The Record Crate by Alex V. Cook – Drive-By Truckers, High Voltage, Dax Riggs, and The Oh Sees

Drive-By Truckers, the greatest rock band standing, continues their stagger into maturity with Go-Go Boots, another album less about being capital-S Southern than it is about being capital-A Alive, dense enough to contain the harrowing murder detail of “The Fireplace Poker” and the unabashed bear hug that is “Everybody Needs Love.” Their finest moments continue to be when things go completely haywire for the protagonists–imagine that, a band that actually sings about people and life–like the confessional streetwise strut of “Used to Be a Cop.” More…