The new year is almost here, and with it comes a maelstrom of “End of the Year Lists.” Here on Ex-Spectator, I’ll be rolling out a few “End of the Year”/”End of the Decade” lists. Today’s list: The Best Overlooked Albums of the Aughts. A while back I started an ongoing feature called[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Lucero’
August 11th, 2009 - 1:29 am § in Perfect Lines
Cowboy Emo
Turning towards a Perfect Lines perennial favorite – Lucero – we have what’s been dubbed “Cowboy emo.” I stumbled upon this from a post on Tampa’s Creative Loafing about the band. The piece was more sizing up/summarizing a “Lucero for begginers” mix b[...]
April 17th, 2009 - 1:17 am § in Perfect Lines
Lucero at Paradise
Lookout for a Lucero review on Bostonist in the next day or two. A quick review: 2 hours of belting out Southern emotive punk rawk transported The Paradise from Boston to the middle of Memphis.[...]
September 1st, 2008 - 10:48 pm § in Perfect Lines
Weathered Bones
It looks like Hurricane Gustav barely lay a hand on New Orleans, which is all for the best. What might be better is the fact that this time around, the country actually paid attention to what was occurring in one of its most under-appreciated places. It seems that New Orleans truly is something in-a[...]