Stereogum — Reliable Portland alt-country rockers Blitzen Trapper have released an album every year-and-a-half or so like clockwork and, just on time, they’ve announced that their next record, called All Across This Land, will be out in October. In an intervie... more info

Stereogum — Record Store Day is fast approaching, and to celebrate, alt-country elder statesmen Blitzen Trapper have put together a special release: a note-for-note live cover of Neil Young’s legendary 1972 album Harvest. It’s called, you guessed it, Live Ha... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Blitzen Trapper at Terminal 5 in 2014 (more by Greg Cristman) When Portland folk rockers Blitzen Trapper toured their 2013 album, VII, they included two hometown shows that had them also performing Neil Young's Harvest in full. They recorded..... more info

Stereogum — Chicago’s Bloodshot Records is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year with the release of a compilation album that features bands covering songs by some of the artists that have been on the label’s roster, which includes Ryan Adams, Neko Case... more info

Stereogum — It’s not just Ryan Adams who’s having a big year. Bloodshot Records, the label that released his classic album Heartbreaker, recently turned 20 — in fact they’re really more like 21 now, but that’s an even more appropriate age to be celebra... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Greg Cristman "The Drive-By Truckers show at @Terminal5NYC was a-may-zing." - Jack Criddle Drive-By Truckers @ T5 - 3/20/14 Alt-country vets Drive-By Truckers put out their tenth album, English Oceans, earlier this month and they've been on... more info

Stereogum — In 2012, the great reissue label Light In The Attic released the ridiculously fun compilation Country Funk: 1969-1975, a pileup of Nashville outlaws and outliers figuring out syncopation and pointing toward an alternate musical future that sadly didn... more info

Consequence of Sound — Featuring members of Wilco, Blitzen Trapper, Delta Spirit, and more. more info

Consequence of Sound — Portland folk outfit get down. more info

Consequence of Sound — The first track off the band's forthcoming seventh album. more info