The Deportees are an Aberdeen based band who look to the likes of Teenage Fanclub, The Waterboys, and Wilco as their musical inspirations. Over three years in the making, their debut album The Birth of Industry is outon November 3rd (launch party, by the by, is at Dunbar Street Hall the next day) and the first single is A Single Truth which displays those influences nicely. Is there a touch of King Creosote in there as well? Could be – take a listen.
A foreboding vintage photograph of a grounded ship in an estuary adorns the cover of this, the debut release from Scotland's The Deportees (who, after some momentary confusion, I realised are not to be confused with the Swedish indie band, Deportees... note the absence of the 'The'). A bleak and…
A healing album for a time of social turmoil. On his twenty-ninth studio album, Joe Ely is revisiting and recording some stories from the past, all in the hopes of finding “Love and Freedom”. At a time when everyday feels a little rocky in current society – worldwide – Ely…
Neal Casal needs no introduction around here, and although this is not an unkown song as such it has never had an official cleaned up and ready to hear release. There's quite a story behind how the late songwriter came to write and record this song. In the early 1990s,…
Sure, I could climb high in a tree, or go to Skye on my holiday. I could be happy. All I really want is the excitement of first hearing The Byrds, the amazement of decades of Dylan's music, or the thrill of seeing a band like The Long Ryders live. That's not much to ask, is it?
