Artist: Whiskeytown
Not Fade Away - Reissue Review from Issue #75 May-June 2008
Whiskeytown – Strangers Almanac (Deluxe Edition)
In 1997, the most surprising thing about Whiskeytown’s major-label debut was how quiet it was. The big-league polish, that much was expected — but not its overall subdued tone. If Whiskeytown’s mythically chaotic live shows back then evoked a liquor-driven bender, Strangers Almanac was the soundtrack to the early-morning hours after the peak but before [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #33 May-June 2001
Whiskeytown – Pneumonia
When it comes to Ryan Adams, contradictions appear to be the rule, not the exception. On the one hand, Pneumonia is the presumed final album from Whiskeytown, the band Adams has fronted since he was 20. On the other hand, Whiskeytown wasn’t much of a band at the time these tracks were cut; or, some [...]
Not Fade Away - Reissue Review from Issue #17 Sept-Oct 1998
Whiskeytown – Faithless Street
What a difference a few thousand dollars can make. Originally recorded three short years ago by an unknown North Carolina band as the debut offering from an unknown North Carolina label (Mood Food), Faithless Street had about it the raw, scared urgency of a band that wanted desperately to get it right, but had no [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #17 Sept-Oct 1998
Whiskeytown / Neko Case – “Highway 145”/ “My ’63”
Another big little idea from Bloodshot, the folks who’ve criss-crossed the nation’s byways seeking evidence of country music insurgencies, this split single straddles contrasting anecdotes in the epic love affair between North Americans and their cars. Whiskeytown’s “Highway 145” is one of those songs you recognize the first time you hear it. You then find [...]
Miked - Live Reviews from Issue #16 July-Aug 1998
Whiskeytown – Borderline (London, England)
“I think I’m the only one in the band who still drinks whiskey, so cheers,” fiddler Caitlin Cary proclaimed during the encore of Whiskeytown’s debut performance in London. Indeed, these shows seemed largely focused on how well leader Ryan Adams could adjust to yet another lineup change, as well as a change in his own [...]
Miked - Live Reviews from Issue #14 March-April 1998
Whiskeytown / 6 String Drag – Trees (Dallas, TX)
“If you want to hear it pretty, go listen to our albums.” Thus spoke Ryan Adams at the end of a Whiskeytown concert that left some in the crowd disappointed. For those of us who like our country-rock with the needle stuck deep into rock’s red zone, though, it was a night to remember. Whiskeytown’s [...]
Miked - Live Reviews from Issue #12 Nov-Dec 1997
Whiskeytown – Exit/In (Nashville, TN)
A handwritten sign at the door announced Whiskeytown would be playing an acoustic set, and though rumors swirled among the few there not to bask in the execrable mediocrity of opener Neal Coty, it was not entirely clear what that meant until Caitlin Cary and Ryan Adams took the stage unescorted. Their second night, they [...]
The Long Way Around - Feature from Issue #10 July-Aug 1997
Whiskeytown – Falling down, standing up
You could see it in his eyes. “Hey, hop in the van, let’s have a shot,” Ryan Adams beckoned, and who was I to argue with that Peter Pan gleam and Pied Piper smile. It was Saturday night of the 1996 South by Southwest Music Conference in Austin, and a handful of A&R reps were [...]
The Long Way Around - Feature from Issue #10 July-Aug 1997
Whiskeytown – Adams and Escovedo
It happens more or less without warning or fanfare two minutes into the second track of Whiskeytown’s Strangers Almanac album. An old familiar voice glides in and nudges an already spectacular song to an even higher level. “So if the rain falls down on your Mississippi town, let your eyes drift easy into mine” — [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #9 May-June 1997
Whiskeytown – Rural Free Delivery
North Carolina band Whiskeytown is nothing if not prolific. This eight-song EP (nine if you count the hidden bonus track) is just one of a number of recordings building up to this summer’s release of their major-label debut album Sorry I Said Goodbye, a torrent that includes a couple of Bloodshot singles and contributions to [...]
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