Album Reviews
Lloyd Cole “On Pain”
Elegant, minimalist synthpop with some fine tunes. There are some people who may not have been paying attention over the past 40 years and still associate Lloyd Cole with the jangly guitars of his seminal debut […]
Month: July 2023
AUK's Chain Gang
AUK’s Chain Gang: Nils Lofgren’s Influence on Neil Young’s ‘Southern Man’
In last week’s Chain Gang, Clint West made the connection between Shooter Jennings’ old man Waylon, who amongst other things, added his distinctive guitar sound to a number of tracks on Neil Young’s 1985 country album […]
Features
Americana one two three….
Numbers, they are great, aren’t they? All around us all the time – there’s the wall that’s not quite upright, leaning at 5 degress, there’s the quickest way from point A where you might be standing […]
Album Reviews
M Ward “Supernatural Thing”
M Ward’s latest features many guests and many beautiful melodies. Opening with the Dylanesque ‘Lifeline‘, all acoustic guitar and subtle flourishes and a very rapid fade, M Ward sets out his stall. His voice is a […]
Tracks
Whitney K “Ode To The Old Ways” – not cottage core….
A new single, from the new album ‘Vivi‘ which came out last Thursday. It has, as you’ll be hearing by now if you have any sense, the sound of a live album, but it’s actually a […]