Alabama 3 – Cold War Classics, Volume 2: Album Review
“Come and get yourself in the party mood before the bomb goes off.” The words of Alabama 3 and we can’t better them.
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.
Baskery – V: End Of The Bloodline: Album Review
Need a primer in Americana, crossing all angles and aspirations? Here it is, via Sweden.
The Long Ryders – The Crossing, Birmingham: Live Review
Current iteration of the reprised and iconic founding fathers of alt. country, The Long Ryders, show no sign of surrender.
ØXN – Cyrm : Album Review
If you go down to the woods today, you’re in for a big surprise…… (Clue: not teddybears!). ØXN release Cyrm.
Rod Picott – Starlight Tour: Album Review
“Ditch digger” gets a “puncher’s chance” of being “next man in line”. Rod Picott releases his Starlight Tour album.
False Lights – Lichfield Guild Hall: Live Review
A surprise and welcome reprise of the Jim Moray/Sam Carter folk-rock behemoth.
Karine Polwart – Seek The Light : EP Review
Something a bit different from the ever mercurial golden tonsils of Karine Polwart.
The Mary Wallopers – Irish Rock’n’Roll : Album Review
Less the Pogues with ADHD, or Dubliners on helium, The Mary Wallopers mix tears and sweat in equal measure on ‘Irish Rock’n’Roll’.
Jason Wilson – Ashara : Album Review
An extraordinary melange of genres battles a way through to a fruitful renegotiation of stylistic barriers.
Track Dogs – Blind Summits And Hidden Dips: Album Review
Latest offering from your favourite Madridēno four piece Track Dogs, confounding and confabulating any sense of genre with abandon.
Broken Records – The Dreamless Sleep of the 90s : Album Review
Selling rock back to Athens, New Jersey and Cincinnati, Broken Records return, with sufficient identity and character to make a fair trade.
Nunnery Norheim – You Are Here: Album Review
“But what if I arrive”; is this journey or destination? Be beguiled by this play of songs, cast in a chamber folk light by the literate duo of Nunnery Norheim.
The Eisenhowers – Nudge Unit Blues : Album Review
Glasgow post-punk polemicist, Raymond Weir, is angry…..The Eisenhowers release Nudge Unit Blues.
Late Bank Holiday Round-Up : Tommy Stinson’s Cowboys In The Campfire, Nick Moss Band, Nightdubbing
More belated beauts from the backlog, better late than never. Tommy Stinson and Nick Moss leading the way.
Michele Stodart – Invitation : Album Review
New album from Michele Stodart -A gaunt invitation to hope, a bleak study in survival, this downbeat album is strangely uplifting.