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.
A few weeks ago, in the distant past, ROOKIE packed up the van and drove a couple neighborhoods over to Bucktown in Chicago to record a live session at Audiotree's studio.
And it's now up for your rocking pleasure! This one's a BLAST full of guitar-shreddery and good times.
Crack a beer or three and enjoy it from the comfort...Read more
It's a Thanksgiving miracle! Everyone's favorite feline YouTube host Lil Bub was all alone for Thanksgiving dinner, but it turns out Murder By Death live only a block away!Read more
Ha Ha Tonka's new album, Lessons, is out tomorrow (!), and USA Today is tiding us over with a little acoustic treat. Watch singer/guitarist Brian Roberts play a special, sun-soaked, stripped down version of album track "American Ambition."
Watch and listen here:http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2013/09/23/video-premiere-meet-southern-indie-rock-band-ha-ha-tonka-lessons/2845271/
Pre-order the album on CD, MP3, or limited edition double vinyl here:https://www.bloodshotrecords.com/album/lessons
Cory Branan stopped by Bloodshot Headquarters and played a Lyle Lovett deep cut on his ukulele. Watch the video below.
Q: What's better than Luke Winslow-King performing with his awesome band?
A: Not much. But definitely Luke Winslow-King performing with his awesome band on a horse and carriage driving through the French Quarter in New Orleans!
If THIS VIDEO from the Bloody Sunday Sessions doesn't charm you and brighten your day, you have a heart of...Read more
Murder by Death's beautifully haunting new video for "Lost River," from their Bloodshot debut LP Bitter Drink, Bitter Moon premiered on SPIN today. The video, directed by Gabe Darling, accompanies newly announced summer/fall tour dates for North America.
As we mentioned earlier this week, Firewater's Tod A suffered a fall after a sold-out show in Istanbul and had to have immediate knee surgery. The tour dates for the month were cancelled, but we're happy to report Tod is on the mend and the cancelled tour stops have been already been rescheduled...Read more
One of our all time favorite publications is the Oxford American: The Southern Magazine of Good Writing. They consistantly hip us to the lost treasures of American music.
This month's issue gives full on treatment to DEX ROMWEBER.
All The Requisite Billies: The Untold Legend of Dex Romweber traces the rises and falls of one of...Read more
When JC and the boys were in Seattle on their Want More album release tour, they stopped by the esteemable offices of super cool radio station KEXP.
They performed 4 songs live in the studio and KEXP filmed the whole dealio. They've recently posted them. So here they be, friends....get down with the Uptown Sound:
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It's cold and dreary in Chicago today--but nothing cured our blues like this video of JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound and their muppet friend, Jameson (who also cameos in the JCBUS video for "Sister Ray Charles"), covering Otis Redding's "Dock of the Bay":
Big news from the boys of JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound--they've been plucked to play this year's Lollapalooza at Grant Park! They'll represent Chicago on the Saturday of the festival. Three day passes are sold-out, but you can buy single-day passes (for Saturday, natch).
Meanwhile, over at GooglePlay, the Magnifier blog premiered the new video for "Sister Ray...Read more
CMT just launched a new series called Concrete Country. It's street busking at night in Nashville and they're starting off with Lydia Loveless doing "Do Right." And check out the lovely Hatch Show Print neon in the background.....
Our man's man Scott H. Biram showed up at the studios of LastFM and dropped some jaws. Check out the videos of four songs he did, the interview and the level of Biramosity he brought to the usually staid studios.
From his latest album Bad Ingredients "Just Another River"
and then the other videos, as well as the interview...Read more
Are you a fan of late night shyster law firm commercials? Who ISN'T!
Well, then, friends, you will love the new JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound video that premiered TODAY on Alternative Press's site.
Check out Everything Will Be Fine from their new album Want More
(p.s. if yer wantin' to read about their release show last weekend...Read more
Lots happening in the DEX ROMWEBER DUO camp, so we thought we'd give you a snazzy biz school bullet point summation. That's the way we operate around here.
»NEW VIDEO: From their latest album, the exclusive video premiere of the Death of Me ran on Paste. Check it out HERE.
»NEW TOUR: Dex and his sis hit the...Read more
On the eve of her inaugural BS release, one which we hope will have her music and story all over the interwebs, we thought we give you a peek "behind the scenes."
The Ely Brothers did a photo shoot of Lydia a couple weeks back and they filmed it as well, so's you can see what goes into to such...Read more
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