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B98 The Flathead's Best Rock

The new phonebooks are here, and they are heavy. Unlike most years, when fall rosters are when we learn a guy or two has graduated and moved on, everybody expected to be on the roster was on it. I wouldn't say there's no news, however, because some of the reported masses are eye-opening indeed.

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Picks for July 13-16 includes tour stops by Marshall Crenshaw and Quiet Hollers; Madison Shakespeare Company in the great outdoors.

The following 70 albums span nearly four decades of alt-country and stretch the limits of “whatever that is.”

The singer songwriter gives that honor to the title track from his new album, Cold Out There

Previously: Last year’s profiles. S Damani Dent, S/Nk Zeke Berry, S/HSP Keon Sabb, CB Myles Pollard, CB/Nk Kody Jones, CB Will Johnson, LB Deuce Spurlock, LB Jimmy Rolder, DE/LB Micah Pollard, DE Derrick Moore, DT Mason Graham, DT Kenneth Grant, DT Cam Goode, OT Andrew Gentry.   Monument, CO – 6'7”, 285   Via Twitter 247: 6'7/285         3.57* 3*, 85 #123 OT, #5 CO Rivals: 6'7/285         3.60* 3*, 5.6 no ranking ESPN: 6'7/285         3.53* 3*, 76...

The Bottle Rockets, Pioneering Alt-Country Band, Are Breaking Up The Bottle Rockets, the pioneering alt-country band from Missouri, are breaking up. The quartet announced the news on Tuesday (March 2), citing co-founder and lead singer Brian Hennemans desire to spend more time at home as the reason for the groups demise. "Although he’s in good health, he’s been feeling the passage of time and has lost interest in anything that distracts from or takes him away from home," a statement from ...

While you may not agree that every song deserves a spot on this list, we hope you'll agree that alt-country deserves its place cemented in the history books.