September 2017 – Page 6

Bon Iver announces 5 nights of London dates

September 25, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

And do not get him started on Hillary Clinton. NME reports: “Bon Iver has announced a five-night stint at London’s Eventim Apollo in February next year. The Canadian singer, real name Justin Vernon, will kick off the […]

Derek Hoke “Bring The Flood” (Independent 2017)

September 25, 2017 Keith Hargreaves 0

Derek Hoke is a singer-songwriter based in East Nashville but this is not a straightforward Nashville album. A commentary on the dark times he feels are engulfing the States, it was nurtured from fleeting thoughts recorded […]

Ryan Adams + Karen Elson, 02 Academy, Bournemouth, 19th September 2017

September 25, 2017 Martin Fisher 0

In a rare moment of chat towards the end of this show, Ryan Adams took a swipe at a previous live review where he was accused of being self-indulgent. “Man” he proclaims, “That’s like eating a […]

Nicole Atkins “Goodbye Rhonda Lee” (Single Lock Records, 2017)

September 25, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

It’s not unreasonable to wonder who Rhonda Lee is, and why the ex-queen of Asbury Park and new resident of Nashville is bidding her farewell. Nicole Atkins provides the answer – it’s herself, or at least […]

Lord Youth “Gray Gardens” (Shellshock, 2017)

September 22, 2017 Owen Gillham 0

Creeping its way into your ears with a dirty, slightly otherworldy cha-cha that sounds like a wantonly peculiar outtake from a Richard Hawley record, Lord Youth’s ghoulish novelty-noir is brilliantly uncomfortable listening. Micah Blaichman’s dead-pan tenor, […]