New Justin Townes Earle coming soon

Check out this teaser for the upcoming (fifth I think) album from Justin Townes Earle...sounds very promising indeed. His last one, Harlem River Blues, was one of my favorite albums last year (it was released officially in 2010 but whose counting?), and it sounds as if this one pick right up where that one left off. The kids got style.

The release date for Nothing's Gonna Change The Way You Feel About Me Now is March 27 on Bloodshot Records, but you can go to JustinTownesEarle.com now, and grab a free MP3 of the title track in exchange for an email address.

This One Goes Up To 11 (For '11)

1. The Vinyl District Record Store Locator app (The Vinyl District/Shoutem)


2. Tom Waits - Bad As Me (Anti)



3. Brian Olive - Two of Everything (Alive)

Before and After: Can't Hardly Wait

Before - the Replacements (demo version from reissue of Tim):


During - the Replacements (Please To Meet Me):


After - Justin Townes Earle (Midnight At the Movies):

Justin Townes Earle - Harlem River Blues

Justine Townes Earle's performance last night of the title track from his new Bloodshot album, Harlem River Blues, on Letterman, really knocked me out. I happened to be awake at the end of the show when the musical guests always play, and wasn't expecting anything really. It's rare that TV performances translate so well, or even sound good at a low volume at 12:30AM in the dark.

He has certain qualities that, even though I can pretty much pick out where he got them all from, present an entirely believable package thats definitely ready for bigger and better things. And most importantly, he's got the tunes. Good for Bloodshot Records. Anyway, I've been checking out the entire album and it's well worth exploring if you can get down with any sort of americana/rockabilly/roots/country-tinged stuff. This guy has the goods.

p.s. For fans of songs about NYC - check out the title track, "One More Night In Brooklyn", and "Workin' For The MTA".

Buy Harlem River Blues - CD, MP3, LP.