Drive by Truckers, Black Keys - "you would also like..."

[topo morto]

Would like to get my dad something current for Xmas. He likes... Drive by Truckers, Black Keys, Zappa, Tom Petty, Beefheart, Warren Zevon...

Any ideas, ideally for albums released in 2011?

[ShoeManiac]

The Black Keys new album came out this week. It's called El Camino. You might also consider the new Wilco record, and there's also the new Tom Waits record, Bad As Me.

[topo morto]

I think my mum already bagsied the Tom Waits as her choice (which means it's a great suggestion, of course!). I'll check out the other two, thanks!

[electracoyote]

Drive By Truckers latest release is quite good. It's very accesible. If your dad likes it, he can work his way backwards.

We opened up for them in Denver this past sumer. Great hard-working band, good people.

[topo morto]

So in the end I got:

DBT's Greatest hits 1998-2009(he said he wasn't after Go Go Boots and he has The Big-To-Do)
DBT's Southern Rock opera for the 'working backwards' bit.
Black keys - El Camino
Wilco -whole love
Modest Mouse "we were dead before..."
Noah and the Whale's new one.

Should keep us going over the hols.

Thanks for the suggestions chaps!

[mmbongo]

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit is pretty much required for anyone who like DBT.

Amazon.com: Here We Rest: Jason Isbell, 400 Unit: Music

Stuff to check out:
The Damnwells (Air Stereo)
Anything Ryan Adams
Anything Chris Knight

[electracoyote]

Originally Posted by topo morto

(he said he wasn't after Go Go Boots and he has The Big-To-Do)

Does that mean he didn't care for Go Go Boots? That's the release I was referring to.

[jmattbassplaya]

Warren Haynes' new album (Man in Motion) is LEGIT!

[topo morto]

Originally Posted by electracoyote

Does that mean he didn't care for Go Go Boots? That's the release I was referring to.

Yeah, I thought it was supposed to be the slower, more balladic counterpart to The big To-Do which is a family favourite but he didn't seem in the mood for that. Maybe I'll put it on my own wishlist!

[topo morto]

Thanks mmbongo and jmatt too - I've done my shopping but forwarded your suggestions to other family members so they can be equally lazy!



By the way I am told I look like this...

[GregC]

Originally Posted by electracoyote

Drive By Truckers latest release is quite good. It's very accesible. If your dad likes it, he can work his way backwards.

We opened up for them in Denver this past sumer. Great hard-working band, good people.

Very cool, I love DBT--seen them five times. Shonna just left the band the other day, sadly. That'd be a cool bass gig.

Southern Rock Opera is a must!

[Frank Tuesday]

Depending on how much country he likes in his alt-country:

Salter Cane
Slim Cessna's Auto Club (Best live band I've seen in many many years)
Elliott Brood
Listen!Listen!
O'Death (Think Appalachia meets Pixies)
Heartless Bastards

[topo morto]

Originally Posted by Frank Tuesday

Slim Cessna's Auto Club

Late in the dark times
I went creeping round the town
Into every pineboard shed
all their tools I did found
I put them in my vice grip
turned them to the left and right
returned them to their toolsheds
straightened out the town with might

Now when they hoe a garden
everything angles to the northeast
when they raise a new building
well it leans askew and lord does it creak
Now when they shape a new tool
from the ones I made unstraight
see everywhich way which they cross it up
lord these crooked graves
they will be our fate.

I don't know much about the Country, but this sounds like how we do things in the EU!

Some great stuff there, and some cool vids too.

[g4string]

WIilco's "Whole Love" is horrible.....don't bother.

TBK's "El Camino" is GREAT!!! Just got it today and listening to it as I type. It's the best album they have put out, IMHO.

Warren Haynes "Man in Motion" is good. It's not as good as others on my list. It's OK for Warren, not great by any means. Its a nice laid back listen.

If your dad is a DBT fan, make sure he has "The Dirty South". Its the pentacle DBT album. That album is what made them "famous".

Jason Isbell's "Here We Rest" is REALLY good. It's gotten some real good press on NPR (thanks to David Dye).

The Wood Brothers "Smoke Ring Halo" is a sleeper not many know about. I really, really, like that album.

Kinda in a different direction, but Gilian Welch's "The Harrow & The Harvest" is some of the best songwriting I have ever heard. Her voice (along with Dave Rollins harmony) is pure heaven to listen to. This album is my fav for 2011. ITS THAT GOOD!!! It's a little "old timey/melancholy". But man, it is just a perfectly written record.

Greg Allman's "Low Country Blues" is good. Has that typical T Bone Burnett sound (which I think is kinda growing old). Its still a good listen.

Tedeschi Trucks Band's "Revelator" is a DAMN good album. The band is tight, creamy, thick, and juicy. It is another fine creation for 2011.

To sum it up, G4's recommendations for 2011 are DEFINITELY get your dad;
The Black Keys "El Camino"
The Wood Brothers "Smoke Ring Halo"
Tedeschi Trucks Band "Relevator"
Gillian Welch "The Harrow & The Harvest"
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit "Here We Rest"
**if he doesn't have DBT "The Dirty South", get him that too**

Wico "Whole Love" = biggest disappointment of 2011, avoid.

[topo morto]

Thanks, I'll check those out sometime (probably not this time round... Xmas shopping all done now!)

Looking forward to checking out El Camino (cool title/pic, for starters!) and as for the Wilco... we'll see! I'm sure we'll collect all the DBT sooner or later... Big To-Do has been something of a soundtrack to the year chez nous.

[dozicusmaximus]

Left Lane Cruiser (Black Keys with balls)

[Dub Wood]

Mumford and Sons latest album. I think it was this year. It's a good album.

[michael_atw]

Mumford and Sons is good. But that segment of the genre has suddenly become wayyyy overdone. Black Keys? Copped half of the 60's and 70's rock bands. Just get him some old albums in that respect.

Anything The Raconteurs is my choice. They actually have a full band. Their vocal chops are underrated too.

[g4string]

Originally Posted by michael_atw

Mumford and Sons is good. But that segment of the genre has suddenly become wayyyy overdone. Black Keys? Copped half of the 60's and 70's rock bands. Just get him some old albums in that respect.

Anything The Raconteurs is my choice. They actually have a full band. Their vocal chops are underrated too.

I agree w/ you about the M&S style.....getting to be waayyy overdone. Kinda like a rib roast that has been cooked to well-done when it shoulda been pulled out of the even at med-rare.

And yes, the Raconteurs!! They have two albums out, both are spectacular. "Broken Boy Soldiers" and "Counselors of the Lonely". "Broken Boy Soldiers" IMO, is the better of the two.

[michael_atw]

Originally Posted by g4string

I agree w/ you about the M&S style.....getting to be waayyy overdone. Kinda like a rib roast that has been cooked to well-done when it shoulda been pulled out of the even at med-rare.

And yes, the Raconteurs!! They have two albums out, both are spectacular. "Broken Boy Soldiers" and "Counselors of the Lonely". "Broken Boy Soldiers" IMO, is the better of the two.

Brendan Benson on "Hands" has such a classic voice (love that song); both he and Jack White blend so well on all their stuff. And the fuzz bass all over "Counselors of the Lonely" is so simple but so effective. True musicianship from the whole band.

Not to mention with Mumford and Sons, EVERYONE has latched onto it. Not saying it's a bad thing..but for me that usually means to find something else or "deeper" in the record crate. I think they do a great job though, regardless. Just too many copycats out and around now.