{"id":37734,"date":"2015-10-09T20:03:11","date_gmt":"2015-10-10T01:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/?p=37734"},"modified":"2015-12-01T00:30:14","modified_gmt":"2015-12-01T06:30:14","slug":"the-sheepdogs-future-nostalgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2015\/10\/09\/the-sheepdogs-future-nostalgia\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sheepdogs: Future Nostalgia"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"sheepdogs4\"The Sheepdogs are a committed marriage of classic southern rock tone and more broad ’70s rock and soul arrangements. Clever use of silence, straight chord riffs, and keyboard make The Sheepdogs latest effort less of a southern drawl and more of a south-ish stomp and meander. Tracks like \u201cI Really Wanna Be Your Man\u201d and \u201cDowntown\u201d hold all their flavor in the guitar and vocal tone, but don\u2019t short change the listener on folksy bass lines and soulful backing vocals.<\/p>\n

On the whole,\u00a0Future Nostalgia<\/em> successfully navigates a dynamic tension while still maintaining their sound. At 18 tracks, the shtick can grow a bit tired, especially when you consider these country boys are from Canada. At times you might expect Starland Vocal Band to start in with \u201cAfternoon Delight.\u201d<\/p>\n

That said, there is something undeniably charming and dare I say new-old authentic about the album in much the same way as Fitz and the Tantrums. Future Nostalgia<\/em> is a quintessentially summer album, whether you\u2019re driving down an empty two-lane or slinking down an alley next to a hot tin roof. Songs like \u201cBad Lieutenant\u201d and \u201cDarryl & Dwight\u201d are truly solid numbers that will make even the most southern rock haters say hot damn, those kids can get down.<\/p>\n

And they really can.<\/p>\n

DJ’s be warned that if you play the track “Where I Can Roam” you may not notice it rolling right into the next track until you are well into “Giving It Up (For My Baby).”
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\nRecommended If You Like: Fitz and the Tantrums, Foghat, Savoy Brown
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Recommended Tracks: 3 (Downtown), 5 (Bad Lieutenant), 12 (Darryl & Dwight), <\/b>13 (Where I Can Roam), 15 (Plastic Man)<\/b><\/p>\n

Do Not Play: None
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Written by Matthew Kay on 10\/05\/15 <\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Canadian boogie band The Sheepdogs return with more good times than any single summer. Drop the top, pick up the air guitar, and sing along.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5984,"featured_media":37735,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3235,3230,181],"tags":[3632,3631,3386,3630],"class_list":["post-37734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-music-reviews","category-new-music-rotation","category-rock-rotation","tag-boogie-rock","tag-future-nostalgia","tag-matthew-kay","tag-the-sheepdogs"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/sheepdogs4.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5984"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37734\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}