Jamie Wyatt – Neon Cross
After having watched all the sonic and stylistic directions in which the artists on New West’s roster have gone, it feels more than a…
Reviews – Vinyl
The Full Counts – Next Up
About two years after the release of their debut album (which is a marked acheivement, at a certain level – many bands go many…
The Full Counts – First Out
The fact of the matter (as inconvenient as it may be) is that not every record is a work of genius and not every…
The Texas Gentleman – Floor it!
It’s funny to think about how much The Texas Gentlemen have changed since first appearing with the release of Texas Jelly in 2018. Just…
Naked Giants – The Shadow
A deeper look at the grooves pressed into Naked Giants – The Shadow, LP. While it’s not terribly uncommon for a band to make great creative…
Sammy Brue – Crash Test Kid
After releasing a debut album which, while obviously ambitious, ultimately yielded results which were “just okay” followed by an EP that revealed a greater-than-average…
Steve Earle and the Dukes – Ghosts of West Virginia
A deeper look at the grooves pressed into the Ghosts of West Virginia LP by Steve Earle and The Dukes. I confess that –…
L7 – Smell The Magic
“How could a thirty-year-old album inspire a political discussion in 2020,” you ask? Well, come on – look at the state of the world,…
Pokey LaFarge – Rock Bottom Rhapsody
Listening to Pokey LaFarge’s ninth album (first for New West Records, and first I had ever heard) had a very strange effect on me….
All Them Witches – Nothing As The Ideal
Over the last five years or so, I’ve become acquainted with Nashville’s All Them Witches; reviewed a couple of their albums and gotten to…