If you wonder what motivates a band after three decades together, ask the Old 97’s. “It feels so unlikely that we’re here, in this moment, in our career and in our lives, and we’ve built something that’s really pretty unimpeachable,” Rhett Miller tells me. We’re sitting in his office — the basement room in his Hudson Valley, New York, home where he writes, seeks inspiration, and often streams solo shows online. “I don’t want to fuck it up.”
The Old 97’s are capping off a year...
The Old 97’s are capping off a year...
- 4/5/2024
- by Josh Crutchmer
- Rollingstone.com
Rhett Miller bums a ride in the back of a pickup and receives the signs of his past and future in the video for “Where the Road Goes,” the Old 97’s’ new song that celebrates the band’s more than 30 years of longevity.
While Miller sings about various highs and lows of life and career (“from the bottom of a bottle to the palazzo/who knows where the road goes”), he sees the number 97 everywhere — on a highway sign, above a gas station — and also a ramshackle marquee announcing American Primitive,...
While Miller sings about various highs and lows of life and career (“from the bottom of a bottle to the palazzo/who knows where the road goes”), he sees the number 97 everywhere — on a highway sign, above a gas station — and also a ramshackle marquee announcing American Primitive,...
- 2/20/2024
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Warning: This article contains spoilers for "The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special."
"The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special" is about Christmas traditions: honoring them, subverting them, and acknowledging they're great for humanity. Beyond the blatant consumerism that accompanies every November and December on Earth is a genuine spirit of giving. That spirit has a killer soundtrack ranging from ancient carols to modern classics by The Pogues. Even some of the most endearing television ever created has centered around the holidays and Christmas, specifically. James Gunn knows and owns all this. His "Holiday Special" is as close to "A Charlie Brown Christmas" as it is to his own "Guardians" films, and the end product is a remarkable tightrope walk between nice and naughty.
Accordingly, "The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special" is crammed with story, much of it centering around Mantis (Pom Klementieff) and a nipples-covered Drax (Dave Bautista...
"The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special" is about Christmas traditions: honoring them, subverting them, and acknowledging they're great for humanity. Beyond the blatant consumerism that accompanies every November and December on Earth is a genuine spirit of giving. That spirit has a killer soundtrack ranging from ancient carols to modern classics by The Pogues. Even some of the most endearing television ever created has centered around the holidays and Christmas, specifically. James Gunn knows and owns all this. His "Holiday Special" is as close to "A Charlie Brown Christmas" as it is to his own "Guardians" films, and the end product is a remarkable tightrope walk between nice and naughty.
Accordingly, "The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special" is crammed with story, much of it centering around Mantis (Pom Klementieff) and a nipples-covered Drax (Dave Bautista...
- 11/26/2022
- by Scott Thomas
- Slash Film
This post contains spoilers for the Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special.
Even more than bringing beloved characters such as Rocket Raccoon and Peacemaker to the big screen, James Gunn is famous for soundtracks. The Awesome Mixes were highlights of both Guardians of the Galaxy movies, and the arena rocker “Do You Want to Taste It” by Wigwam made Peacemaker a viral hit. So when Gunn announced that he was making a holiday special with the Guardians, expectations were high for the all-time greatest collection of Yuletide hits. And, boy, does the Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special exceed expectations.
The special finds Peter Quill feeling down because he’s stationed on Knowhere with a bunch of non-Terrans at Christmastime. While no one else on the team really knows or understands Christmas, not even new member Cosmo the Spacedog (voiced by Maria Bakalova), they all pitch in to create the Yuletide spirit.
Even more than bringing beloved characters such as Rocket Raccoon and Peacemaker to the big screen, James Gunn is famous for soundtracks. The Awesome Mixes were highlights of both Guardians of the Galaxy movies, and the arena rocker “Do You Want to Taste It” by Wigwam made Peacemaker a viral hit. So when Gunn announced that he was making a holiday special with the Guardians, expectations were high for the all-time greatest collection of Yuletide hits. And, boy, does the Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special exceed expectations.
The special finds Peter Quill feeling down because he’s stationed on Knowhere with a bunch of non-Terrans at Christmastime. While no one else on the team really knows or understands Christmas, not even new member Cosmo the Spacedog (voiced by Maria Bakalova), they all pitch in to create the Yuletide spirit.
- 11/25/2022
- by Joe George
- Den of Geek
The Old 97’s began recording their new album Twelfth in Nashville this spring, on the very day that tornadoes decimated sections of the city. That March night, from the floor-to-ceiling windows of their rented condo in the city’s Melrose neighborhood, the band watched transformers explode in the distance and debris blow down their street.
Almost six years earlier, Old 97’s singer and principal songwriter Rhett Miller was in the middle of his own storm — a disorienting, drawn-out battle with booze and weed that can be heard all over the...
Almost six years earlier, Old 97’s singer and principal songwriter Rhett Miller was in the middle of his own storm — a disorienting, drawn-out battle with booze and weed that can be heard all over the...
- 6/23/2020
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
If any band is hardwired for tapping into a youthful holiday spirit, it’s the Old 97’s. The Texas cowpunks’ bratty insouciance could speak to the heart of any kid on Christmas morning, but their new LP Love the Holidays only happened because of the persistence of frontman Rhett Miller.
“The idea had been in the back of my mind for a few years, but the band was really uncomfortable with the idea of me trying to write songs for it,” says Miller, who defended his idea with his fellow 97’s last January.
“The idea had been in the back of my mind for a few years, but the band was really uncomfortable with the idea of me trying to write songs for it,” says Miller, who defended his idea with his fellow 97’s last January.
- 12/12/2018
- by Jeff Gage
- Rollingstone.com
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