Amy Ray: Goodnight Tender
Steeped in down-home honesty and southern empathy, Amy Ray's Goodnight Tender is as country as it gets. And there ain't nothing wrong with that.
Matt Casarino
Cosmic Psychos: Down on the Farm / Cosmic Psychos & Go the Hack!
Recently re-released by Goner Records, Down on the Farm/Cosmic Psychos documents the early "efforts" of off-putting Australian punks, while Go the Hack! captures the lads becoming rock stars.
Lucy Wainwright Roche: There’s a Last Time for Everything
There is nothing wrong with Lucy Wainwright Roche’s There’s a Last Time for Everything. But it might be a stronger album if there were.