New Orleans (via Cadillac, MI) blues guitarist and singer Luke Winslow-King returns May 11th with new album (and fourth Bloodshot album) Blue Mesa. Hear Luke's sweltering new song "Leghorn Women" right now via Mxdwn. Pre-order the album on digital, CD, or limited blue translucent vinyl LP.
Strap on your space helmet and brace yourself for impact! Hear Barrence Whitfield and the Savages' new album Soul Flowers of Titan front to back via AllMusic, ahead of Friday's release! LISTEN HERE.
"Direct, no-frills ethos of classic R&B, powered by Whitfield's forceful bellows and anchored by his rock-solid band, the Savages, which delivers compact, effective saxophone...Read more
Behold! Barrence Whitfield & The Savages' FIRST-EVER music video! That's right, the band's intergalactic video for new song "Let's Go to Mars" is the first in their nearly 40-year stretch as garage rock titans. Directed by King Salami and the Cumberland 3's Eric Baconstrip, watch it now via PopMatters.
As guitarist Peter Greenberg puts...Read more
HAPPY RUBY BOOTS RELEASE DAY! Don't Talk About It is out now on digital, CD, and orangey-gold vinyl LP.
Rolling Stone premiered a flat-out incredible acoustic live video of her affecting song "I Am a Woman" and interviewed RB about her journey from Australia to Nashville.
Joined by her on vocals are Nicole Atkins, Phillip Creamer, and Kashena Sampson. Of the...Read more
Hot on the heels of the band's 2017 critically acclaimed debut album Sidelong, North Carolina outlaws Sarah Shook & the Disarmers will release their new album Years on April 6th. The album–with its sharpened songwriting, unique perspective, deepened sound and roll-up-your-sleeves attitude–will grab you by the collar and put a defiant finger to your chest. It is resolute, blunt, and...Read more
It's a Christmas miracle! No Depression is streaming Bloodshot Records' 13 Days of Xmas ahead of this Friday's album release! Featuring twisted traditional and oddball original Christmas songs by Murder By Death, Jon Langford, Ha Ha Tonka, Ron Gallo, Kelly Hogan, Barrence Whitfield & The Savages, The Yawpers, ...Read more
Halloween is over! It's time for Christmas music! MWAHAHA! Here's another taste of Bloodshot Records' 13 Days of Xmas, this time a new tears-in-your-beer honky tonk anthem by our Nashville-by-way-of-Pittsburgh country songwriter pal Zach Schmidt, now playing via Rolling Stone Country.
Pre-order the album, coming November 17th, on digital, CD, and red OR green vinyl...Read more
Our newest recruit Ruby Boots will release her Bloodshot debut album Don't Talk About It on February 9th, 2018! You can hear the distorted power-pop album opener "It's So Cruel" now via American Songwriter Magazine. Pre-order the album on digital, CD, or transparent orange/gold vinyl LP.
The album features contributions from Nikki Lane, and The...Read more
It's true! We rolled up our stockings and made a BLOODSHOT CHRISTMAS ALBUM!! It's coming November 17th and NPR Music is giving you a sneak peek at James Elkington's contribution, the traditional English folk tune "Christmas Is Now Drawing Near at Hand."
Pre-order the album on CD, digital, and translucent green OR red vinyl LP!
The album also features originals...Read more
Here it is. Wrap your ears around The Yawpers' dynamic, daring new album Boy in a Well. The whole thing is streaming now on Consequence of Sound ahead of its release this Friday. Nate and Noah from the band also provide track-by-track literary and sonic commentary.
"The complex and ambitious tale is told both...Read more
The Yawpers' "Reunion," the epic finale to their thrilling forthcoming album Boy in a Well is now playing alongside the new music video on PopMatters.
'Boy in a Well' is out one week from today on digital, CD, and limited edition transparent blue swirl vinyl LP: bloodshotrecords.com/album/boy-well
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You didn't expect a WWI France-set historical fiction/horror concept album to come with an accompanying comic book? Come on! The Yawpers' new album Boy in a Well does indeed, and Paste Magazine has a preview of the first 10 pages right here.
"The tale diagrams the evil, depraved outcomes that stem from altruistic organized religion, and no party leaves...Read more
Jon Langford recorded an album in Muscle Shoals, AL with his new band Four Lost Souls, plus Norbert Putnam, The Swampers, and more Shoals legends, and we're releasing it on September 22nd! Hear new song "Fish Out of Water" right here via American Songwriter Magazine and pre-order on CD, deluxe vinyl LP, super deluxe box set,...Read more
Believe it or not, we're releasing our first-ever remix release this Friday, featuring reimagined versions of Lydia Loveless's "Heaven." Yep, we're hittin' the disco. TIDAL is exclusively streaming the first track, a...uh...ahem...drum-n-bass version from UK producer AuraSound. It's a trip.
The three-track EP, which resulted from an open remix contest we held on Blend.io last fall, will be...Read more
The Yawpers are back in full force, and their new song "Mon Nom" is no exception. Today Yahoo Music premiered the riff-heavy, darkly groovy, sludgy blues number, which you can hear right here!
The band's new album Boy in a Well is coming 8/18 on CD, vinyl LP (ltd. ed. translucent blue!), and digital. Pre-order.
They played it on Conan, and now the new '60s pop-inspired music video is here! Watch the crazy colorful new video for Ha Ha Tonka's "Race to the Bottom" now via American Songwriter Magazine!
From the band's new album Heart-Shaped Mountain, out now!
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