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Silver Jews finally available to stream on Spotify

April 5, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

You can finally hear probably the finest lyricist alive today on Spotify (“In 1984 I was hospitalized for approaching perfection” – try that Ed Sheeran) and other streaming services in the UK as Drag City have […]

Album Reviews

Woods End “II” (Independent, 2018)

April 5, 2018 Scott Baxter 0

Brendan Behan said ‘critics are like eunuchs at a harem; the know how it’s done, they’ve seen it done every day, but they’re unable to do it themselves.’ While I’d stop short of referring to myself […]

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Video: John Smith “Save My Life”

April 5, 2018 Jeremy Searle 0

This is the latest single taken from John Smith’s outstanding album Headlong and very good it is too.  Catch him on tour with Gomez in April and May.

Album Reviews

Steven Adams & The French Drops “Virtue Signals” (Hudson Records, 2018)

April 4, 2018 Graham McCusker 0

It may be fast-approaching a decade since indie heroes the Broken Family Band decided to call it a day, but lead singer Steven Adams has remained prolific, releasing numerous records under a variety of monikers. The latest of […]

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Sarah Shook & The Disarmers “New Ways To Fail” – Listen

April 4, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

Remember when the Americana scene was full of ex-punks who’d brought a kick-ass sensibility to a moribund music? Well, Sarah Shook has the right credentials – her inspirations are the Pistols,  Elliott Smith and Hank Williams.  […]

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Interview: Jim White on Trey Blake and the backstory of “Precious Bane”

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If you’ve heard anything about Jim White, you’ve probably heard about the surfing, the modeling, the cab driving, and the unlikely way David Byrne changed his life with a record deal. You’ve heard about the junk […]

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Interview: Tess Liautaud on the New Zealand roots scene and the songs from Blue Mind

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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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Interview: Jonathan Bernstein on Justin Townes Earle, addiction, and the music that remains

February 9, 2026 0

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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John Murry + Benjamin Folke Thomas, The Lexington, London, 26th June 2018

July 9, 2018 0

“I’ve been trying this positive self-help bullshit, but it isn’t working. I know what I am.” John Murry is in darkly laconic mood tonight. But that’s not particularly unexpected – and while it’s perhaps unfair to […]

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Julian Taylor’s UK tour starts tonight – Listen to his new song “Georgia Moon”

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After making waves in the UK last year with his ‘Beyond The Reservoir’ album which we among others raved about, award-winning singer-songwriter Julian Taylor is returning to the UK this week, this time with his full […]

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Langhorne Slim “Lost at Last Vol 1” (Dualtone Records 2017)

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Langhorne Slim has taken a “step sideways” from 2015’s The Spirit Moves in order to move forward. The result is a more stripped-back offering that retains much of Slim’s defiant introspection albeit in a more lo-fi […]

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