Almost There Turn One
(Almost There)
Austin’s Almost There, the label behind last year’s inspired Who tribute, pulls together another winning assortment with Turn One. This time, 21 Austin regulars do one unreleased song apiece. Li’l Cap’n Travis’ “The Blinding Crash” and Moonlight Towers’ “Back to the Pines” are solid specimens of twang-driven rock by the beer light, while Tia Carrera’s “Morales Riff No. Four Hundred Twenty” and the Rockland Eagles’ “Nose for Hollywood” kick out the jams coliseum style. You won’t find longer-burning value outside of K-tel.
This article appears in November 4 • 2005.
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Greg Beets was born in Lubbock on the day Richard Nixon was elected president. He has covered music for the Chronicle since 1992, writing about everyone from Roky Erickson to Yanni. Beets has also written for Billboard,Uncut, Blurt, Elmore, and Pop Culture Press. Before his digestive tract cried uncle, he co-published Hey! Hey! Buffet!, an award-winning fanzine about all-you-can-eat buffets.
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