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The Secret Sisters “Saturn Return” (New West, 2020)

March 16, 2020 Jim Finnie 0

Thankfully for us, it’s only been 3 years since Laura and Lydia Rogers released their last album and not the 29 ½ years it takes Saturn to orbit the sun.  Just like the astrological event it’s […]

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Forever Honey “Christian” – Listen

March 16, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

Forever Honey walk that narrow line between the folk-rock of 10,000 Maniacs and the fuzzyness of Mazzy Star, with frontsperson Liv Price being the bounciest lead singer since Claire Grogan.  Not a lot of twang from […]

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Video: The Hackles “Dominoes”

March 16, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

This is a brilliantly inventive video from The Hackles: it’s a great concept, well realised and beautifully shot.  Taken from their 2019 album, ‘A Dobritch Did as a Dobritch Should’, the song showcases the effective vocal […]

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AUK’s video for the weekend: Nada Surf “Whose Authority”

March 13, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

We leave you on this slightly surreal week dear reader with a song by New York’s Nada Surf at perhaps their most Teenage Fanclubby, taken from their 2008 album ‘Lucky’ which you will be if you’ve […]

Features

Studio Life: Satin Nickel

March 13, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

New York band Satin Nickel are set to release their first full album this April, which will be the follow-up to their self-titled EP in 2018.  Their debut album ‘Shadow of Doubt’ is a collection of […]

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  • Sky Smeed “Live at Rock House”
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Interview: Jim White on Trey Blake and the backstory of “Precious Bane”

February 12, 2026 1

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 […]

Behind the Songs

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

February 10, 2026 0

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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Tripliciti “In Lak Ech”

February 14, 2024 0

Well, here’s some good fortune – a Wednesday instrumental interlude on a Wednesday when we may need it more than ever, yeah St. LoveisAllAround day is here again bringing with it the promise of heartbreak and […]

Live Reviews

The Handsome Family, The Union Chapel, London, 2nd March 2017

March 21, 2017 0

Brett and Rennie Sparks brought a four-piece Handsome Family to The Union Chapel for one of those rare evenings that truly deserve the accolade “magical”. Demonstrating the ability for even a little television exposure to change […]

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New Frank Turner live album lands on Friday

April 20, 2020 1

Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls have announced the release of a new digital album ‘Live In Newcastle’ – Due out on April 24 via Xtra Mile Recordings/Polydor, the album was recorded during Turner & The Sleeping […]

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