Luke Haines & Peter Buck – Beat Poetry For Survivalists: Album Review
Is anybody there? Former REM man Peter Buck and The Auteurs’ Luke Haines make a record that’s delightfully off kilter.
Simple Minds – Street Fighting Years deluxe edition: Album Review
Simple Minds Street Fighting Years album from 1989 gets the deluxe treatment on a 4CD set from Universal. Let me see those hands…
Matthews Southern Comfort – The New Mine: Album Review
Iain Matthews is probably the finest British exponent of the ‘Americana’ musical genre; read what we thought of Matthews Southern Comfort’s forthcoming album.
KOYO – Live at RAK: Album Review
As Leeds band KOYO prepare the move towards their second album, here’s a chance to catch live versions of some of the songs from the debut album.
Kit Hawes & Aaron Catlow – Pill Pilots: Album Review
Pill Pilots is the follow up to the Kit Hawes and Aaron Catlow’s debut recording, The Fox; can the duo live up to Mark Radcliffe’s claim that the duo are “reminiscent of Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick.”
Ian Carr and the Various Artists – I Like Your Taste In Music: Album Review
Ian Carr may, or may not be instantly recognisable. He’s been around a long time, has appeared on over 40 albums and has worked with many familiar names. His second solo album is a belter!
Steve Harley – Uncovered: Album Review
Steve Harley presents the Uncovered album – there’s still a presence of that wide-eyed 1976 rebel but this is an album of “slow, autumnal, melancholic beauty.”
Three Cane Whale – 303: Album Review
An unusual combination of instruments and an album named after a trunk road. That’s 303 from Three Cane Whale.
Psychotic Waltz – The God-Shaped Void: Album Review
It might be over twenty years since Psychotic Waltz released an album but The God-Shaped Void makes it worth the wait.
Godsticks – Inescapable: Album Review
The definitive Godsticks album – a reflection of the frustration of Darran Charles’ search for perfection. To be fair to Inescapable, he’s not too far off.
Mariana Semkina – Sleepwalking: Album Review
iamthemorning singer Mariana Semkina goes solo on the stunning Sleepwalking album out on Kscope. Not a sign of unicorns or cupcakes.
Aerialists – Dear Sienna: Album Review
Dear Sienna by Aerialists – “a wonderful album that anyone with a taste for anything that could be described as Prog-Folk will play over and over.”
Seth Lakeman – A Pilgrim’s Tale: Album Review
“If you’ve never heard anything about The Mayflower and the birth of the modern USA, these words and music could be your primer.” The words of Seth Lakeman on A Pilgrim’s Tale. Out now on BMG.
Wrangler – A Situation: Album Review
A Situation by Wrangler – “a beautifully brooding set of ten songs that dials up the darkness.”
Gill Landry – Skeleton at the Banquet: Album Review
Gill Landry – aka Frank Lemon – releases his fifth solo offering, Skeleton At The Banquet.