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Eminem – Recovery

When wickedplaylist.com author Lucy Gray first told me Eminem’s new album Recovery was his best ever I was certainly a little skeptical. 8 Mile was an amazing album and if you didn’t like it, you probably just don’t like the genre. Can I get a “I like everything buy rap and country” up in here?
Needless [...]

Train Company

The first time I heard Train Company was about 7am one morning while driving in the cold and pouring rain. The windshield wipers and blurry red brake lights in front of me, combined with the silky saxophone whispers jumping from my speakers, reminded me of walking out of a smokey downtown club, flipping [...]

Devi – Get Free

“A ferocious guitar-driven power trio equally adept at sprawling psychedelic jams and terse, haunting rockers.” – Lucid Culture
Devi’s debut album, Get Free, bursts out of the gate with the exhilarating powerpop gem “Another Day” and closes with a six-minute cover of “The Needle and the Damage Done” that ranges from dreamy to ferociously jamming. This [...]

Tim McGraw – Southern Voice

I have never been a big Tim McGraw fan. He has a few songs I like but for the most part I was just indifferent to his music. I didn’t dislike him but he was just one more pop country singer.
It was by chance I saw the headline “Southern Gothic” associated with his [...]

Zac Brown Band – The Foundation

I love having some drinks with my friends and listening to Jimmy Buffett. I have been to countless Jimmy Buffett concerts and I even sport a Jimmy Buffett tattoo to display my fealty. I know that doesn’t seem to have much to do with the Zac Brown Band, but the point is pretty [...]