Track Dogs – Still At The Music: Album Review
Track Dogs celebrate 20 years on the track, as they cast their catchy field wider than ever. The best mariachi ragtime band in the world?
Seuras Og
"Well, what sort of music do you like, Seuras?" Ever since that question was first aired by his mother a decade or six back he has struggled with the answer. And struggles still now. Call him a folkie, a country dude, a bluesman and he'll be happy, but don't forget the whiff of jazz, electronica and more. Not so keen on the charts, mind.
Teenage Fanclub – Do Not Dare To Dream: Album Review
The Fannies get ever more timeless, free of any genre beyond their own, adding vintage psychedelia to their jangly languor.
Clare Sands – They Tried To Bury Us: Album Review
A record you might dig deeply, especially as it starts to grow. Powerful presentation from Belfast based singer and fiddler Clare Sands.
Sam Sweeney & Grace Smith – Morning Of May: Album Review
13 bangers and smashes, mainly from the past, couped and curated into perfection by a fiddling A team of Sweeney and Smith.
Laura Cortese – Lucky Water: Album Review
Cortese wows effortlessly in a completely individual way, providing an unexpected triumph. Ambient Americana, anyone?
Mary Gauthier – Reckoning: Album Review
With Reckoning, Gauthier fearlessly finds her day, a no holds barred salvo of shrapnel from the front line of humanity.
Martin Simpson – Some Kind Of Jubilee: Album Review
50 not out, Simpson is staying at the crease and this lavish 2 set disc spells out exactly why.
Wynonna – The Hard Truth: Album Review
Too soon to say Wynonna goes Dolly, but it’s her most credible work yet.
Jim Ghedi – The Death Of Robin Hood (O.S.T.): Album Review
Both film music and folk turn a corner into Jim Ghedi’s deep, dark Judderman dynamic, each all the better for that exposure.
Chasing Abbey – Cyber Celt: Album Review
Blunt and powerful, Chasing Abbey snatch the tail of the Celtic Tiger, wrestling it into submission.
Birdvox – Shamming The Drama: Album Review
Astonishing all-female retro-futurist debut from Birdvox – four multi-media polymaths from across the whole spectrum of Scottish music. Just listen to them sing!
Shooglenifty – Stamina Island: Album Review
Shooglenifty are back, back, back, and, all infused with fresh blood and inspirations, it’s as if they’ve never been away.
Fine Lines – Coming Home: Album Review
With no nasty knots to untie, Fine Lines join all the dots, for a perfect spread of country and north-western.
The Tubs – Hard Life: Album Review
More jangulating gold from the bottom of The Tubs’ tub. Self-hatred has never sounded so good!
Ibibio Sound Machine – Chopping Mountain: Album Review
A place or their masterplan, I don’t know, but there is no mistaking their intentions. Ibibio Sound Machine want you to dance ’til you drop.