David Cowling

Pop Co-Op “Four State Solution” (Silent Bugler Records, 2017)

October 27, 2017 David Cowling 0

I like records that start with a swift kick to the ears. Pop Co-Op waste no time with If Everything Was Easy – it jackboots with a stuttering drum and a mighty burst of guitar that sounds […]

The Sighs “Wait On Another Day” (Omad Records, 2017)

October 24, 2017 David Cowling 0

The third Sighs records arrives a might tardily 20 or so years after their last, and I’m tempted to say it’s worth the wait. The opener is a bit stodgy, then with Words Of Love a […]

The Doomed Bird of Providence “Burrowed into the Soft Sky” (Front & Follow, 2017)

October 19, 2017 David Cowling 1

TDBoP are the most evocative of the bands working in the post-rock landscape; their music always conjures up images even before you have any idea of the concepts behind them. That’s due to the purpose behind […]

Valparaiso “Broken Homeland” (Zamora, 2017)

September 18, 2017 David Cowling 0

This French collective rose from the corpse of Jack the Ripper (the French Band – named for the Nick Cave song) and provide a particularly Gallic flavoured brand of Americana. The four corners of their world […]

Mark Lavengood “We’ve Come Along” (Earthwork Music, 2017)

September 8, 2017 David Cowling 1

If americana is the world, then bluegrass is Austria, impossibly beautiful and incredibly conservative. Often I find the genre to be more about the preening and display of beautiful musical plumage and less about making music […]