Jonathan Aird

Darlingside “All The Lights In The City” – all the little lights are coming on…

July 11, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

We are not going to waste your time – we love Darlingside, you, dear reader, love Darlingside, so let’s listen to the beatific new song from the quartet. It’s taken from the band’s new album ‘Everything […]

The Grahams “The Wild One” – forever, we hope

July 10, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

The Grahams are marking a decade with a new eponymous album out September 8th which revisits songs from their back catalogue, reshaping and reimagining them through the prism of experience. It’s a decade which saw a […]

The Handsome Family “Skunks” – Bates Motel? Just down a-ways…

July 7, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

‘Skunks‘ is the latest release by The Handsome Family, taken from the new album ‘Hollow’, out 8th September on Loose. It’s a corker – but that’s hardly saying anything really, can anyone think of a bad […]

Nora Brown and Stephanie Coleman “Lady Of The Lake” – you fill in the Monty Python reference

July 5, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Something truly special for this Wednesday afternoon AUKIBS (that’s the Americana UK Instrumental Bonanza Slot in case you were wondering). The duo of Nora Brown and Stephanie Coleman have an EP, of which this is the […]

Live Review: Musics From Summerisle, The Barbican, London – 24th June 2023

July 5, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

“Welcome Fool!” Lord Summerisle declared as Edward Woodward stared in shock at his fate – the hunter become the hunted, the reward of purity being eligibility for sacrifice. It’s a moment of inversion in British Horror, […]