If the Noisey headline “Sarah Shook and the Disarmers Are Drinking Mainstream Country Under the Table” is any indication, this one’s coming in hot! You can now check out Sarah Shook & The Disarmers' new album Sidelong a few days early over at Noisey! After taking a preview listen (or two, we won’t judge) you can pre-order...Read more
Hear Sarah Shook & The Disarmers' "The Nail," a "deceptively cheery-sounding drinking song" right now via She Shreds. You can also read Sarah's chat with She Shreds about balancing family and touring life, community activism, and playing her Gretsch guitar.
"The Nail" is from Sarah Shook & the Disarmers' upcoming Bloodshot debut album ...Read more
Here it is, folks... Cory Branan's new album, playing in its entirety, via Noisey! Hear the record and read the interview with Cory before the release this Friday. Once the songs are instantly stuck in your head, order the album on CD, vinyl LP, or digital.
Noisey says this one is "Branan's most...Read more
Cory Branan's short and sweet new song "I Only Know," featuring Laura Jane Grace of Against Me! and Dave Hause is now playing via Consequence of Sound!
Cory says of the song, “Just trying to write a positive song amidst life’s bullshit. As close as I could get was I’m positively not going back to the bullshit.” ...Read more
You can hear Ha Ha Tonka's positively epic new album Heart-Shaped Mountain, out Friday, in its entirety NOW via AllMusic! Listen and inevitably fall in love, then pre-order on CD, vinyl LP, and digital.
"As with its past releases, the band's gift for clear-eyed, intelligent songwriting proves that they're still a cut...Read more
Cory Branan takes police brutality head on in his new song "Another Nightmare in America," now playing via Alternative Press. Dave Hause lends vocals to the biting, punk-infused number from Cory's upcoming album ADIOS, out April 7th on CD, vinyl LP, and digital. Pre-order here.
Ha Ha Tonka's soaring, epic new song "All With You" is now streaming via BrooklynVegan! It's from the band's new album Heart-Shaped Mountain, coming March 10th! Pre-order on CD, vinyl LP, or digital.
BV likes the "massive post-Arcade Fire harmonies in the chorus." So do we.
Hey you Scott H. Biram-lovin' motherscratchers! Hear his entire new album The Bad Testament RIGHT NOW via Noisey/VICE! It drops out of the sky this Friday on CD, vinyl LP, and digital. Order it here.
Noisey says: "Scott H. Biram is a cipher; a Texas blues man who...Read more
Here's some demented fun for your Friday. See Al Scorch lets his freak flag fly high in the new music video for "Everybody Out," directed by Everything Is Terrible and now playing via The Bluegrass Situation! The song is from Al's album Circle Round the Signs, out now on CD, vinyl LP, and digital.
"Coming...Read more
Here's another mean ol' country/blues tune from Scott H. Biram! "Crippled & Crazy" is now playing via The Boot. The song is from his upcoming album The Bad Testament, out next Friday! Pre-order here.
"'Crippled & Crazy' is the definition of autobiographical for Biram, who was severely injured in a 2003 collision...Read more
Hear brand new Scott H. Biram song "Red Wine" along with an excellent interview via Texas Monthly right here! It's from The Dirty Old One Man Band's upcoming album The Bad Testament. Pre-order on CD, vinyl LP, or digital.
"Songs like this one ensure Biram’s place at the table among country’s best songsmiths—despite his fondness...Read more
We are excited to announce the signing of Sarah Shook & the Disarmers. Their song "Keep the Home Fires Burnin'" is now streaming below via PopMatters. Bloodshot will release the group’s latest album Sidelong on CD, vinyl LP, and digital on April 28th, followed by another new album in 2018. The band will...Read more
Cory Branan's new album ADIOS is coming April 7th! Hear new song "Imogene" right here via Rolling Stone and pre-order on CD, digital, vinyl LP, or deluxe limited PINK(!) vinyl LP.
"The track pairs Branan's scissor-sharp songwriting instincts – melodies that pitch their tent halfway between the fresh and the familiar, backed by...Read more
The mighty Ha Ha Tonka has returned! New album Heart-Shaped Mountain is coming March 10th! Hear triumphant new song "Race to the Bottom" now via Culture Collide. And pre-order the album on CD, vinyl LP, or digital here.
"A Springsteen-esque ballad while pushing forward to cinematic edges —...Read more
Scott H. Biram will release a new album, entitled The Bad Testament, on February 24. This will be his 9th album overall and 6th with Bloodshot Records, his first since 2014's Nothin' But Blood. The Bad Testament lands somewhere west of the Old Testament and south of an AA handbook, straddling the chasm between sin and redemption. It’s...Read more
We're releasing a William Elliott Whitmore & Esmé Patterson 7" single this Friday, and The A.V. Club is now streaming Whitmore's gothic country cover of Patterson's "Elysium." It'll send a chill right through your bones.
Listen here and then pre-order the single here.
The single is a limited edition pressing of 1000 and...Read more
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