David Cowling

Moonsville Collective EPs “I” “2” “3” (Moonsville Records 2017)

January 18, 2018 David Cowling 0

These three EP’s are the first three instalments of a planned quartet of releases, and there’s nothing startlingly different about each record. They are all super competent Americana, aiming foursquare for the middle ground, populated by […]

No Thee No Ess “California” (Folkwit Records, 2017)

January 12, 2018 David Cowling 0

The Welsh psychedelic wizards relax the weirdness (a bit – the opener Mind Flow Bender is still far out into a universe where Hawkwind are a little bit tame) and head towards Americana. California (the title […]

Various “Sing And They’ll Sing Your Song” (Megaphone, 2018)

January 12, 2018 David Cowling 0

This album provides a retrospective of the twenty years of Megaphone records, founded by Stephane Bismuth after putting together Shack and Arthur Lee for a tour. The label released The Magical World of the Strands and […]

Mary Gauthier “Rifles & Rosary Beads” (Proper Records, 2018)

January 11, 2018 David Cowling 0

Mary Gauthier wrote this record with US Army veterans as part of a program to help those affected by their experiences of war – with those for whom wars do not stop when they come home, […]

The Captain of Sorrow “Racetrack Babies” (Musikministeriet, 2018)

December 21, 2017 David Cowling 0

Late of the Danish band Racetrack Babies, Hans-Christian Segaard Andersen wanted these 12 songs to sound like 12 different bands and the title of each song is meant to be a possible name for a band. […]