January 2025 – Page 17

Pigeon Pit “Crazy Arms”

January 16, 2025 Guy Lincoln 0

Frantic and fiery folk-punk tubthumping – with nuance. “Crazy Arms” is the 4th (or 5th) full-length release for Olympia, WA band Pigeon Pit. It is their first since coalescing as a fully-fledged 6-piece band with sights […]

Book Review: Todd Almond “Slow Train Coming: Bob Dylan’s Girl from the North Country and Broadway’s Rebirth”

January 16, 2025 Tim Martin 1

When he reviewed the London production of ‘Girl from the North Country’ in 2018 AUK’s Jonathan Aird said: “Did an all-singing all-dancing Bob Dylan show ever seem likely? Still no. Does Girl from the North Country […]

Live Review: VanWyck + Alex Lipinski + The Miller Sessions, Paper Vintage Dress, London – 19th December 2024

January 16, 2025 Brian Hancill 1

Two years and two albums after her last UK show, Dutch singer-songwriter VanWyck drove over to London via a car ferry and gave an intense and powerful performance at an oddly named venue called Paper Vintage […]

Hotel Art “Elevator Music”

January 16, 2025 Paul Russell 0

Wonderful and charming debut of latest Boo Hewerdine project. When you’ve got the honeyed vocal talents of Boo Hewerdine, it’s a shame to limit oneself to a single project. So since his debut back in 1986 […]

Pixie & The Partygrass Boys “Powder Day” – actual snow…

January 16, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

We’re pretty convinced that there’s no subtle subtext to this song, and that when Pixie sings about snow then it’s the crystallized flakes of water that are being referenced. We’re aware though of the Partygrass side […]