February 2025 – Page 32

Video: Brown Horse “Corduroy Couch”

February 4, 2025 Andrew Frolish 0

“Corduroy Couch” is the latest single from rising UK act Brown Horse. There’s a great, uplifting energy in this engaging return from a band developing a real following. The interplay and contrast between the singers is […]

Anniversary Cheers: The Blasters re-release “Over There – Live at The Venue” and celebrate their 45th birthday

February 3, 2025 Paul Russell 1

45 years after their formation, The Blasters re-release the full concert at The Venue in London, with 11 additional tracks. Back in 1979 in America, a new band formed, gloriously ignoring the current musical trends of […]

AUK Short Cuts: Sequoia Rose, Everett Wren, Old Lost John, The Red Barn, Rooster Blackspur, Sara Bug, Hollowsage & the Three Mile Islanders, Tessio, The Popravinas! and Gabriel Minnikin

February 3, 2025 Paul Kerr 0

Our latest Short Cuts, a monthly feature where AUK casts a brief eye and ear on several albums we’ve received recently which just didn’t make the cut for a full review. Like most major music websites […]

For the Sake of the Song: Patty Griffin “Truth No. 2”

February 3, 2025 Helen Jones 2

The first time I heard ‘Truth No. 2’ by the eminent Patty Griffin it was, in fact, being sung by The Chicks (who still had the Dixie in front of their name at the time). This […]

Live Review: Lloyd Cole, The Barbican, London – 25th January 2025

February 3, 2025 Darren Lumbroso 0

Upon opening the Barbican Centre on 3 March 1982, the Queen remarked that it is “one of the wonders of the modern world”. That remains a moot point, however, it can’t be denied that the centre […]