whole album is well worth the investment of your time and money.
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