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Kevin Devine “Carnival” from the Kevin Devine Daytrotter Sessions.

Kevin Devine’s new record “Brother’s Blood” is definitely making it onto the list of my top 10 for 2009. Yeah I know we’re only a few months in, but Devine’s writing skills and story telling ability are very tough to match. Jesse Lacey (lead singer of Brand New) once referred to him as Bob Dylan for the new generation. Dylan fans might be a little set off by that title, but this dude has something special. I don’t think he’ll get as weird as Dylan did in his later years or try to create a big out spoken rock star image that could fill 500 pages of a book. I do however think Devine represents people who are angry and fed up with others who think the best soultion to our problems is to give up. He’s a voice for those that will never get a chance to rise up on stage and let their opinions be heard. Although he probably never meant to become any of this I dont think there are too many other people that could fill this void. Besides wasn’t all that what Dylan stood for you, before the motorcylce accident?

Check out Kevin Devine’s Daytrotter Sessions here