October 2022 – Page 17

The Deer “The Beautiful Undead”

October 17, 2022 Michael Macy 1

A kaleidoscope of sound cocoons impressionistic lyrics in ‘psychotropic folk’ album. ‘The Beautiful Undead’ is the fifth album from the The Deer, a quintet from Austin, Texas. It is a confection of poetic pop music and […]

April Moon “The Lord Hath Taken Away” – giving with one hand…

October 17, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

April Moon are that rare thing – a Canadian duo from the prairie province of Saskatchewan who are currently based deep in the heart of Americana UK land. Liverpool. Liverpool UK. Jaime April & Jason Moon […]

Video: Bruce Springsteen “Nightshift”

October 17, 2022 Andrew Frolish 3

“Gonna be some sweet sounds // Comin’ down, on the nightshift,” sings Bruce Springsteen on his latest single and, indeed, this does sound so sweet. Beginning and ending with a bulb’s atmospheric glow, the Thom Zimny-directed […]

Something for the weekend: Billy Strings “Long Journey Home”

October 14, 2022 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader. We are having our annual writers’ get-together this week in Liverpool, our first since Covid – if you see a group of middle-aged men standing around […]

AUK’s Top 10 Albums of the 21st Century: Number 6 – Sturgill Simpson “Metamodern Sounds in Country Music” (2014)

October 14, 2022 Clint West 0

Sturgill Simpson has taken americana to new places – some of them not always comfortable ones. His 2019 synthesised psychedelic blues-rock album ‘Sound and Fury’ certainly divided opinion. However, ‘Metamodern Sounds in Country Music’ was a much more widely […]