May 18, 2012
- It’s been almost two years since we’ve checked in with Hurray for the Riff Raff, the New Orleans-based indie-folkies who first caught our ears with a nice little cover of Bob Dylan’s Seven Curses. These sneaky bayou boys and girl trotted out a new record recently that somehow failed to register here at the MOKB [...]
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May 15, 2012
- The Arkansas-based (Quick! Name another band from the Razorback state) Holy Shakes make the sort of sinewy and bare wire rock-n-roll that scares people. Pleasant looking young men making nasty music. Let that slide, and next thing you know you have dancin’, and I don’t need to tell ya’ll that’s an expressway to the...
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May 14, 2012
- Photo credit: Lauren Slusher Shunning their urbane origins, Brooklyn-based neo-folkies, Spirit Family Reunion, will be bringing their brand of hoothollerstampandshout to the bins on June 15th. The band’s debut, No Separation, blends the fervor of a tent revival with the wallop of a bare-knuckle brawler, which is hardly surprising given the...
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May 11, 2012
- King Gampo, the newest from Twin Cities-based rapper Prof, is easily one of last year’s most charming (and disarming) hip-hop releases. Directed by Adam J Dunn and filmed on location in beautiful Nordeast Minneapolis, the song and video focus on the darker, more desperate side of King Gampo’s party raps and pontifications, and should...
This is only a post summary. Please visit MyOldKentuckyBlog.com for the full post and downloads. We know this pisses some of you off... - If you happen to be throwing a Lost Generation-flavoured gala this weekend and still haven’t found suitable music, Oakland’s Mornin’ Old Sport is here to save your bacon. This trio (yes, I know the pics show a quartet, but things change) of Berklee grads can cut it up old-timey like it’s no one’s business, but [...]
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May 7, 2012
- Danish sextet Alcoholic Faith Mission are on the road right now, spinning the odometer in support of their shiny new Ask Me This long player. The record was produced by Tom McFall (R.E.M., Weezer, Stars), and the band has been getting a lot of warm fuzzies in the press lately from folks who can speak [...]
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May 3, 2012
- What’s not to like love about a band called The Tough Shits? If Birds Don’t Get Tired of Flying is any sort of barometer, these hard-living/hard-loving Lotharios from the mean streets of South Philly are poised to oust Marah as the best rock band in the City of Bro Love. Much love to the fine [...]
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April 30, 2012
- I never understood how Archers of Loaf stayed so under the radar, despite getting a bit of radio play for Web in Front and critical acclaim for their 1994 debut, Icky Mettle. In the last two years, after more than a decade of inactivity (while pursuing other projects like Crooked Fingers), Archers have reunited for [...]
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April 9, 2012
- As previously reported, Fiona Apple is set to release her new album, The Idler Wheel is wiser than the Driver of the Screw, and Whipping Cords will serve you more than Ropes will ever do, on June 19th through Epic Records. In support of this album, Fiona has announced a North American Tour. [...]
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March 28, 2012
- If Poor Moon’s vocals sound familiar, it may be ’cause Fleet Foxes’ Christian Wargo is at the lead mic. Fellow FF and Crystal Skulls member Casey Wescott is also on board, with the Christmas Cards’ Ian and Peter Murray. Two of the EP’s tracks sound more or less like Fleet Foxes and/or Crystal Skulls, although [...]
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