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7 Albums in 7 Days: #6 Battle Cry For Help

Posted by Lance Davis - May 1, 2018 - 7 Albums 7 Days, Grand Champeen
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A few years ago, I wrote about the reissue of The One That Brought You. That’s probably Grand Champeen’s best album. But, Battle Cry For Help is where my love began. It’s kinda funny to think of this album marketed and/or thought of as alt.country when it was released in 2001. Not that it was […]

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The Re-Vinyl File: Grand Champeen – The One That Brought You

Posted by Lance Davis - October 25, 2014 - Grand Champeen, Re-Vinyl Records, Vinyl File
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During my lost decade in Austin (2000-09), no band encapsulated my love for the city’s music scene like Grand Champeen. The first time I saw them was opening for Slobberbone at Lucy’s Retired Surfer’s Bar on 6th Street. It was the spring of 2001 and they were no more than 3 songs into their set […]

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Adios Lounge Interviewed by Blues.Gr

Posted by Lance Davis - February 11, 2014 - Adios Lounge, Beastie Boys, Blasters, Bo Diddley, Bob Forrest, Charley Patton, Grand Champeen, Johnny Cash, Levon Helm, Li'l Cap'n Travis, Minutemen, Rolling Stones
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Father and daughter honing Roll Tide game face

  A couple of weeks ago, my interview with Michael Limnios of Blues.Gr was posted to his website of the same name. Blues.Gr is “the online community of people that got the blues in Greece” and it blows me away that there is such a thing. 100 years ago, if for some inexplicable reason you […]

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Remembering 2013: Ruthless, Unbroken, and Profane

Posted by Lance Davis - December 31, 2013 - A Giant Dog, Baptist Generals, Bobby Jealousy, Bremen Riot, David Bazan, Dexateens, Gleeson, Grand Champeen, Mike Nicolai, Oblivians, Overseas, Superchunk, Teen Getaway, Will Johnson
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bobby jealousy acl festival 2013

  Before we get started, allow me to address a few topics related to year-end lists. CAVEAT #1: I’ve said this before, but I’ll say it again because it bears repeating. These are not the “best” albums of 2013 because such a thing does not exist. There is no best, there are only favorites based […]

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Gleeson: Breaking Out of the Fog

Posted by Lance Davis - October 27, 2013 - Almost There Records, Austin, Gleeson, Grand Champeen
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  “Gleeson plays rock and roll you thought was dead.” That’s the introductory sentence on Gleeson’s Facebook page and it’s strangely true. It’s strange to think that playing rock and roll or power-pop or [enter pop/rock algorithm here] would be an act of resuscitation, but Gleeson II, the band’s new album, breathes life into the […]

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