August 2019 – Page 19

Birds of Chicago set to tour through the Brexit deadline

August 13, 2019 Mark Underwood 2

The last release by Birds of Chicago ‘Love In Wartime’ may prove to be a prescient title before too long given reports from the UK food industry that in the event of a no-deal Brexit the […]

Dusty Wright “Book Of Tears” – Listen

August 13, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

Dusty Wright is a New York based folk/Americana singer-songwriter, and ‘Book of Tears‘ is taken from his eighth album ‘Can Anyone Hear Me?‘ On the music scene since the ’80s, he’s played CBGB’s, of course, and […]

Video: The Bobby Tenderloin Universe “Sandpaper One Side, Rubber On The Other”

August 13, 2019 Jeremy Searle 0

This is a wonderful eerie and not a little disturbing video. The song is taken from Bobby Tenderloin’s eponymous debut album which is out in the autumn. It’s gritty, slightly psychedelic, and a little opaque lyrically, […]

Americana acts cover David Berman songs in tribute – Watch

August 12, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

With thanks to BrooklynVegan for highlighting this – tributes are still coming in for David Berman who died last week (we now know sadly from suicide) and some artists have covered songs from Silver Jews over […]

Frank Turner “No Man’s Land” (Xtra Mile Recordings/Polydor Records, 2019)

August 12, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

The title of Frank Turner’s eighth album is a bit of a pun as the thirteen songs it consists of all are stories of women. No men. Get it? On ‘No Man’s Land‘ Frank Turner sets […]

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 […]

Sylvie finally make a full length debut which arrives in November

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Sylvie, the project of Los Angeles artist Ben Schwab, has announced their forthcoming album, New Season, available November 6th, 2026, via Ghostly International. Rina (feat. Alex Amen) is the single out now. Reflecting on a passing […]

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More People Really Should Know About: Carey Ott

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Carey Ott is nothing if not prolific. He hails from Chicago, and he’s a multi-instrumentalist, a producer and engineer and a performer. He’s released seven albums to date as well as numerous singles. In my music […]

Month: August 2019