Alternative Country Archives

Old 97’s – Twelfth (Album Review)

Adrian BreemanAdrian BreemanAugust 21, 2020

Self-described “Loud Folk” rockers Old 97’s are back with their self-referential Twelfth, a new album out on Friday, August 21st via ATO Records. Taking their name from the famous ballad, “Wreck of the Old 97,” itself penned after the crash of a mail train, the ... Read More

Interview – Marc Cohn

CrypticRockCrypticRockFebruary 4, 2020

Back in 1991, the world was introduced to “Waking in Memphis,” a song that many consider a bold stamp within the Great American Songbook. A Top 40 Hit, it earned a Grammy nomination for song of the year in 1992 while bringing home talented Singer-Songwriter ... Read More

Drive-By Truckers – The Unraveling (Album Review)

Adrian BreemanAdrian BreemanJanuary 31, 2020

It has been almost four years since American Band, the previous effort by the Athens, Georgia-based Drive-By Truckers. That in mind, they have picked perhaps the most clamorous time in recent memory to work on The Unraveling, due out January 31st through ATO. A band ... Read More

Duff McKagan – Tenderness (Album Review)

Vito TanziVito TanziMay 28, 2019

Michael Andrew McKagan, better known to Rock fans as Duff McKagan, is without a doubt one of the most recognizable and renowned bassists in all of Rock-n-Roll. As bassist for a number of acts, first and foremost Guns N’ Roses and Velvet Revolver, McKagan has ... Read More

The Strumbellas – Rattlesnake (Album Review)

ALfie Vera MellaALfie Vera MellaMarch 25, 2019

One of the emerging flag bearers of the relatively new sub-genre of Alternative Country known as Pastoral Pop are The Strumbellas, whose penchant for sunny, melodic, chant-laden, singalong songs is unwavering. Now they are set to return with their fourth overall full-length album, Rattlesnake, on ... Read More

Ray Davies – Our Country: Americana Act II (Album Review)

Vito TanziVito TanziJune 25, 2018

A true pioneer of Rock-n-Roll, Ray Davies of The Kinks is proud to announce his much anticipated new album, Our Country: Americana Act II, will be released on Friday, June 29, 2018, via Sony Legacy Records. The second installment in his homage to America, Our Country: Americana ... Read More

Alternative Country

Old 97’s – Twelfth (Album Review)

Interview – Marc Cohn

Drive-By Truckers – The Unraveling (Album Review)

Duff McKagan – Tenderness (Album Review)

The Strumbellas – Rattlesnake (Album Review)

Ray Davies – Our Country: Americana Act II (Album Review)

Old 97’s – Twelfth (Album Review)

Interview – Marc Cohn

Drive-By Truckers – The Unraveling (Album Review)

Duff McKagan – Tenderness (Album Review)

The Strumbellas – Rattlesnake (Album Review)

Ray Davies – Our Country: Americana Act II (Album Review)

This Week In Horror – Happy Birthday to Me (1981)

This Week in Horror Movie History – The Horror Show (1989)

This Week In Horror Movie History – Gothic (1987)

Developing Artist Showcase – Black Hibiscus

Developing Artist Showcase – Return to Dust

Developing Artist Showcase – Niina Soleil

Interview – Madeleine McGraw & Violet McGraw

Interview – Maria Canals-Barrera

Interview – Aaron Stainthorpe of High Parasite & My Dying Bride

Poppy – Negative Spaces (Album Review)

Doro – Rock ‘n’ Roll Christmas Party (EP Review)

Empire of the Ants (Blu-ray Review)