Is Blind Pilot a folk outfit playing indie rock or indie rockers playing folk music? Singer/guitarist Israel Nebeker and drummer Ryan Dobrowski operate out of an acoustic setting but their mellow yet hooky tunes have more in common with indie rock outfits than folky troubadours. This Portland, OR-based group winds up being something like Beck or the Shins doing easygoing folksy tunes or Iron & Wine with a poppier sensibility. Whatever genre equation you want to use to describe them, it's ...   [ read more ]

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When George W. Bush was elected, more than one wag on the political left suggested that there was a possible upside to this event -- the Reagan administration inspired plenty of great dissident rock & roll, so perhaps Dubya's reign would do the same. So far, that hasn't quite been the case, but the fourth solo album from former Jason & the Scorchers frontman Jason Ringenberg, Empire Builders, is just the sort of record some folks might have hoped for under these circumstances. While no...   [ read more ]

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When George W. Bush was elected, more than one wag on the political left suggested that there was a possible upside to this event -- the Reagan administration inspired plenty of great dissident {rock & roll}, so perhaps Dubya's reign would do the same. So far, that hasn't quite been the case, but the fourth solo album from former Jason & the Scorchers frontman Jason Ringenberg, Empire Builders, is just the sort of record some folks might have hoped for under these circumstances. While not explicitly addres...   [ read more ]

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