A loose term describing a genre of country music with a much darker tone and attitude. Musicians such as Neko Case is normally associated with country noir. Most country noir never makes to the radio. Themes such murder is typical of country noir.

v. collectively or individually finding someone/something to blame for a problem, as opposed to brainstorming which connotes finding solutions to a problem

n. the act of finding someone/something to blame for a problem

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