September 2025 – Page 28

Los Straitjackets “Somos Los Straitjackets”

September 9, 2025 Paul Kerr 1

Instrumental surf and rock’n’roll tunes which could be much dirtier Having spent several years working with Nick Lowe, Los Straitjackets, the Mexican wrestler masked instrumental combo have stepped out on their own for the first time […]

L.C. Franke “Prisoner” – emotional one

September 9, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

L.C. Franke is styled as an orchestral-pop crooner, which might cause a slight raise of the eyebrow – but his latest recording “Southern Bloom” features a series of his songs taken “on a dusty road trip […]

Video: Marissa Nadler “Light Years”

September 9, 2025 Andrew Frolish 0

Here’s the latest video from singer-songwriter Marissa Nadler, who shot, directed and edited the footage herself. A series of moody, artful images flash by, mirroring the song’s atmospheric style. ‘Light Years’ is a haunting song with […]

For The Sake Of The Song: Lilly Hiatt “The Night David Bowie Died”

September 8, 2025 Andrew Raw 0

I just love this song by Lilly Hiatt, with its great tunes, rousing sing-along chorus, and powerful, moving words. The trick of using a historical event, Bowie’s death, to wrap the song around works well to […]

Wesley Hanna “Magnolia”

September 8, 2025 Andy Short 0

Wesley Hanna returns with an album of distinguished country tunes. Wesley Hanna is based in Fort Worth, Texas. He previously worked in the oil fields and, also as a cowboy, preferring the Stetson to the hard […]