PureVolume

One of our favorite finds of the last few months is a group of Tennessee and North Carolina boys that go by the name of "Creech Holler". These guys make some bad-ass, hard-bit Appalachian tinged roots rock that touches right on down into the instinctive animal part of your brain. There's something just plain spooky about their stuff - when you hear it you you just know that you've stumbled into something special. The music of Creech Holler is earthy, dark and riddled with secrets - just like the mountains that birthed it.

These guys are the real deal. Tracks like "Pretty Polly" and "Plague of Frogs" establish their bona fides in the canon of American traditional music while still showcasing the boys' ability to wail and truly rock. This is the music of sweat and dirt and hard living. This is Southern Gothic set to Stun.

Check them out at www.MySpace.com/creechholler, and for God's sake, buy one of their albums. I'll see you at the crossroads at midnight. You bring the shotgun, I'll bring the moonshine.




--Matt Staggs, Skullring.org