Listening
What I’ve been listening to most this year. In no particular order. It’s a fairly eclectic list methinks…which is a good thing. Any reaction but boredom is a positive reaction. These records are not boring…
The Bodeans – their entire ouvre
Buddy and Julie Miller – “Written in Chalk”
Adrian Whitehead – “One Small Stepping Man”
Bob Mould – “Life and Times”
The Bottle Rockets – “The Brooklyn Side”
Brendan Benson – “My Old, Familiar Friend”
Chris Richards and the Subtractions – “Sad Sounds of the Summer”
Cracker – “Sunrise in the Land of Milk and Honey”
Deadstring Brothers – “Sao Paulo”
The Dexateens – “Hardwire Healing”
The Drams – “Jubilee Drive”
The Gamits – “Antidote” and “Parts”
The Gourds – “Haymaker”
Graham Day and the Gaolers – “Triple Distilled”
AC/DC – “Let There Be Rock” and “If You Want Blood You Got It”
Len Price 3 – “Pictures”
The Gripweeds – “Strange Change Machine”
The Hold Steady – “Heaven is Whenever” and “Boys and Girls in America” and “Stay Positive”
The Hotlines – “The Hotlines”
James McMurtry – “Live in Aught-Three”
Jason and the Scorchers – “Halcyon Times”
The Jellybricks – “Goodnight to Everyone”
Paddy Keenan – “The Long Grazing Acre”
Los Lobon – “Tin Can Trust”
Lucero – “1372 Overton Park”
Mark Olson and Gary Louris – “Ready for the Flood”
Martin Sexton – “Live Wide Open”
The Methadones – “The Methadones”
Muck and the Mires – “Hypnotic”
Noel Gallagher – “The Dreams We Have as Children”
NOFX – “Coaster”
Old 97’s – “The Grand Theatre Vol I”
Over the Rhine – “Ohio”
Paul Thorn – “A Long Way From Tupelo”
The Pines – “Tremolo”
Punchline – “Delightfully Pleased”
The Red Button – “She’s About to Cross My Mind”
The Riverdales – “Tarantula”
Rufio – “Anybody Out There”
Sam Roberts – “Love at the End of the World”
The Shazam – “Meteor”
Slobberbone – “Barrel Chested” and “Slippage”
Son Volt – “American Central Dust”
Sugarcult – “Start Static”
The Vines – “Melodia”
The Waxwings – “Low to the Ground”
The Weepies – “Say I Am You”
Will Hoge – “The Wreckage” and “Blackbird on a Lonely Wire”
The Wonder Years – “The Upsides”
You Me at Six – “Hold Me Down”
16 Frames – “Where it Ends”