At 11:32 AM 2/4/99 -0800, Don wrote:
>OK. Best alt-country indie band album of '99 (so far):
>
>Hadacol - Better Than This (Checkered Past)
I second this nomination, not that I've heard a great deal of indie stuff.
I have heard, though, the two other discs you mention below and I agree the
hadacol is significantly better: well played roots rock with quite a few
good, suprisingly literate songs. Since they are from KC, I have a Town &
Country on them in the next No Depression.
My so-far faves of '99 are, in order, the new Wilco, the Steve and Del disc
and the new Joe Henry. --david cantwell
>After that, it's kinda slim pickins, although a coupla Portland bands have
>released decent debut albums: the Flatirons' Prayer Bones (also on
>Checkered Past) and the Countrypolitans' Tired Of Drowning (on
>Ultrapolitan). And as much as I try to resist being assimilated by the
>Bluegrass Borg, my favorite twang albums so far this year happen to be
>Ricky Skaggs' Ancient Tones and Steve Earle & the Del McCoury Band's The
>Mountain. Thank god there's still 11 months to go...--don
