Each Friday, we review 10 recently released CDs in 10 words each:
Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs No Help Coming — Band brings fresh flavor to something completely retro in style.
Ron Pope Whatever It Takes — Wouldn’t be surprised if his ballads appeared on “Grey’s Anatomy.”
Dirty Vegas Electric Love — Double-disc album offers instrumentals along with the full versions.
Owen Temple Mountain Home — Texas singer brings a bit more country style into Americana.
Winterus In Carbon Mysticism — Extreme metal band from Michigan loves to scream its lyrics.
Steve Earle I’ll Never Get Out of this World Alive — Album goes hand-in-hand with novel of same name.
Whiskey Myers Firewater — Texas quintet brings forth a new brand of country rock.
Civil War Naval Songs — I like 150-year-old songs to sound more aged.
Emmylou Harris Hard Bargain — Icon releases album of new material along with two covers.
Texas in July One Reality — Fresh-out-of-high-school band goes cookie monster style.
This article appears in Apr 26 – May 2, 2011.
