[direwolf74]

I haven't purchased much new music yet this year. But here are a couple that are kicking my ass:

Lucinda Williams- Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone. Technically this album came out in late 2014, but I just bought it a couple of weeks ago because HMV had it on sale for $10.00. Brilliant double album. Best thing she's done since Car Wheels on a Gravel Road.



Steve Earle & the Dukes- Terraplane- The first official "blues" album of his career. He's always had kind of a bluesy swagger when he plays with the Dukes, so it's actually kind of surprising he took this long to make a full-on blues record. The results are fantastic. If you're looking for some genuine old-school Texas blues, this is the album for you. Great stuff.



Upcoming albums I'm looking forward to:

Joel Plaskett Emergency- Park Avenue Sobriety Test (March 17th)
Death Cab for Cutie- Kintsugi (March 31st)
Heartless Bastards (new album is officially in the can, but no release date announced as of yet. The band says early Summer.)
Alabama Shakes- Sound and Color (April 21st)
Wintersleep (new album rumored to be released this summer)
The Hip? (it's been about 3 years since Now For Plan A. Don't forget, that album was finished months before it was actually released. So it's been quite a while since they were in the studio. I'm hoping they'll have something new out before the year is over)
Radiohead? (word on the street is that they're in the studio as we speak)