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AQUABOY: The World Still Turns Without You
Aquaboy combines indie-rock, alt-country and alternative pop a-la Beck, Pavement, Wilco and Air. Recorded and performed by Derek Buckner, previously Sugarpine and Pastora, this is Derek's second solo record.
Recommended if you like Pavement, Beck, The Beatles.
CD price: $6.00 / MP3 price: $6.00
JUNIPER TAR: To the Trees
Dreamy three-part-harmonies and weighty poetic license with an ease belying their debut-album status. Sleepy melodicism mixes with droning guitars in brooding, late-night trips of Americana.
Recommended if you like Wilco, Band of Horses, Bon Iver.
CD price: $12.00
WJ & THE SWEET SACRIFICE: The Rest Of Your Nights
Late Nights, Lost Loves and Lonely Hearts.
CD price: $8.99 / MP3 price: $8.99
NINJA GUN: Smooth Transitions
Valdosta Ga.'s best kept secret "Ninja Gun" was conjured up by singer/guitarist Jonathan Coody and is backed by a thick rhythm section of close friends and together they play a style of classic punk rock with some country roots.
Recommended if you like The Replacements, The Kinks, Lucero.
MP3 price: $8.00
SCOTT MERTZ: You Wish
Waylon Jennings meets Beck. And whoops his ass.
Recommended if you like John Lennon, Waylon Jennings, Bon Scott.
CD price: $12.97
YELLER BELLIES: Boys Will Be Boys
Country trash served up rawk-a-billy style, with a dash of roots-rock, spaghetti western on the side.
Recommended if you like Tom Waits, Southern Culture on the Skids, Th' Legendary Shack Shakers.
CD price: $12.97
KEITH HAMAN: Longest Way To Go
Alternative folk, country, and a little heavy, noisy rock.
Recommended if you like Neil Young, Son Volt, Ryan Adams.
CD price: $9.99
RENCH: Elkhorn Riders
Traditional country remixed with hip-hop, trip-hop, and electronic beats.
Recommended if you like Jason Downs, Cowboy Troy.
CD price: $11.00 / MP3 price: $11.00
DRIVEWAY: Driveway
Driveway are a blend of Alt-Country and seventies era Rock n Roll, ala Rolling Stones "Exile on Main St"
Recommended if you like The Rolling Stones, Wilco, Ryan Adams.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
THE BROKEN TOYS: A Fistful of Caulk
Imagine if you will, punk rock sounds coming from a converted chicken coop surrounded by rusting old cars and filled with sticky empty beer bottles, guitars, drums, and an aging bottle of Gilberts Vodka.
Recommended if you like The Replacements, Goo Goo Dolls, Urge Overkill.
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $8.00
MUCKNER: If I Can't Talk To You, Then I Can't Talk To Anybody
Stirring up images of the gritty reality of life on the streets in America's cities and paying homage to the back-country roots of Appalachian music, Muckner has a sound that will appeal to indie, alt-country, and folk rock fans alike.
Recommended if you like Tom Petty, Wilco, Gillian Welch.
CD price: $10.97 / MP3 price: $10.97
THE COPPERHEADS: This Train Is Gainin'
Extraordinary Roots-Rock & Country-Soul. It's like Dwight Yoakam hopped a freight on the Soul Train.
Recommended if you like Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Charlie Rich.
CD price: $9.97 / MP3 price: $9.97
THE DOXIES: Tinderbox Tragedy
The Doxies songs are soaked in the Midwest experience and exist somewhere between classic country and indie rock. Their alt-country sounds reveal a sense of place and true reverence for those who have come before.
Recommended if you like Bruce Springsteen, Wilco, Uncle Tupelo.
CD price: $10.49
DEADMAN: Paramour
The anticipated full-length debut from Texas artist, DEADMAN. Produced by Mark Howard (U2, Bob Dylan, Peter Gabriel, Willie Nelson...) & recorded at the famed Paramour estate in L.A., Ca, this record captures its moments with a profound truth and spirit.
Recommended if you like Bob Dylan, U2, Daniel Lanois.
MP3 price: $14.00
LENNIE LOFTIN: The Cape Fear Sessions
Guitars, hammond b3, and sweeping pedal steel. Howling dogs. Love found and lost. And the things that go bump in your mind.
Recommended if you like Pink Floyd, Willie Nelson, John Steinbeck.
MP3 price: $9.99
NATIONAL ERA: Stereo
An alternative rock band with country influences from Georgia. These Former Members of Whiskeytown and Sandhill Dust collaborate to create an original and lush sound.
Recommended if you like The Jayhawks, Wilco.
CD price: $12.97
KEVIN MCCOLLOUGH: Heart Broke Inn
Kevin's newest record: "Heart Broke Inn" is the record his fans have been waiting for, "this glimpse into a relationship gone bad and his road to recovery is an instant masterpiece." This record should be a staple in every record collection.
Recommended if you like Chuck Prophet, Matthew Sweet, Ryan Adams.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
THE MORNINGSIDES: Hearth
HEARTH is chock full of country funk and filled with rich harmonies that will keep you full for days.
Recommended if you like Bob Dylan, The Beatles, The Flaming Lips.
CD price: $9.99 / MP3 price: $9.99
THE MID-STATE WIRE: Lonesome Highway Revival
The idea behind our music is that we start with Appalachian bluegrass roots and build out from there, adding some southern rock, delta blues, country while adding a dark twist born out of the Midwestern blue collar sentiment.
Recommended if you like Tom Petty, Grateful Dead, John Hartford.
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
STEVE COFFEY & THE LOKELS: SAME BOY CD/DVD package
Western Canadian prairie roots folk rock fusion
Recommended if you like Bob Dylan, The Gourds, Paul Kelly.
CD price: $18.97 / MP3 price: $18.97
MARTHA SCHUYLER THOMPSON: The Sound Must Leave Your Throat
Thompson deftly reveals the diverse musical influences of Gospel, Blues, R&B, Bluegrass, Americana, Alternative Country, Folk, as well as elements of Celtic, Middle Eastern and classic Motown that are the Roots of American music.
Recommended if you like Sheryl Crow, Willie Nelson, Rodney Crowell.
CD price: $16.00
MARTHA SCHUYLER THOMPSON: Road Kill
A sophisticated and infectious collection of songs spanning the stylistic realms of Country, Folk, Gospel, Blues, R&B and music from Eastern Europe, Celtic and Latin cultural traditions that honor Thompson's root influences.
Recommended if you like Daniel Lanois, Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle.
CD price: $16.00
LESTER MAEVIS: The Judge Lester Maevis
Hard hitting clean sounding alt rock recorded using vintage guitar amps.
CD price: $11.97 / MP3 price: $11.97
EL CAPITAN: What Ails You
Misty mountain country bongwater fresh pine trees. Rickety backwoods hymnals, thick sonics, damn good writing.
Recommended if you like Nirvana, The Beatles, The Band.
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
NINA WALSH: Memo's
The Orb / Two Lone Swordsmen collaborator, UK's Nina Walsh goes it alone with her simple,seductive to the ear and honest electronic folk songs produced with a vintage yet futuristic flavor and a voice that is reminiscent of Marianne Faithfull
Recommended if you like Mazzy Star, Marianne Faithfull, Alexi Murdoch.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
7 & COUNTING: United in Rivalry
A great mix of blues and country, 7 & Counting will knock your socks off.
Recommended if you like Johnny Cash, The Allman Brothers Band, Stevie Ray Vaughan.
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
SHAME TRAIN: She Knows the Score
Alternative Country/ rock/pop
Recommended if you like And One.
CD price: $15.00
MARTHA SCHUYLER THOMPSON: Conducting The Ocean
An eclectic combination of musical influences including Folk, Country, Bluegrass, Blues, Gospel, R&B, and Funk informs this intriguing collection of eleven songs allowing Thompson to give a professional and stylistic nod to her own American Musical Roots.
Recommended if you like Rosanne Cash, Bob Dylan & Paul Simon.
CD price: $16.00
THE COPPERHEADS: Country & Blues Revue
Downright addictive blend of swampy R&B, country-soul, and honky-tonk---like a C.C.R. for the new milennium.
Recommended if you like Creedence Clearwater Revival, Charlie Rich, Marty Stuart.
CD price: $7.97 / MP3 price: $7.97
NO NORTH: No North
Alternative folk pop rock - catchy and unique yet not foreign.
Recommended if you like Bob Dylan, Jeff Buckley, Sonic Youth.
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $10.00