Blitzen Trapper American Goldwing
This music feels amply appropriate for any venture the more agrarian-natured areas of the world. It's strange to hear something that has almost nothing to do with classic rock, yet it sticks a strange landing. Veering off-track listening at times I feel like I left a classic rock station on the radio. What Drive-By Truckers is to southern rock, American Goldwing is that to Northwestern classic rock. It feels very much parts Idaho, Washington, and Oregon in nature. Which is odd, because the last time I was listening to Furr, I didn't really feel much of anything.
Deeper:
The Budos Band The Budos Band
Yes, the first one. Everyone in the last 18 months have gotten really into the third album The Budos Band III (which, in all honesty, is no slouch on it's own). However this is more stripped down than any of it's predecessors. It's less neo and more funk/soul (which makes sense, as Daptone Records was just getting its sea-legs.
Too Deep:
Various Artists: East of Underground; Hell Below
I suppose that most of this album collection is in its story: It's a collection of recordings by a series of bands whom were all active Army servicemen stationed in Germany during Vietnam. It's all funk, and it's all covers. My first thought about this was that, aside from it's nostalgic edge, it's little more than a heavy dose of vintage b-sides on the funk side. But what diminished this thought was how consistently tight the instrumental arrangements are connected, which I equate to a military structure. Only something funded by the military could be so crisp and tight, which in some strange way works for a large amount of songs that don't typically resonate the views and opinions expressed by the government.
