Unlike a lot of their influences, Drive-By Truckers have
remained open to experimentation, which has resulted in a diverse and
consistently excellent body of work, particularly last year’s expansive
Rock album, The Big To-Do, and this year’s sultry Soul burner, Go-Go Boots.
by Mike Breen
10.20.2011
Squeeze the Day for 10/20
Misfits, Drive-By Truckers, Q102's Bosom Ball and Hans-Joachim Roedelius, plus This Day in Music
Music Tonight: Pioneering German music experimentalist Hans-Joachim Roedelius performs a rare Cincinnati show tonight at The Mockbee (2260 Central Pkwy., just past the Western Hills Viaduct if you're heading towards downtown). Roedelius is legendary in avant garde circles and his adventurous work in Krautrock (with Cluster and Harmonia), Ambient and Electronica has had a hand in shaping the sound of a lot of contemporary music. Suffice to say, certain types of music (from Techno to Dubstep to Indie Rock) would likely sound different if Roedelius were never born. Consequence of Sound recently posted this interview with Roedelius, in which the 76-year-old trailblazer (he turns 77 Wednesday, but says, "Only my body feels the age, not my mind") talks about his upcoming appearance at Moogfest, his more recent work with acoustic music and poetry and collaborating with Brian Eno. Below is a sampling of Roedelius work over the past 40 years. Admission tonight is $10 and showtime is 8 p.m. Xambuca and Nebulagirl open.
The Twilight Singers, DeVotchKa, Ben Ottewell, Drive-By Truckers and Bayside
0 Comments · Monday, April 4, 2011
During his tenure with Cincinnati’s beloved Afghan Whigs, Greg Dulli was so intent on burning his brand into the universe’s ass that he nearly imploded from the Herculean effort. Even in the band’s quietest moments, Dulli quivered with an intensity that was as terrifying as it was breathtaking, and with all of the standard excesses that accompany the demons that fuel that level of performance, more than a few observers predicted an early check out time for the hypnotic frontman.
MidPoint Indie Summer Series Featuring Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit
June 18 • Fountain Square
0 Comments · Friday, June 11, 2010
During his six-year run with Drive-By Truckers, Jason Isbell contributed a great deal to the band's song coffers. And yet he also diverted a number of songs to a solo project he called Sirens of the Ditch, which he released after leaving the Truckers. Isbell subsequently started his own band, the 400 Unit, and dug even deeper into his personal influences for the new songs.
The Whigs, Drive-By Truckers, Randall Bramblett, Dropkick Murphys and More
0 Comments · Tuesday, March 23, 2010
When Drive-By Truckers hit the studio early last year, the Alabama-via-Athens sextet was fresh from a couple of experiences that would have a profound effect on their next album, 'The Big To-Do.' The Truckers had been on a long road trip supporting their last album, 2008's stripped back and Country-flavored 'Brighter Than Creation's Dark,' and had just recently wrapped up the whirlwind sessions that produced Booker T's Grammy-nominated 'Potato Hole album.'
Very Extremely Dangerous Singles
Shake It releases tribute series to Southern Soul marvel Eddie Hinton
0 Comments · Tuesday, November 3, 2009
The busy job of being co-owner of Shake It Records shop and label hasn't stopped Darren Blase from launching a series of limited-edition 45-rpm vinyl singles by the likes of Greg Dulli, Drive-By Truckers, Heartless Bastards and Wussy in tribute to the late Eddie Hinton.
The Dead Weather, Drive-By Truckers, David Thomas Owen IV and Robin Trower
0 Comments · Tuesday, July 21, 2009
The passage of time has been on my mind lately; two good friends have passed through the portal this year and the celebrity body count has been unusually high (and high profile) in recent weeks, proof that no matter how well connected or wealthy or insulated from real life you happen to be, the words of Jim Morrison in 1969 ring true for each and every one of us: "The future"s uncertain and the end is always near." I'm passing time this week with new CDs from The Dead Weather (Jack White's newest side project), Drive-By Truckers, David Thomas Owen IV, Robin Trower and Bleu.
