Scott H Biram

Look out! Scott H. Biram and Lydia Loveless join forces for the double bill of the winter: The aptly titled Bad Machine Tour.  Hot on the heels of their outstanding new albums in Biram’s Bad Ingredients and Loveless’ Indestructible Machine, The Bad Machine Tour begins in Dallas, TX on January 26 and circles around the Southeastern US before looping back to Houston, Texas  two weeks later.

Full tour dates HERE as well as FREE MP3s from their respective albums.

Get yourself a Black Friday treat without even leaving the couch! For the next week, Amazon is offering deep discounts on the following MP3 albums:

Alejandro Escovedo, A Man Under The Influence ($5.99)

Old 97s, Wreck Your Life ($5.99)

Scott H Biram, Bad Ingredients ($6.99)

JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound, Want More ($6.99)

Justin Townes Earle, Harlem River Blues ($6.99)

Go here for all Amazon.com Black Friday Deals.

Our man's man Scott H Biram showed up at the studios of LastFM and dropped some jaws. Check out the videos of four songs he did, the interview and the level of Biramosity he brought to the usually staid studios.

From his latest album Bad Ingredients "Just Another River"

and then the other videos, as well as the interview HERE

If you're a fan of the FX show Sons of Anarchy, you may have recognized Scott H Biram's "Still Drunk, Still Crazy, Still Blue" playing during a very pivotal scene in last night's episode (there will be another SHB song on SOA in next week's new ep, as well).

It's not the first time a Bloodshot band has been featured on SOA — Check out this Songs of Anarchy playlist we put together over on Spotify, which features songs from Biram, Waco Brothers, Whitey Morgan and The 78s, Justin Townes Earle and Deadstring Brothers that have all appeared on previous episodes of SOA.

When we asked if Scott H Biram had anything cool to offer up as a grand prize for the random drawing of folks who pre-ordered his new album, he came through in spades.  He sent us a gen-u-ine autographed bullhorn he's used on stage.

And the winner is: Kyle Gunning of Kewanee IL!

He can now annoy his neighbors with style and pride!  Thanks all who pre-ordered.

Volume 3 of "Southern Independent," the collections curated by Shooter Jennings has been released for FREE.

It includes tracks from Scott H Biram's new album, as well as a collaboration between Waylon Jennings and the Old 97s!

All's ya gotta do to get it is go HERE

Shooter Jennings emailed us the other day singing the praises of the upcoming   SCOTT H BIRAM album Bad Ingredients.  It made us smile.  A lot. These are the kinds of emails we LIKE getting.

"Hey I just wanted to write u. I heard "Bad Ingredients" and it is seriously the best record I've heard since, fuck, I don't know maybe the first White Stripes record I fell in love with or something. Biram is such a great lyricist. The whole thing is a masterpiece. I've told him a hundred times but this fucking record... If he doesn't blow up over this, there is something seriously wrong with the industry. He's got the familiarity of a Jack White and kinda hits Black Keys moments vocally and style-wise, I'm just so floored.

I've listened to it probably 20 times and I've listened to "Broke Ass" at least 50 times.  Like young scumbag Leonard Cohen.

But he is Biram and he is country, which they can't touch. I am floored."

Amen, Shooter, amen. And thanks.

Just a reminder, it hits the streets on October 11th, but you can pre-order it now or catch Scott on the road all fall

It's the fall and we've got a earload of great music coming at you in short order, so we hope you can keep up.  Hot on the heels of the already critically adored Lydia Loveless album, we've got two upcoming records available for pre-sale, with some dandy premiums to boot.

>>THE MEKONS Ancient & Modern CD/LP hits stores on Sept 27th, but order now and be entered in a random drawing for goodies like:

-Autographed copy of Jon Langford's Skull Orchard Revisited"
-Copy of the Mekons lyrics book Hello Cruel World
-Copy of Mekons United book/cd
-1 of 2 numbered 13 x22 full color hatch show prints from their 30th Anniversary tour
-Set of 3 numbered 11" x15" prints from Hello Cruel World

What we'll do is draw your name and contact you and see which item you'd like. K?

>>SCOTT H BIRAM's new CD/LP Bad Ingredients will be released on October 11th.

Pre-orders will receive a tour poster, a download code for a bonus song AND be entered in a drawing for a gen-u-wine autographed Scott H Biram BULLHORN!

So, get on the stick!

Videos! Interviews!  Rather than post separately, here are the nifty bits 'o' media oddness that crossed our virtual desks today (well, maybe not TODAY, but I'm finally getting around to them.)

--HA HA TONKA:  Most people assume that life on the road is one of glamour and comfort.  Well, HHT shows just how TRUE THIS IS with THIS hilarious (yet sadly accurate) little video on Digital Tour Bus about their trusty (well, not so trusty, but that's another story) van.  SWOON ALERT: Luke Long is shirtless throughout the video.  See how REAL musicians travel...

--JON LANGFORD: While Jon girds himself of his upcoming EAST COAST tour, we thought we'd wet your musical whistle with THIS video posted on Time Out Chicago of him and band performing acoustic "Getting Used To Uselessness" from his latest fab slab Old Devils

--SCOTT H BIRAM: Someone thought it would be smart to put SHB on TV in Austin.  Check THIS out, man.  Scott's covering Don Walser, yodels his ass off in a Black Flag T and camo trucker cap after being intro'd by the squeaky clean super square TV host.

--BEN WEAVER: A fantastic feature on Aquarium Drunkard. It's called Diversions and covers artists waxing about subjects other than performing.  Ben talks about meeting the great southern author Larry Brown

--WHITEY MORGAN: Our Flint outlaw country dudes did a podcast with Taproot Radio.  Listen in HERE

WHEW!  That oughtta keep you all occupied for AT LEAST an hour at "work"

Enjoy

Scott H Biram popped by the studios of SugarHill in Houston to play some new songs and talk about what's in his mojo bag.  The answer may disturb you.

He throws down some new songs as well.

Have a look HERE