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North Mississippi Allstars - Hernando
Artist: North Mississippi Allstars - Album name: HernandoIt’s impossible for me to be unbiased in this review. The Allstars were a large part of my live music education, seeing them in clubs around Mississippi and at free shows…More...
The Black Angels - Directions to See a Ghost
Artist: The Black Angels - Album name: Directions to See…They synthesized their name from the title of a Velvet Underground song and a quote from Edvard Munch. Their iconography centers around a stylized image of Nico. Their live…More...
The Black Crowes - Warpaint
Artist: The Black Crowes - Album name: WarpaintThe rock ‘n’ roll freak show, as Chris Robinson likes to proclaim from the stage, is about freedom. The rock moves you, the soul grooves you, and, anytime you have…More...
The Weepies - Hideaway
Artist: The Weepies - Album name: HideawayWho doesn’t love a pleasant pop melody with subtly, even romantically subversive lyrics? How can you resist a song that is so aurally pleasing that you can’t help…More...
These United States – A Picture of the Three of Us at the Gate to the Garden of Eden
Artist: These United States - Album name: A Picture of the…Well, it’s finally here. The wait was rather arduous but rewarding all the same. The best up and coming band I have heard this year is These United States. In a…More...
Joe Koch
Biography
Joe Koch is a writer and musician from Mississippi living in the DC area. He's the owner and managing editor of Fig & Mint (www.figandmint.com), known worldwide as "The Interweb's Most Edurecated Music Blog." His other current projects include an album he can't seem to finish and a novel he can't seem to start. Because writing and musicianing doesn't pay well these days, he also has a day job that forces him to sell out to corporate America and ride subway trains for long hours with thousands of other haplessly proselytized commuters. For more from Joe, visit Fig & Mint
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