Blitzen Trapper Stories

Friday Album Reviews | Six Records You Need To Know

By: Alex WoodAs every Friday brings new music, Tomorrow's Verse brings you our top picks. Here's our favorite albums from 11/3.Blitzen Trapper Wild and RecklessPortlands Blitzen Trapper continue their journey through the depths of Americana music with Wild and Reckless, a record packed with Southern imagery, twangy guitars and folk-rock arrangements. The record largely came...

Album Reviews | October 2015 Releases

The Wood Brothers- Paradise [10/2]The newest record from The Wood Brothers refines their folk-rock sound to a smooth, polished consistency, resulting in one of their best albums to date. The songs seem deceptively simple, packed with careful layers of guitars and catchy vocal hooks from Olivers distinctive delivery. The band now includes a percussionist as...

Album Reviews | April 2015 Releases

Umphreys McGee- The London Session [4/7]Recorded in a single day at the famed Abbey Road Studio 2, The London Session finds Umphreys in top form. Perhaps it was due to the historic space or the pressure of time constraints, but the songs on The London Session are Umphreys best studio tracks in years, the record combining...

Dawes & Blitzen Trapper Photos, Drinking and Working Out With Jambands & HD WSP Iron Man

1. One of my favorite local blogs, The Are The Imitators, is featuring a sweet photo set from the Dawes / Blitzen Trapper show at the Metro last Thursday2. Chicagoist Drinkifies several Chicago Bands. For fun here's the link to some of our jambands, Chicago based and otherwise: Umphrey's McGee (cold Bud Light), Cornmeal (garnish with pickled...