March 2018 – Page 7 – Americana UK

Dan Hartland “Great Novels” (Independent, 2018)

March 23, 2018 Michael Farley 0

It’s always good to come across homegrown talent which is what is firmly on show here with the first full length record from Dan Hartland. Intelligent lyrics, hummable melodies and some rather fancy top notch guitar […]

Brady Harris Band “NoHo Calling” (Independent, 2018)

March 23, 2018 Keith Hargreaves 0

Opening with the Devoesque ‘Let’s Live’ which is all new wave rhythms and hand claps with catchy choruses, you think you have a handle on The Brady Harris band and their new platter ‘NOHO Calling’ (that’s […]

Stream the new Neil Young album “Paradox”

March 23, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

Which was also the name of a Liverpool nightclub from the 90s (Paradox that is, not Neil Young – although what a great name for a nightclub). Stereogum are reporting this morning that hot on the […]

The Decemberists “I’ll Be Your Girl” (Capitol Records, 2018)

March 23, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

Everything you’ve heard about ‘I’ll Be Your Girl’ is true – it’s a glorious confection that is spectacularly different from everything that has gone before. And yet it’s also so recognisably in keeping with everything that […]

Pick of the Political Pops: Clarence Gatemouth Brown “Information Blues”

March 23, 2018 Paul Villers 0

This week when we came to boot up our trusty BBC Micro (younger readers might need to Google that) in order to check our social media we were surprised to learn that, via Netscape Navigator (younger […]