What critics are saying about
The Dirty South:

Drive-By Truckers
“[The Dirty South] detonates its slingblade rock ’n’ roll with laser-like focus and the racket-knob turned up to stun.”
Winston-Salem Journal

“The new album is heavy and beautiful and frightening and intelligent, but as usual it doesn’t shy away from big, mean, stomping, anger-liquor-inspired rock & rock either.”
Fader

“The Dirty South is one of the most topically urgent albums of the year — a cinematic portrayal of a region whose population has been left off the merry-go-round of prosperity, to be marginalized and driven to desperation.”
Los Angeles Times

Rated: A-
“The Dirty South both sucks the air out of Dixie legend and revives it.”
Spin

“The Drive-By Truckers are the best, smartest, and most soulful hard rock band to emerge in a very long time... [The Dirty South] has too many great stories and too much fierce, passionate rock and roll for anyone who cares about such things to dare pass it up.”
Allmusic.com

“Drive-By Truckers were born to keep alive the character and flavor of small-town Alabama in an increasingly homogenized America. I’m sure Faulkner would approve.”
RELIX

“The Dirty South stands as a classic rock and roll record... it tells a ruthless tale with vengeful moxie serving as a paragon for any underdog, drug store truck driving man, sick hearted soul, hardworking folk, or good ol’ boy or gal down in the world with hard luck.”
An Honest Tune

“...the Truckers have once again brought the rock, and they�re ready to use it to kick your favorite band’s ass...”
Music Misfits

“Throughout the record, the band does its influences proud and continues its admirable, ambitious project of keeping Southern rock real without destroying its mythic qualities.”
The New Yorker

“The Truckers might be the best live band in America — they’ve now made an album that rivals the power of their live show.”
KEXP

What critics are saying about The Dirty South:

What critics are saying about
The Dirty South: