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Stone Thieves “Midnight Ride” – Listen

July 13, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

Americana-UK – “so where’s the UK?“, one might sometimes be tempted to ask.  Well, Stone Thieves are a four piece who make a great Southern Rock noise but are also a solidly UK band.  They could […]

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Great Lake Swimmers have new album and tour dates

July 13, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

That’s right – it’s been a long time since ‘A Forest of Arms‘ , fully 3 years, but at last Tony Dekker’s band return with a new full-length release ‘The Waves, The Wake‘ which is out […]

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Video premiere: The Orphan Brigade “Pile of Bones”

July 13, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

‘Pile of Bones’ is the new single from The Orphan Brigade and they’re sharing the new video to it exclusively with AUK this morning. It’s directed by band members Joshua Britt and Neilson Hubbard, who have […]

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William Elliott Whitmore releases Bloodshot debut – September

July 13, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

William Elliott Whitmore will release his Bloodshot Records debut release ‘Kilonova’ on September 7th. The 10-song covers record is his first long-form release since 2015’s ‘Radium Death’ and to commemorate the announcement, Whitmore has released the album’s first […]

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Fox & Coyote “Scattered Shadows In A Double Bed” (Independent, 2018)

July 13, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

Fox & Coyote are a five piece band from Minneapolis who mix shoegaze guitar with banjo and soaring cello, all delivered over inventive drumming and bass patterns. The band tends towards the emotionally open in their […]

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From the first, rhythmically strummed notes of Blue Mind, Tess Liautaud, the Ōtautahi-based Franco-American singer-songwriter who has immersed herself among the characters on the New Zealand roots music scene, creates a lush, twangy, rock and country-soul […]

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Not so ugly – Southend country rockers’ “Best Of” record is an enjoyable dash through the band’s back catalogue. The Ugly Guys have been together for some 22 years, during which time they have released seven albums. […]

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