I don't really social media, but some of you may be interested in this. http://www.jasonisbell.com/turntable/
Really great interview on Daily Show. http://www.cc.com/video-clips/jucxg...on--the-nashville-sound----extended-interview
Sort of a stretch in that interview and in White Mans World to say Shires cant take Nashville because she is a woman. No average music fans would know who she is without her husband.
I knew he she was before I knew who he was so there goes that theory. Unless you're calling me not average.
She's awesome. I love her music. But she was never going to take over Nashville. Her music lends itself to a niche following.
If you're focused on that you're hearing it wrong. Almost like a "couldn't even if she wanted to" kind of thing. It's hard for great songwriters to get a crack at Nashville, and most assuredly harder for female songwriters.
Shit man, Margo Price's "Midwest Farmer's Daughter" got rejected by almost every label and outlet in Nashville, and that record kicks ass. Incredibly hard out there.
'Anxiety' may me one of my least favorite Isbell songs ever. Not sure how I feel about the album overall after listening through a bunch of times. White Man's World sounds like a cut from American Band
It is pretty fucking cool seeing Isbell experience the amount of commercial success he is right now. I think we've all had a moment in his early solo days thinking "nowhere near enough people will ever know this guy's genius." For me, that was Streetlights. I think Isbell's business savvy is overlooked. Just like DBT being pioneers of building a fanbase through the Internet, it's no coincidence that Isbell's best works are being widely received now that he owns his own record label and controls pretty much every aspect his music.
Another random thought: Finally listening to Big Bad Luv in its entirety and wow, this shit is Moreland's Nebraska.
Tickets purchased for July 18 in Houston on. Might make the pilgrimage to Austin for the weekend before as well
Yeah, overall I'm lukewarm on Nashville Sound. It's been out a few weeks, enough time for me to have multiple listens, and I really only listen to We Were Vampires, Hope the High Road and Tupelo at this point. Regardless of how relatively weak this record is, he's turned into such a commercial monster that I'm sure (without looking at the charts) he's sold a bunch of copies and made good money on it. Good problem to have.
I think you either find Anxiety extremely relatable and powerful or it just doesn't do much for you. Seems to be no middle ground on that one just from comments and reviews.
I can't relate to it in that I don't have anxiety, but tend to believe it dines a good job of making those feelings real to the listener. More than that I like the way the song is constructed. Chaos and clothes is probably my least favorite on the album, mainly due to the iron & wine esque voice effects.
I like seeing all the streetlights love. One of my favorites as well and this makes me feel like it's not as underrated as I've always thought it to be.
Seems too simple and straightforward for him. And the chorus annoys the shit out of me for some reason
i went and saw him last night in omaha, great great show. this was his set list as best i can remember (not in order). anxiety last of my kind white man's world if we were vampires chaos and clothes molotov hope the high road something to love 24 frames something more than free cover me up stockholm flying over water codeine decoration day whipping post (allman brothers) the highlights were if we were vampires, cover me up, and decoration day. was a little disappointed he didnt play outfit or dress blues, but cant win them all. outside of anxiety and last of my kind, i love every single song on the set list. this was my first time seeing him live and it was much more of a rock show than i expected, considering many of his songs are fairly acoustic. the other takeaway is that amanda shires is hard to take your eyes off of.
I've seen Isbell in concert 8 times and I think this would be the worst set list if compared with all the shows I've seen. That's not to say that it's a bad set list. It's impressive. I guess I'm just saying I miss the days when he played a good handful of his truckers songs.
I'm more a fan of his solo career than DBT so it works for me but opinions may vary. Was hoping to hear more from Southeastern and Something more than free but obviously he's going to play the majority of a brand new album
As am I, but for a live show, hearing Outfit, Danko/Manuel, Decoration Day, Goddamn Lonely Love, TVA, and/or Never Gonna Change is always awesome
No Never Gonna Change was the only real disappointment seeing him in Asheville to start this tour. Sounds so damn good.