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Jim McHugh “Noise Machine” (Independent, 2017)

September 18, 2017 Paul Kerr 0

A native of Monaghan, Ireland, Jim McHugh is, as the name of his debut album suggests, a bit of a thrash merchant at times. The opening song, Hills Of Mullyash crashes into view with distorted guitar […]

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Valparaiso “Broken Homeland” (Zamora, 2017)

September 18, 2017 David Cowling 0

This French collective rose from the corpse of Jack the Ripper (the French Band – named for the Nick Cave song) and provide a particularly Gallic flavoured brand of Americana. The four corners of their world […]

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Video premiere: Elliott Brood “2 4 6 8”

September 18, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

Elliott Brood’s new album “Ghost Gardens” came out on Friday and they’ve shared with us the video for the track 2 4 6 8 from it.  Lead singer Mark Sasso told us: “The lyrics and idea […]

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The Wynntown Marshals “After All These Years” (Independent, 2017)

September 15, 2017 David Stevenson 0

After almost ten years since their formation and three full length albums as well as countless EP’s into their career, The Wynntown Marshals have decided to stop and celebrate their output in the form of half-retrospective, […]

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Mo Kenney “The Details” (Pheremone Records, 2017)

September 15, 2017 Rick Bayles 0

“The Details” is the fascinating third album from multi award winning Canadian singer-songwriter Mo Kenney. Kenney was discovered by noted Canadian rocker, Joel Plaskett, while she was still at school and released her debut eponymous album […]

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Jonathan Bernstein did not set out to sanctify Justin Townes Earle, nor to reduce him to a cautionary tale. With What Do You Do When You’re Lonesome, Bernstein instead accomplishes something far more difficult: he restores dimensionality […]

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From their debut album The Almanac, out now, this is a great song from what is a London band (named after the Emily Bronte poem presumably, which may be an Americana first), although fronted by Alaskan […]

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