Filed under: News , New Music , Exclusive Joshua Black Wilkins The title of Cory Branan's new album, Mutt , is the same word he uses when people ask him to describe what kind of music he plays. "It's graspable, you know? Like, what kind of music does Tom Waits play? He gets to do what he wants, he pulls from whatever form, roots music or klezmer or whatever," Branan tells Spinner. "So I was like, 'Yep, that's what I do.' It's just a big Cuisinart, a big blender of stuff." Inside that big blender you'll find elements ...

Common People - William Shatner feat. Joe Jackson (mp3) Tennessee - Arrested Development (mp3) Some serious bitch of a lady has written a piece on “ Hipster Racism ” over at Jezebel.com. It’s received some 96,000 Likes on Facebook. I call her a “bitch” not because I am a sexist ass clown, and not because she’s a bad person, but rather because she, in a single column, opines repeatedly in ways that would lend one no other conclusion than that Lindy West must be a bitch. Today I’m taking off my PC badge and placing it on the sink ...

Levon Helm. The master at work. 1940-2012. Photo: John Storey Levon Helm died on Thursday and I'm still trying to process this fact. I think I'm in denial. He was the heart (and balls) of The Band , a loose, funky timekeeper who possessed a glorious redneck howl. Helm's genius was that his rock 'n' roll singing was totally rooted in country, and yet his drumming was straight up Memphis-New Orleans R&B; . In that sense, he was the living embodiment of rock 'n' roll, a one-man bridge between southern black and white culture. Beyond his musical ability, though ...

Good news, everyone! Ted Nugent is free to continue to make classy albums like this one. Following Ted Nugent’s incredibly stupid comments about assassinating President Barack Obama last weekend, word got out that the Secret Service was investigating hard rock’s most overrated guitar player, and I actually got my hopes up that The Nuge might [...]

Frummox: Texas Trilogy [ purchase (CD only)] Steven Fromholz was a big part of the first wave of singer/songwriters who defined the always-in-search-of-a-better-name Texas outlaw country/folk/redneck rock progressive alt.country movement. A suite of three songs, called “Texas Trilogy,” is his masterpiece. The songs, recorded in 1969 (predating the Preston Jones plays of the same name by several years), form a story arc depicting a “day in the life” of Fromholz's hometown, Kopperl, Texas. A recently published book, Texas Trilogy: Life in a Small Town, documents the songs and the town that inspired them. “It’s simply ...

The Cabin in the Woods Dir. Drew Goddard [Lionsgate Entertainment; 2012] by Alex Peterson Rating: Here’s the newest pleasant surprise from Hollywood, that often-disregarded (by sensible cinephiles), impossible-to-ignore wasteland where money is and has always been the prime motivator. Here is what happens every now and again when those few Hollywoodians with both talent and a mischievous sense of humor figure out a way to take a blockbuster-sized budget and do exactly what they want with it. In truth, it doesn’t happen all that rarely — benevolent producers from time to time have been known to bestow $50 million ...

Requested by ScrumJosh • Compiled by CrimeProg 01. Arch Enemy - “My Apocalypse” (Doomsday Machine) 02. Mushroomhead - “Solitaire/Unraveling” (XX) 03. Slipknot - “Duality” (Vol. III - The Subliminal Verses) 04. Stick To Your Guns - “This Is More” (For What It’s Worth) 05. Megadeth - “Tornado Of Souls” (Rust In Peace) 06. Lamb Of God - “Redneck” (Sacrament) 07. Dream Thater - “The Dance Of Eternity” (Metropolis Part II: Scenes From A Memory) 08. Kataklysm - “To Reign Again” (In The Arms Of Devastation) 09. Bullets And Octane - “I Ain’t Your Saviour” (In The Mouth Of A Young) 10. God Forbid - “Divinity” (IV: Constitution Of Treason ...

Formed in August 1998 from the ashes of four of Dublin’s finest hardcore bands, The Redneck Manifesto introduced themselves to Dublin audiences by way of a number of 7” singles on their own Greyslate label as well as a split 7” on Road Relish. It was however their debut album ‘Thirty Six Strings’ recorded by [...]

It embraced black soul music – but couldn't divorce itself from the prejudices of the south It was only a matter of time before BBC4 green-lit a Friday night documentary about southern rock. It is irresistible to connoisseurs of once-unfashionable strains of 70s pop culture, and James Maycock's film Sweet Home Alabama more than does it justice. Sure, Gregg Allman talks a little slow after his liver transplant, and some of the other "longhaired rednecks" interviewed hardly bring scintillating insight to the topic. But Sweet Home Alabama pulls us back to the early 70s peaks of the Allman Brothers ...

Pop-rock singer-songwriter Cory Lamb is on the rise thanks to the release of his debut album, Break the Cycle. Cory worked on the record for two years in Los Angeles with the help of producer Andy Duncan (founding member of OK Go), and has caught the attention of actor Stephen Baldwin who helped produce Cory's first video. Cory is preparing to release his new EP, "Safe In Your Arms," which out TODAY on itunes, but took some time out of his busy schedule to be interviewed by your humble narrator... Can you give my readers a brief introduction to ...

Myrtle Beach Music: David Koon points to fans during a Sqwearl performance at Suck Bang Blow. Anyone who’s been around Myrtle Beach music for any length of time has surely heard them. The stories that paint longtime local rock group Sqwearl as a larger-than-life phenomenon, as something akin to the Redneck Riveria’s own little version of mid-90s Beatlemania. If you talk to enough people that were around during their heyday, you’ll hear that the band packed nearly any venue they visited to the rafters with fans, that they often started sets at 2 a.m. and that ...

“KILL ALL REDNECK PRICKS: A DOCUMENTARY FILM ABOUT A BAND CALLED KARP is the story of three friends overcoming odds through [...]

The Swans reunion was one of the greatest things to happen amidst teh shithouse reformation surge of the past few years, especially as Michael Gira and crew went out and made an album of original material that was just as important and defiant as their back catalogue. Now it's time to hear how it all sounds live (although many of you have had the chance to have that experience already) in the form of a double CD Limited Edition with special handmade packaging. It is called We Rose From Your Bed With The Sun In Our Head and has ...

Craig Morgan likes to keep things simple. Once dubbed "country music's champion of the Everyman" he is best known best known for songs that espouse the core values of the genre: Faith ( That's What I Love About Sunday ), good times, ( Redneck Yacht Club ) and helping others ( Almost Home )....

Lamb Of God played their first ever show in Shanghai, China this past week at the Mao Livehouse. According to one of the fans who posted the video, Lamb of God ”definitely know how to play one epic concert!” WALK WITH ME IN HELL REDNECK LAID TO REST UVTV Heavy Metal Music Videos Related HeadlinesLamb Of God Frontman Performs With Chthonic In [...]