The Sheepdogs play the kind of scruffy, four-legged, round-up-the-flock classic rock and roll that’s totally worthy of their namesake breed. This is old school, bluesy, song-driven Southern rock and roll that was made to fuel long road trips and late night beer drinking, like the Allmans back when there were still more than one of ‘em in the band (by way of Saskatoon!), this is the real deal.
Among the slew of producing credits that Dan Auerbach (The Black Keys) can take credit for in 2012, is Shakedown, the third studio album from Hacienda. Shakedown puts the band’s heady blend of psychedelic roots-rock, dusty vintage Texas rockabilly, 1950′s rock & roll and hazy California surf-rock on display. On Wednesday night, the San Antonio-based band made their network television debut when they stopped by the Ed Sullivan Theatre to perform the record’s lead slinky, groove-filled single Savage on the Late Show With David Letterman. Let’s check it out…
Hacienda is currently in the tail end of their summer tour, which brings them to the North Star Bar in Phildelphia, PA tonight and to New York City’s Mercury Lounge tomorrow.
As My Morning Jacket is set to kick off their five-night, full album residency tonight at New York’s cavernous Terminal 5, we wanted to remind everyone to head in early as the Kentucky-based band has recruited an impressive and diverse group of acts to hold down the opening slot. Among the bands that will take the stage before MMJ are psych-rockers Dungen, folk-rock act Elvis Perkins In Dearland and roots-rockers Hacienda – whose sophomore album Big Red & Barbacoa was among my Top 6 Of The First 6.
The band mixes rockabilly with surf-rock and vintage rock and will open tomorrow night. In the meantime, check out their video for Younger Days…
With the first six months of 2010 beginning to feel like a distant memory, I figured it was time to continue a tradition by taking a look at my favorite six albums of the first half of the year with the Top 6 Of The First 6.
Cornershop sure seem to like taking their time in releasing studio albums, managing only two in the 13 years since their critically acclaimed When I Was Born For The 7th Time came out in 1997. At points you almost forget the band still exists. For the group’s first full-length since 2002, the Brit-pop act returned with another album full of their unique blend of British Invasion rock, mixed with sitars, eclectic samples and sound collages. The LP includes a fantastic cover of Manfred Mann’s version of The Mighty Quinn and the soaring 16-plus minute psychedelic-gospel-funk-soul jam Turned On Truth.
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plus more material from that period at Terminal 5 tonight. Tickets are 
came out in 1997. At points you almost forget the band still exists. For the group’s first full-length since 2002, the Brit-pop act returned with another album full of their unique blend of British Invasion rock, mixed with sitars, eclectic samples and sound collages. The LP includes a fantastic cover of Manfred Mann’s version of The Mighty Quinn and the soaring 16-plus minute psychedelic-gospel-funk-soul jam Turned On Truth.
