Some guy* named Joe Pug has a new album coming out on April 24th. He seems to be somewhat talented* with a bright future. He’s going to be touring all over God’s green earth* in the coming months, including a stop at SxSW. He’s got all sort of shit on his website. Free song 7 [...]

Since 2008, Joe Pug has taken an unorthodox approach his music career. He sold his first album for free and has pushed his music into unfamiliar territories since, refusing to settle as he honed his work. Along the way, his finite understanding of human nature has allowed him to develop a riveting lyricism and unique songwriting craftsmanship.

A couple of record launches nestle discreetly amongst this leap month’s gigs. Nova Scotia’s Gabriel Minnikin’s launches his new album “Parakeets with Parasols” with a gig (or rather a 'Record Release Concert') at the Martin Harris Centre . The ex-Guthries member has been making solo country-rock records in Manchester since 2004, with this latest a collection of piano songs recorded in a Whalley Range church. The concert will be “ the new record live, in its entirety, from start to finish. I will be playing the piano, accompanied by a chamber orchestra consisting of strings, woodwind, brass and singers ...

ALBUMS OF THE MONTH: Live At Lincoln Hall, by Joe Pug Since arriving on the singer-songwriter scene in 2008, it didn’t take long for Joe Pug to establish himself as a rising star. This live album, recorded in Chicago last spring and comprising songs from his one full-length album and two eps, is a spectacular [...]

4th Annual Chicago Bluegrass and Blues Fest will come to a close at the Windy City’s Congress Theater on January 28. The three-stage celebration will feature a diverse mix of acts, including Drive-By Truckers, Dawes, Joe Pug, Bailiff and Van Ghost (acoustic). In ad...

Ticket Giveaway! We’ve got a pair of tickets for you and your hot date to go to The Chicago Bluegrass & Blues Festival January 28th with a lineup that has 15 (15!) bands playing all day long, including Drive By Truckers, Joe Pug, Van Ghost, and personal fave- Dawes! For those of you who think that Chicago summers are useful for one thing and one thing only (music festivals), this is a DON’T MISS event. Music festival in the winter? Genius. We went last year and had the best time watching (among fabulous others) Grace Potter and Edward Sharpe ...

Ticket Giveaway! We’ve got a pair of tickets for you and your hot date to go to The Chicago Bluegrass & Blues Festival January 28th with a lineup that has 15 (15!) bands playing all day long, including Drive By Truckers, Joe Pug, Van Ghost, and personal fave- Dawes! For those of you who think that Chicago summers are useful for one thing and one thing only (music festivals), this is a DON’T MISS event. Music festival in the winter? Genius. We went last year and had the best time watching (among fabulous others) Grace Potter and Edward Sharpe ...

Pj from 1000x/minute brings his take on the newest offering from Joe Pug for Slowcoustic!

The monthly Feel Bad for You comp from various bloggers, tweeters, members of the altcountrytab.ca forum, and other jokers. And this one is spiked with X-mas tunes. Yay!!! Download /Stream: 1. The Duke Spirit - This Ship Was Built To Last Neptune (2008) Submitted By: Shooter Comments: Why don't you go over there and blow me and come back over here and fuck you. 2. Leonard Cohen - The Stranger Song Songs of Leonard Cohen (1968) Submitted By: Adam Sheets 3. Yo Yo Ma, Chris Thile, Edgar Meyer, Stuart Duncan - Quarter Chicken Dark The Goat Rodeo Sessions (2011) Submitted By ...

Noisetrade are offering a very nice free sampler featuring the Best of The American Songwriter sessions. It has thirty tracks including such MM faves as Joe Pug, Jessica Lea Mayfield, Vetiver, Justin Townes Earle and The White Buffalo amongst many others. There are a couple of choice tracks from it below, but just visit [...]

Paste Magazine lists their 50 Best Albums of 2011. Scents & Subtle Sounds points to video of Real Estate’s entire KEXP session. Class Actress remixes The One AM Radio. Download it at RCRD LBL. Purchase Joe Pug Live at Lincoln Hall in Chicago for only $5. The show features a duet with Strand of Oaks [...]

Chicago son JOE PUG , who is in Australia supporting Wagons and playing a solo show next week at The Old Museum, answers some questions for RAVE .

"delicate friction" heißt ihr neues album, es kommt am 18. oktober ( dromedary records ) und bietet indiepop der gefühlvollen sorte, der vierer aus brooklyn legt schon mit dem appetithappen die latte der erwartungen recht hoch: mommyheads - hello friends via sargent house wird am 25. november das neue album "new album" auf den verkaufstresen landen, unglaublich, was das japanische trio sowohl qualitativ als auch quantitativ rauszuhauen in der lage ist: boris - spoon (via pitchfork) auf dem dubliner the delphi label erschien jüngst seine neue ep, die aber nur der vorspann zu einem full length sein wird, das im kommenden jahr veröffentlicht wird ...

While on tour in the US, Melbourne’s Wagons decided to play an impromptu version of ‘Save Me’ (from new album Rumble, Shake & Tumble ) in an Illinois cornfield. As you do. Here’s how frontman Henry Wagons describes the experience: “We were driving after a fun gig in Carbondale, Illinois, and we got the inclination to play among the cornfields to the left of the road. The first driveway we saw took us into the empty lot of the isolated strip joint, The Coyote Club. We set up within five minutes, with a battery powered amp for the electric and ...