August 2018 – Page 12

The Magpie Salute, Oslo, London, 10th August 2018

August 17, 2018 Barry Warren 0

When The Magpie Salute were last in the UK they played a now legendary residency at Under The Bridge rocking the venue for four nights and never playing the same song more than once. So when […]

Murder By Death “The Other Shore” (Bloodshot Records, 2018)

August 17, 2018 Mark Nenadic 0

A space western concept album? Really? Apparently so. Murder By Death have been releasing records for the best part of twenty years and this, their eighth album release, tells the story of two lovers choosing different […]

Video: REM “Don’t Go Back To Rockville”

August 17, 2018 Jeremy Searle 0

In the retro slot this week an impossibly young REM with a wonderful loose version of the great Don’t Go Back To Rockville. Magical. Have a great weekend everyone.

Jack Ellis “The Barrel of Your Gun” – Listen

August 16, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

It’s no coincidence that there’s a cinema-graphic scope to this darkly rocking ballad, the latest single from ‘Our of Luck’ the forthcoming EP from multi-instrumentalist Jack Ellis. Talking about the track, Ellis’ has explained that it […]

Picnic Area “No Country For Young Men” (Limefield, 2018)

August 16, 2018 Rick Bayles 0

‘No Country For Young Men’ is the third album from Mancunian alt-country rockers Picnic Area – and it’s a good one. Writing in the shadow of Brexit and the rise of Trump has given this band […]

Margo Cilker “Molly & Me” – and the devil’s right hand

September 23, 2026 0

Molly & Me is the latest single from the upcoming album from Margo Cilker, Little White Cross, which is out on October 9th via Fossil Records. Molly & Me starts out as a story about a teenage friendship […]

Video: Bird “The Lady Who Reads The Cards” – a strange but beautiful spiritual encounter

September 23, 2026 0

Here’s the latest single from multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Bird, aka Janie Price. The Lady Who Reads The Cards is a catchy song, full of melodic hooks that showcase the range of Bird’s clear, controlled voice. Co-written […]

Mary Gauthier “Reckoning”

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One of our finest songwriters delivers an album for our times with consummate clarity and lyrical daring. Mary Gauthier was something of a late starter, delivering her first album when she was in her late thirties […]

Month: August 2018