The Mountain Goats - All Hail West Texas LP RSD20 While the release is marketed

While the release is marketed as 'modern classical' it's still grounded outside of the staleness of music conservatoriums

Nickel & Dime by Long Hots

Fronted by part-time amateur clairvoyant and nail technician Brandt Domingos

I soon became obsessed with the record and how the band managed to be political in a way that felt very linked to everyday life and somehow balanced an earnest sincerity with a self-deprecating sense of humour around both punk music and activism

Ursula Reuter Christiansen and Henning Christiansen

The Mountain Goats - All Hail West Texas LP RSD20 While the release is marketedThe last of the 'all home recordings albums' by THE MOUNTAIN GOATS and the only one about which that claim is true, All Hail West Texas was originally released as a free standing compact disc on the late, lamented Emperor Jones. That was about a decade ago. The songs were originally transferred from the cassettes onto which they were recorded to 1 2" reels at Tiny Telephone by ALEX NEWPORT. Remastered from those reels, along with 7 unearthed songs