Freakwater Vinyl

The gals in Freakwater sometimes get faulted for placing emotion ahead of execution on their list of singing priorities, but vocal perfection on these songs would be like putting an Armani on a coal m ... read more

Freakwater makes a brand of acoustic-guitar-and-pedal-steel alt.country that's inspired, partly, by old-time country, though but by no means slavishly. For one thing, the group's frontwomen, Catherine ... read more

Freakwater's 1991 full-length debut shows a band that's enthralled by country's dark, dismal, and austere acoustic tradition, but one that's bold enough to forge a new dirt path. They aim right for li ... read more

Just another slice of perfection from Catherine Irwin and Janet Beveridge Bean, who have interwoven howling hill-country, high-lonesome vocals like a pair of moonshiner's daughters. If you shiver over ... read more

Let's just cut right to it: Freakwater may just be the most compelling country band of the '90s, and there's no need to qualify that with an alt either. On End Time the veteran indie-twangers flesh o ... read more