The first time I heard Kristin Diable perform live, I was sitting right next to her. We were both in the control room at KLSU radio, staring across the desk at the deejay. All of 19, she was there to perform on air. As for me, I wasn’t much older, and I was well content to sneak in my interview questions during the station breaks.
It’s easy to get lost in the heyday of Mardi Gras, especially on Saturday when the whole of Spanish Town becomes one seemingly giant amorphous house party (check with the people in the house before applying this theory) but there are two must-see events this week.
As I type this, I’m listening to Fred Eaglesmith’s 1987 album Indiana Road, as congenial procession of rural desperation as one can imagine.
What better way to get a late start on 2012 and celebrate this last year on earth according to the Mayans, than to run down my favorite records of 2011!
If Los Campesinos! didn’t already have an exclamation point in their name, I’d put one anyway.
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The Record Crate
Kristin Diable digs deep on her new album
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It’s always a nice respite when an unconventional band breaks away from the familiar sea of indie music in search of a sound bigger than its music, the audience or the venue.
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Prom Date’s previous release, 2010’s six-track Clock Out, made a great case as one of the best local albums that year.
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There was a time when there were no petty distinctions among country music, rock ’n’ roll and blues, and the 484 South Band does what it can to get those paths to meet up again on 21 Miles of Bad Road.
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