Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Two New Write-Ups
In a stunning and rare example of free-weekly-paper agreement, both the SF Weekly and the Guardian made our CD Release Party this Friday one of their picks of the week:
From the
Guardian:
"I know it's only March, but I think I might already have my favorite song title of the year: "Who's Gonna Pour My Whiskey When You're Gone?" OK, so this little ear pricker-upper by local twang gang Axton Kincaid is actually a farewell to a cherished bartender, not a lover, as I first thought, but with its dual themes of loss and drinking, it's as country as a greased pig (and yeah, that's a compliment). The quintet, recalling moments of Freakwater and the Be Good Tanyas and armed with dazzling three-layer harmonies, will hopefully deliver this future barroom classic at the release party celebrating its new album, Songs from the Pine Room. Could they be a 21st-century Carter Family, perhaps?" (Todd Lavoie)
Hello, did we just get a Carter Family reference??
And from the
SF Weekly:
Country Road Warriors
By Hiya Swanhuyser
"Axton Kincaid takes up where the late lamented Meat Purveyors left off, and that's a good thing. The local quintet's sad country drinking songs tend to be slow and emo where the Purveyors' were fast and pissed off, but it's all in the intoxicated, mandolin-led indiegrass family. Songwriter Kate Howser's got a way with words on new CD Songs From the Pine Room: "Keep your eyes/ On the red lights/ For the next two miles, they're your best friends," she warns in the drinking-and-driving adventure tune "Red Lights." Bay Area favorite Jon Fojtik gets in one of the only country-music drum solos known to humankind on "Rearview," and the whole album is destined to be a favorite of pedal steel fans everywhere as Mac Martine plays Jon Rauhouse to the rest of the band's Neko Case."
You know how we feel about Neko, right? Anyone who knows us or has read this blog knows we are (totally non-stalkerly) obsessed.
Thanks, Hiya and Todd!
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