From the southern plains of Texas, Rattlesnake Milk summons the sound of the prairie, mimicking the howl of coyotes and the pulsing rhythm of a lonesome junk train. While farming cotton for a family friend, Lou Lewis found inspiration to record an eight-song demo listening to the classics played on KDAV 1590 AM in the empty flatlands of his hometown. Those demos paid homage to Lou's favorite Dust Bowl migrant songs and haunted melodic gems from the 50s and 60s.

Without doubt or qualification, The Sadies are one of this continent's greatest extant rock 'n' roll bands—just as they have been for the last quarter-century. Versatile and imaginative, they skip from astral psychedelia to shuffling bucolics and leap from puckish pop to righteous garage-rock without losing momentum or mastery. Their albums deliver masterclasses on pointed songwriting, lockstep harmonies, and a devil-may-care attitude to expectations and past successes.  With their new album Colder Streams out now, check out what Shindig Magazine calls "a stone-cold masterpiece."