I know Zach has made it to the radio at times but I've been listening to his stuff since he was still in the Navy and I don't think he's sold out yet. Here's one of the saddest songs I've ever heard
How do you guys feel about Colter going away from his angsty stuff and going towards western music and staying with it? I personally love it while most other people I know want him to go back to his old style. His new song Evangelina has his old voice back but is still singing western songs which I think is the best of both worlds
I saw Bonnie Prince Billy play a couple weeks ago and he mentioned in between songs that the Mekons were one of his favorite artists.
This surprised me. I like the Mekons, but have always considered them to be a band that was ok, but not great. Made some good punk songs, kept playing for decades even though it seemed like nobody was paying much attention. They started as a punk band in the late 70's in Leeds - same artsy social circle as Gang of Four and the Delta 5. Somewhere along the line they branched out and some of them moved to the US and started the Waco Brothers - a countryish band, and also a crapload of side projects of some blend of country/folk and punk rock. In general I've always thought the side projects were just fine. Like good background music but not something I'd seek out.
Then I found out that Horses from Bonnie Prince Billy's first band - Palace music was one of these side project songs. [The original](https://www.