A ROUTES & BRANCHES GUiDE to FEEDiNG YOUR MONSTER
good news about good noise
August 1, 2024
Scott Foley, purveyor of dust
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The classic lineup of legendary punk/rockabilly outfit X releases what's rumored to be their final record this week, Smoke & Fiction (Fat Possum), accompanied by quite a thorough final tour. Twangville features a brief interview with Exene Cervenka (plus, Routes & Branches will be publishing an appreciation of the new record next Tuesday).
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Waxahatchee released her fantastic Tigers Blood (Anti) back in late March, a collection that will certainly compete among a handful of rarified records for our year-end favorites. This week, Clash caught up with Katie Crutchfield for an interview.
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We shared an appreciation of Red Clay Strays' new Made By These Moments just last week. Now NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday has touched base with the band for an interview.
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One of our favorite YouTube channels comes from the phenomenal Amoeba Music stores, who feature a weekly segment called What's In My Bag. Each episode highlights one artist who is allowed to peruse the store's sprawling collection in search of a bagful of their favorite and most influential LPs. This week was devoted to selections from the great Brittany Howard.
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Following a short and enigmatic series of hints, the newly formed supergroup, Hard Quartet has been unmasked. GQ features a reintroduction to the quartet, which features Pavement's Stephen Malkmus, Matt Sweeney from Superwolf, guitarist Emmett Kelly, and drummer Jim White.
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British psych/folk/pop wizard Robyn Hitchcock has released both a book and a CD focused on the year 1967. Uncut visits with Hitchcock, who selects his favorite songs from the year. Telegraph has published an account of the book, 1967: How I Got There and Never Left.
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Jack White's Third Man Records store in Nashville recently began slipping unmarked copies of a new LP into the bags of customers. Copies were also handed out at a recent live show. Stereogum tells the story of No Name, which will be available for purchase and streaming the old fashioned way on Friday, August 2.
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Finally, we'll visit with A Routes & Branches Guide To Feeding Your Monster, our all encompassing release calendar for our kind of music. On the heels of their 2023 City Of Gold gem, Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway will be sharing a new EP. From Nonesuch, Into the Wild features the bluegrass act's take on tunes originally by Olivia Rodrigo and Jefferson Airplane, alongside a couple originals (Sept 20). Also from Nonesuch, comes a collection from the newly signed guitarist and composer Yasmin Williams. Acadia (Oct 4) features guest spots from Aoife O'Donovan, William Tyler, Dom Flemons and more. Benjamin Tod and Lost Dog Street Band just released Survived in April. Tod returns with a honky-tonk inflected solo set, Shooting Star, on October 18. Following a too-long hiatus, Danny & the Champions Of the World have announced their long-awaited new project. Loose Records has set an October 18 street date for You Are Not a Stranger Here. Onetime member of Our Native Daughters, Amythyst Kiah has prepared her follow-up to 2021's Wary + Strange. October 25 is Rounder's release date for Still + Bright. Susto frontman Johnny Delaware will be dropping a new solo LP on November 1. Para Llevar will appear courtesy of New West's Normaltown imprint. For many (many) more albums on the horizon, just click the link.
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