The Heathen Apostles European tour dates have been finalized, the tour is in support of their new album Bloodgrass Vol. I & II (available from Ratchet Blade Records on LP [ … ]
Category: Music
Rachel Brooke – Gothic Country Roots
Incendiary young country singer and songwriter Rachel Brooke channels the darkest nights of American Southern music, pulling forth influences from raw, early country singing to Chicago blues greats, vintage New [ … ]
Doc Holliday and Chopin in the Old West
Great comments on Doc Holliday and Chopin, from Mary Dora Russell, the author of Doc, the definitive novelization of the Dodge City years of Doc Holliday: If you’ve seen the [ … ]
o’death – Gothic Country and Bluegrass
New York based gothic country band o’death are named after the Dock Boggs penned song later made famous by Ralph Stanley on the “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” soundtrack. They combine elements of folk, bluegrass, punk, metal and Americana [ … ]
Goddamn Gallows – Dark-as-Night Gutterbilly
Spit from the heart of America’s Rust Belt, arising from a night of flophouse violence. Drifting across the states, they cemented their sound in Portland, Oregon and later in Los [ … ]
The Handsome Family – Gothic Americana duo
The Handsome Family is an alternative country and Gothic Americana duo consisting of husband and wife Brett and Rennie Sparks formed in Chicago, Illinois, and currently based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. They are perhaps best known for their [ … ]
Heathen Apostles Paint the Stars Video Release
Ratchet Blade Records artist Heathen Apostles are pleased to announce the release of their brand new video for “Paint the Stars”, the first single off of their latest release BLOODGRASS: [ … ]
Lonesome Wyatt of Those Poor Bastards
“Lonesome Wyatt is the Ambrose Bierce of underground country. He plays the kind of music you’d hear while walking down a dirt road headed deep into the woods weaving your [ … ]
Speedbuggy USA “Honky Tonk Singer” Video
In 2017 Timbo Gruse, lead singer of Speedbuggy USA, suffered an unfortunate fire at his home in Los Angeles, Ca. When it came time to film a music video for [ … ]
Nick Cave and Warren Ellis – The Assassination of Jesse James Score
The mournful tone of the 2007 film The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford is strikingly captured by the amazing score by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis. [ … ]