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The Dears “Heart Of An Animal” – Listen
If there is any band who should be releasing a single in these apocalyptic seeming times then it is the masters of emotional angst and existential threat that are The Dears. Is this not how these […]
Articles by Jonathan Aird
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The Roseline “Better to the Bone” – Listen
When Americana UK interviewed The Roseline at the time of the release of their sixth album they self-described their sound as “Somewhat literate, Midwestern, alt-country, bummer music with a hint of hope.” Returning with their seventh […]
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Jenny Banai “Couch Walker” – Listen
In these Covid-19 days Jenny Banai is doubtless getting tired of humorous remarks about the need to social distance – witty variations on “2m means opposite ends of the couch Jenny!” Funny. Because ‘Couch Walker‘ is […]
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Bob Dylan reveals all at last
Over sixty years Dylan has retained an air of being an enigma, his songs, indeed his whole life, seen by so many as puzzles to be unravelled. This writer has long cleaved to the heretical notion […]
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Van Darien “Twisted Metal” – Listen
Taken from the new album ‘Levee’, which was released last Friday, ‘Twisted Metal‘ is a tense and haunted song of destructive love which has Van Darien singing that she “can’t get enough of your wicked love“. […]