AmericanA to Z
AmericanA to Z: Acres and Acres
Half forgotten bands, albums that slipped away – that’s what this part of the site is about. Canada’s Acres and Acres were one of the first bands, possibly the actual first, that I reviewed a CD […]
Articles by Jonathan Aird
News
Tom Waits releases for Record Store Day, but not on Gold vinyl
Gold would surely have been the obvious choice, not because Waits’ voice reminds one of the Spandau Ballet dirge, but because that’s what his 2006 triple album ‘Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards’ achieved in terms of sales. […]
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Track Premier: The Lied To’s “Buffalo”
Susan Levine and Doug Kwartler are The Lied To’s – and the lies they both got told have to do with love and romance as they each weathered bitter divorces and were left to pick up the […]
Album Reviews
The Decemberists “I’ll Be Your Girl” (Capitol Records, 2018)
Everything you’ve heard about ‘I’ll Be Your Girl’ is true – it’s a glorious confection that is spectacularly different from everything that has gone before. And yet it’s also so recognisably in keeping with everything that […]
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Joel Levi “Will We Ever Change” – Listen
Joel Levi is blessed with a strong and mellifluous voice, and it’s put to good use on this new single from his upcoming self-titled debut album, due out in May. The Nashville based singer draws on […]