Lucero suggestions?

been listening to

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"tennessee"

and

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"that much further west"

compulsively lately … any suggestions of what to get next by Lucero? Their latest one ("Nobody's Darlings")? "Attic Tapes"? "S/T"?

also, does anyone have any band suggestions that sound similar to Lucero? I like alot of the ones allmusic suggested,

(* Buffalo Tom
* Scud Mountain Boys
* American Princes
* Johnny Cash
* Rocky Votolato
* The Weakerthans
* Against Me!
* The Replacements)

but there's gotta be more gritty southern alt-country with punk leanings out there … and how did allmusic leave drive-by truckers off that list?!

Nobodys Darlings is very good

in order next should be

Nobodys Darlings
S/T
Attic Tapes

I'm not really very fond of Lucero, but if you want more rough and tumble alt-country in that style, try I Can Lick Any Sonofabitch in the House, Two Cow Garage, and any Slobberbone album except for their last one.

thanks for the recommendations, just picked these up from emusic:
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and finally getting around to listening to the new centro-matic record … good stuff …

These might not be exactly what you are looking for but all are worth a listen:
Supersuckers
16 Horespower
Shortstack

Check out Marah also. They're another band similar to Lucero - both of these bands put on great live shows. Looks like Marah is coming to the 930 soon - opening for Alejandro Escoveda. Hoya - if you're interested I can hook you up with some live shows from Lucero and Marah

Looks like Marah is coming to the 930 soon - opening for Alejandro Escoveda.

cool!

drag the river

Anybody familiar with Deadstring Brothers?

Yes, excellent band. They have four mp3's on their website, though I've heard other songs on KEXP that I liked more. Wish I had caught them at Iota.

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Anybody familiar with Deadstring Brothers?

Defintiely get S/T and Nobody's Darlings. S/T leans more towards country, while Nobody's Darlings leans more towards rock, but they're both solid albums.

And 'hell yeah' to the Drag the River' rec. God I love that band.

Looks like Lucero is going out & supporting this band:

Murder By Death / Lucero

Tue 06/20/06 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade

Wed 06/21/06 Tampa, FL The Orpheum

Thu 06/22/06 Orlando, FL The Social

Fri 06/23/06 Orlando, FL The Social

Sat 06/24/06 Columbia, SC New Brookland Tavern

Sun 06/25/06 Carrboro, NC Cat's Cradle

Wed 06/28/06 Baltimore, MD Ottobar

Thu 06/29/06 Pittsburgh, PA Mr. Smalls Fun House/Theatre

Fri 06/30/06 Morgantown, WV 123 Pleasant Street

Sat 07/01/06 Louisville, KY Headliners

Sun 07/02/06 Bloomington, IN Buskirk-Chumley Theatre

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Can stream them here:
http://www.murderbydeath.com/audio.php

Murder by Death is awesome.

And according to the Ottobar, Lucero is headlining.

Originally posted by Alex:
Murder by Death is awesome.

And according to the Ottobar, Lucero is headlining.

That would be preferable.

I did not dislike the song

Check this out if you are not familiar:

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I've got the Deadstring Bros record.
I'm not too keen. It's much more pop & polished than what you get with most of the bands mentioned above.

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Also delve into the Bloodhot Records catalog:
http://www.bloodshotrecords.com/catalog/

They've got some great collections. I can't say it any better than they do:

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If you've thought Bloodshot rocked you before, brother, you ain't heard nothing yet. This behemoth jumps on your ass with two CDs (over TWO HOURS OF MUSIC), holds you down and pours 40 new and unreleased tracks right down your gullet. You'll be bloating up with music from EVERY SINGLE artist on our much ballyhooed/oft-maligned roster, including Ryan Adams, Neko Case, Robbie Fulks, Alejandro Escovedo, Old 97's, Graham Parker and the Waco Brothers. You'll try to push yourself away, but not before our friends like Johnny Dowd, the Hollisters, Anna Fermin, Caitlin Cary (ex-Whiskeytown), Hazeldine, Bare Jr, Mike Ireland, Supersuckers, Giant Sand, the Handsome Family and more burst your buttons and leave you crying for mercy. To top it all off, we've packaged it up with a full color 20-page booklet. The critics already hate it!

"This collection does illustrate the basic truth about Bloodshot: of every four releases, one is marvelous, one is dreadful and the others just clutter up an already overcrowded market." John Conquest, Third Coast Music

But do the math my friends. If you will accept this critical opinion there are still no less than 10 "marvelous" songs. That's more marvelous songs than contained on Led Zeppelin IV, the greatest record ever. And with 10 "dreadful" songs we deliver more than Yes could muster on Tales From Topographic Oceans. Everyone wins!

Originally posted by HoyaSaxa08:
and finally getting around to listening to the new centro-matic record … good stuff …

yeah, i didn't fall in love, but i liked it

Originally posted by HoyaSaxa08:

Originally posted by HoyaSaxa08:
and finally getting around to listening to the new centro-matic record … good stuff …

yeah, i didn't fall in love, but i liked it

ha - missed that.
Check this one out:
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South San Gabriel

It's a side project that he (lead from Centro-Matic) did with Brent Best from Slobberbone. There are some AMAZING songs on there.

If you liked the Slobberbone record you picked up - Everything You Thought… - pick up Barrel Chested too. They are the best.

Originally posted by danmartin:
Check out Marah also.

I've seen them live and they're all right, energy / decent show. However, I listened to all of their cds and I really didn't dig any of them. Production on one is shoddy, the other sounds like Pat McGee or DMB. I respect that others like them, but I wouldn't listen to their cds, at least on a regular basis.