If Neil Young released Buried Treasures, it would be hailed as a return to form.
And when Drive-By Truckers evidence similarly unselfconscious immediacy, we praise their ability to inhabit characters.
But Rich Hopkins is for real, a regular guitar-toting guy who grew a conscience in the Peace Corps, cowriting his best songs to date with his hair-salon-owner girlfriend, Lisa Novak.
The Tucson troubadour’s 28th studio set offers Crazy Horse-style workouts and plangent psychedelic feedback jams, but, as shown by the bleakly beautiful Friend of the Shooter, they are increasingly engaged with the southwest’s dark underbelly.
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Lents, redandwhitekop.com
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Aaron, comedy.co.uk
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Len Firewood, Twitter
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Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
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Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk
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Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
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Al Murray, Comedian
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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Wharto15, Twitter
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BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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Borathigh5, Youtube
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John Robins, Comedian
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Emilyistrendy, Youtube
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Maninabananasuit, Guardian.co.uk
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Iain, eatenbymissionaries
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NevW47479, UKTV.co.uk
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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Bosco239, youtube
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Aiden Hearn, Twitter
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Esme Folley, Actress, cellist, Twitter
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Gabrielle, Chortle.com
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Anamatronix, Youtube
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Anonymous, don'tstartmeoff.com
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Tokyofist, Youtube
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Rubyshoes, Twitter
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Ishamayura Byrd, Twitter
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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
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Joe, Independent.co.uk
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Cabluigi, Guardian.co.uk
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Horatio Melvin, Twitter
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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Genghis McKahn, Guardian.co.uk
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Pnethor, pne-online.com
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Mearecate, Youtube
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Anonymous, The Northfield Patriot