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Album review: A. Sinclair, South Padre

June 20, 2022 Joeyalbum review

The last 30 seconds or so of “Lean Into It,” the opening offering on A. Sinclair’s new album, are an awakening, gravel-coated cannon shot of noise-rock tacked onto a standard-issue, slow-burn acoustic tune. It emerges[…]

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Album review: Spoon, Lucifer on the Sofa

February 21, 2022March 22, 2022 Joeyalbum review

Britt Daniel is 50 now, about to be 51 pretty soon. And it’s hard not to look at that age, for an indie rock legend/general rock should-be-legend, and wonder how much he and his otherworldly[…]

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Album review: James McMurtry, The Horses and the Hounds

September 5, 2021September 5, 2021 Joeyalbum review

At age 59, James McMurtry still has the fire. The Austin Americana-rock institution still has the voice full of command, pessimism, jaundice and sometimes disgust. His pen comes reliably loaded with stories, observations, and mitigated[…]

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Local reviews (Sweet Spirit, Tameca Jones, Heartless Bastards) and a brief tribute to One-2-One Bar

August 31, 2020August 31, 2020 Joeyalbum review

(Photo by Nicole Berlin Photography)   Last spring, when it became clear that COVID was going to grab the throat of some number of Austin music venues and force their heads into a filled bathtub[…]

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Local album reviews while social distancing: Pure X self-titled, Pike & Sutton – Heart is a Compass

May 30, 2020May 30, 2020 Joeyalbum review

So much is unfolding socially this week that’s bigger than music, although it will inevitably become inspiration for music in short order. I believe that soon, commentary on the issues and unrest of this turbulent[…]

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Review: Whitney Rose, We Still Go to Rodeos

May 2, 2020 Joeyalbum review

Anybody else out there viewing just about every single piece of entertainment through the lens of what we’re dealing with right now? Whether it’s a show, the printed word or a song, every reference I[…]

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