Decemberists – As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again : Album Review
Blimey! The Decemberists return for album number 9. As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again is a truly amazing addition to their canon.
"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.
Blimey! The Decemberists return for album number 9. As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again is a truly amazing addition to their canon.
Treasure chest of vintage slow fused crackers from Jim Keller, topped by a dark deep swamp of a voice, tailed by the passion of experience.
Punk’s never dead with a Cherry Red! The Vibrators singles collected…
Moreland offers more than ever, an unexpected statement of such quiet power as to assure his due place at the top table.
Shock horror in that the Lindisfarne “missing years” contain some gold in them thar hills!
Bearded Theory goes boldly fifteenth, a glorious mudfest for the committed, celebrating the myriad tribes of Albion.
The Proclaimers from hell are back, back, back and this time they’re happy. (Or, rather, no, they’re not).
A post bank holiday bottle-neck that needs unblocking, featuring two Welsh rarebits and some warm-reekin rich from Scotland.
We’re at The Hub @ St Marys for a top class encounter with Gigspanner.
Woo-hoo! Summer is icumen in and the tribes are convening! Bearded Theory Festival i son the horizon!
Scotland’s best kept secret blows all the doors down with heart and soul. And love.
Shetland fiddle music gets a buoyant bounce in this first solo outing from Peatbog fiddle man, Ross Couper.
Banter – the best smallest big band get bigger, boldly going further.
Ray Cooper – aka Chopper – a splendid smorgasbord to appeal to head and heart, conscience and consequence.
10 years of Celtic folk for this? I don’t see why not; Jack Badcock goes pop with gusto and charm on Cosmography.