The second in the deviant twang compilation series, released sometime around 2005 (if my failing memory serves me correctly.) On the whole, this one is much more cohesive–if less ostensibly “twang-y”–and likely the last compilation I’ll ever put together, grace willing. It’s striking how anachronistic a CD-R comp seems a mere four years later, but for as much as putting these together was a pain in the ass (burning hundreds of copies off with every computer conceivably available, silkscreening covers one by one, affixing CD labels,) there’s a lot more charm to the process than dumping a zip folder up on Megaupload. So, here’s a zip file of tracks. Progress! Click here to read more »

The second compilation I organized, Someday Coming Down: A Deviant Twang Sampler, was released in 2004 and focused largely on underground country, folk, and cowpunk from the West Coast.  It featured the Devil Makes Three, the Diamond Star Halos (featuring Emily Jane White), Two Gallants, and tons more bands. Even though it was largely put together while I brefly lived in Southern California, the kind folks at the Metro Santa Cruz (where I later became a contributor) called it “one of the most important compilation albums for the young local scene in years.” Click here to read more »

Ah, the heady days of 2002. At the time, my nutrition primarily came from Budweiser and vodka and day-old bagels. Out of personal torpor and an antsiness that defines both of our personalities, my good friend Pete Bernhard and I organized Tastes Like Burning, our first CD-R comp of indie, punk and folk bands from the Santa Cruz local scene along with a number of like-minded folks from other West Coast areas.
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