Matt Ammerman, a Kentucky boy turned urban cowboy fronts this Chicago alt-country band with his sincere vocal, intelligent lyrics, and a pop sensibility that makes even the twang adverse consider conversion.

The band also features the notable talents of Shawn Rios on drums, John Hasbrouck’s finger stylings, and on pedal steel and lead guitar Rocco Labriola.

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WXRT 93.1fm - Local Anesthetic by Richard Milne
I’m really enjoying this five song debut from Cracklin Moth… From the endearing performances to the excellent recording, to above all t... (+) expand

Matt Ammerman, a Kentucky boy turned urban cowboy fronts this Chicago alt-country band with his sincere vocal, intelligent lyrics, and a pop sensibility that makes even the twang adverse consider conversion.

The band also features the notable talents of Shawn Rios on drums, John Hasbrouck’s finger stylings, and on pedal steel and lead guitar Rocco Labriola.

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WXRT 93.1fm - Local Anesthetic by Richard Milne
I’m really enjoying this five song debut from Cracklin Moth… From the endearing performances to the excellent recording, to above all the songs, this is a band for us to keep our ears on in 2006.

Chicago Sun Times by Jim DeRogatis
There’s a moment during “Special,” the lead track from Redbird EP, the five-song debut by the Chicago alternative-country quartet Cracklin Moth, that simply slays me.

Timeout Chicago by Tim Lowery
Cracklin Moth has, “a sort of pop sound that’s set in a dirty, 70’s-rock structure”

The Onion (http://theonion.com)
“Cracklin Moth (formerly Reddbird) plays indelibly twangy country music with generous helpings of pedal steel underneath smoky vocals.” (-) collapse