11/18/07

Yesterday brought more kind words for our debut CD, this time from Calvin Powers of  Taproot Radio:

"Johnson County is a band based out of Washington State which plays squarely in the alt.country without trying to dress it up into anything it's not. 'Jesus Drives A Ford' is a great example of their style. By the title and the opening verse you think the song is going to be one of those novelty songs like Kinky Friedman or David Alan Coe might sing, but by the end of it, the song turns out to be a fairly serious and sentimental look at the oddities of life. But if you want a great rabble rousing song, you can't do any better than 'Kiss My Ass Goodbye.'"

Calvin's adding four Johnson County songs to rotation on his Taproot internet radio station on Live365. There's a lot of great music going on over there at Taproot, so you should check it out.

Thanks, Calvin!!

10/6/07

The CD is also getting some love right here at home. Ray Randall, co-founder of the website americanaroots.com included "Johnson County Blues" in the most recent Americana Roots Review Podcast (featuring "acts who represent some of the best new music in Americana"). Check it out, because it includes 4 other songs from 4 great bands you probably haven't heard before. And it's a podcast, so you can download it and listen to it whenever you want, and it's all free. (Or you can just stream it over the internet if you aren't too sure about this whole podcast business.)

10/6/07

Our CD is getting some more radio play - this time in Europe. We're rocking Belgium from station ZRO, 106.2 FM, in Zelzate, and the Netherlands from station Omroep Ijsselmond, 104.1 and 106.4 FM, in Kampen. The spins have included "Jesus Drives a Ford," "Good Country Lovin'," and "Chimichanga." The Johnson County boys say "dank u veer" to DJ's  Mark "Dr. B" Verbert, and Berrie Koetsier.

We have also come to the conclusion that the Dutch-speaking world kicks ass, and we would seriously like to go there.

9/16/07

Today brought kind words from reviewer Dan Wilkinson at AmericanaUK (our first CD review so far):

"The music that this disparate band of outcats makes could broadly be described as alt-country. In reality the arrangements are rock influenced alt-country up until the point that Paul Hsu plays his alt-rock solos. Strangely this mix of styles works very well on the whole. Johnson County is packed full of strong tunes and irreverent lyrics."

We're not sure if he really meant to call us "outcats" or if that was just a typo. But "outcats" sounds kind of cool, doesn't it?

9/7/07

Our CD is now available for purchase at CD Baby: www.cdbaby.com/johnsoncounty. If you like it, please post your review there (even if you already own a copy of the CD).

Locally, the CD is also available at Sonic Boom records in Fremont (3414 Fremont Ave. N) and Sonic Boom records in Ballard (2209 NW Market St).

9/5/07

Check us out on the brand new Americana social network site, www.emugga.com/johnson_county. If you like Americana / alt-country (or whatever you want to call it), why not sign up at emugga? You can listen to lots of great music, watch videos, and support your favorite indie artist by becoming a fan (hint, hint). And it's all free!

8/18/07

Tonight our CD got it's first radio play on KEXP's Audioasis! They closed the show with "Jesus Drive A Ford." Thank you, DJ Abe Beeson!

7/21/07

Our first CD, Johnson County, is done, and it looks and sounds just great! Just click on our "Music" page to hear a little...

It'll be available for purchase on CD Baby soon. Meanwhile, you can always come to our next show (August 2nd at the Central), and we'll be more than happy to sell you one there!