Articles by Jonathan Aird

“Sometimes it’s anger and sometimes I want a way back” sings Mitch McAteer  on the lead single from his debut EP before adding “to the love we one had but I know it’s not simple like […]

On her latest single, Lo Carmen plays out a tale of the ingenue fresh in town and relying on her battered paperback guide to see her through. It’s honky-tonk country to its (probably dyed) roots, and […]

‘Dead Man Blues‘ leads off Ben Hemming’s new album ‘The Devil Beside Me‘ which is released on May 31st. The song has a pulsing beat which adds an additional edge to Hemming’s unsettling growl of a […]

Just a little while ago Jamestown Revival would probably have found themselves being compared to the likes of Simon & Garfunkel, but here in the 21st century the topical comparison is the Milk Carton Kids.  That’s […]

Now it’s true the first 20 seconds or so of the intro sounds uncommonly like ‘Cinnamon Girl‘, but stick with it as The High Divers open the song out to be a tragic memorial to having […]