From the Amazon editorial board (or whatever they call it):

https://www.amazon.com/American-Band-Dr ... B01HBXSV4K

The logjam seems to be finally breaking.

http://teamrock.com/review/2016-09-25/d ... bum-review (you have to join something to read the full review, which I did not do).

http://www.hearya.com/2016/09/23/drive- ... um-review/

So far metacritic has the album at 93, "universal acclaim."

Who knew that there was a current site called ninebullets? Not only do they like the album, there's a shout out to our very own jimmyjack in the review: http://ninebullets.net/archives/drive-b ... organ-enos

Here's the least favorable review I've found so far although still pretty favorable: http://vulturehound.co.uk/2016/09/drive ... um-review/

beantownbubba wrote:Who knew that there was a current site called ninebullets? Not only do they like the album, there's a shout out to our very own jimmyjack in the review: http://ninebullets.net/archives/drive-b ... organ-enos

I've been aware of it for a while. If I'm not mistaken, it came into existence roughly within the same time frame as the original 9 Bullets discussion board which preceded 3DD. If I remember correctly, there may have even been a mild dispute over the use of the name at that time since they were both DBT's inspired and covered essentially the same type of music. I'm sure the folks that were running 9 Bullets (the message board) back then would recall.

The Metacritic page for American Band

http://www.metacritic.com/music/america ... y-truckers

5 stars

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-enter ... 35541.html

beantownbubba wrote:Who knew that there was a current site called ninebullets? Not only do they like the album, there's a shout out to our very own jimmyjack in the review: http://ninebullets.net/archives/drive-b ... organ-enos

Nice! I always wonder if those listicles ever really result in anyone checking out things they haven't heard, so it's nice to see some evidence of that actually happening.

And I'm not going to lie: seeing my quote pop up in so much DBT press (even though it's always credited to "Stereogum," which is standard practice) fills me with a rare sort of glee. And, for the record, I stand by that shit, 100-fuckin-%!

AllMusic

http://www.allmusic.com/album/american- ... 0002961211

"...these songs weren't written for the audience to cheer along, but to encourage a debate that the country seriously needs. American Band is an op-ed column with guitars, and it presents a message well worth hearing..."

TW_2.0 wrote:AllMusic

http://www.allmusic.com/album/american- ... 0002961211

"...these songs weren't written for the audience to cheer along, but to encourage a debate that the country seriously needs. American Band is an op-ed column with guitars, and it presents a message well worth hearing..."

that makes the album sound like a lot less fun than it actually is, Combat Rock paraphrase notwithstanding

beantownbubba wrote:The logjam seems to be finally breaking.

http://teamrock.com/review/2016-09-25/d ... bum-review (you have to join something to read the full review, which I did not do)

Haha, "Troy Cooley." Not inspiring me to open up my wallet.

jimmyjack wrote:

TW_2.0 wrote:AllMusic

http://www.allmusic.com/album/american- ... 0002961211

"...these songs weren't written for the audience to cheer along, but to encourage a debate that the country seriously needs. American Band is an op-ed column with guitars, and it presents a message well worth hearing..."

that makes the album sound like a lot less fun than it actually is, Combat Rock paraphrase notwithstanding

Agreed

jimmyjack wrote:

TW_2.0 wrote:AllMusic

http://www.allmusic.com/album/american- ... 0002961211

"...these songs weren't written for the audience to cheer along, but to encourage a debate that the country seriously needs. American Band is an op-ed column with guitars, and it presents a message well worth hearing..."

that makes the album sound like a lot less fun than it actually is, Combat Rock paraphrase notwithstanding

Totally agree with that JJ

ndavis86 wrote:Haha, "Troy Cooley."

WWTCD?

t-shirts and bumperstickers should be issued

Esquire interview/review:
http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/mu ... ican-band/
"just might be the most vital and important rock 'n' roll album of the year."

TW_2.0 wrote:AllMusic

http://www.allmusic.com/album/american- ... 0002961211

"...these songs weren't written for the audience to cheer along, but to encourage a debate that the country seriously needs. American Band is an op-ed column with guitars, and it presents a message well worth hearing..."

"Instead of pondering the Southern Thing"

Isn't that exactly what they're doing here in some respects? Hell I think of Ever South as a direct sequel to the song.

Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertai ... story.html

ndavis86 wrote:

beantownbubba wrote:The logjam seems to be finally breaking.

http://teamrock.com/review/2016-09-25/d ... bum-review (you have to join something to read the full review, which I did not do)

Haha, "Troy Cooley." Not inspiring me to open up my wallet.

Cowboy Troy Cooley

Markalanbishop wrote:

ndavis86 wrote:

beantownbubba wrote:The logjam seems to be finally breaking.

http://teamrock.com/review/2016-09-25/d ... bum-review (you have to join something to read the full review, which I did not do)

Haha, "Troy Cooley." Not inspiring me to open up my wallet.

Cowboy Troy Cooley

"Cowboy Troy was cited as a featured guest artist on two tracks from the 2011 Vanilla Ice release titled WTF, which is available on iTunes."

Which is available on iTunes.

4 stars from rolling stone

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/album ... nd-w442101

Clams wrote:4 stars from rolling stone

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/album ... nd-w442101

Huh. Reads like more than 4 stars to me.

PS It's about time they weighed in.

More from rolling stone and a review from consequence of sound (maybe the most well written review I've read yet)

http://www.rollingstone.com/country/fea ... nd-w442758

http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/09/a ... ican-band/

Clams wrote:More from rolling stone and a review from consequence of sound (maybe the most well written review I've read yet)

http://www.rollingstone.com/country/fea ... nd-w442758

http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/09/a ... ican-band/

Must be me because the RS piece reinforces my reaction about it being a more than 4 star review and the COS review sounds like more than a B+ to me. I must be one of those grade inflation types.

beantownbubba wrote:

Clams wrote:More from rolling stone and a review from consequence of sound (maybe the most well written review I've read yet)

http://www.rollingstone.com/country/fea ... nd-w442758

http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/09/a ... ican-band/

Must be me because the RS piece reinforces my reaction about it being a more than 4 star review and the COS review sounds like more than a B+ to me. I must be one of those grade inflation types.

I agree. I think we've gone over this territory before, but do we know how many (%) RS reviews get 3, 3 1/2, 4, 4 1/2, and 5 star reviews? I'd guess it's something like 45%, 45%, 6%, 3%, and 1%.

An "A" from Christgau
https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/a ... ytwitterus