Album Reviews8/10
Six Years On, Willie Nelson’s Cowboy Arms Sessions Still Cuts Through the Grass
A record of bluegrass reimaginings, played by a tight band at a single session, with one original song to anchor it.
CLAY TRIBUNE / THE ARCHIVE
Tag: covers
Album Reviews8/10
Sturgill Simpson Covers Bluegrass Standards Live-In-The-Studio on ‘Cuttin’ Grass, Vol. 1′
A live-in-the-studio record of bluegrass covers, warm, honest, and worth the listen.
Album Reviews7/10
Melvins Smash Down Their Wall and Rebuild It With Covers on Electroretard
A record of old songs made new again, a jest and a solemn statement, wherein a wall is both broken and built anew.
Album Reviews7.1/10
Melvins Let Six Bassists Sprawl Across Basses Loaded — Mostly Without Losing Focus
Melvins' Basses Loaded pairs doom metal with punk and covers across twelve tracks, a sprawling record that mostly coheres.
Album Reviews8.2/10
The Rolling Stones Strip the Pretense Off Their Covers Album
A covers album of old blues songs, stripped down and honest, wherein the Rolling Stones finally admit what they truly are.
Album Reviews6/10
Velvet Underground Cover Album Preserves a Name Without the Man Behind It
A strange beast of covers and originals, this Velvet Underground album struggles to live without its departed scribe.