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Classic Americana Albums: Songs: Ohia “Magnolia Electric Co.”

January 27, 2021 Diccon Johnston 1

‘Magnolia Electric Co.’ is the place to enter the world of Jason Molina. It draws together the essential elements of his music to the point that is most accessible, combining alt-country, low-fi and indie-rock seamlessly. In […]

TJ Roberts “Love, Loss & Other Useless Things”

January 26, 2021 Diccon Johnston 0

Thoroughly competent guitar-driven indie-pop from a fast developing band. TJ Roberts has undergone quite a transition in a short time since 2019’s ‘Best New Reissue’. That debut album was essentially a solo project, whereas their latest […]

Trevor Beld Jimenez “I Like It Here” (Curation Records, 2020)

December 22, 2020 Diccon Johnston 0

Trevor Beld Jimenez appears more firmly rooted in a specific time and place than most. ‘I Like It Here’ is his debut solo album. The mission statement for this release seems clear, to create a classic […]

Parkland Music Project “Eminent Ghosts” (Offseason Records, 2020)

December 1, 2020 Diccon Johnston 0

‘Eminent Ghosts‘ is a concept album roughly located where psychedelic rock intersects with alt-country. The whole album consists of only five extended tracks which collectively form around a central narrative using avant-garde sonic landscapes. Parkland Music […]

The Nude Party “Midnight Manor” (New West Records, 2020)

November 9, 2020 Diccon Johnston 0

It seems like a long two years since the release of their eponymous album, so it is a considerable relief to find that The Nude Party have lost none of their enthusiasm despite relocating to a […]

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits

August 5, 2026 2

The musical influence of Tom Waits over the last seven decades has spanned far beyond what one might define as americana. His deep, gravely voice, has been described as having been soaked in a vat of […]

Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”

August 5, 2026 0

The Rutland Troubadour returns for album number four. Paul McClure, on his fourth album, decided to go to pastures new and left the rural north and travelled south to East Sussex and the fine Bex-Pop Studios […]

Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers

August 5, 2026 0

Includes tracks from My Morning Jacket, Lucinda Williams and MJ Lenderman among others. Cinema Music Group, Killphonic Records, and City Slang have announced Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young, Vol. 2 – Out of […]

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