Features
Pick of the Political Pops: Wilco “Via Chicago”
This week we have been remembering the Chicago Race Riots of 1919 which occurred over a period of several days starting on 27th July. The event was part of a wider summer of unrest in the […]
Year: 2020
Album Reviews
Mighty Brother “The Rabbit, The Owl” (Independent, 2020)
This double album promises to explore the “emergent theme of duality”. Taken together the two records probe the same concepts from different perspectives. ‘The Rabbit’ is joyful mix of indie rock, folk and some funk. ‘The […]
Tracks
Eamon McGrath “Yellow Sticker” – Listen
Eamon McGrath has produced a finely disturbing and edgy song in “Yellow Sticker” which creeps along at a stealthy pace, with the ever present threat of some form of attack. It’s like a noire movie in […]
Videos
Video: The Flying Burrito Brothers “Hot Burrito #1”
It’s retro Friday and here is Americana royalty, The Flying Burrito Brothers. This is, of course, from the classic debut album, ‘The Gilded Palace of Sin’. Though not a commercial success at the time, it was […]
Features
AUK’s top 10 americana albums ever: Alan Fitter
At AUK we are on a quest to find the ‘top 10 americana albums ever’. Over the last few weeks our writers have been going through the mental anguish of trying to narrow the whole history […]