haven't heard of 'em

what kinda vibe are they?

the titles sound kinda....pastoral

yes. awesome band. there's a live dvd i have of theirs too, somewhere.

highly recommend the dirty south, but you can't really go wrong.

Yeah I was thinking the Dirty South...I know that track Danko/Manuel which I love. They're a US Southern rock band, Columbo,real Skynyrd-ish. Bit of stuff here

new one has leaked. in gmail. called 'Brighter Than Creation's Dark'. 19 tracks.

Track by track run-down by Hood

Is Jason Isbell featured on it, or had he left before it was recorded?

Would love to see these guys out here.

he'd left.

they divvy up the vocal duties - even to shonna this time.

i quite like it.

Look forward to hearing it.

jus' tryin' to hold steady on the righteous path!

this album is slowly winning me over, even with shonna's tracks not being entirely to my liking.

does anyone even release their records in australia? it's new west in the states, right? is that warners here?

I've heard one track of theirs. I need to listen to the rest of their albums and become completely obsessed. Everything i've heard makes them sound like one of the best bands ever

Onion liked their new album

you'll love it chris. right up yr alley. start with ''the dirty south''

what am i saying? i mean ''southern rock opera''.

Love this album. A lot.

I had a habit of listening to 'birmingham' over and over and over. What a fucking awesome song.

southern rock opera is the only thing i like. i like it alot though

There is a new album out by these guys and IMO it's excellent. Check it out - ''Brighter than creation''s dark''

bump - no love for this great band

bits of it are good. bits are exceedingly shit.

definitely their weakest in some time.

whawhat - IMO it's their best since Decoration Day which IMO was their best ever album.

better than ''southern rock opera''? really??

i'm not overly keen on shona's voice - she warbles, which irritates me no end - and ''bob'' is a shitful song.

and the track order is all messy for mine. too many chops and changes, with no flow.

Yep - DD is far superior to SRO to my ears. Songs like My Sweet Annette, Outfit (one of my all time favorite songs) the title track (especially the opening guitar sequence and lyrics), Hell No I Ain't Happy, The Deeper In, Heathens, Loaded Gun in the Closet, When the pin hits the shell...and the list goes on. Just a great album all round and destined to be a classic in a number of years time.

Nice recent interview and session here

just bought and played creations dark in the car.

and yes, as some above have pointed out, its sooooooooooo beautiful in parts. then some tongue-in-cheek country song goes and fucks with it. the 19 tracks might have been better being 12 or 14. coz some of it is fabulous. and some of it, otherwise.

and wasnt 'outift' a isbell song? i.e., the guy who aint in the band anymore?

playing it again. annoying me again.

Doing ''Two Daughters and A Beautiful Wife'' on Conan

One of the best tracks off BTCD I reckon. The FNW on the instruments stands for Fuck New West, apparently

touring states on double bill with hold steady

considers emigrating

is it just me or do members of DBT sing back-up vox on the new Hold Steady record?

you ain't mistaken.

When I saw this thread recently updated I was so hoping I would find they are touring AUS. In any event, I saw them in New York a couple of years ago. They were f---ing awesome. Lets hope they find their way down under at some point.

According to http://www.theage.com.au/news/entertainment/music/singing-blues-in-festival-fade/2008/11/13/1226318838336.html this morning, the DBTs are touring as part of the East Coast Blues and Roots festival next year. Unfortunately it's not listed on http://www.drivebytruckers.com/tourdates.html website or the http://www.bluesfest.com.au/schedule/announcements.aspx?ParentPageID=11&PageID=13 website. Here's hoping...

Let's try that again...

According to http://www.theage.com.au/news/entertainment/music/singing-blues-in-festival-fade/2008/11/13/1226318838336.html this morning, the DBTs are touring as part of the East Coast Blues and Roots festival next year. Unfortunately it's not listed on http://www.drivebytruckers.com/tourdates.html website or the http://www.bluesfest.com.au/schedule/announcements.aspx?ParentPageID=11&PageID=13 website. Here's hoping...

According to http://www.theage.com.au/news/entertainment/music/singing-blues-in-festival-fade/2008/11/13/1226318838336.html this morning, the DBTs are touring as part of the East Coast Blues and Roots festival next year. Unfortunately it's not listed on their website or the Blues and Roots website. Here's hoping...

Fourth time lucky...Here is (hopefully) The Age link.

About friggin' time.

If they add Son Volt to the list I'd be very happy.

lucinda williams too. swoon....

playing or not? no mention of em on the poster

They were mentioned as playing in Beat magazine today and in the Gold Coast paper of all places...but still not mentioned on the Bluesfest page.

Almost certain they are playing.

My brother gave me Southern Rock Opera and Decoration Day a while back. Haven't really listened to them. He had come over for a visit and it's all we listened too. He lives in Texas and gave me the whole history of each song and everyone they sang about and their history! It was all abit too much.

Gonna give it another go now, I'm ready.

Check out the song ''Outfit'' from Decoration Day. Just brilliant.

Mark, yeah good song! I'm liking Sink Hole. Thinking about getting some whisky and just drinking over summer listening to these guys.

These kids are alright.

The title song from the album ''Decoration Day is also very good. Also loving their latest album. As you have probably noticed I am very much looking forward to seeing them in concert.

Trails gone dead on being added to Bluesfest. BS I reckon man, B frickin S

Yes, looking a little worrying. That aside, I think/hope they will nicely pop into the 2nd Bluesfest announcement which will probably be early January.