Steve Earle

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Recordings

Dr. Cynic's Revenge

Beat Angel Brian Smith's 10 Greatest Atrocities in '96

Recordings

Beat Angel Brian Smith's 10 Greatest Atrocities in '96

Recordings

Beat Angel Brian Smith's 10 Greatest Atrocities in '96

Critical Mass

A recap of the releases that made it worthwhile to own a CD player in 1998

Duke of Earle

Steve Earle makes a brilliant detour into bluegrass with The Mountain

Indigenous Voices

The Native American music scene gets in tune with a new radio show

Steve Earle, Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark

Sidetracks (Artemis), Together at the Bluebird Café (American Original Records)

The Proclaimers

They're gonna be

Justin Townes Earle

The Good Life
(Bloodshot)

Shawn Mullins

The Good Life
(Bloodshot)

Folk Hero

The Good Life
(Bloodshot)

Finger-Pluckin' Good

The family-size box

Suicide Circus

Suicide Circus
(self-released)

Down-Home Delights

Ten of the best from Nashville and elsewhere

Steve Earle

The Revolution Starts Now
(Artemus)

Eddie Spaghetti

The Sauce (MidFi)

TEXAS RIBBER

ROBERT EARL KEEN JR.'S SONGS HAVE MORE MEAT THAN A LONE STAR BARBECUE

Various Artists

Heartworn Highways (Navarre)

Chick Hunt

When does stage banter spell doom for open country discourse? And why?

Steve Larson Band

Road Trip Songs (Steve Larson Recordings)

Tucson Confessions

Mark Insley does an emotional detox in the desert and creates an Americana gem

Doghouse Roses

By Steve Earle (Houghton Mifflin, $22)

Teddy Morgan and the Pistolas

Crashing Down Live @ 7 Black Cats (Mongrel Music)

Various Artists

The Gift (Will), You can Count on Me (Artemis/E-Squared), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Mercury)

12LB. Test

Harm's Way (Miles of Music Recordings)

Drive-By Truckers

Alabama Ass Whuppin' (SecondHeaven.com Records)

Obsessions, Passions, Perversions 2000

Music critics reveal their deepest, darkest record-buying secrets in New Times' annual poll

Critical Mass 2000

Our panel of writers offer up their takes on the top discs of Y2K

Dwight Yoakam

Tomorrow's Sounds Today (Reprise)

Brother 'Hood

Philly kids Marah mine the sights and sounds of their hometown for a brilliant sophomore effort

Truckers on Speed

No Sense in Runnin'
(self-released)

Austin, We Have a Problem!

What happens when you cram too much music into one city and two pairs of eardrums? Nothing, if you move too fast to hear it all.

End of the Road

For Jesus Chrysler Supercar and Windigo, breaking up is hard to do -- unless you're partying with the Me So Horny girls

Critical Mass

Even with impending Willennium looming, 1999 proved to be a banner year for music

Not Dead, Just Hot

Highly regarded rockers make a much-anticipated return

Molten Wax

Highly regarded rockers make a much-anticipated return

Desert Sons

Shoeless Joe makes twangy art out of broken dreams

Molten Wax

Shoeless Joe makes twangy art out of broken dreams

Cosmic American Muse

More than 25 years after his death, the spirit of Gram Parsons rides high with a new tribute album

TORCHING THE TWANG

K.D. LANG WAS ALMOST BURIED ON THE LONE PRAIRIE. NOW SHE'S CAUGHT FIRE WITH A HOT NEW ALBUM.

August 28 In Blogs: Joe Arpaio, SunUp Brewing, Steve Earle, and MCSO

​In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Feathered Bastard: Radio KASA's Carlos Galindo's Thursday Run-In with MCSO Deputies Joe Arpaio a "Torturer on U ... More >>

2010's Most Anticipated Albums

2010 brings with it the hope of a new, much better decade chock full of impressive albums​Some of you may or may not have noticed that the 2000s, or aughts for the cool kids, was a pretty crappy decade. That sentiment is becoming more and more prevalent as we inch toward a brand new decade, and B ... More >>

Top 10 of 2009: Jay Bennett

Up on the Sun is counting down the days until the unveiling of music editor Martin Cizmar's personal Best of 2009 list with some other lists from New Times' stable of excellent freelancers. Today, we bring you a list from Jay Bennett, New Times' editorial operations manager and a contributor to Up o ... More >>

Shawn Mullins

Up on the Sun is counting down the days until the unveiling of music editor Martin Cizmar's personal Best of 2009 list with some other lists from New Times' stable of excellent freelancers. Today, we bring you a list from Jay Bennett, New Times' editorial operations manager and a contributor to Up o ... More >>

The Sound Strike Suffers Major Defections, Blocks Journalists from Facebook Page

​The Sound Strike has hit a rough patch.Yesterday, a federal appeals court again blocked SB 1070, which you can read all about on our Feathered Bastard blog, meaning the extremist Arizona immigration law will likely never take effect. That's great news for people who support the state's migrant co ... More >>

Steve Earle Caves to Sound Strike Pressure, "Postpones" Tucson Show

​Score one for Zack de la Rocha, Javier Gonzalez and the Sound Strike.Steve Earle has bowed to intense pressure from organizers of a boycott of Arizona related to an immigration law that will never take effect, postponing his upcoming Arizona show indefinitely.In a statement, Earle says he was "un ... More >>

April 14 In Blogs: Zack de la Rocha, Medical Marijuana, Steve Earle, Avery Brewing, and ASU

​​​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: