Good Looks - Lived Here for a While - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Born and raised in small Texas towns, the members of Good Looks met and began playing together in Austin. Songwriter Tyler Jordan grew up in a South Texas coastal town dominated by the petrochemical industry, his childhood steeped in the tension between nature and industry, exploitation abundantly present and the wealth gap on full display. His father's church, described by Tyler as Inchcult-like in it's intensity,Inch was homebase and where he learned to sing. Tyler eventually met lead guitarist Jake Ames in the late-night song-swap circles of the Kerrville Folk Festival campground (where they would also meet Buck Meek and Adrienne Lenker pre-Big Thief). They shared their mutual love of the Texas hill country canon (Blaze Foley, Townes Van Zandt, and Willie Nelson), a love of cheap diner food, thrift store baseball caps, and a healthy dose of harmless S**t-talking. They began playing in bands together, backing up other songwriters and taking turns in the spotlight. They sought out producer Dan Duszynski (Loma, Cross Record, Jess Williamson) to engineer their debut album. What would form was Good Looks, a blue-collar political indie-rock band with healthy doses of Replacements swagger and shimmering, desert rock riffs not unlike The War On Drugs.

San Fran hard rockers Dirty Looks debuted in 1988 with this major-tag , featuring three singles and one track that featured in the film Johnny Be Good. Frontman Henrik Ostergaard and associates are an iconic bunch of mean muggers with a heavy-rock panache fans of the genre would never miss. Includes the song InchOh RubyInch.

HANLON, JOHN elevates NAKED TRUTHS with magnetic hooks, tactile intimacy, and rhythmic finesse. Crafted with care and built for replay value. You'll hear ambient swells, ambient swells, and low-end warmth, shaped into a cohesive arc that feels both fresh and familiar. Ideal for fans seeking subtle complexity and a journey from closing reflections to head-nod grooves.