Videos
Video: Hazeldine “Drive”
Another much-missed turn of the century band in this week’s retro slot. From their album Digging You Up this is the wonderful Hazeldine recorded live in 1998.
Month: February 2019
Album Reviews
Tom Russell “October in the Railroad Earth” (Proper, 2019)
It takes some sand to put out an album that shoots for “Jack Kerouac meets Johnny Cash in Bakersfield”. Tom Russell’s extensive resume and impeccable pedigree notwithstanding, it’s a high bar to set. The songs on […]
Album Reviews
Danny Schmidt “Standard Deviation” (Live Once, 2019)
Danny Schmidt’s 10th studio album, ‘Standard Deviation’, continues to showcase the strength of his song writing capability, with diverse subject matter covering (among other topics) family, fatherhood, addict recovery, miscarriage and Dylan, all while maintaining a generally […]
Live Reviews
Yo La Tengo, EartH, London, February 17th 2019
From the apologetic shuffle onstage and into the woozy beat driven ‘You Are Here’, Yo La Tengo made sure that the faithful who had gathered to see them in this extraordinary venue knew that they were […]
Features
Songs for the apocalypse: Jackson Browne “Late For the Sky”
On rare occasions when I used to review albums for AUK I’d think “this is a 10” but before long a creeping thought would always enter my mind – that whatever record it was, it wasn’t […]