John Doe, of seminal punk band X, has been flirting with the country music sound for years now. In the mid 80s he played bass in side project The Knitters, an excellent alt-country band (in addition to Doe, the band included Dave Alvin, Exene Cervenk... more info

Allmusic Blog — John Doe & the Sadies - Country Club Punk rock has produced few singers with the strength and chops of X’s John Doe, and the force and presence of his vocals (and songwriting) on albums like Wild Gift and Under the Big Black Sun rank with the most ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — "In true honky tonk style, Country Club is the bastard child of a drunken promise. A post show hang-out between X & the Knitters' [John] Doe and The Sadies produced the idea to join forces to a make an album... more info

Live Daily — (LiveDaily.com) Plus: John Doe [ tickets ] and The Sadies [ tickets ], Bill Callahan [ tickets ], more... continued more info

JamBase — Our weekly roundup of various sounds surveyed in 50 words or less… Rocco DeLuca and the Burden: Mercy (Republic) Abundant musical landscapes accented by chunky slide guitars and sparse pianos appear throughout DeLuca and the Burden's new... more info

JamBase — TOP-NOTCH COMBO TO PERFORM HANDFUL OF SHOWS John Doe The primo pairing of X's John Doe and Canadian twang masters The Sadies will release their first studio collaboration, an album of classic country covers and sympathetic originals titled Countr... more info

JamBase — FLOYDFEST 8: REVIVAL FINALIZES 2009 LINE-UP GRACE POTTER AND THE NOCTURNALS makes their debut appearance at FloydFest, RAILROAD EARTH returns for another passionately requested encore, and GRUPO FANTASMA spices up the already-stellar festival line... more info

Chorus.fm — AP.net is sponsoring a run of West Coast dates for *Black Mountain (http://www.absolutepunk.net/blackmountain)*, along with *The Sadies (http://www.myspace.com/thesadies)*. You can find all of the dates on their tour profile (http://www.absolutepunk... more info

Blacklisted The Canadian singer's latest album produced with Darryl Neudorf features guests such as M. Ward and members of The New Pornographers, Los Lobos, Calexico, The Sadies, and Giant Sand. more info

Pitchfork — -- Vancouver psych-rock travelers Black Mountain are the sort of unrepentant stoner band who actually sometimes forget to show up to their own shows. (Seriously, I once saw them apologize for missing a show, and that was their excuse.) When you do g... more info