Well, here it is, folks, just in time for the sun to start thawing us out in the next few weeks... our newest pledges Banditos will release their self-titled Bloodshot debut (and overall debut) album on May 12th! To properly ring in their coming out party, NPR Music is streaming Banditos' new song "Cry Baby Cry" with a spot-on write-up... Read more
Murder By Death's new album Big Dark Love (released Tuesday February 3rd) debuted in the Billboard Top 200 albums chart at number #130. It ain't no T-Swift #1 for a thousand weeks, but we don't hang in the top 200 every release, so we're patting ourselves on the proverbial lower back tattoos. That said, the album was Soundscan's... Read more
It's an album release day!! Murder By Death's new album Big Dark Love is out TODAY on CD, vinyl LP, and digital!
The critics are already raving...
"Every album feels less like a studio recording and more like a well-worn Cormac McCarthy book." – Noisey/VICE
"For a band with an already strong discography, they still... Read more
Murder By Death's new album
Big Dark Love is a week away, but you can listen to it in advance all week on
Pandora!
Click HERE to listen.
After you become totally enamored with the record,
order it on CD, vinyl LP, or digital....
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"Strange Eyes," the first new song from
Murder By Death's upcoming album
Big Dark Love is now streaming via Entertainment Weekly! This one's a stunner.
Listen here and then pre-order the album on CD, vinyl LP, or iTunes (with instant download of "Strange Eyes")
here.
"They tap into the same reserve of acid-fried energy that powers psych-rock bands like Spiritualized and The Black...
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EDIT: Now available for order RIGHT HERE.
We're ecstatic to release a very special limited edition Andrew Bird/ Robbie Fulks 7" single release featuring their respective covers of one another, available this Friday at select independent record stores for Black Friday Record Store Day!
Head to one of these participating retailers to grab a copy…
ARIZONA:
STINKWEEDS (Phoenix,... Read more
Several of our pals and "drinking buddies" have new releases, and they're all available on our website for your ingestion!
Ben Weaver, who has released two albums on Bloodshot, just released a new album called
I Would Rather Be a Buffalo, and we have the
deluxe vinyl LP in stock. Limited to 500 copies and packaged in...
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Maggie Bjorklund's new album Shaken comes out next Tuesday October 14th, but Guitar World is streaming the album front-to-back this week. CLICK HERE to listen to the album. Then go here to pre-order it on CD, vinyl LP, or digital.
Guitar World says: "At the sounds' core are the subtly dominant and defining touches of Bjorklund’s Sho-Bud pedal steel melody... Read more
Keep it up! Buy it on CD, vinyl LP, or digital to keep fightin' the good fight. Read more
Luke Winslow-King returns with his new album Everlasting Arms on September 30th! The laid back summertime-groovin' title track is streaming now via BrooklynVegan . ( Click to listen)
Pre-order the album on CD, vinyl LP, or iTunes here.
BrooklyVegan says that LWK "demonstrates a love of the early American blues of Mississippi John Hurt, Robert Johnson and the like.... Read more
Hear Dex Romweber Duo's new album 'Images 13' a week ahead of release - it's streaming on American Songwriter Magazine, along with some enlightening commentary from the Flat Duo Jetter and Silvertone-slinger Dex himself!
Dex sez "Our sound is still a force to be reckoned with." He's got that damn right. This record is a... Read more
The legendary Dex Romweber Duo will return with new album Images 13 on March 18th!
PopMatters has the scoop and a premiere of scorching new track "Roll On!"
PopMatters says: "You can hear that kinship between Romweber and Jack White, not to mention the The Black Keys and in-their-prime The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion,... Read more
Lydia Loveless's new song "Verlaine Shot Rimbaud," from her highly anticipated upcoming album Somewhere Else (out 2/18) is today's free Daily Download on RollingStone.com!
Lydia sez: "I was trying to reinterpret a Verlaine poem, for way too long, then I got mad and started yelling stuff. Because I was drinking wine, I played a C chord... Read more
Scott H. Biram's new album 'Nothin' But Blood' (out next Tues Feb 4!) is STREAMING in its entirety at The A.V. Club!
Click here to listen to Biram's chaotic cocktail of of country, punk, blues, metal, and gospel. And whiskey.
HitFix Entertainment News just posted a premiere of yet another Scott H. Biram song! This one's a punk-metal shredder titled, aptly, "Only Whiskey."
"The songwriter's bounded from country, rockabilly, hymns, blues, punk, metal, folk, acoustic gospel and all other colors of the rainbow."
Yes, a very dark, bloody rainbow.
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Esquire gives us another sneak peek at Mr. Biram's forthcoming album ' Nothin' But Blood,' out February 4th (that's in less than two weeks!), with an exclusive stream and download of the song "Slow & Easy."
You won't be surprised at SHB's opinions on good BBQ when you read the interview that's alongside the song premiere.
"There comes a time when every man feels the urge to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and start slitting throats.
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