Hold on to your hats or your bootstraps or something. We’ll be having an interruption of regular blogging service and particularly SXSW coverage to bring you two days of Band/Dead/Stones inspired hippie rock. First up is Whispering Pines. And it’s not like you haven’t heard it before. But you can always expand the genre. And in this case this LA based band adds boozy blues harmonica, Muscle Shoals soul, and West coast stoner rock to their take on Band-era rock `n’ roll.
At times the band’s new record Family Tree is derivative and you could probably get close to the same experience from slapping on Big Pink. But I like these guys and this debut record is a keeper. Pick it up through CD Baby here.
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