New Music Monthly: March 2019 Releases

Hey now, this is more like it! The floodgates open in March and no matter your taste in music, there's something here to satisfy, pacify, and tickle the fancy of even the most hidebound hater. Blues fans will dig new albums by  Tommy Castro, Nick Schnebelen, Robin Trower, and the first solo effort by the great Reese Wynans while metalheads will be bangin' their craniums to jacked-up new music by In Flame, Demon Hunter, Queensrÿche, and Devin Townsend.

Indie-rock fans will groove to LPs by Weezer, Meat Puppets, Stephen Malkmus, Ty Segall, and Lambchop, among many others. Americana aficionados aren't left out, either, with new albums by Steve Earle, Todd Snider, Son Volt, and a cool reissue of the long-ago debut by Uncle Walt's Band. Speaking of archive release, wrap your brains around long-lost tunes by Robin Lane & the Chartbusters, guitar maestro Dennis Coffey, Americana legend Townes Van Zandt, and the one-and-only Frank Zappa!

If you’re interesting in buying an album, just hit the ‘Buy!’ link to get it from Amazon.com...it’s just that damn easy! Your purchase puts valuable ‘store credit’ in the Reverend’s pocket that he’ll use to buy more music to write about in a never-ending loop of rock ‘n’ roll ecstasy!

MARCH 1
Ian Brown - Ripples   BUY!
Tommy Castro & the Painkillers - Killin' It Live   BUY!
Kid Creole & the Coconuts - Live In Paris 1985   BUY!
Dennis Coffey - Live at Baker's   BUY!
Demon Hunter - Peace   BUY!
Demon Hunter - War   BUY!
In Flames - I, The Mask   BUY!
Robin Lane & the Chartbusters - Many Years Ago [box set]   BUY!
Pond - Tasmania   BUY!
Queensrÿche - The Verdict   BUY!
Royal Trux - White Stuff   BUY!
Nick Schnebelen - Crazy All By Myself   BUY!
Weezer - Weezer (The Black Album)   BUY!
Reese Wynans - Sweet Release   BUY!

MARCH 8
Flight of the Conchords - Live In London   BUY!
Patty Griffin - Patty Griffin   BUY!
Amanda Palmer - There Will Be No Intermission   BUY!
Meat Puppets - Dusty Notes   BUY!
Townes Van Zandt - Sky Blue   BUY!
Leo "Bud" Welch - The Angels in Heaven Have Done Signed My Name [produced by Dan Auerbach]   BUY!

MARCH 15
Dennis Brennan & the White Owls - Live at Electric Andyland   BUY!
The Brian Jonestown Massacre - The Brian Jonestown Massacre   [vinyl]   BUY!
The Faint - Egowerk   BUY!
Stephen Malkmus - Groove Denied   BUY!
Karen O & Danger Mouse - Lux Prima   BUY!
Todd Snider - Cash Cabin Sessions, Vol. 3   BUY!

MARCH 22
Matt Andersen - Halfway Home By Morning   BUY!
Andrew Bird - My Finest Work   BUY!
Lambchop - This (is what I wanted to tell you)   BUY!
Jenny Lewis - On the Line   BUY!
Megadeth - Warheads On Foreheads [anthology]   BUY!
Leroy Jodie Pierson - Rusty Nail   BUY!
Mighty Mike Schermer - Bad Tattoo   BUY!
Strand of Oaks - Eraserland   BUY!
Henry Townsend & Roosevelt Sykes - Blues Piano and Guitar   BUY!
Robin Trower - Coming Closer To the Day   BUY!

MARCH 29
Steve Earle - Guy   BUY!
L.A. Guns - The Devil You Know   BUY!
Yngwie Malmsteen - Blue Lightning   BUY!
Mekons - Deserted   BUY!
Ty Segall - Deforming Lobes   BUY!
Son Volt - Union   BUY!
Devin Townsend - Empath   BUY!
Uncle Walt's Band - Uncle Walt's Band   BUY!
Whitechapel - The Valley   BUY!
Frank Zappa - Zappa In New York [deluxe vinyl reissue]   BUY!

Album of the Month: Tommy Castro & the Painkillers' Killin' It Live. Yeah, I know that I listed this one for February, but I goofed up...the album release actually kicks off March, with multiple Blues Music Award winner Tommy Castro and his band delivering a spanking live set of red-hot blues that showcase Castro's underrated, soulful vocals and scorched-earth fretwork. There's a reason why Castro is probably the most "in-demand" live artist on the blues scene today, and it's shown quite nicely in the grooves of Killin' It Live. Got it? Get it!

The Rock ‘n’ Roll Archives, Volume Two: Punk Rock

Excitable Press and That Devil Music’s Rev. Gordon are happy to announce the publication of the second volume in the Rev’s ongoing series of archive interviews. The Rock ‘n’ Roll Archives, Volume Two: Punk Rock is a budget-priced collection of eleven vintage artist interviews from 1990s-era punks like Jello Biafra (Dead Kennedys), Billy Idol, Joey Shithead (D.O.A.), Michael Muir (Suicidal Tendencies), Joey Ramone, and members of Rancid, Descendents, Blanks 77, Choreboy, the Screamin’ Sirens, and the Meat Puppets. This second volume also includes album reviews for many of the featured artists.

The “Reverend of Rock ‘n’ Roll,” Rev. Keith A. Gordon has been writing about music for 45+ years. A former contributor to the All Music Guide books and website, and the former Blues Expert for About.com, Rev. Gordon has also written for Blurt magazine, Creem, High Times, and The Blues (U.K.), among many other publications, and has written ten previous music-related books, including The Other Side of Nashville and Scorched Earth: A Jason & the Scorchers Scrapbook.

The Rock ‘n’ Roll Archives, Volume Two: Punk Rock is a 64pp 5.5” x 8.5” paperback with B&W photos, priced at $5.99 retail with a $2.99 eBook version with the same content. Get your copy through the handy Amazon.com links below:

The Rock ‘n’ Roll Archives, Volume Two: Punk Rock print edition

The Rock ‘n’ Roll Archives, Volume Two: Punk Rock eBook edition

Also available:

The Rock ‘n’ Roll Archives, Volume One: Southern Rockers print edition

The Rock ‘n’ Roll Archives, Volume One: Southern Rockers eBook edition