We are heartbroken by the passing of our dear, dear friend Justin Townes Earle. Due to this tragic event, it has been difficult to keep up with orders for his catalog, and we apologize for being sold out of many JTE titles. With all that is going on in the world, we were unprepared for the outpouring of support. Thank you.
Houston-born-and-raised, Los Angeles-based orchestral country/rock/folk mastermind Jason Hawk Harris's debut album 'Love & the Dark' is coming August 23rd!! Hear the first single "Cussing at the Light" right now via Rolling Stone.
And yes, the music video has corpse paint.
Pre-order the album on digital, CD, or vinyl LP here.
"A lush, two-stepping number
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New Mekons music video now playing via BrooklynVegan ahead of their US tour! "In the Desert" is from the new album by the "punk/indie/folk/country/reggae greats."
"Its centerpiece is “In the Desert,” which makes reference to the Iraq War, George W Bush, Tony Blair and Ozymandias, and features lead vocals from Sally Timms and drummer Steve Goulding."
Tour dates:
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We'll see you in Nashville, Tennessee on Friday September 14th for the 3rd Annual Bloodshot Records Backyard Bash! It's free and open to the public, all ages, all are welcome: fans, friends, industry bigwigs and smallwigs, hangers-on. No fancy badge or wristband required. Just mosey on up to the backyard at East Nashville's finest record store The Groove and catch perfomances by...Read more
Sarah Shook & the Disarmers are playing THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME!! Let's hope they don't shatter all the glass or set fire to Bon Jovi's bedazzled jeans or Yes's handwritten lyrics.
On August 22nd they'll play a FREE show on the main stage on the after a special screening of the What It Takes:...Read more
If you think you can't skateboard to a country song, you're dead wrong, as proven by the new Sarah Shook & the Disarmers music video for "New Ways to Fail," now playing via The FADER.
Shout out to Plan B Skateboards for the spiffy decks, Chicago's Uprise Skateshop for letting us shoot in the shop,...Read more
A couple days ago, and no more than 48 hours after returning stateside from their hefty Scandinavian tour, Sarah Shook & the Disarmers were performing at the Outlaw Fest in Charlotte, NC with his royal highness Willie Nelson, The Avett Brothers, and Jamey Johnson. The story goes that Sarah was hanging out backstage when Willie's crew informed her that...Read more
Sarah Shook & The Disarmers' bourbon barrel-aged new video for "The Bottle Never Lets Me Down" is now playing via Rolling Stone! The song is from Shook's new album Years, out now on digital, CD, and vinyl LP. The video is directed by Gorman Bechard, who also directed a new documentary about...Read more
Chicago HonkyTonk and Bloodshot Records will present a special acoustic in-store performance from Sarah Shook, plus a pop-up shop, at Bloodshot Records HQ in Chicago (3039 W Irving Park Rd)! In addition to Bloodshot LPs, CDs, merch, and more, we'll have Dethrose Vintage and Bailey Dee & Lefty's Western wear as special guests slingin' their ultra cool gear.
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Watch out, buckaroos, there's a new Sarah Shook & The Disarmers song in town! Everyone can hear "New Ways to Fail" right now below via TIDAL. It's a barroom singalong if we've ever heard one. Sarah also dished some dirt on touring, politics, and the new album in an accompanying interview.
Tidal asserts that Sarah "enter[s]...Read more
Batten down the hatches! The Bottle Rockets are settin' sail (for real!) on the SiriusXM Outlaw Country Cruise in winter 2017! They'll join Old 97's, Supersuckers, Dale Watson, Elizabeth Cook, Steve Earle, and more!
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum (and whiskey and tequila and so on and so on)
We're psyched to announce that Al Scorch will perform at the first Rachael Ray's Feedback Chicago with Grace Potter, Lee Fields & The Expressions, Los Colognes and more! The event is on Saturday, June 25th at Lincoln Park Zoo.
Rachael is bringing her celebrated Austin music and food extravaganza to Chicago for the first time, and Al Scorch will be there...Read more
It's that time of year in which armies of tank-tops are passing around one-hitters and trudging through the mud from city to city to see a smorgasbord of live music on massive stages in beautiful settings. It may not be everyone's thing but Bloodshot is providing the alternative to Avicii and the Menudo reunion headlining #KangaroozaFest16.
Here's a list of the...Read more
Bloodshot's resident honey-voiced renaissance women Kelly Hogan and Nora O'Connor are backing up The Decemberists (several of whom may or may not have backed up Kelly and Nora on our Bloodshot Six Pack to Go) on tour this spring and summer! A bunch of festivals and fun times. Make signs with "I <3 Kelly & Nora" on...Read more
Our gal Lydia Loveless will join rootsy heavy-hitters Iron & Wine and Ben Bridwell (of Band of Horses) on some Northeastern dates this summer. Details here.
Lydia's in Europe and then back touring the States throughout the summer. If ya haven't heard Somewhere Else yet, we can help (but don't know what the heck you've been doing all this time)....Read more
Murder By Death will release a new album Big Dark Love on February 3rd, 2015 via Bloodshot Records (pre-order available here). This is the band’s seventh full-length album and first since their 2012 Bloodshot debut Bitter Drink, Bitter Moon.
Big Dark Love reflects a different, bigger, more complex side of the band. As hinted in the title, the...Read more
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