News
John Murry announces UK dates, new album
John Murry was raised in Tupelo, Mississippi and had a bit of a hairy time in life as a younger man but his journey led him to his last album “The Graceless Age” which was praised […]
Month: March 2017
Album Reviews
Sweet Gum Tree “Sustain The Illusion” (Dreamy Bird Records 2017)
In the 1980’s alongside, all of the hardcore, reggae and The Fall, John Peel occasionally championed some bands that didn’t quite fit; they were self-consciously ‘arty’ and most of them would end up on 4AD records […]
Album Reviews
Andrew Combs “Canyons Of My Mind” (Loose Records 2017)
Sometimes Americana is a fickle genre; it spins off down blind alleys and one way streets in all kinds of maverick directions. Other times it shoots straight from the hip. You may have read that compelling […]
Album Reviews
Son of the Velvet Rat “Dorado” (Fluff & Gravy Records, 2017)
It would be the understatement of the year to describe the torn and ragged instrument that is Georg Altziebler’s throat as “cracked” or “whisky scarred”. It’s a hollow rattling thing that speaks of dry deserts and […]
Videos
Video: Seafoam Green “Down The River”
Great song from this new outfit fronted by Irishman-now-Liverpudlian Dave O’Grady taken from the album Topanga Mansion due out in April. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVx4gJ5pXJ4