News
Welcome 2 Club XIII Due Out June 3 via ATO
Apr 12, 2022
By Joey Arnone
Drive-By Truckers have announced the release of their 14th studio album, Welcome 2 Club XIII, which will be out on June 3 via ATO. They have also shared a video for the album’s title track. More
Plus Stream the New Albums from TORRES, Frances Quinlan, Dan Deacon, Drive-By Truckers, POLIÇA, and More
Jan 31, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Destroyer (the project of Dan Bejar) has released a new album, Have We Met, today via Merge and it’s our Album of the Week. Find more info on the album below. Below that are streams of other notable albums and EPs released today: TORRES, Frances Quinlan, Wild Nothing, Dan Deacon, Drive-By Truckers, POLIÇA, and Squirrel Flower. More
Directed by Lance Bangs, American Band Out Now via ATO
Nov 08, 2016
By Christopher Roberts
Drive-By Truckers have shared a video for “Surrender Under Protest,” a song from their latest album, American Band, which is out now via ATO. Lance Bangs directed the clip, which focuses on the Black Lives Matter movement and was clearly timed to election day. More
The Civil Wars Created Benefit to Aid Alabama
Jun 09, 2011
By Margot Cooper Gruen
Bright Eyes, St. Vincent, Mumford & Sons, Phoenix, and Wilco donate items to charity auction. Civil Wars Created Benefit to Aid Alabama. More
Also: Preview Track Available, Screenings of Documentary, Album Art Unveiled
Jan 26, 2010
By Kyle Lemmon
Today is a good day for Southern rock fans because Drive-By Truckers just announced the first leg of The Big To-Do tour, screenings of their documentary, The Secret to a Happy Ending, and revealed that circus-themed album cover you’re gazing at right now. More
Tenth LP, The Big To-Do, due March 16th
Dec 10, 2009
By Kyle Lemmon
The imitable Muscle Shoals septet known as the Drive-By Truckers are bar flies that always keep a group huddled around them. Their tenth full-length, The Big To-Do, sees the group roaring back for more revelry on March 16th. More
Playboy.com Announces 10-Week Video Series
Jul 14, 2009
By Michele Yamamoto
Playboy—that enterprise we all know and love—has announced the creation of a new video series for Playboy.com, which will feature artists covering their favorite artists. More
Austin City Limits CD / DVD Coming July 7th
Jun 09, 2009
By Kyle Lemmon
Some die-hard Drive-By Truckers (DBT) fans were a little put off by the Athens, GA unit becoming slightly more countrified on their last studio album, Brighter Than Creation’s Dark. Many welcomed the change-up (including myself) but a forthcoming odds-and-sodds compilation, entitled The Fine Print (A Collection Of Oddities and Rarities 2003-2008), looks to be tailor-made for devotees of the band’s more Southern-rock-centric period. More
Reviews
May 01, 2014
By Daniel Kohn
It shouldn’t come as a surprise to longtime Drive-By Truckers fans that the Athens, Ga.-based band’s 10th album sees another lineup change. More
Aug 03, 2009
By Tom Vale
The Drive-By Truckers live act is not exactly undocumented: Alabama Ass Whuppin’ showcased the band in Athens from 2000, and they returned there in 2004 for a concert DVD, Live At the 40 Watt. Live From Austin TX features both CD and DVD, and finds the Truckers farther west and slightly more laid back—whether because of the setting or the mileage, can’t say. The Austin City Limits stage set has a distressing, de-glamorizing effect on anyone who graces it; DBT is no exception. More
