Letting insurgent country songwriter Robbie Fulks loose in Nashville was sort of like letting the Sex Pistols tour in Texas--just not a good idea. When Fulks got home to his native Chicago though, he had a batch of what most...more.
Co-produced by Steve Albini, and features appearances by the Skeletons, and Tom Brumley (of the Buckaroos), and drop-dead cool honky tonk classics (or soon to be, anyway) like "Every Kinda Music But Country," "The Buck Starts Here," and the...more.
Robbie Fulks is a cynical, intellectual bastard, who knows his country. I respect him almost as much for his encylcopedic knowledge of the genre than for his own contributions. The songs here are tongue in cheek, full of heart break and...more.
One listen to this and all the dreary, syrupy laden schlock from Nashville should be banned for its inanity. Fulks does it all here-ballads, all-out stompers, bluegrass inflected ditties and Bob Wills influenced tunes. Mix that in with Fulks...more.
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As befits a release on a fledgling indie label, Dualtone's tribute to Johnny Cash celebrates the feistier fringes of the Man in Black's catalog, adding a few mainstream milestones. In what is plainly a labor of love for all...more.
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