Lonnie Walker - "Love Turn"

Raleigh, North Carolina punk-country outfit Lonnie Walker have a beautifully frenzied and unstable energy about them, often pushing songs into galloping speeds where the path between harmony and chaos is narrow, rickety and a hell of a good time. With a split seven-inch for their new track "Love Turn" due out November 4th and a national re-release of their toe-tapping fire-lit-under-Americana's-ass debut These Old Times on December 14th, this quintet is more than poised to make its inevitable leap to a wider audience.

Lonnie Walker - "Love Turn" (from The Ink Well/Love Turn 7")
Lonnie Walker - "Summertime" (from These Old Times)
Lonnie Walker - "Feels Like Right" (from Friends and Friends of Friends)

Lonnie Walker - "Compass Comforts"

Since first hearing North Carolina's Lonnie Walker on the recent Friends Records compilation, I've become quite infatuated with the quintet's manically bluesy, punk-country sound. Their 2009 debut These Times Old Times is a lean and sharp combination of ear-catching melodies and fiercely quick rhythms that will keep your feet busily tapping away. And no song succeeds more than the fidgety pluck of "Compass Comforts."

Lonnie Walker - "Compass Comforts" (from These Times Old Times)

Friends and Friends of Friends compilation

Baltimore label Friends Records has released its first ever compilation, Friends and Friends of Friends. You can grab it now free digitally and then order the limitted cassette copy, out sometime in May. The album features a multitude of young talent like Everybody Taste favorites Lands & Peoples, the ridiculously dreamy pop of Moss of Aura, and the captivating and catchy crunch of Lonnie Walker.

Lonnie Walker - "Feels Like Right"