Robert Jon & the Wreck - Wreckage, Vol. 2 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

In an electrifying surge of creativity, Southern rock behemoths Robert Jon & the Wreck are poised to unveil their most ambitious project yet, Red Moon Rising. This groundbreaking album, set for on June 28th via Bonamassa's Journeyman Records, is a bold declaration of evolution and rebirth, capturing the essence of the band's transformative years and setting a new course for their musical odyssey. The album's lead single and title track emerges as a beacon of this new era of rock music.

Shovels & Rope's'Busted Jukebox Volume 2' is the second installment of the collaborative effort between critically acclaimed duo Shovels & Rope and some of their favorite musicians and friends. The ten-song collection again finds the band covering well known songs or tracks they have either performed or arranged with other artists in the past. The album features collaborations with Brandi Carlile, John Moreland, Hayes Carll, Nicole Atkins, Rhett Miller and more.

Unearthed from the margins of Nosebleed Weekend, these two tracks offer a raw, revealing glimpse into The Coathangers' creative process, capturing a band mid-stride, sorting through instinct and intention. InchHurryInch and InchDrifterInch were both written and demoed during the sessions for that record but ultimately shelved, left to simmer in the archives. Years later, vocalist Julia Kugel returned to them with fresh ears and found something vital a looseness, a spark.InchHurryInch began as an instrument-swap experiment-Julia on drums, Stephanie on guitar-with a beat-up charm and feral momentum. It's rhythm section is propulsive, the guitars overdriven and wiry, the vocals echoing with a kind of private urgency. It doesn't Polish itself up, and that's the point, it feels like a band finding something new in the act of not overthinking. InchDrifter,Inch meanwhile, features an early version of a song that later appeared on the Parasite EP, this time with a lighter step-the distortion dialed back just enough to let the vocal melody lean forward, more assured. It feels like a bit of time travel to the band's rawest instincts. There's an immediacy to both tracks, sketches made during the chaos of album-making, alive with experimentation and risk. Pressed to 7Inch by Suicide Squeeze, the tracks are less about perfection and more about process evidence of the Coathangers' ability to trust their guts, and let things breathe.