"Cobra Wolf" by Cory Branan and Jon Snodgrass

“Cobra Wolf”, a tag-team effort by Cory Branan and Jon Snodgrass, isn’t a new release; however, I think it has its place being reviewed. I’m not sure that “Cobra Wolf” is even the title of this record… I’m also not sure it isn’t. But I digress…

Jon and Cory, with their lyrical depth and openly honest style, fit together like whiskey and bacon. The one-two punch delivered across your ears by Jon’s “So Excitable” and Cory’s “The Corner” assures you you’ve found your new favorite record.

There’s enough smoky rasp on this record to give a person throat cancer. The two men weave an acoustic quilt that puts you front and center for this stripped down collaboration. Having seen both performers several times, a turn-flip-turn of this album is as close to their live show as you could. If there is a flaw to be found on this album it’s that it isn’t a double LP.

“Cobra Wolf” by Cory Branan and Jon Snodgrass is a COMPLETE BUY for any general fans of Folk, Country, Singer / Songwriter.

NOTE: don’t search “Cobra Wolf” because you probably won’t find the record. But you’ll know which record it is by the cover art.

THE WAR ROOM (Elizabeth NJ) AKA: shutting the door to America

Here we are. Hours away from our flights, (for some reason we decided to take different planes and race to SXSW) we are gathered in our associate's studio combing over the SXSW schedule, plotting a week that will surely end in hearing loss, two cases of pink eye, several dozen broken pairs of sunglasses, and most likely a son who I will not become aware of until he seeks me out on his seventeenth birthday.

What?

Here is a loose idea of what we will be getting into over the next week (and when I say loose I mean "it wasn't even worth buying her that many drinks loose"):

Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs
The Ghost of a Sabertooth Tiger
Casiokids
City and Colour
Damion Jurado
T Bird and the Breaks
Innerpartysystem
The Limousines
G. Love
JBM
Great Lake Swimmers
Deer Tick
Cory Branan (playing three pay shows... worth it)
Tyler the Creator
Shit Horse
Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group
The Screaming Females
River City Extension
Friday night's Texas Battle League @ Fuze
Gold Panda
The Growlers
Kill it Kid
...

Running through all of the nights and all of the showcases started turning into abusive remixing of every artist's songs with aggressive Moog touches.

More will be added to this list. I'd do it now, but I need another Narragansett and it's my turn on the Drum synth.

AND YES, we realize that The Strokes and Bad Brains are playing. I'm not wasting my time getting to a club at doors, washing my mind with thoughts of all the better things I could be doing with my evening. We will gladly be leave the headroom open for you.

See you kids in the AM.