David Barbe

Country band The Howdies pay homage to Buddy Holly on new song "Buddies"

The band’s debut album was produced by T. Hardy Morris and David Barbe, and it’s coming out via Normaltown/New West Records.

The Bad Ends, Bill Berry's first group since R.E.M., announce debut LP, share first single

Led by former Five Eight frontman Mike Manitone, The Bad Ends is Bill Berry’s first band in 20 years. Their debut album is out in January.

Drive-By Truckers Brooklyn openers revealed, WIN TIX to all 6 nights

Craig Finn and the Uptown Controllers, Sugar’s David Barbe, T. Hardy Morris, Mike Cooley and Patterson Hood’s pre-Drive-By Truckers band Adam’s House Cat, and more open the ”Summertime 6-Pack.”

Five-Eight reissuing 1994's 'Weirdo' LP (stream a track)

Athens, GA’s Five-Eight have been going since the late ’80s, fueled by highly-strung frontman Mike Mantione’s boundless energy and tales of manic depression…