Single Review: Drive-By Truckers, “Surrender Under Protest” November 21, 2016 Jonathan Keefe 1 Compelled but not defeated.
Single Review: Miranda Lambert, “We Should Be Friends” November 21, 2016 Jonathan Keefe 7 You’re absolutely right, Miranda. We *should* be friends.
Single Review: Runaway June, “Lipstick” November 17, 2016 Kevin John Coyne 10 Wait a minute. Wait. A. Minute.
Single Review: Billy Currington, “Do I Make You Wanna” November 16, 2016 Kevin John Coyne 4 What’s going on with Billy Currington?
Single Review: Aubrie Sellers, “Sit Here And Cry” November 15, 2016 Jonathan Keefe 2 Aubrie Sellers sounds like her mama covering The Hives.
Single Review: Dierks Bentley, “Black” November 14, 2016 Kevin John Coyne 4 A disappointing entry from an artist who is capable of so much more.
Single Review: Chris Stapleton, “Parachute” November 11, 2016 Kevin John Coyne 8 With a fiery vocal performance and a relentless percussion track that evokes a stampede of horses, “Parachute” might best be described as Country Rock & Western.
Single Review: Morgan Wallen, “The Way I Talk” November 10, 2016 Kevin John Coyne 5 If you thought what country music needed was one more hillbilly pride song, here it is.
Single Review: Michael Ray, “Think a Little Less” November 9, 2016 Kevin John Coyne 18 Imagine a second rate Jason Aldean record, then think of something a little less, and you’ll be left with this one.
Single Review: Brothers Osborne, “21 Summer” November 8, 2016 Kevin John Coyne 3 Written by John Osborne, T.J. Osborne, and Craig Wiseman This sounds like what Chris Isaak would sound like if he was contractually obligated to record bro-country.