The Gobblers Knob

OK, I promised three womanly rockers to you earlier in the week, and I’m here to deliver the third. First, we had San Francisco’s dream-popperTamaryn. Next up, we had the kinda scary, really hot EMA, and today, we have The Joy Formidable. OK, The group isn’t all female, in fact, they’re a trio out of London. [...]

OK, yesterday I mentioned there are a few female rockers I’m really into now. That’s when I babbled on about Tamaryn. Today, onto the next one. Erika M. Anderson, aka EMA, just released Past Life Martyred Saints, an album that isn’t giving up it’s spot in my car stereo very easily. She’s getting considerable attention, too. [...]

Sorry I haven’t been around for a while. Thankfully, things have been busy with my Dallas Observer and Best of Texas gigs. If you aren’t keeping up with me over on those outlets, I sure would appreciate it! Back to the Ol’ Knob, though. In the past few months, I’ve become kinda creepily obsessed with a [...]

Look, let’s cut to the chase, here. We all love Joe Pug and his folk-eriffic work over the past four years. When he finally released a full-fledged LP last year, Messenger, appropriate hosannas were sung by many, including this blogger, for sure. While the recorded output of Mr. Pug has been consistently stellar, his live [...]

In what is shaping up to be the label roster of the year, Bloodshot has released another trademark, insurgent country gem. Eddie Spaghetti, the leader of infamous Seattle group the Supersuckers, stepped away from his buds of over 20 years to craft Sundowner, an album that might have a bit less venom, a tad more [...]