Escape the Floodwater Jug Band
Whiskey Will Fix It
Super Amigos (2006)
A half a century ago, when America was a more wholesome place than its current manifestation, a man by the name of Kerouac wrote the great American novel of its time. In the novel, On the Road, Kerouac recounts the adventures had when crisscrossing the newly developed highway system. Kerouac himself often romanticized of an even earlier America still: a time when the depression was in full swing and hobos drifted from town to town looking for work, a hot meal, and a safe place to sleep. With their album Whiskey Will Fix It, the Iowa-based Escape the Floodwater Jug Band rekindles some of that nostalgic imagery and treats us to an earful of early twentieth century Americana. Mixing traditional instrumentation (banjos, acoustic guitars, and ahem ukuleles) with the unconventional (a jug and a washboard), Escape the Floodwater Jug Band creates sounds commonly heard in the days before you could "plug in" and when an outdoor "venue" was a town fair or a dusty corner by the railroad tracks. With people like Sam Beam of Iron and Wine and Sufjan Stevens making the banjo cool to indie rock kids and fans of college radio, it's refreshing to hear the style … Read more
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What the Fuck is Wrong With You People?
Metropolis (2007)
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Glassnote (2007)
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