The Deadstring Brothers hit the streets to busk for the Village Voice's Possibly 4th Street series, and talked to the Voice's Rob Trucks about the band's many inspirations. To watch footage of the band playing on the streets of New York and the full interview, go here!

Drenched in sweat, Detroit soul and American rock 'n' roll steel, the video for the Deadstring Brothers' "Meet Me Down At Heavy Load" (off their new album, Silver Mountain, in stores October 9) has made it to the web--check it out below!

Don't miss the video for Deadstring Brothers' "Sacred Heart" up on Bloodshot's Youtube channel! The footage is featured on Bloodshot's DVD Bloodied But Unbowed: Bloodshot Records' Life in the Trenches along with over three hours of videos, live performances and doumentaries! To check out the video, click here.

There's a slew of Bloodshot footage up on Youtube, go to the BSHQ Youtube channel here to check it out!

"...Concert promoter Ted Swanson said for tomorrow's performance there is just as much interest for The Deadstring Brothers as there is for Shooter Jennings. He also said the band's music backs up the hype.

The Deadstring Brothers met Jennings and his band on a tour this summer, although Jennings said he had heard their music earlier on satellite radio.

'I'm excited to see their show every night,' Jennings said."

The rousing video for Sacred Heart can be found on the new DVD Bloodied But Unbowed. This DVD features 31 videos and live performances from the likes of Ryan Adams, Bobby Bare Jr, Wayne Hancock, Detroit Cobras, Alejandro Escovedo, Old 97s, and the Waco Brothers, 8 short films with appearances and performances by Split Lip Rayfield, Neko Case, Kelly Hogan, The Meat Purveyors and others, plus a photo and poster gallery .

The Lansing zine Modern Peapod has just posted a great, in-depth interview with Kurt from Deadstring Brothers in which he discusses, among other things, the death of Detroit garage rock and his love for Dylan and Thriller. To check out the article, go here.

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Listen to Tim Riley talk about the too often ignored music genre in "Roots Rock Lives" on NPR's Here and Now. Tim features two Bloodshot bands, The Bottle Rockets and Deadstring Brothers, discussing the history of the bands and their influences. You can check out the archived show (originally aired July 11th), by going to http://www.here-now.org/shows/2006/07/20060711_17.asp.

YouTube has always been a wealth of information. Where else can I find video clips of things like, that German kid spazzing out at his computer, or a cat jumping out of a bush to attack a small child? Well believe it or not, but YouTube has now proven to be even more useful, providing its viewers with live concert footage of the Deadstring Brothers from their Schubas performance in February of 2006. You can watch them play their song, "Sacred Heart" in front of a loving crowd in this Windy City.

Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RbXklLIlLU

Watch it now, because God only knows when we'll get megalomaniacal and force them to take it down.

Take a minute and read some of the latest press for the Deadstring Brothers. You won't be disappointed.

Big Takeover

Every year sees the release of dozens of discs by rote Rolling Stones clones. But such ubiquitous unoriginals just want to be the "Brown Sugar" Stones ads nauseam. How refreshing, then virtually alone, has ferreted out those prized moments when the great Gram Parsons has his friend Keith Richards's ear and heart. On their second LP (the first for Bloodshot), this five-piece perfectly plum the possibilities aired by the country-rock stones on Sticky Fingers and Exile on Main Street ("Moonlight Mile" to "Tumbling Dice" and beyond), mixed with bluesy bits of Let It Bleed. Kurt Marschke's groovy, reedy voice makes hearty harmonies with Masha Marjieh that are just slightly behind the beat, in C&W lazy boy/lazy girl fashion. And the organs, pianos, pedal steel, and snaky guitar leads imbue real coffeehouse meets honky-tonk atmosphere. Drink it! - Jack Rabid

PopMatters.com
5-2-06, RATING: 7

It’s tempting to want to force musical evolution in the sense that we’re all waiting for a band to come along that garners comparisons to no one. But as long as good music lasts, new artists will be inspired by it, even outright steal from it, and that’s not always a bad thing. Detroit’s Deadstring Brothers practically channel Sticky Fingers-era Rolling Stones to the point that it feels like either a sequel or a long-lost outtakes compilation. That kind of blatant devotion to a particular sound often draws sneers and contempt from the originality police, but today I have temporarily misplaced my badge. Starving Winter Report sounds fucking fantastic, its Jagger/Richards fixation a touching reminder of the overwhelming sacred position some of us hold for our favorite music. -Michael Metivier