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County Line Runner “Hard to Find” – Listen
You may detect just a hint of The War on Drugs, fronted by Lou Reed, and riffing on Dylan’s ‘Series of Dreams‘, but that’s ok, we hear it too. County Line Runner is the latest musical […]
Articles by Jonathan Aird
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He Arrived by Helicopter “Cold Damn Truth” – Listen
Formed by Christian Gibbs, there’s a story behind this band name: during a recent not so glamorous tour date one of the more successful sidemen of the group, Tim Kuhl, who had just come off a festival […]
Album Reviews
The Stubborn Lovers “Mother Road” (Independent, 2018)
The Stubborn Lovers are a country rock band featuring the lead vocals of Mandy Allen and the lead guitar of Todd Melton who plays up the rock part of the equation. There’s a strong streak of […]
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Nikki & the Phantom Callers “Mamas Should Know” – Listen
Jangling and smouldering in the way you might associate with The Sadies, Nikki & The Phantom Callers play country-rock with a hint of classic mid-sixties production. ‘Mamas Should Know‘ is the B-side of their new single […]
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Jack Ellis “The Barrel of Your Gun” – Listen
It’s no coincidence that there’s a cinema-graphic scope to this darkly rocking ballad, the latest single from ‘Our of Luck’ the forthcoming EP from multi-instrumentalist Jack Ellis. Talking about the track, Ellis’ has explained that it […]