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...roots. Even as he gained an increasingly cosmopolitan following with crossover hits like Make the World Go Away, he continued to refer to himself as the "Tennessee Plowboy," at one point even crediting his success to hard work on the farm. "That's why I wanted to play the guitar," he said in 1947. "So I wouldn't have to keep plowin' all my life...
...their second major-label album, the kings of emotional nerdiness mine their broken hearts with just enough sonic abandon to keep things sharp. The single I Will Possess Your Heart builds over eight brooding, Wilco-ish minutes (take that, mainstream radio!), while there's actual guitar feedback on Talking Bird. A nice step in a darker direction...
...talent such as herself, Lloyd-Bollard seems poised for success.Despite her natural inclination for the stage, Lloyd-Bollard has an abiding love for all the arts. “I do all kinds of creative things,” she says. “I write, I play the guitar, I do a lot of visual art.” She hopes to use other media in her work. “In ‘Blasted,’ we incorporated video into the theater. I’m really interested in doing that...
...calculated mistakes that pulls the listener deeper into the weird chaos. “Nylon Smile” wallows in its own near-insanity, with Gibbons wailing, “I don’t know what I’ve done to deserve you” over distorted guitar plucking and backward percussion that make the listener wonder whether those words convey love or just paralyzing fear.“We Carry On,” the most manic of the 11 tracks, begins frantically, with factory beats and soundboard wails that carry the song forward into a hypnotic...
...it’s nice to hear a band bringing heartbreak and the blues to a new generation. Another stand-out track is “Who Needs the Sunshine,” where Swaby belts his soulful voice to its full effect above two alternated piano intervals, intermittent guitar chords, and jazzy drum beats. He sings the ostensibly warm and fuzzy lyrics, “Who needs the sunshine when you’re here?” then darkens the mood by talking about “whatever fetish I decide to cast...