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The Strumbellas “Running Scared” – Listen
If you want to talk about infectious then ‘Running Scared‘ is right up there with measles – pass through a room where this tune had been played four hours earlier and you’d still find your toes […]
Articles by Jonathan Aird
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RUNAH “Ground” – Listen
If you like your folky singer-songwriters to spin the occasional eldritch tale, shot through with a relentless wyrd, then we’ve good news for you – you’ve come to the right place! This song takes supernatural imagery […]
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Filthy Friends “Last Chance County” – Listen
Remember when everyone claimed to have a punk sensibility which they were bringing to their music? Filthy Friends certainly do. And who are Filthy Friends? Well Sleater-Kinney co-founder Corin Tucker, R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck and indie stalwarts Scott McCaughey and Kurt […]
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The Felice Brothers “Poor Blind Birds” – Listen
The Felice Brothers pull out all the soulful country stops on this bleak vision of reality that makes up the latest single to emerge in advance of the new album ‘Undress’. There’s acceptance though in the […]
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Field Medic “Used 2 Be A Romantic” – Listen
Field Medic is Los Angeles-based folk artist Kevin Patrick, and this song from his new album ‘Fade into the Dawn’ (out April 19th). It was inspired by a terrible gig – but Kevin Patrick tells it […]