December 2009
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“A learning experience is one of those things that say, “You know that thing you...”
– Douglas Adams (via louobedlam) (via timmcfarlane)
Dec 31st
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-27) →
Pink Floyd (11) Heartless Bastards (3) Centro-matic (1) Dusty Springfield (1) Drive-By Truckers (1) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Dec 29th
Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit make Magnet... →
The former Drive-By Trucker loads his second solo record with a wealth of songwriting gems. No song will ever use the phrase “rolled-up $20 bill” in a lyric any better than “Cigarettes And Wine.”
Dec 26th
Blurt Magazine named Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit... →
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Dec 26th
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Huge praise for Will Johnson courtesy of No... →
Congrats, my friend! A very blurry evening.  (l to r: me, Chris Masterson, Jay Farrar, Will Johnson, Jason Hutto) “The noughties were the decade when the music community liberated itself. Suddenly any ‘musician’ with half a voice could record an album at home, create a website and sell it on- line. The downside was that there were suddenly thousands more ‘recording artists’ competing for...
Dec 23rd
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-20) →
Centro-matic (29) Badly Drawn Boy (18) Molina & Johnson (16) Ray LaMontagne (13) She & Him (13) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Dec 23rd
Dec 22nd
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Slant Magazine: Best Music of 2009 →
“There’s an argument to be made that country music completely lost the plot in 2009, but Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, on their self-titled debut, did their damnedest to ensure that the genre retained at least a handful of meaningful ties to its history of soulful, intelligent explorations of working-class life in the contemporary South.” - jk
Dec 21st
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Dec 18th
A snippet from Beat Surrender: Best of 2009 →
Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit Number 2 in my Best of 2009. Isbell could have got away with releasing his second album post DBT under his own name, but instead he chose to make a statement that this was more than a solo album and in subsequent interviews promoting the record Isbell was keen to make it clear that the 400 Unit, Jimbo Hart (bass, vocals), Browan Lollar (guitar, vocals) and Derry...
Dec 18th
Dec 17th
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Dec 15th
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Dec 15th
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-13) →
Camper Van Beethoven (18) The Meters (14) Iron & Wine (12) The Beatles (9) The Kinks (9) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Dec 15th
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RIP, Larry. →
Larry Sultan
Dec 14th
Dec 10th
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Dec 10th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-6) →
Califone (15) The Zombies (10) The La’s (7) Echo & The Bunnymen (6) Hank Mobley (6) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Dec 10th
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Dec 9th
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Holy crap.  Jawbox!
Dec 9th
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Dec 9th
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Dec 5th
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Dec 4th
Dec 1st
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Dec 1st
Dec 1st
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Criminally Unknown Band of the Day →
Our thanks to DeepKarma Canyon.  The album’s called Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit, not Seven-Mile Island.  We forgive you. “There are a lot of bands out there plugging away, trying to make it in “the business”.  Some are driven by a burning desire for fame, money, the rock & roll lifestyle.  You know, they want to get laid.  But for many, music is their life.  For...
Dec 1st
Dec 1st
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-29) →
Centro-matic (7) The Velvet Underground (3) Elvis Costello (1) The Varieteers (1) Dolly Parton (1) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Dec 1st