Ryan Bingham to Play Mercury Lounge

Ryan Bingham and his band the Dead Horses, released their sophomore record, Roadhouse Sun on Lost Highway back in early June. With nods to Drive By Truckers, Steve Earle, Lucero, the Black Keys and more, Bingham & Co. forcefully conjure images of whiskey swilling and hard driving, while at the same time, writing songs such as "Dylan's Hard Rain." Bingham's voice is worth the price of admission sounding like grade 90 coarse sandpaper ripping through a fresh piece of balsam, but you know, good.

Bingham and the Dead Horses are set to play the Mercury Lounge on October 12. See you there.

Ryan Bingham - Roadhouse Sun

Sometimes a short, concise and well-crafted review featuring choice words and phrases is enough for a consumer; it was enough for me about five minutes ago after I read the LA Times blog Pop and Hiss. Descriptions like: "Lone Star beer in mason jars," "outlaw country, roadhouse blues, wind-whipped folk," and "like a track off of Wilco's "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot," if it had been doused in gasoline," provoked me into buying the newest, sophomore album from Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses. The record, titled Roadhouse Sun which dropped today on Lost Highway, needs no further explanation other than what has been mentioned above. If the tracks don't reflect the dirtied, rousing descriptions of writer Margaret Wappler, then you're not listening right. Enjoy.