Greg Vanderpool (of Monahans)
Texas-native Greg Vanderpool has been receiving critical praise for work with his bands Monahans and Milton Mapes for over a decade. His songs (which have been covered by the likes of Robert Plant) explore the spaces between stark, hazy drones, Sunday hymns and intensely rhythmic pop anthems. A new set of recordings (yet to be released) marks Vanderpool stepping out in Neil Young acoustic mode. (RIYL Jim James, Kurt Vile, Cass McCombs, etc.)