2012-08-19
New York band, Woodpeckers, have gone in a completely different direction with its second release, Thanks Anyway. Letting go of its pop-punk past, the group has put on a new personae as an alt-folk-Americana band. Thanks Anyway is full of engaging lyrics and vocal harmonies backed by diverse bluegrass instrumentation such as banjo, cello, and melodica. The album as a whole is quiet with occasional orchestral flourishes that compliment the narrative nature of the songs. Rebecca Ruth
Rickie Lee Jones
The Sermon on Exposition Boulevard
ELVIS PERKINS
Elvis Perkins in Dearland
JD SOUTHER
- If the World Was You
WAYNE “THE TRAIN” HANCOCK
Viper of Melody
JENNY LEWIS with THE WATSON TWINS
Rabbit Fur Coat
Urban Acoustic Coalition
The Habit
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