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Released by Jack White’s Third Man Records Margo Price’s Midwest Farmer’s Daughter is probably the best classic country record released in the 21 st century. The Nashville singer-songwriter perfectly sings 11 great country songs in 43 minutes on her debut album, with themes ranging from alcoholism to heartbreak. Price sounds eerily similar to fellow female country artist Loretta Lynn on this record and just like Lynn she challenges traditional country themes but with a modern sensibility that serves her very well. Price is an oddball with a traditionalist tendency, it’s hard to imagine an artist sounding as loyally nostalgic and at the same time singing lyrics which would be radically had they been released alongside it’s classic contemporary records. The record is released by Jack White's, of The White Stripes, record label. Unlike other country musicians of the 21 st century Price successfully sounds genuine, there is no over producing and there is no pr...

Well NME has posted it's top 50 tracks of this year. Naturally it failed to match my personal opinion. Perhaps the worst part about the list is that they've revealed it over a month before the end of the year. December could have some of the greatest music ever, as far as we know, but alas as William Shakespeare said "December aint no part of a year". NME's top 10 was 1. Seasons (Waiting For You) - Future Islands 2. Can't Do Without You - Caribou 3. Touch The Leather - Fat White Family 4. Red Eyes -  The War on Drugs 5. Blockbuster Night Part 1 - Run The Jewels 6. Eez-Eh - Kasabian 7. Digital Witness -  St Vincent 8. Zombie - Jamie T 9. Little Monster - Royal Blood 10. Chambers Of Reflection - Mac DeMarco Basically you can separate these songs into a few sections 1. NME's personal addictions (Fat White Family, Kasabian, Jamie T) 2. NME wanting to be Hip (Caribou, Run The Jewels) 3. Popular indie choices (Mac DeMarco, Royal Blood, St...

In the future people will remark that Rock and Roll was a art form perfected by scruffy youths who upon perfecting their art became known as Rock Stars, the latest and potential last Rock Star is Jack White. I'm certain we all know his music, he created the rawest blues and combined Led Zeppelin with Son House, with MC5 and then added a violin (in his latest album). White may be a eccentric know for his obsessions with the colour blue, the number three and his constant exclamations that Meg White is his sister, whereas she was his wife. The White Stripes are possibly the most iconic rock group of the 2000s with only indie rock artists possibly rivalling him (Arcade Fire, The Strokes, Wilco). His deformed mutated Blues captured the people in 2001 with "White Blood Cells" (One of my top 100 personal albums) and in 2003 "Elephant" confirmed his place in the rock canon (as has his various escapades and collaborations with classic rock artists such as Neil youn...

I'd argue that 2014 has been a worse year for rock music than 2013 was. There have been fewer stand out bands, fewer amazing debut singles and less amazing albums. However don't allow my pessimistic thoughts make you think that modern rock is still not in fine form. There have been plenty of amazing songs released this year and in no particular order here are my top 25 songs released in 2014 (Not exclusively rock but probably) Rango - Catfish & The Bottlemen  Genre: Indie Rock Next Time - Curtis Harding Genre: Soul, Funk, Rock I Almost Fell - Axxa/Abraxas  Genre: 60s-style Psychedelic Rock Lazaretto - Jack White Genre: Blues Rock/Rock My Silver Lining - First Aid Kit Genre: Folk Pop  Adult Diversion - Alvvays  Genre: Folk Pop  Heavenly Creatures - Wolf Alice Genre: Alternative Rock Love Is To Die - Warpaint  Genre: Psychedelic Rock Sun Structures - Temples  Genre: Psychedelic Rock ...